Hey guys, This is my first grow and grow journal ever. I have 2 plants, one is Banana Kush and the other is Purple Aurora.
here's a rundown of my setup-
Lighting:
1 600W MH light for vegging
1 600W HPS light for flowering
lights on 24h for veg and 12/12 for flower
Monitors
HM digital PPM/temp
eco test PH meter
Media
Hydrocoton
Nutes:
grow
AN Sensi grow A&B
Bloom
AN Sensi bloom A&B
AN Bud candy
An Kushie Kush
My hydro setup:
I'm running a DWC in one of my bedrooms. I have 36L storage bins with squares cut out of the lids for the netting pots. Each bin has holes drilled in it for airlines to run down to the airstones, theres 4 airstones per plant.
my room is at a pretty constant 78F with 1 12in oscilating fan.
i'll upload pictures of each week and updates as to what im doing with the plants. Hopefully everything goes well and turns out nice. Any comments would be appreciated!
Week 1
Just got my clones from the store and finally have them in their bins. They look a little droopy but promising i hope. The aurora is a little tall but hopefully fills out and the kush looks alright i'd say. the roots are about 6 inches long and look healthy
i have 28L of water in the bin which is just enough to cover the bottom of the netting pot by about half an inch. for the nutes i added 40ml of sensi A and 40 ml of sensi b along with 15ml
Week 2
The plants seem to have caught on with the system and have improved greatly. again i used to same ratio as above for my nutes some other notes. i keep my water at a constant ph of 5.2-5.8. i use regular tap water at a ph of 7.2 and a ppm of 75. when i mix my nutes the ppm has been between 315-350. with a water temp of 21C ( meter only reads in C :/)
Week 3
This week they look great. theyve really taken off this week. The roots have shot through the bottom of the netting pot and are growing constantly. I cant believe how fast the plants are growing. for the nutes this week i used 18L of water and 35ml of each sensi A&B with 15ml h2o2 with the water still at 18C. I also had a ph problem this week and the ph wouldnt stop rising. The bigger fan leaves show a little yellowing but i stopped it pretty quick so the damage was minor.
Week 4
The plants are coming along great. Im goin to tie down some branches this week and probably top the aurora pretty soon here. the growth looks great and the stems are gettin nice and thick. so far so good. for water i kept the sae ratio as last week.
Week 5
So this week a lot went on. I topped the aurora and lollipopped of about 6 inches or so from the bottom of each stem and trimmed a few of the smaller or older leaves off. I dont have pics of it yet but i have 8 of the aurora branches tied down and it looks great, this plant is really turning out well. the banana kush is really bushy and has stayed nice on its own. i have about 8 clones now from the trimmings and will be throwing them into another dwc bucket. the plants are now in their own bucket as well. For water i have 14L of water and 30ml of each sensi A&B. i like to have the water lower at this time because as the plants drink it up i add fresh ph'ed water.
Next week i will start the flowering of my plants. they are about 16 inches tall now so hopefully their around 20" when i start. i will add pics in about a week or so and a few updates. finally the fun part begins. any comments are welcomed!
here's a rundown of my setup-
Lighting:
1 600W MH light for vegging
1 600W HPS light for flowering
lights on 24h for veg and 12/12 for flower
Monitors
HM digital PPM/temp
eco test PH meter
Media
Hydrocoton
Nutes:
grow
AN Sensi grow A&B
Bloom
AN Sensi bloom A&B
AN Bud candy
An Kushie Kush
My hydro setup:
I'm running a DWC in one of my bedrooms. I have 36L storage bins with squares cut out of the lids for the netting pots. Each bin has holes drilled in it for airlines to run down to the airstones, theres 4 airstones per plant.
my room is at a pretty constant 78F with 1 12in oscilating fan.
i'll upload pictures of each week and updates as to what im doing with the plants. Hopefully everything goes well and turns out nice. Any comments would be appreciated!
Week 1
Just got my clones from the store and finally have them in their bins. They look a little droopy but promising i hope. The aurora is a little tall but hopefully fills out and the kush looks alright i'd say. the roots are about 6 inches long and look healthy
i have 28L of water in the bin which is just enough to cover the bottom of the netting pot by about half an inch. for the nutes i added 40ml of sensi A and 40 ml of sensi b along with 15ml
Week 2
The plants seem to have caught on with the system and have improved greatly. again i used to same ratio as above for my nutes some other notes. i keep my water at a constant ph of 5.2-5.8. i use regular tap water at a ph of 7.2 and a ppm of 75. when i mix my nutes the ppm has been between 315-350. with a water temp of 21C ( meter only reads in C :/)
Week 3
This week they look great. theyve really taken off this week. The roots have shot through the bottom of the netting pot and are growing constantly. I cant believe how fast the plants are growing. for the nutes this week i used 18L of water and 35ml of each sensi A&B with 15ml h2o2 with the water still at 18C. I also had a ph problem this week and the ph wouldnt stop rising. The bigger fan leaves show a little yellowing but i stopped it pretty quick so the damage was minor.
Week 4
The plants are coming along great. Im goin to tie down some branches this week and probably top the aurora pretty soon here. the growth looks great and the stems are gettin nice and thick. so far so good. for water i kept the sae ratio as last week.
Week 5
So this week a lot went on. I topped the aurora and lollipopped of about 6 inches or so from the bottom of each stem and trimmed a few of the smaller or older leaves off. I dont have pics of it yet but i have 8 of the aurora branches tied down and it looks great, this plant is really turning out well. the banana kush is really bushy and has stayed nice on its own. i have about 8 clones now from the trimmings and will be throwing them into another dwc bucket. the plants are now in their own bucket as well. For water i have 14L of water and 30ml of each sensi A&B. i like to have the water lower at this time because as the plants drink it up i add fresh ph'ed water.
Next week i will start the flowering of my plants. they are about 16 inches tall now so hopefully their around 20" when i start. i will add pics in about a week or so and a few updates. finally the fun part begins. any comments are welcomed!
..Love Your set up using less water is easy on the bill under a 600watt hid is nice my res is like 15 gallons per week which can be a PITA, but cant knock the results..looking nice and icy they'll fill out in no time, all is well in Mary land... other than having to tilt our heads..
