Hello Everyone and welcome to my new journal. I finally took the plunge and went LED after years of debating it. I decided to go with TOP LED GROW because they are a sponsor here at 420 Magazine, the prices are excellent, and many other growers here are using them with great results...More about the lights later in my product review post.
So I still have my other journal going which will finish out only being my flower tent, and you can find it here:
Icemud's Grow 6.0. Cherry Pie - GSC - OGiesel -SFV OG- University Hills OG- Perpetual
I decided to start a new journal since I converted my veg tent over to TOP LED GROW LIGHTS and this will be the first run of plants in LED in veg, and when ready to flower they will go to my flower tent which is a Ceramic Metal Halide (soon to be replaced with LED) and I also run my new TOP LED GROW Mars II 80x5w LED in the flower tent. I wanted to separate my current journal from this new one because this one will be a full LED grow, where the others will just finish in LED/CMH so I will be able to better keep track of feedings, and progress.
I will be reposting a few things from my other journal to catch this one up to speed but from here on out, this journal will focus on the plants in my veg tent and their progress through finish with TOP LED GROW LIGHTS.
Veg Tent:
What strain is it?
These are clones of my last flowering plants, which would make them 4rd generation clones since I originally picked up the clones, with the exception of the blue dream which is about 6th generation clone. Each time I am about to flower my vegging plants I clone them, the vegging plants go to the flowering tent, and the clones go to the veg tent. I just took clones of my plants so I have 1x blue dream, 2x Ogiesel, 2x Cherry Pie, 2x GSC, 1x SFV OG, and 1x University Hills OG and I am working with a few seeds too that I have had stored for a few years.
Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages?
University Hills OG= Unknown OG x Free Tibet (Nepalese Hash Plant x Afghani Hawaiian) x Professional 3-Way [(Unknown DJ short x Unknown Sensi Seeds) x Northern Lights #5 male)]
GSC: (thin mint)=OG (rumored a south florida OG kush) x F1 durban (Purple Champagne X Durban Poison))
Cherry Pie= Grand Daddy Purple x F1 Durban (Purple Champagne X Durban Poison)
SFV OG= Chemdawg x {Lemon Thai x Hindu Kush, Pakistan} (Rumored) Not sure what cut I have but it definitely is strong and a good yielding plant.
OGiesel= SFV OG x Giesel ( Chemdawg x Mass. Super Skunk)
Blue Dream= Blueberry x Haze
Seeds:
"purple steve" x GSC I cant remember what I was told Purple Steve was but I believe it was a purple trainwreck with Afghani. The grower was trying to bring out the qualities of GSC but a larger yield.
Holy Grail OG: These are seeds from my Holy Grail OG on my 2nd grow that hermied and developed seeds, not sure what I will get but hey, might be fun for future breeding if I get a male.
Hawaiian Seeds: These were gifted to a grower friend of mine from a grower friend of hers she knows in Hawaii. These are supposedly a Hawaiian strain and has a very tropical/fruity taste.
Depending on what is ready when, will determine what goes to flowering and what I keep as mothers. Only time will tell.
Is it in Veg or Flower stage?
Veg
If in Veg... For how long?
Some of the clones were transplanted to 3 gallon pots of the soil mix below which has been cooking for about 3 weeks. All of the clones were taken from my last grow, dipped in clonex and stuck in root riot plugs under a humidity dome and a heating pad. So far I have transplanted: 1x University Hills OG, 1x SFV OG, 1x Blue Dream, 2x GSC, 2x OGiesel, 1x Cherry Pie. My 2 OG's weren't strongly rooted when transplanted so they are slow to take off but all other plants are really taking off and have been in soil for about 5 days now. I took more clones of the OG's which are still rooting so they will be transplanted if needed when they root.
I also put yesterday some of the above mentioned seeds in the root riot plugs as well as put some of them in r/o water with a drop of superthrive to soak for a few days. I havent' been very successful at growing from seed so I am trying different methods.
Indoor or outdoor?
Indoor:
I am using a 2x4 Hydrohut silver edition which actually measures 26" x 55" x 78"" which is about 2 1/2' x 5' x 7'.
Soil or Hydro?
Soil
If soil... what is in your mix?
(copied from previous journal, same soil mix)
Today I mixed up: (using a 2 gallon plastic pot for measurement as well as a measuring cup for flour)
I noticed I didn't have enough ProMix HP and Ocean forest left to hit my goal of 23x 2 gallon pots which not only would cover my transplant from 2 gallon pots to 5 gallon pots for my flower tent, but also would have enough to fill 6 more pots, hoping for mostly 5 gallons. With this in mind I had 2x 5 gallon pots of premixed soil sitting around from when I mixed up new stuff last grow, so I threw this into a big rubbermaid...
The Base Soil Mix:
Each of these equaled about 2 1/2 (2gallon) pots.
So a total of 5 pots of premixed soil was used
8 (2gallon pots) of ProMix HP
2 (2 gallon pots) of FF Ocean Forest
2 1/2 (2gal pots) of Worm Castings
1 1/2 (2gal pot) of Volcanic Pumice
2 (2gal pot) of Alaskan Forest Humus
The Amendments: Make up 15% of my total soil mix
1 1/2 Cup of Azomite (trace minerals and micronutrients)
4 Cups of Calcium Carbonate Powder 97%
3 1/2 Cups of Soft Rock Phosphate (Collidal Clay with high phosphorus and CEC value)
1 1/3 Cups of Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate)
2 Cups of Crab Meal 2-3-0 23% calcium(also a P source and source of chitin a hormone/growth regulator)
1 1/2 Cups of Fish Bone meal. (3-18-0) 24% Calcium
1 1/2 Cups of Lava Sand (adds trace minerals and supposedly adds paramagnetic value to the soil)
2 Cups of Crab Shell Meal 2-3-0 23% Calcium
2 Cups of Kelp Meal (also has growth hormones and PGR's, plus trace minerals)
1 Cup of Alfalfa Meal. (2-0-3) (contains Trichontinol which aids in plant growth and health)
1/2 Cup of Powdered Humic Acid (Adds Carbons to the soil as well as trace minerals and aids in chelation of minerals)
1/2 Cup of Humboldt Myco's Maximum (Beneficial Bacteria and Mycorrizae Fungus)
1/2 cup of Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulfate)
1/3 Cup of Greensand (0-0-3) (Trace Minerals)
1/2 Cup of Dry Molasses (1-0-3) (Energy for the Microbes)
If soil... What size pot?
Right now they are clones in Root Riot Plugs with a humidity dome, a heating pad a 1x 26w 6500k CFL. Newly transplanted clones are in 3 gallon round plastic pots, and 1x OGiesel is in
These will be transplanted to 5 gallon square plastic pots before flower, or possibly I may get some 7 gallon fiber pots.
Size of light?
I am running the Gas Lamp Routine which is 12 hours of light, 5.5 hours of dark, 1 hour of light, 5.5 hours of Dark. (VEG)
The light I am using for veg is the TOP GROW LED 144x3w. Currently I am running it only on the veg setting until the plants get larger, then I will also turn on the bloom to finish the veg.
Flowering will be done in a separate tent. In that tent I run 1x 400w Phillips Ceramic Metal Halide and 1x TOP GROW LED 80x5w. I may be replacing the CMH before these girls hit flower so this may change.
Is it aircooled?
The Tent is cooled with a 4" inline plastic fan (prob about 250cfm) hooked to a carbon scrubber. The 144x3w LED has 3 cooling fans and runs very cool on full.
Temp of Room/cab?
Veg Tent:
Usually sits between 62F and 74F
Flower Tent:
Usually Sits between 74-82F
RH of Room/cab?
Generally ranges from 51%-60%
PH of media or res?
I don't check it
Any Pests ?
Nope
How often are you watering?
Clones are sprayed 1x per day and I just make sure there is enough water in the tray to keep the humidity up.
Once they are transplanted, about 1x per week to 1x per 2 weeks when they are young vegging plants. As they get older I usually water about 1x per 4-7 days depending on when they need it.
Type and strength of ferts used?
In veg I usually don't use many ferts besides compost teas. I will post the doses and nutrients used when applicable. If needed I have Earthjuice full line, and some others by General Organics, Humboldt, and Advanced.
So I still have my other journal going which will finish out only being my flower tent, and you can find it here:
Icemud's Grow 6.0. Cherry Pie - GSC - OGiesel -SFV OG- University Hills OG- Perpetual
I decided to start a new journal since I converted my veg tent over to TOP LED GROW LIGHTS and this will be the first run of plants in LED in veg, and when ready to flower they will go to my flower tent which is a Ceramic Metal Halide (soon to be replaced with LED) and I also run my new TOP LED GROW Mars II 80x5w LED in the flower tent. I wanted to separate my current journal from this new one because this one will be a full LED grow, where the others will just finish in LED/CMH so I will be able to better keep track of feedings, and progress.
I will be reposting a few things from my other journal to catch this one up to speed but from here on out, this journal will focus on the plants in my veg tent and their progress through finish with TOP LED GROW LIGHTS.
Veg Tent:
What strain is it?
These are clones of my last flowering plants, which would make them 4rd generation clones since I originally picked up the clones, with the exception of the blue dream which is about 6th generation clone. Each time I am about to flower my vegging plants I clone them, the vegging plants go to the flowering tent, and the clones go to the veg tent. I just took clones of my plants so I have 1x blue dream, 2x Ogiesel, 2x Cherry Pie, 2x GSC, 1x SFV OG, and 1x University Hills OG and I am working with a few seeds too that I have had stored for a few years.
Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages?
University Hills OG= Unknown OG x Free Tibet (Nepalese Hash Plant x Afghani Hawaiian) x Professional 3-Way [(Unknown DJ short x Unknown Sensi Seeds) x Northern Lights #5 male)]
GSC: (thin mint)=OG (rumored a south florida OG kush) x F1 durban (Purple Champagne X Durban Poison))
Cherry Pie= Grand Daddy Purple x F1 Durban (Purple Champagne X Durban Poison)
SFV OG= Chemdawg x {Lemon Thai x Hindu Kush, Pakistan} (Rumored) Not sure what cut I have but it definitely is strong and a good yielding plant.
OGiesel= SFV OG x Giesel ( Chemdawg x Mass. Super Skunk)
Blue Dream= Blueberry x Haze
Seeds:
"purple steve" x GSC I cant remember what I was told Purple Steve was but I believe it was a purple trainwreck with Afghani. The grower was trying to bring out the qualities of GSC but a larger yield.
Holy Grail OG: These are seeds from my Holy Grail OG on my 2nd grow that hermied and developed seeds, not sure what I will get but hey, might be fun for future breeding if I get a male.
Hawaiian Seeds: These were gifted to a grower friend of mine from a grower friend of hers she knows in Hawaii. These are supposedly a Hawaiian strain and has a very tropical/fruity taste.
Depending on what is ready when, will determine what goes to flowering and what I keep as mothers. Only time will tell.
Is it in Veg or Flower stage?
Veg
If in Veg... For how long?
Some of the clones were transplanted to 3 gallon pots of the soil mix below which has been cooking for about 3 weeks. All of the clones were taken from my last grow, dipped in clonex and stuck in root riot plugs under a humidity dome and a heating pad. So far I have transplanted: 1x University Hills OG, 1x SFV OG, 1x Blue Dream, 2x GSC, 2x OGiesel, 1x Cherry Pie. My 2 OG's weren't strongly rooted when transplanted so they are slow to take off but all other plants are really taking off and have been in soil for about 5 days now. I took more clones of the OG's which are still rooting so they will be transplanted if needed when they root.
I also put yesterday some of the above mentioned seeds in the root riot plugs as well as put some of them in r/o water with a drop of superthrive to soak for a few days. I havent' been very successful at growing from seed so I am trying different methods.
Indoor or outdoor?
Indoor:
I am using a 2x4 Hydrohut silver edition which actually measures 26" x 55" x 78"" which is about 2 1/2' x 5' x 7'.
Soil or Hydro?
Soil
If soil... what is in your mix?
(copied from previous journal, same soil mix)
Today I mixed up: (using a 2 gallon plastic pot for measurement as well as a measuring cup for flour)
I noticed I didn't have enough ProMix HP and Ocean forest left to hit my goal of 23x 2 gallon pots which not only would cover my transplant from 2 gallon pots to 5 gallon pots for my flower tent, but also would have enough to fill 6 more pots, hoping for mostly 5 gallons. With this in mind I had 2x 5 gallon pots of premixed soil sitting around from when I mixed up new stuff last grow, so I threw this into a big rubbermaid...
The Base Soil Mix:
Each of these equaled about 2 1/2 (2gallon) pots.
So a total of 5 pots of premixed soil was used
8 (2gallon pots) of ProMix HP
2 (2 gallon pots) of FF Ocean Forest
2 1/2 (2gal pots) of Worm Castings
1 1/2 (2gal pot) of Volcanic Pumice
2 (2gal pot) of Alaskan Forest Humus
The Amendments: Make up 15% of my total soil mix
1 1/2 Cup of Azomite (trace minerals and micronutrients)
4 Cups of Calcium Carbonate Powder 97%
3 1/2 Cups of Soft Rock Phosphate (Collidal Clay with high phosphorus and CEC value)
1 1/3 Cups of Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate)
2 Cups of Crab Meal 2-3-0 23% calcium(also a P source and source of chitin a hormone/growth regulator)
1 1/2 Cups of Fish Bone meal. (3-18-0) 24% Calcium
1 1/2 Cups of Lava Sand (adds trace minerals and supposedly adds paramagnetic value to the soil)
2 Cups of Crab Shell Meal 2-3-0 23% Calcium
2 Cups of Kelp Meal (also has growth hormones and PGR's, plus trace minerals)
1 Cup of Alfalfa Meal. (2-0-3) (contains Trichontinol which aids in plant growth and health)
1/2 Cup of Powdered Humic Acid (Adds Carbons to the soil as well as trace minerals and aids in chelation of minerals)
1/2 Cup of Humboldt Myco's Maximum (Beneficial Bacteria and Mycorrizae Fungus)
1/2 cup of Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulfate)
1/3 Cup of Greensand (0-0-3) (Trace Minerals)
1/2 Cup of Dry Molasses (1-0-3) (Energy for the Microbes)
If soil... What size pot?
Right now they are clones in Root Riot Plugs with a humidity dome, a heating pad a 1x 26w 6500k CFL. Newly transplanted clones are in 3 gallon round plastic pots, and 1x OGiesel is in
These will be transplanted to 5 gallon square plastic pots before flower, or possibly I may get some 7 gallon fiber pots.
Size of light?
I am running the Gas Lamp Routine which is 12 hours of light, 5.5 hours of dark, 1 hour of light, 5.5 hours of Dark. (VEG)
The light I am using for veg is the TOP GROW LED 144x3w. Currently I am running it only on the veg setting until the plants get larger, then I will also turn on the bloom to finish the veg.
Flowering will be done in a separate tent. In that tent I run 1x 400w Phillips Ceramic Metal Halide and 1x TOP GROW LED 80x5w. I may be replacing the CMH before these girls hit flower so this may change.
Is it aircooled?
The Tent is cooled with a 4" inline plastic fan (prob about 250cfm) hooked to a carbon scrubber. The 144x3w LED has 3 cooling fans and runs very cool on full.
Temp of Room/cab?
Veg Tent:
Usually sits between 62F and 74F
Flower Tent:
Usually Sits between 74-82F
RH of Room/cab?
Generally ranges from 51%-60%
PH of media or res?
I don't check it
Any Pests ?
Nope
How often are you watering?
Clones are sprayed 1x per day and I just make sure there is enough water in the tray to keep the humidity up.
Once they are transplanted, about 1x per week to 1x per 2 weeks when they are young vegging plants. As they get older I usually water about 1x per 4-7 days depending on when they need it.
Type and strength of ferts used?
In veg I usually don't use many ferts besides compost teas. I will post the doses and nutrients used when applicable. If needed I have Earthjuice full line, and some others by General Organics, Humboldt, and Advanced.
This will bubble overnight and most likely feed the girls tomorrow.
