Date: 6/23/22 - Day 65 from sprout
Strain - Barney's Farm Mimosa x Orange Punch - Fem Photo (Linda)
Light height and reading - 100w LED 14 Inches away - 40k LUX
Medium - Fox Farms Ocean Forest + 10% perlite in 2g cloth pot
Nutrients - Prescription Blend
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm)
Grow space - 32x32x60 tent in basement
Extraction - Mars Hydro 4" Variable Speed Extraction fan on low
Oscillating fan x2
Weekly temperatures
Thanks again to
@HPS Only and
@Bill284 for the help with Linda. I decided to flush her to make sure I'm starting from scratch. Last night I set up my kettle with 20g of well water. I added 20ml Hydroguard and about 8ml pH down to get it to 6.4 and let it bubble overnight.
NOTE: I have well water, so I'm not worried about chlorine. My well water is 58f, though, even in the summer. So I let any water I use come up to basement temperature, about 68f. As long as I'm leaving it overnight or more I might as well bubble it. That way anaerobic bacteria can't take hold and the water is well oxygenated.
This morning I watered Linda as normal, taking plenty of time to make sure she was soaked. Then I ran 10 more gallons through her. I set the cloth pot on a grate on top of a 5g bucket and filled the bucket twice. It took a few minutes to match the speed of the water coming out of the kettle with the speed at which the water flowed through the plant. Then I just sat there and flushed away.
The first flush bucket was 5.9pH and 380ppm. The second was 6.4pH & 150ppm. Not bad since our water starts at 100ppm. After I was finished flushing I let her sit for about 15 minutes, then watered her with 2.5l Prescription Blend. I took about 30 minutes to feed her, letting her drip in between.
While I did that I put some more LST clips on her to lower the outside buds. I still plan on giving her to my brother, hopefully this weekend. If he waits much longer, though, I may just end up putting her in a 7g pot and putting her outside. Either way, hopefully this will get her greening up. She's getting bushy again and could really use an uppot.
Date: 6/23/22 - Day 12 in cloner
Medium - 24 site cloner with air manifold, air pump, & dome
Light - Far away, and direct light is blocked
Nutrients - Clonex @ 380ppm / 6.0pH
Grow space - Corner of 48x24x60 tent
Extraction - AC Infinity 4" extraction fan with Controller 69
Heat mat underneath
10" Fan in corner
I was getting worried about the clones. When I checked them earlier in the week there were lots of buds under the water but no roots. There were also some leaves turning brown, especially on the tips. I did two things:
- I removed 1g of solution and replaced with pHed water. This diluted the solution from about 600ppm to 380ppm.
- I covered the top of the cloner dome with a light-proof barrier, keeping any direct light from the clones. They still get plenty of 'daylight' from the sides because they're in a grow tent with plenty of reflective surfaces. They no longer get direct light, though.
I'm not sure if either of these was needed or helped, but almost all of the clones are now growing roots. Some of them are just starting with little tiny rootlets, and some are already bushy. Some of the tops still look pretty rough but the new growth looks OK, and all of the current growth will be trimmed off the plants in veg anyways. Since I'm keeping the dome on I'm drying it off daily to keep too much moisture from accumulating on the plants. So far, the plants have not had any water drops on them. Now that they're rooted, I'll take off the dome tomorrow or the next day, as soon as I can move the cloner out of this little tent. Even with the issues, I'll get a dozen good clones out of here. I really only need four good ones. The best four will be moving to the RDWC in the next week. The rest will go in soil and be gifted to family and friends.
I harvested my previous grow last Saturday and got the tent cleaned up on Sunday. So far, here's what I've done:
- Removed everything from the tent except for the back grate.
- Completely cleaned the tent.
- I took out the floor try and hosed it off.
- I wiped all surfaces with a cloth and mild cleaning solution.
- I left the tent overnight with the exhaust on low to dry out.
- I then sprayed all surfaces with H2O2 (Peroxide).
- I set up new bug traps in the tent.
- I took apart both main fans, cleaned them, disinfected with H2O2, and reassembled.
- Drained the RDWC, hosed everything off, wiped it down, and left to dry.
- Clean all of the 8" netpots
- Clean all 5 lids for the buckets
- Clean airstones (they were not really that dirty). Then I put them in a mild bleach solution to disinfect. The air is still on low, and they continue to bubble away.
And here's what's left:
Today/Tomorrow:
- The small oscillating fans in that tent are no longer oscillating. I need to order a new one or two. I've decided this is a fantastic thing to spend an extra $7 on for 4 years protection. No matter what happens, if I have a problem I get a new one free. Since it'll be running 24/7, I doubt it will last 4 years.
- Pull the light out, wipe it down really well, and re-install.
- Clean all intake filters for the tent
- Spray the tent with Neem-based insecticide tonight and leave the exhaust fan on low to air it out.
- Spray the RDWC system with H2O2. Soak any other pieces in a H2O2 solution.
- Rinse all airstones, and place in plain water to bubble.
- Wipe down the RDWC system and put it back in the tent.
- Turn on all fans & lights, exhaust on high. Let dry overnight.
Saturday:
- Set up airstones and pump
- Fill with 45 gallons of fresh water.
- pH water to 6.5ish
- Add hydroguard
- Add 250ppm nutrients
- Run for 24 hours
Sunday (or when clones are ready):
- Add other bennies (Voodoo, Pirhana)
- Add z7 (enzymes)
- pH to 5.8
- Put clones in 8" netpots
- Put netpots in RDWC system
I'm putting my plan for this grow together now, I'll post it in a couple of days. Until then I have some work to do. Enjoy the rest of your week and have a great weekend.
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I guess I need to quit being lazy and pH my water before I use it.
