Perfect Sun LED
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As some of you have come to know, I love doing experiments. So first the experiments and the set up.
I have a separate veg room, where I run a 4 foot t5 for clones and seedlings. Also, a 600w hps. I could use MH, as I do have a new bulb, but I sort of like what hps does for node spacing. I don't prefer tight nodes personally. I might change my mind again, who knows.
I have a separate grow room with two 600w hps and a 181w led if I need it. I also have an extra 400w hps if I need it.
The goal here is a perpetual grow, harvesting every month, if possible. To do this, I am growing regulars and autos.
Right now, I have the regulars in 5 gallon dwc buckets with 2 stone in one and 4 in the other. Great White Shark, and my reliable critical #47.
Genetics -
Critcal #47 is a mix between ak#47 and critical mass, a very potent and pretty high yielding strain. I highly recommend it. I believe Critical #47 was by Royal Queen seeds or positronics.
Great White Shark is Brazilian x South Indian x Super Skunk. It is by Greenhouse Seeds.
Auto Mazar is Afghani x Skunk #1 by Dutch Passion, plus rudirallis.
auto white widow and biodiesel are just the auto versions of the same name.
Growing medium
For all plants not in DWC, I use 50% coco plus 50% perlite. I use the brick coco. To expand it, I use ph water of 5.5 plus I add cal mag to it.
The organic pellets I use are a slow release nutrient NPK, plus amino acids, mycrozhea, etc. I find it lack a bit in calcium, especially in coco, so I add 100PPM of cal mag by botanicare as it is organic. Or general organics cal mag.
The pellets I use on top of the soil at 1oz per gallon of medium.
I add more on about every two to three weeks.
DWC
I start with vf-11 plus 100ppm of calmag, then I move onto general hydroponics Bloom Micro at a ratio of 6-9 or less, about 500-700 ppm.
I add pk boosters once or twice in the flower cycle to all plants, and finish off with a natural bud denser, brown sugar, at about a cup per two gallons or so.
This time I will only flush for two or three weeks.
I also use drip clean to flush.
In DWC, I use 1ml of bleach per 3 gallons of water, every two days or so, plus drip clean at the recommended dose, or a bit less.
Experiment 1 - Organic pellets vs generical hydroponics 6-9 ratio of micro and bloom plus cal mag 100PPM.
Both are in the exact same coco/perlite mix. Both are the same strain from the same company, same batch. Both are fed at the same time. Both are fed with ph 6.0 water, and sometimes just well water when I feel it needs a bit of washing out the acids.
The only difference is the GH one is fed with the 6-9 ratio of micro -bloom, non organic, and the other is fed with organic slow release pellets, which take about 2-3 weeks to break down before you need to add them to the top of the soil again. Both are also fed with the cal mag 100ppm.
I feed the organic one with ph water 6.0 every time I water. That and I add calmag every other feeding.
The GH one, I feed with GH then alternate with just ph water and calmag.
So far the results speak for themselves. The organic auto mazar is on the right.
The left dwc is Critical #47 and the dwc on the right is great white shark. They are on vf-11 plus calmag right now, and bleech and drip clean as stated.
Once they have a nice root system, I will switch them over to the 6-9 gh, modified Lukas Formula.
In the very back, which cannot really be seedn, on the left auto WW and on the right auto biodiesel.
AGE OF Plants
DWC critical #47 a clone I made and the Great White Shark, from seed, are both the same age.
DWC age = 49
I know, they look small for their age but that is because I purposely stunted them for a while in Dixie cups because I am trying to time everything right. They resumed growing a few weeks back, and are probably about to explode in growth as the roots are growing and poking out of the 8inch net pot. When they go to flower, they will go to a big white modified cooler, like you use for camping.
It is an igloo sport 70, which is 17.5 gallons, but of course, I can't fill it to the top, so probably will be using 10-13 gallons of water in it. However, this thing gives lots of room for the roots.
Here is a part of a bud from my previous critical 47 grow, which started indoors, then went outdoors for a while, then went back indoors for a good month.
I have a separate veg room, where I run a 4 foot t5 for clones and seedlings. Also, a 600w hps. I could use MH, as I do have a new bulb, but I sort of like what hps does for node spacing. I don't prefer tight nodes personally. I might change my mind again, who knows.
I have a separate grow room with two 600w hps and a 181w led if I need it. I also have an extra 400w hps if I need it.
The goal here is a perpetual grow, harvesting every month, if possible. To do this, I am growing regulars and autos.
Right now, I have the regulars in 5 gallon dwc buckets with 2 stone in one and 4 in the other. Great White Shark, and my reliable critical #47.
Genetics -
Critcal #47 is a mix between ak#47 and critical mass, a very potent and pretty high yielding strain. I highly recommend it. I believe Critical #47 was by Royal Queen seeds or positronics.
Great White Shark is Brazilian x South Indian x Super Skunk. It is by Greenhouse Seeds.
Auto Mazar is Afghani x Skunk #1 by Dutch Passion, plus rudirallis.
auto white widow and biodiesel are just the auto versions of the same name.
Growing medium
For all plants not in DWC, I use 50% coco plus 50% perlite. I use the brick coco. To expand it, I use ph water of 5.5 plus I add cal mag to it.
The organic pellets I use are a slow release nutrient NPK, plus amino acids, mycrozhea, etc. I find it lack a bit in calcium, especially in coco, so I add 100PPM of cal mag by botanicare as it is organic. Or general organics cal mag.
The pellets I use on top of the soil at 1oz per gallon of medium.
I add more on about every two to three weeks.
DWC
I start with vf-11 plus 100ppm of calmag, then I move onto general hydroponics Bloom Micro at a ratio of 6-9 or less, about 500-700 ppm.
I add pk boosters once or twice in the flower cycle to all plants, and finish off with a natural bud denser, brown sugar, at about a cup per two gallons or so.
This time I will only flush for two or three weeks.
I also use drip clean to flush.
In DWC, I use 1ml of bleach per 3 gallons of water, every two days or so, plus drip clean at the recommended dose, or a bit less.
Experiment 1 - Organic pellets vs generical hydroponics 6-9 ratio of micro and bloom plus cal mag 100PPM.
Both are in the exact same coco/perlite mix. Both are the same strain from the same company, same batch. Both are fed at the same time. Both are fed with ph 6.0 water, and sometimes just well water when I feel it needs a bit of washing out the acids.
The only difference is the GH one is fed with the 6-9 ratio of micro -bloom, non organic, and the other is fed with organic slow release pellets, which take about 2-3 weeks to break down before you need to add them to the top of the soil again. Both are also fed with the cal mag 100ppm.
I feed the organic one with ph water 6.0 every time I water. That and I add calmag every other feeding.
The GH one, I feed with GH then alternate with just ph water and calmag.
So far the results speak for themselves. The organic auto mazar is on the right.
The left dwc is Critical #47 and the dwc on the right is great white shark. They are on vf-11 plus calmag right now, and bleech and drip clean as stated.
Once they have a nice root system, I will switch them over to the 6-9 gh, modified Lukas Formula.
In the very back, which cannot really be seedn, on the left auto WW and on the right auto biodiesel.
AGE OF Plants
DWC critical #47 a clone I made and the Great White Shark, from seed, are both the same age.
DWC age = 49
I know, they look small for their age but that is because I purposely stunted them for a while in Dixie cups because I am trying to time everything right. They resumed growing a few weeks back, and are probably about to explode in growth as the roots are growing and poking out of the 8inch net pot. When they go to flower, they will go to a big white modified cooler, like you use for camping.
It is an igloo sport 70, which is 17.5 gallons, but of course, I can't fill it to the top, so probably will be using 10-13 gallons of water in it. However, this thing gives lots of room for the roots.
Here is a part of a bud from my previous critical 47 grow, which started indoors, then went outdoors for a while, then went back indoors for a good month.
