P-91 - CFL 12Pack - SCROG - DWC 1st Grow

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Sweet!! I'm glad I haven't built mine yet..considering it for warmer temp growing either that or t5...that could get me started with two grows per winter rather than just one...

Two grows would be sweet. I'm thinking after this grow I'll look at possibly picking up a 400/600 watt switchable ballast and running the MH/HPS setup. This light and cab would then be on clone duty. But first, I want to see what this thing can do.

The new girls are settling in and doing fine. One of them had a little transplant shock but perked right back up. After reading and reading I have decided to put them on a 20/4 light cycle. That way they can rest a bit and I can save some electricity and allow the res and lights to stay cool. Box goes dark at noon and back up at 4 PM (started this yesterday).

Res was still at 68 this morning. I set the pH at 5.5 when I stuck them in, and around 40 hrs later it climbed to 6.4. I'm not f'n with the pH too much this time and they are happier because of it. I pH'd to 5.5 this morning and I'm at 300 ppm's until tomorrow; if they still look healthy I'll bump it to 400 and keep an eye on them.

Pics will be up tonight and the wifey should be home tomorrow from the hospital

~dime

 

[Giantsfan24]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Two grows would be sweet. I'm thinking after this grow I'll look at possibly picking up a 400/600 watt switchable ballast and running the MH/HPS setup. This light and cab would then be on clone duty. But first, I want to see what this thing can do.

The new girls are settling in and doing fine. One of them had a little transplant shock but perked right back up. After reading and reading I have decided to put them on a 20/4 light cycle. That way they can rest a bit and I can save some electricity and allow the res and lights to stay cool. Box goes dark at noon and back up at 4 PM (started this yesterday).

Res was still at 68 this morning. I set the pH at 5.5 when I stuck them in, and around 40 hrs later it climbed to 6.4. I'm not f'n with the pH too much this time and they are happier because of it. I pH'd to 5.5 this morning and I'm at 300 ppm's until tomorrow; if they still look healthy I'll bump it to 400 and keep an eye on them.

Pics will be up tonight and the wifey should be home tomorrow from the hospital

~dime

Sounds good brotha!! Hope the wife feels better yo!!

 

[007dank]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

nice clean set up!...when are you gunna put the screen on?

 

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

nice clean set up!...when are you gunna put the screen on?

Thanks! They are about 5" tall right now, so I figure when they are about twice as tall (8-10") I'll throw it in.

Upgrade time today! I'm adding another air pump and two more air stones. Hey, girls love a good bubble bath right? Pics will be up soon...

 

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Sounds good brotha!! Hope the wife feels better yo!!

Thanks GF, my wife really is an amazing woman. It's great to have her home.

 

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

I posted this 4 hours ago and it just disappeared??? Here we go again...short version .

Upgrades today!

Picked up another air pump and 4 new air stones. 2800cc's x 2 now.

Girls were bugging me for a bubble bath so...

Girl 1 had a little shock on the first day but the new growth is looking good.

Girl 2's new growth is taking off from the top and bottom.

See ya tomorrow!

 

[Hydrologist]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

there you go man! Now that looks let a promising start to me!
doesn't DWC rule?
So Simple yet gives such awesome results

 

[Giantsfan24]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

there you go man! Now that looks let a promising start to me!
doesn't DWC rule?
So Simple yet gives such awesome results

Yup looks WAY better!! Go, Go, Go!!

 

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

there you go man! Now that looks let a promising start to me!
doesn't DWC rule?
So Simple yet gives such awesome results

Yup looks WAY better!! Go, Go, Go!!

Thanks guys.

I talked to the guy I got the clones from over the weekend and asked him their recipe (PPM and pH) for these ladies. He said they were pretty light eaters and they had been on 1ml per gal diet of GH 3-part at a 6.0 pH. In my 7 gallons of water, that equals almost exactly 100 PPM's. I guess that's why the first ladies got nute burn from 300 PPM's on the first go and these new girls got a bit of a shock from 200. At least that sheds some light on the mystery of the first grow problems. I'm backing down the nutes for a little while.

Also, the girls will be moving soon! I've decided to convert my extra shower to a grow room. There is more room to work and a more stable enviroment for the plants. In my 13.5 cubic ft box, a small change in temp or RH is actually a big change in the grow enviroment. This way a small shift up or down won't really do much if anything at all. The shower is ~74 cubic ft and has a freakin' drain! I built the roof over the shower last night and planned out the rest. Should be up (along with pics) tonight or tomorrow.

Stay Tuned...

-dime

 

[HempRocket]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Nice, congrats on the new grow area.

 

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Nice, congrats on the new grow area.

Thank you, I'm excited about it.

Well got most of it done last night, just need to get everything in it's place. What a pain in the @$$ to get everything moved just 3ft! Lucky for me I had everything I needed already.

Almost Done, just finding the best placement for everything:

I did pick up another humidifier, Target was having a sale and I picked up the one on the left in the pic for $17.00, marked down from $70.00 .
It kicks out a bit more humidity than the little one I had and has more bells and whistles.

 

[HempRocket]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Wow $17 for a humidifier, good deal!

 

[Giantsfan24]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Thank you, I'm excited about it.

Well got most of it done last night, just need to get everything in it's place. What a pain in the @$$ to get everything moved just 3ft! Lucky for me I had everything I needed already.

Almost Done, just finding the best placement for everything:

I did pick up another humidifier, Target was having a sale and I picked up the one on the left in the pic for $17.00, marked down from $70.00 .
It kicks out a bit more humidity than the little one I had and has more bells and whistles.

That light is so awesome dude...are you controlling your temps better now?

 

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

That light is so awesome dude...are you controlling your temps better now?

Everything is much better now. RH is ranging from the low 40s to the low 50s. Temps are between 73 and 81 for the last two days. pH is my favorite right now, I set it at 59 yesterday and today... It's 60 it hasn't gone up more than 2 points in 24 hours since the move. Res temps are between 68 (AM) and 70 (PM). I raised up the Res about 3" to make it a little easier to check everything.

Looks like my 20/4 light schedule never started, the little switch on the timer was set to "ON". I didn't want to peek in during what I thought was lights out so I didn't know it was still on Ahhh well, not freaking really worried about it as I'm trying to have fun growing now since I was pulling out my hair and stressing about the first girls.

That's all for now! Now time for

 

[Hydrologist]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Thanks guys.

I talked to the guy I got the clones from over the weekend and asked him their recipe (PPM and pH) for these ladies. He said they were pretty light eaters and they had been on 1ml per gal diet of GH 3-part at a 6.0 pH. In my 7 gallons of water, that equals almost exactly 100 PPM's. I guess that's why the first ladies got nute burn from 300 PPM's on the first go and these new girls got a bit of a shock from 200. At least that sheds some light on the mystery of the first grow problems. I'm backing down the nutes for a little while.

Also, the girls will be moving soon! I've decided to convert my extra shower to a grow room. There is more room to work and a more stable enviroment for the plants. In my 13.5 cubic ft box, a small change in temp or RH is actually a big change in the grow enviroment. This way a small shift up or down won't really do much if anything at all. The shower is ~74 cubic ft and has a freakin' drain! I built the roof over the shower last night and planned out the rest. Should be up (along with pics) tonight or tomorrow.

Stay Tuned...

-dime

First let me start by saying-Fuck yeah bro your becoming an Indoor Grower! You know your a bone-afied indoor grower when you start to see hydro gardens sprout up around your house. pretty soon every viable large space around your place is going to turn into a grow room! When I first started growing indoors at my last apartment-dude I had plants growing in the kitchen, in the living room closet, in my bedroom closet AND I had a 4'X4'X8' Grow Hut in my bedroom Hahaha. Isn't growing magical? Its like working on a car but better, especially if you live in a FREE state like I do and are legally allowed to sell some of that harvest to your fellow patients . That sounds good to an unemployed stoner like myself lol. But thats dope you built the roof for your grow, my favorite part aside from feeding and testing my plants is building and assembling my grow room, putting up lights, hooking up chillers, installing ducting-GETTING DEHUMIDI'S FOR 17 DOLLARS MARKED DOWN FROM 70 YOU BASTARD! Next time please I bet you post on my grow journal or atleast on your own journal when you hear about those deals! Lol im only half joking.

Thats dope you were able to find out from the source exactly what to do with these girls, dude just take it slowwwww and steady with those nutrients get em off the ground into week 2 n 3 dude and you'll have the plants you've been working so hard for. In hydroponics i've always heard that the hardest part is ganna be getting your first grow off the ground. Once you get that first grow to take off I can almost guarantee you'll get a harvest. And you'll learn a ton so your next harvest is even better, so on and so forth.
ALSO I just wanted to ask you how you're diggin those long styled air stones? Do they emmitt bubbles the full length of the air stone? Im useing 2 of these weird 3 inch long cylinder looking ones in both my 5 gallon buckets for both my plant in Flowering and in Bloom, by the way have you taken a look at that plant? The thread was started by my room mate Heks but he's in Great Britan right now hanging out with his sweat heart for two weeks so i've taken over for him. She's his first grow and my first Hydroponics grow after a 4 month stint of not growing.
I also wanted to ask hows your wifey doing? Hope everythings better and keep up the hard work dude! Its great to see a fellow grower kickn' ass! Yeah....Im on my way to Carprel Tunnel as well

The artist formerly known as PacificGrown

-Hydrologist

 

[Giantsfan24]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Isn't growing magical? Its like working on a car but better

HA! Too funny!!

 

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

First let me start by saying-Fuck yeah bro your becoming an Indoor Grower! You know your a bone-afied indoor grower when you start to see hydro gardens sprout up around your house. pretty soon every viable large space around your place is going to turn into a grow room! When I first started growing indoors at my last apartment-dude I had plants growing in the kitchen, in the living room closet, in my bedroom closet AND I had a 4'X4'X8' Grow Hut in my bedroom Hahaha. Isn't growing magical? Its like working on a car but better, especially if you live in a FREE state like I do and are legally allowed to sell some of that harvest to your fellow patients . That sounds good to an unemployed stoner like myself lol. But thats dope you built the roof for your grow, my favorite part aside from feeding and testing my plants is building and assembling my grow room, putting up lights, hooking up chillers, installing ducting-GETTING DEHUMIDI'S FOR 17 DOLLARS MARKED DOWN FROM 70 YOU BASTARD! Next time please I bet you post on my grow journal or atleast on your own journal when you hear about those deals! Lol im only half joking.

Thats dope you were able to find out from the source exactly what to do with these girls, dude just take it slowwwww and steady with those nutrients get em off the ground into week 2 n 3 dude and you'll have the plants you've been working so hard for. In hydroponics i've always heard that the hardest part is ganna be getting your first grow off the ground. Once you get that first grow to take off I can almost guarantee you'll get a harvest. And you'll learn a ton so your next harvest is even better, so on and so forth.
ALSO I just wanted to ask you how you're diggin those long styled air stones? Do they emmitt bubbles the full length of the air stone? Im useing 2 of these weird 3 inch long cylinder looking ones in both my 5 gallon buckets for both my plant in Flowering and in Bloom, by the way have you taken a look at that plant? The thread was started by my room mate Heks but he's in Great Britan right now hanging out with his sweat heart for two weeks so i've taken over for him. She's his first grow and my first Hydroponics grow after a 4 month stint of not growing.
I also wanted to ask hows your wifey doing? Hope everythings better and keep up the hard work dude! Its great to see a fellow grower kickn' ass! Yeah....Im on my way to Carprel Tunnel as well

The artist formerly known as PacificGrown

-Hydrologist

Hey there water-ologist, now that I have this going I am looking at spots to grow some more. I've even thought about actually growing something different than MJ. I cook a lot and Basil is one of my favorite things in the kitchen other than Garlic. The wifey has that Italian blood coursing through her veins and we love eating fresh foods. Now don't get me wrong, we're not rabbits! I'll tear up some Tri-Tip,Steak and Carne Asada and my Southern upbringing has taught me the ways of the road house cook. My gravy is a f'n food group! Too bad you can't grow bacon in hydro, mmmmmm baaaacccoooonnnn!

Now back on topic...

The air stones shoot out air all the way down the stone. I picked them up at Wally World for $2.50 ea which ain't too bad. I'll let you know when I find a deal on stuff, I'm always hunting!

Growing in hydro sure does keep you on your toes; I know if I can get through my first harvest, the second grow will be a lot smoother. I'll check out your buddies grow too.

Wife is doing much better, thanks for asking!

Now I'm gonna have some coffee and post obscenities on your jounal

The finger painter formally know as dirtinmyears,

-dime

 

[George Parker]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

HA! Too funny!!

Yeah, but that's a hard one for me. I do love working on cars! In a way, hydro has been like an old car; when it's working it's awesome but a small problem can turn big fast and leave you stranded. But, working on them all the time does help you spot a problem faster. We shall see...

 

[Hydrologist]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

Hey there water-ologist, now that I have this going I am looking at spots to grow some more. I've even thought about actually growing something different than MJ. I cook a lot and Basil is one of my favorite things in the kitchen other than Garlic. The wifey has that Italian blood coursing through her veins and we love eating fresh foods. Now don't get me wrong, we're not rabbits! I'll tear up some Tri-Tip,Steak and Carne Asada and my Southern upbringing has taught me the ways of the road house cook. My gravy is a f'n food group! Too bad you can't grow bacon in hydro, mmmmmm baaaacccoooonnnn!

Now back on topic...

The air stones shoot out air all the way down the stone. I picked them up at Wally World for $2.50 ea which ain't too bad. I'll let you know when I find a deal on stuff, I'm always hunting!

Growing in hydro sure does keep you on your toes; I know if I can get through my first harvest, the second grow will be a lot smoother. I'll check out your buddies grow too.

Wife is doing much better, thanks for asking!

Now I'm gonna have some coffee and post obscenities on your jounal

The finger painter formally know as dirtinmyears,

-dime

LOL we're just a couple of stoney fucking growers hahaha. DUDE WE COUULLLD make SOOO much money if we figured out how to GROW BACON!! Just gatta find someone who can figure out how to splice pig stem cells with cannabis! Dude that'd be fucking DOPE!
But yah homie I feel you on the Basil lol, my brother is growing some in his backyard, i've been helping him top and steak it, lol I even super cropped aka pinch and bend'd a couple branches! But yeah dude a dream of mine is to own a house one day in like oregon or washington state-I like washington but dude no sales tax in Oregon gets me pretty hipped! But anyways yeah it'll have a basement and a backyard-the basement for my indoor hydroponics, the backyard for my outdoor cannabis along with all sorts of herbs spices fruits vegetables Dude its the way to go these days. Saves money and is so much more healthy. Oh did I also mention this dream life includes living 40% off the grid? meaning I wanna have solar power powering my grows and maybe some of the smaller appliances around the house....but I want indoor plumming. and at night i'd buy it back from the electric company.

Awww....I love my fantacys they kept me s0 out of touch throughout elementary and most of middle school. But time to grow up and make that fantacy into reality!

Glad the wifeys doing good.
Keep chuggin along!
& 4 christ sake i'll mail you some damn cue tips! Just give me a PO box! lol jk




Glad to hear that the wifey is doing good

 

[Light-1-up]

Re: dirtinmyears P-91, CFL 12-Pack, SCROG, DWC 1st Grow

What's going on dirtinmyears,

Your light is sweet, I like how it is all set up. & +reps
CFL's can grow some decent Buds. I wish you the best man.

with your young ladies, I've never grown with anything other than dirt. So I can only sit back and watch and