This is my first grow with coco, i have a few soil grows in the past with reasonable results i apologize in advanced for my bad grammar and punctuation.
Lets start with my setup
Strain Mazar (dutch passion seeds) from 7 year old mother
4 cuttings
3 survivors
Medium: Canna coco coir natural
Nutreients: Canna coco A+B
Canna Rhizatonic root boost
Water: Tap water ph 7
PH: Digital Meter with PH 4 and 7 for calibration
PPM/EC: no clue no meter yet
Grow Room: standard 1200mm x 1200mm tent with heavy duty steel corner inserts
100m celotex 1.2m x 1.2m base for tent floor insulation
60w tube heater with thermostat
Lights: Sunmaster Digital Variable FX 600w Grow Light Ballast Dimmable (660w 600w 400w 250w)
1x 250 Philips Powerplant Metal Halide
1x 400w Sunmaster MH Deluxe
1x 600w Sunmaster HPS Deluxe Duel Spectrum
Was gona just dim down 600w HPS for veg but found the following information from the sunmaster website.
* PLEASE NOTE: We do not recommend dimming a 600w lamp down to the lower settings! Always switch off your light, wait for your lamp to cool, remove and replace with one that matches the chosen dimmed wattage setting. This is due to the loss of PAR (Plant Useable) light output when lamps are run at lower wattages. For example, dimming a 600w lamp to 400w would be use 33% less power but would lose 50% of it's specified PAR output.
Airflow: Centrifugal Fan (Expensive) 500 M3/hr Passive airflow
Outside Tent Environment: Outdoor brick house double skin 2.5m x 2.5m insulated
Pots: 2.5l start pots and i have a choice of 2 pots i have 4x 25L and 6x 12L plastic airpots cant decide what to go with when i transfer i was originally planning on 4 plants in 25l pots open to suggestions here are the pots i have.
When i received the clones they were in a serious condition my pal who gave me them had serious doubts about the survival of them they were in very small rockwool cubes and exposed to temperatures well under 10c.
I soaked the coco in a light nutrient solution at room temperature in 4x 2.5L pots and placed them under the 250w mh 2 foot away no PH adjustment at this point.
Day 3: one of the four died
Day 4: light watering around cubes coco still very moist no new growth
day 5: some small growth Was recommended rhizatonic from pal gave them full strength rhiz foliar spray coco still very moist
Day 6: Disaster from my own stupidity mixed half strength A+B From the bottle reading strength. full rhizatonic strength in and placed 250w mh light 150mm away from tops.
Day 7: well i fucked right up i burned those bitches Light was too close for over 12 hours then Recieved my ph meter that morning and tested the rhiz and A+B mix i gave them. PH was 8.2 thanks to the rhizatonic
immediate flush with PH 5.8 Rhizatonic no nutrients.
day 8: after flush
day 12 now will post some more pics soon open to any suggestions this is my first grow with coco and all equipment and knowledge is brand new btw they seem to be pulling through a little.
thanks for looking
Lets start with my setup
Strain Mazar (dutch passion seeds) from 7 year old mother
4 cuttings
3 survivors
Medium: Canna coco coir natural
Nutreients: Canna coco A+B
Canna Rhizatonic root boost
Water: Tap water ph 7
PH: Digital Meter with PH 4 and 7 for calibration
PPM/EC: no clue no meter yet
Grow Room: standard 1200mm x 1200mm tent with heavy duty steel corner inserts
100m celotex 1.2m x 1.2m base for tent floor insulation
60w tube heater with thermostat
Lights: Sunmaster Digital Variable FX 600w Grow Light Ballast Dimmable (660w 600w 400w 250w)
1x 250 Philips Powerplant Metal Halide
1x 400w Sunmaster MH Deluxe
1x 600w Sunmaster HPS Deluxe Duel Spectrum
Was gona just dim down 600w HPS for veg but found the following information from the sunmaster website.
* PLEASE NOTE: We do not recommend dimming a 600w lamp down to the lower settings! Always switch off your light, wait for your lamp to cool, remove and replace with one that matches the chosen dimmed wattage setting. This is due to the loss of PAR (Plant Useable) light output when lamps are run at lower wattages. For example, dimming a 600w lamp to 400w would be use 33% less power but would lose 50% of it's specified PAR output.
Airflow: Centrifugal Fan (Expensive) 500 M3/hr Passive airflow
Outside Tent Environment: Outdoor brick house double skin 2.5m x 2.5m insulated
Pots: 2.5l start pots and i have a choice of 2 pots i have 4x 25L and 6x 12L plastic airpots cant decide what to go with when i transfer i was originally planning on 4 plants in 25l pots open to suggestions here are the pots i have.
When i received the clones they were in a serious condition my pal who gave me them had serious doubts about the survival of them they were in very small rockwool cubes and exposed to temperatures well under 10c.
I soaked the coco in a light nutrient solution at room temperature in 4x 2.5L pots and placed them under the 250w mh 2 foot away no PH adjustment at this point.
Day 3: one of the four died
Day 4: light watering around cubes coco still very moist no new growth
day 5: some small growth Was recommended rhizatonic from pal gave them full strength rhiz foliar spray coco still very moist
Day 6: Disaster from my own stupidity mixed half strength A+B From the bottle reading strength. full rhizatonic strength in and placed 250w mh light 150mm away from tops.
Day 7: well i fucked right up i burned those bitches Light was too close for over 12 hours then Recieved my ph meter that morning and tested the rhiz and A+B mix i gave them. PH was 8.2 thanks to the rhizatonic
immediate flush with PH 5.8 Rhizatonic no nutrients.
day 8: after flush
day 12 now will post some more pics soon open to any suggestions this is my first grow with coco and all equipment and knowledge is brand new btw they seem to be pulling through a little.
thanks for looking
