Dank Purple's First Grow

[Dank Purple]

Hey guys after subbing up and getting a feel for the community all my budz have urged me to start a journal of my own.
Setup:
5x5x8 vevosun mylar tent
1200 w equivalent LED
fox farm nutes.
Hahah as for method of hydro it has been evolving since i started. ill post some pics to catch u guys up on the adventure. Im almost 3 weeks along.
In short looking forward to some new buds and hopefully either i or you the subscriber learn a few things! Lets do this!
Here is a picture-venture for the last 3 weeks alot of upgrades along the way. Started sprouting

Showed roots, put in water

look at the horrible setup i started with

did some miner upgrades with reflector tape and got a 1200w led

here come the other 3

2 learned to surf one decided to go soil and the other was weak so i tossed her

ok got a tent closet was so tiny.

now were doing good got more lights too 2 1000w on either side

here is the soil .all bag seeds so i named them this is madiline

the 2 surfing are lucile and grooty

ended up going with bubble buckets 5 gal. Res changing 18 gallon tub was a bitch

also grooty was getting root rot and giving it to lucile but i saved them. Grooty was stunted hard. Here is lucile and madi

madi

skip some waiting and here they are now

 

[Dank Purple]

Re: Quicks first everything ;grow, hydro, journal

After topping them or possibly FIMing lucile here they are didnt touch grooty i thought she was a gonner but she is pulling through.. Lucile

grooty

madi

 

[Dank Purple]

Re: Quicks first everything ;grow, hydro, journal

Also my 2 L.A. kush have sprouted one had roots she is surfing the other is taking her sweet time in the propagation chamber

picked up a few more buckets for these 2. Now i need another air pump. And its already smelling great.. I need carbon filter and exhaust here really soon. But im really happy with them so far. Especially lucile. She is a bad bitch. Look at this undergrowth

 

[Dank Purple]

Re: Quicks first everything ;grow, hydro, journal

Haha and later this week i have a surprise bit i don't want to say just yet.

 

[GrowCity420]

Re: Quicks first everything ;grow, hydro, journal

Looks good. Subbed

 

[Dabby Duck]

Re: Quicks first everything ;grow, hydro, journal

I'm in man subbed. Surf those bitches.

 

[Dank Purple]

So far hydro is kicking soils ass.. But grooty got root rot so it slowed her way down.. She went downhill for like 2 ,3 days and then .bam pulled out.. Btw soil is happy frog and i know im risking alot growing organic shit in my tent with hydro.. But im watching, might really regret that but we will see.. opinions? The reason why i did that was i heard soil can hold down a mother plant way longer and easier than hydro. But i want lucile as my mother now..#fml might just clone her into a soil pot when the time is right.

 

[Blazin Waffle]

I personally love soil. It's a natural buffer and helps ME from pissing my plants off lol
Keep airflow and humidity under control and little beasties are easier to keep away!

 

[GrowCity420]

I personally love soil. It's a natural buffer and helps ME from pissing my plants off lol
Keep airflow and humidity under control and little beasties are easier to keep away!

Your name is too much lol just spit out a whole mouth full of water after seeing that lol

 

[Derbybud]

Subbed and watching. Maybe stop over to mine if ya get some time

 

[Dabby Duck]

Don't see myself ever growing in anything but coco. No overwatering. Just feed everyday shit sometimes 2-3 times a day. I rip through nutes but have a few 52 inch plants from the pot on my first grow. Also like that if you have any problems it is quick to fix. Just my two cents for what it's worth.

 

[Planter420]

I can offer some hydro help and plenty of penis jokes. Now that I'm subbed I'm sure I will find another wide opening .

 

[Planter420]

Quick's First Everything Grow - Hydro Journal

So far hydro is kicking soils ass.. But grooty got root rot so it slowed her way down.. She went downhill for like 2 ,3 days and then .bam pulled out.. Btw soil is happy frog and i know im risking alot growing organic shit in my tent with hydro.. But im watching, might really regret that but we will see.. opinions? The reason why i did that was i heard soil can hold down a mother plant way longer and easier than hydro. But i want lucile as my mother now..#fml might just clone her into a soil pot when the time is right.

As long as you are clean and tidy and indoors, you shouldn't have a problem as long as you're not using organic nutes in the res

I noticed you have the rockwool in the soil. The plant looks like she's loving life but just be aware that RW retains water so try to water around it. If you get that stuff too wet you may wind up having to surgically remove as much of it as possible without disturbing the roots much. I made that mistake once and had to to the surgery to save em lol. Otherwise everything is looking good in here .

 

[Dank Purple]

As long as you are clean and tidy and indoors, you shouldn't have a problem as long as you're not using organic nutes in the res

I noticed you have the rockwool in the soil. The plant looks like she's loving life but just be aware that RW retains water so try to water around it. If you get that stuff too wet you may wind up having to surgically remove as much of it as possible without disturbing the roots much. I made that mistake once and had to to the surgery to save em lol. Otherwise everything is looking good in here .

Honestly didnt even think about that.. Thanks for saving me a surgery. Plus i was gonna set up drip lines.. She would have drown for sure. You just saved her life i think. Thanks bro.

 

[Dabby Duck]

You don't have to worry about the rockwool. It will contain 35% oxygen when fully saturated. I don't however know how that would affect the surrounding soil.

 

[Dabby Duck]

I have started all mine in rockwool so far and as a matter of fact for the first 4 weeks I only feed the rockwool cube everyday and let the surrounding coco sort of dry out. This causes the roots to air prune back into the cube. Gives you a massive trunk and root mass right at the bottom of your main stem. You can check my beasts here.
1st Grow 2x600W LED Coco

 

[Planter420]

The water gets stale and causes root as well as stem rot, if left for long enough. Stunted one of my girls pretty badly and when I went in I saw all the rot. I'm a 100% hydro guy but I messed around with ocean forest soil in smart pots to start before I brought them outside to harden for the outdoor season. Out of four that were started in RW, only one had this issue but I did all four to be safe. Needless to say that one died lol

 

[Planter420]

Quick's First Everything Grow - Hydro Journal

I believe you I just know it can be an issue and wanted to let him know what to look for if he ran into an issue. I think how you watered it through the cube most likely ensured the oxygen was always replaced and didn't allow it to get stale. Keep in mind you're also in coco . maybe the soil and the RW combination makes it more susceptible as opposed to coco

 

[Dabby Duck]

I agree it may be diff if using soil.

 

[Planter420]

Your plants are indeed monsters . I've never grown in coco either, DWC has been very friendly to me. Went with a Dewey setup this time around, slowly trying to expand my use of different setups but am reluctant to shy away from hydro.