Well after browsing the site for the past couple months I decided it is finally time to start my first grow journal and track the progress of my first run. I have learned so much from other members journals on this site that I am hoping that someone might find something useful on my journal as well.
With this being my first grow I am sure there will be plenty of ups and downs, but I am ready to take it head on and try to soak up as much knowledge as possible along the way. I have already invested a large chunk of my savings into this endeavor, so all the help and advice i get will be greatly appreciated. Please do not hesitate to put in your two cents!
A little background on myself. I am a 24 year old medical marijuana patient. I had a bad injury about 5 years ago on a dirtbike that left me with a shattered femur. They placed a titanium rod inside my femur and a couple pins in my hip and knee. The pin in my hip is constantly rubbing against the bone and scar tissue causing me constant pain. After kicking my prescription pain killer dependancy, I turned to marijuana to provide relief for my pain. I fell in love with this amazing plant and the rest is history. I was inspired by one of my clients at work, who turned out to be an amazing grower. After seeing the meds he was producing for himself and other patients I had my medical card and authorization to cultivate 3 days later.
Alright then lets start with the room itself. This is a spare bedroom I have in the basement of my house. All venting/ductwork is vented to the outside of the house via a window panel I made out of 3/4" MDF and A/C duct boxes. The outside of the window is covered with a 3/4" foam insulation sheet that has a mylar backing facing out, and the side facing the window is covered with panda film(so i don't have to look at ugly foam) There is also a nipple in the window panel that leads directly into the window well drain. All my reservoir changes are made using this as my waste line.
Now lets start with the equipment in the room.
Lighting is provided by 2 Lumatek 1000w Digital ballasts. The ballasts are mounted on a synthetic "peg board" that allows air to circulate all around them. They stay nice and cool throughout the day. The ballasts are connected to 2 Blockbuster 8" reflectors and power 2 Advanced Nutrients Red Diamond 1000w HPS bulbs.
Power for the room is ran off of a dedicated 100 amp sub panel that I installed in the room. I figured this would provide more than enough power for future expansions. Both ballasts are hard wired at 220 directly into an intermatic mechanical time clock. You will notice my outlets are getting a little crowded and I plan to add a couple other receptacles to clean everything up a bit. The A/C unit is wired to a dedicated 20 amp breaker and the other outlet is wired to its own 15 amp breaker.
Ventillation for the lights is provided by a 10" inline duct fan running around 750 cfm. There is also a 12,000 BTU Air Conditioning unit that keeps the room between 77-81 degrees with the lights on, and I can get it as low as 69 with the lights off.
The main tent I am using for flowering is a 5' x 10' tent. Inside of this tent is a Titan Flo-n-Gro system running 12 buckets from a 55 gallon reservoir. Inside of the reservoir is a 10" air stone and a circulating pump to keep everything aerated and moving.
Now onto the Plants.. The clones were sourced locally from another grower. They are a Grand Daddy Purps x Larry OG from Cali Connection Seeds. I took a gamble with clones from another grower, but I am hoping that the genetics turn out to be what he claims.
The clones are currently on day 10 of flowering. The pictures I will post first are of day 7. I am still trying to get a handle on the camera settings to try and combat the orange hue on all of the pictures.
These photos were taken today (day 10) and are a little better than the first set. The camera settings are still giving my trouble, but at least my plants dont look dead...
In addition to the plants in the flowering tent, I have 3 mother plants that are growing in a separate 4' x 4' tent. There are 2 DNA Genetics "Martian Kush" and 1 DNA Genetics "Cannadential" These plants are in a GH Rainforest 318 aeroponics unit. They are absolutely massive and were root locked together before I could transplant them into another system. So for now, they will stay in there. The plants are doing amazing and I wish they werent getting so big. But constant pruning keeps them somewhat at bay. Lighting is provided by a 4 foot 6 bulb T5 running 6500k lamps. a 6" inline fan keeps the air in the tent fresh, and 2 small fans in the bottom of the tent provide airflow. There are 2 10" air stones in the reservoir to provide aeration. The Martian Kush mothers will provide clones for my next run. And the Cannadential will be turned out ofter that.
I am running Advanced Nutrients for both systems. I am running the Grand Master bundle minus a few items for the flowering plants according to AN's nute schedule, but they are running at about 75% strength.
All water tests are done with a Nutradip Tri-Meter. So far i have had very consistent results with this meter and it stays calibrated quite well.
Water is provided by an Eliminator 100 gpd Reverse Osmosis system.
Hopefully this wasnt too much of a cluster-fuck of information. If anything needs to be revised please let me know.
Final rundown of whats going on right now in the room according to the template on the grow journal sticky.
Purple Larry OG
Indica Dominant Hybrid
10 days into Flowering
Indoor Tent Grow
Hydro (ebb and flow buckets)
Medium is Hydroton
Two 1000w HPS Lights
Aircooled from outside of room
Temperature of tent is between 77-81
Relative Humidity stays around 55%
PH is generally around 5.8 (+/- .2)
A couple of thrips have been found dead. (alternating between neem oil and azatrol to control pests)
Buckets are Flooded 4 times daily. 3 with lights on, 1 when lights are off.
Advanced nutrients are used according to AN schedule. But PPM is slightly lower than they say at about 850.
Thanks for checking out my grow, hopefully i didnt screw up too bad making this journal. I hope you will all be around to follow along on this project of mine. I will try and update at least once weekly, more if I can!
-Squalid
With this being my first grow I am sure there will be plenty of ups and downs, but I am ready to take it head on and try to soak up as much knowledge as possible along the way. I have already invested a large chunk of my savings into this endeavor, so all the help and advice i get will be greatly appreciated. Please do not hesitate to put in your two cents!
A little background on myself. I am a 24 year old medical marijuana patient. I had a bad injury about 5 years ago on a dirtbike that left me with a shattered femur. They placed a titanium rod inside my femur and a couple pins in my hip and knee. The pin in my hip is constantly rubbing against the bone and scar tissue causing me constant pain. After kicking my prescription pain killer dependancy, I turned to marijuana to provide relief for my pain. I fell in love with this amazing plant and the rest is history. I was inspired by one of my clients at work, who turned out to be an amazing grower. After seeing the meds he was producing for himself and other patients I had my medical card and authorization to cultivate 3 days later.
Alright then lets start with the room itself. This is a spare bedroom I have in the basement of my house. All venting/ductwork is vented to the outside of the house via a window panel I made out of 3/4" MDF and A/C duct boxes. The outside of the window is covered with a 3/4" foam insulation sheet that has a mylar backing facing out, and the side facing the window is covered with panda film(so i don't have to look at ugly foam) There is also a nipple in the window panel that leads directly into the window well drain. All my reservoir changes are made using this as my waste line.
Now lets start with the equipment in the room.
Lighting is provided by 2 Lumatek 1000w Digital ballasts. The ballasts are mounted on a synthetic "peg board" that allows air to circulate all around them. They stay nice and cool throughout the day. The ballasts are connected to 2 Blockbuster 8" reflectors and power 2 Advanced Nutrients Red Diamond 1000w HPS bulbs.
Power for the room is ran off of a dedicated 100 amp sub panel that I installed in the room. I figured this would provide more than enough power for future expansions. Both ballasts are hard wired at 220 directly into an intermatic mechanical time clock. You will notice my outlets are getting a little crowded and I plan to add a couple other receptacles to clean everything up a bit. The A/C unit is wired to a dedicated 20 amp breaker and the other outlet is wired to its own 15 amp breaker.
Ventillation for the lights is provided by a 10" inline duct fan running around 750 cfm. There is also a 12,000 BTU Air Conditioning unit that keeps the room between 77-81 degrees with the lights on, and I can get it as low as 69 with the lights off.
The main tent I am using for flowering is a 5' x 10' tent. Inside of this tent is a Titan Flo-n-Gro system running 12 buckets from a 55 gallon reservoir. Inside of the reservoir is a 10" air stone and a circulating pump to keep everything aerated and moving.
Now onto the Plants.. The clones were sourced locally from another grower. They are a Grand Daddy Purps x Larry OG from Cali Connection Seeds. I took a gamble with clones from another grower, but I am hoping that the genetics turn out to be what he claims.
The clones are currently on day 10 of flowering. The pictures I will post first are of day 7. I am still trying to get a handle on the camera settings to try and combat the orange hue on all of the pictures.
These photos were taken today (day 10) and are a little better than the first set. The camera settings are still giving my trouble, but at least my plants dont look dead...
In addition to the plants in the flowering tent, I have 3 mother plants that are growing in a separate 4' x 4' tent. There are 2 DNA Genetics "Martian Kush" and 1 DNA Genetics "Cannadential" These plants are in a GH Rainforest 318 aeroponics unit. They are absolutely massive and were root locked together before I could transplant them into another system. So for now, they will stay in there. The plants are doing amazing and I wish they werent getting so big. But constant pruning keeps them somewhat at bay. Lighting is provided by a 4 foot 6 bulb T5 running 6500k lamps. a 6" inline fan keeps the air in the tent fresh, and 2 small fans in the bottom of the tent provide airflow. There are 2 10" air stones in the reservoir to provide aeration. The Martian Kush mothers will provide clones for my next run. And the Cannadential will be turned out ofter that.
I am running Advanced Nutrients for both systems. I am running the Grand Master bundle minus a few items for the flowering plants according to AN's nute schedule, but they are running at about 75% strength.
All water tests are done with a Nutradip Tri-Meter. So far i have had very consistent results with this meter and it stays calibrated quite well.
Water is provided by an Eliminator 100 gpd Reverse Osmosis system.
Hopefully this wasnt too much of a cluster-fuck of information. If anything needs to be revised please let me know.
Final rundown of whats going on right now in the room according to the template on the grow journal sticky.
Purple Larry OG
Indica Dominant Hybrid
10 days into Flowering
Indoor Tent Grow
Hydro (ebb and flow buckets)
Medium is Hydroton
Two 1000w HPS Lights
Aircooled from outside of room
Temperature of tent is between 77-81
Relative Humidity stays around 55%
PH is generally around 5.8 (+/- .2)
A couple of thrips have been found dead. (alternating between neem oil and azatrol to control pests)
Buckets are Flooded 4 times daily. 3 with lights on, 1 when lights are off.
Advanced nutrients are used according to AN schedule. But PPM is slightly lower than they say at about 850.
Thanks for checking out my grow, hopefully i didnt screw up too bad making this journal. I hope you will all be around to follow along on this project of mine. I will try and update at least once weekly, more if I can!
-Squalid
