Tom Smith's First Indoor Grow With Autos 2017

[Robbo94]

Loving the update tom that group photo is my squad goals pmsl

 

[EastCoastGhost]

On my OG and Sour D grow I pulled 369.7 grams in a 7 sq foot space. 7sq ft is .650321 of a square meter. So that would be 568 gr per square meter. The seed specs were 475-525 per square meter for the Sour D and 550 a square meter for the OG. So I outpaced the projected yield. The other specs are at the beginning of my journals. Links in my signature.

Thanks for all your help farside, my ww hasn't got any worse so maybe she liked the little grow nutes i added in for her.✌

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Don't know what i would do without all my 420 buddys, you all are great.✌

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Just ordered a mini microscope, be here Wednesday, i didnt get the 420 scope, i went with the carson (mm 300), it has good reviews and only uses 1 AA battery. Here is a pic of it, and also a pic of tricomes someone put on a review, looks like it will work for what i need.✌

 

[farside05]

Thanks farside, im going to try another line of nutes next time, don't get me wrong fox farm has done great for me so far, i am really wanting to try advanced nutes, it is ph perfect and they have alot of other stuff like bud candy, overdrive and some more. The main thing i like about it is the ph perfect part, i am going to get me a good ppm meter for my next grow also. I like your feeding style, i kinda believe the same thing, i don't think you really have to add a big bunch of nutes, just enough for what plants need, i will stay at a lower ppm (around 600 or so) and see how they like it. I can't wait to harvest a few of these girls so i can get some cash together and buy some things i really need, im working on a tight budget till then lol.✌

I don't think you have to spend a lot on pH and PPM pens. Both mine were cheap ones from Amazon. If you do go that route for a pH meter, I prefer the super simple one with only the one decimal place display that you adjust calibration with a screwdriver. The on off switch is on the top. I have one of the two place decimal displays that has push buttons on the front. It also auto calibrates when thay button is selected and placed in test solutions. It's fancier and looks nicer, but mess up and hit the auto calibrates button while you have it in your nute solution and your screwed! It messed up one of my grows bad with that little error. The screwdriver adjustable one seems to stay calibrated well.

I had thought about the Advanced Nutrition pH Perfect line briefly for a while. What bothers me is that their bottles are watered down quite a bit. So even though the price per bottle is similar to other nutes, you have to use a lot more of it compared to other brands. Do you see a theme here? I'm a tight ass always weighing costs...lol. After a little time, I can be within .1 pH with just about any solution I mix up now with my nutes without even using a meter. You just learn where your water starts at and how much each part either raises or lowers the pH. At my lowest feed rates I know I need .6 ml of pH down. My highest grow feed mix only needs .2 ml (like 2 drops per gallon), and my bloom mix is spot on 6.5 without any adjustment. Needless to say, even at .6 ml per gallon, my quart of pH down is going to last an eternity.

 

[Robbo94]

Just ordered a mini microscope, be here Wednesday, i didnt get the 420 scope, i went with the carson (mm 300), it has good reviews and only uses 1 AA battery. Here is a pic of it, and also a pic of tricomes someone put on a review, looks like it will work for what i need...

Get some snaps of them trics when it arrives and let me know how she works buddy av still got to get mine yet

 

[EastCoastGhost]

I don't think you have to spend a lot on pH and PPM pens. Both mine were cheap ones from Amazon. If you do go that route for a pH meter, I prefer the super simple one with only the one decimal place display that you adjust calibration with a screwdriver. The on off switch is on the top. I have one of the two place decimal displays that has push buttons on the front. It also auto calibrates when thay button is selected and placed in test solutions. It's fancier and looks nicer, but mess up and hit the auto calibrates button while you have it in your nute solution and your screwed! It messed up one of my grows bad with that little error. The screwdriver adjustable one seems to stay calibrated well.

I had thought about the Advanced Nutrition pH Perfect line briefly for a while. What bothers me is that their bottles are watered down quite a bit. So even though the price per bottle is similar to other nutes, you have to use a lot more of it compared to other brands. Do you see a theme here? I'm a tight ass always weighing costs...lol. After a little time, I can be within .1 pH with just about any solution I mix up now with my nutes without even using a meter. You just learn where your water starts at and how much each part either raises or lowers the pH. At my lowest feed rates I know I need .6 ml of pH down. My highest grow feed mix only needs .2 ml (like 2 drops per gallon), and my bloom mix is spot on 6.5 without any adjustment. Needless to say, even at .6 ml per gallon, my quart of pH down is going to last an eternity.

Thanks for the info farside, i have seen the ph pens on amazon that you can adjust with screwdriver, i will pick me one up, be alot easier than the drops for sure.✌

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Get some snaps of them trics when it arrives and let me know how she works buddy av still got to get mine yet

I sure will, one good thing is it has a lifetime warranty if anything happens send it back and they will send you another one, it also uses the AA battery instead of the little round watch batteries and it was under $15, hopefully it does a good job.✌

 

[Robbo94]

I sure will, one good thing is it has a lifetime warranty if anything happens send it back and they will send you another one, it also uses the AA battery instead of the little round watch batteries and it was under $15, hopefully it does a good job...

Take it out the back of your Xbox one controller got to love the AA battery lol

 

[farside05]

Just ordered a mini microscope, be here Wednesday, i didnt get the 420 scope, i went with the carson (mm 300), it has good reviews and only uses 1 AA battery. Here is a pic of it, and also a pic of tricomes someone put on a review, looks like it will work for what i need.✌

I've got one of those too. Getting it focused and getting the right distance from the bud is a pain in the ass, but it shows you what you need to see. I have a higher powered Jewelers loop too but it's not strong enough for me to see the tricomes with my old eyes. I've even got a USB microscope but the one like you just bought gives the best view between the three styles I own.

 

[EastCoastGhost]

I've got one of those too. Getting it focused and getting the right distance from the bud is a pain in the ass, but it shows you what you need to see. I have a higher powered Jewelers loop too but it's not strong enough for me to see the tricomes with my old eyes. I've even got a USB microscope but the one like you just bought gives the best view between the three styles I own.

Cool, glad to hear it does good, it was between it and the 420 scope, i picked the carson cause it had alot better reviews.

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Take it out the back of your Xbox one controller got to love the AA battery lol

Yea i love that it uses the AA battery, most of them use a certain style like a watch battery and sometimes it can be a pain to find.✌

 

[Robbo94]

Yea i love that it uses the AA battery, most of them use a certain style like a watch battery and sometimes it can be a pain to find...

Mines a watch battery style but a lot bigger I have to go to a electrical shop to get em

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Mines a watch battery style but a lot bigger I have to go to a electrical shop to get em

As long as you have a place you can get them its not that bad, i guess you could always buy a spare to have also.✌

 

[Robbo94]

As long as you have a place you can get them its not that bad, i guess you could always buy a spare to have also...

I did but there more than expensive than you average AA only by a little bit but every little helps

 

[farside05]

Thanks for the info farside, i have seen the ph pens on amazon that you can adjust with screwdriver, i will pick me one up, be alot easier than the drops for sure.✌

Looks like this. A bunch of merchants sell the same model. See if you can find one that comes with the little test solutions packets to verify it's calibrated correctly.

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Day 56, Jaimie the ww Seems to be doing alright, the leafs that was yellowing still looks about the same but she still hasn't gotten any worse so that is good i guess. Here is a couple pics i took a little bit ago.

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Here are the other two wws, first two are Shorty and the last two are Sherry, the buds on Sherry are starting to form up nice, if she fattens up good she should be a good yielder✌

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Here are the thc bombs, first two are Dorothy, third pic is Rose, forth pic is Blanche, i only got one pic of Rose and Blanche, they seem to still be happy as can be.✌

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Here is a shot of the canopy, the light is 19in from the top of the girls. ✌