Shaggy's Quick Start Newbie Perpetual Grow With MarsHydro LED & Clones!

[shaggydreams]

Greetings groovy 420magazine brothers and sisters!
Welcome to my crisis grow!

Let's catch up together and start from the beginning;

6/30/2016 the proud Washington State closed all of my beloved green cross Marijuana stores.
The Beginning and the End of Washington’s Wild MMJ Market - Seattle Weekly

7/1/2016 my beloved bikini budtender gave me 7 clones of her own favorite plants as she gave me a final farewell kiss.

Panic! Puff. Puff, Breathe, better now.

Here's what I overnight-ed via Amazon.

1. Grow Tent, Apollo Horticulture 48"x48"x80"

2. 2 of MarsHdyro Reflector144 Led Grow Lights with 317W True Watts.

3. 6-inch Ventilation Ducting.

4. 6-inch iPower GLFILT6M Air Carbon Filter

5. 6-inch iPower GLFANXINLINE6 High CFM Inline Ducting Fan.

6. 6-inch fan for inside tent.

7. Temperature / Humidity Monitor, currently holding 63-81 degrees Fahrenheit, humidity 45.

8. Light Timer currently at 18-light/8-dark to start.

Let the grow games begin.

7/2/16 Day 1, transplanted clones showing roots into 1 gal pots, foxfarm happy frog potting soil, water to moist.
16/8 light cycle under one MarsHydro177 light on "grow" setting.

7/3/16 Day 2, transplanted clones are unhappy and droopy!
added 1 cup water and 1/2 cup tea nutes. NO MORE WATER FOR AT LEAST 4 DAYS!?
adding water stone trick to get humidity above 40%.

7/4/16 Day 3, added another fan blowing into tent. Put both fans on night-time blackout timer.

7/5/16 Day 4, temperature holding 63-81, humidity 45, plants look happy and still damp, added water to rock humidifier, lights out auto at 7pm still on 16on/8off light cycle.

7/6/16 Day 5, temp/humidity steady, plants happy. Here's how they look today.

What's next? Well, if you don't know what you're doing, ask for help and make a plan!

 

[infiniteJuan]

re: Shaggy's Quick Start Newbie Perpetual Grow With MarsHydro LED & Clones!

Shaggy! Your setup is a lot like mine. My 48" x 48" x 78" tent should be arriving any day now. My girls have grown out of the original 34" x 34" x 64" tent. Looking forward to seeing how you manage those nice looking clones. Do you know what strains they are?

 

[millertm]

re: Shaggy's Quick Start Newbie Perpetual Grow With MarsHydro LED & Clones!

I'm in.

Cheers

Sent from my SPH-L720T using 420

 

[David Bowman]

Hi shaggydreams,

I've embedded your photo for you. Personally, I use the "My Photos" button at the bottom left side of the text input window to embed photos in my posts. I hope that helps.

Greenest Regards,
David Bowman

 

[Canna Montana]

High there Shaggy! to ! That's a nice setup you have there! If you have any questions send them my way. If I don't know the answer, chances are I know someone here who does. Have a great day!

 

[shaggydreams]

I uploaded photos of all 7 clones today and I believe they are;

4 GSC, Girl Scout Cookies (Hybrid)
1of4GSC

2of4GSC

3of4GSC

4of4GSC

1 GDP, Granddaddy Purple (Indica)
1of1GDP

2 PP, Phat Panda Jack Herer (Sativa)
1of2PP

2of2PP

Wow I really hope they play nicely together!

 

[shaggydreams]

Thanks David, I'm just now learning your sites photo interface, any help is greatly appreciated and always welcome!

 

[shaggydreams]

Thank you Canna Montana! (cool name). I'll be updating my feeding plan soon so please feel free to correct me if I go off track, first grow and all.

 

[millertm]

Good looking start Shaggy. Looks like you've been down this road before. GSC is a very frosty plant with lovely flavor.

Cheers

Sent from my SPH-L720T using 420

 

[mouser]

You got some nice strains there....running off to research Phat Panda after I post. From the looks of it, you'll do fine, and has been mentioned before, if you run into issues there is most likely someone here to help out.



Well, after some brief research I have discovered that Phat Panda is a breeder, not a strain...how disappointing. It would have been a great strain name

 

[Mars Hydro]

I'm in You got nice set-up.

Greetings groovy 420magazine brothers and sisters!
Welcome to my crisis grow!

Let's catch up together and start from the beginning;

6/30/2016 the proud Washington State closed all of my beloved green cross Marijuana stores.
The Beginning and the End of Washington's Wild MMJ Market - Seattle Weekly

7/1/2016 my beloved bikini budtender gave me 7 clones of her own favorite plants as she gave me a final farewell kiss.

Panic! Puff. Puff, Breathe, better now.

Here's what I overnight-ed via Amazon.

1. Grow Tent, Apollo Horticulture 48"x48"x80"

2. 2 of MarsHdyro Reflector144 Led Grow Lights with 317W True Watts.

3. 6-inch Ventilation Ducting.

4. 6-inch iPower GLFILT6M Air Carbon Filter

5. 6-inch iPower GLFANXINLINE6 High CFM Inline Ducting Fan.

6. 6-inch fan for inside tent.

7. Temperature / Humidity Monitor, currently holding 63-81 degrees Fahrenheit, humidity 45.

8. Light Timer currently at 18-light/8-dark to start.

Let the grow games begin.

7/2/16 Day 1, transplanted clones showing roots into 1 gal pots, foxfarm happy frog potting soil, water to moist.
16/8 light cycle under one MarsHydro177 light on "grow" setting.

7/3/16 Day 2, transplanted clones are unhappy and droopy!
added 1 cup water and 1/2 cup tea nutes. NO MORE WATER FOR AT LEAST 4 DAYS!?
adding water stone trick to get humidity above 40%.

7/4/16 Day 3, added another fan blowing into tent. Put both fans on night-time blackout timer.

7/5/16 Day 4, temperature holding 63-81, humidity 45, plants look happy and still damp, added water to rock humidifier, lights out auto at 7pm still on 16on/8off light cycle.

7/6/16 Day 5, temp/humidity steady, plants happy. Here's how they look today.

What's next? Well, if you don't know what you're doing, ask for help and make a plan!

 

[shaggydreams]

End of week one, they didn't drop day nine edition!

Nine days ago on this grow day one, I went to a local grow store for soil and advice and the sales guy advised;
dude "Start with the tea bro.."
shag "Thanks man but I'm kinda a coffee drinker."
dude "No dude, before you start the nutes, begin with our plant tea, you'll have a way better grow."
shag "Groovy!"

Taking the dude's advice, I used filtered tap water and tea on day two and day 8 of this grow.

Now into week 2 I'll begin the grow feeding schedule and add more light for my;
7 clones in 1 gallon pots with foxfarm happy frog potting soil.
1 48"x48"x80" Tent holding at around 46% humidity and 64-84F degrees.
1 MarsHydro Reflector144 LED Grow light 30" above plants using "growth" setting on an 18/6 light cycle timer.

Tomorrow I install the the second LED and I'll tweak the environment and get the humidity closer to the 70% target. I started with less light as I read you should be careful not to shock replanted clones. I'll also be uploading some closeup pics. Now I'm looking out for what I'll call the big bad four, (learned from failed grows on this forum);

iron deficiency = light green toward stem.
phosphorus deficiency = red tips on leaves.
nitrogen deficiency = pale green leaves.
potassium deficiency = dark ribs on leaves.

More details to follow. So far I think I'm groovy. Thanks again for staying with me through this!

 

[Canna Montana]

These are handy too.

 

[Blazinjones]

Very nice setup hope they turn out for u ur ladies r lookn nice

 

[shaggydreams]

Day 11 update, time to start the grow nutes?!

This is a boring update to keep this journal updated.

The grow tent is stable at 45% humidity, 66-86F temp. (adding more light and fans soon).
I give the girls 1/4 turn daily. (as advised by somebody on this forum).
I checked the soil using the poke and lift methods, (yep they're a bit thirsty).
I slowly poured in circle fashion 2 cups of properly mixed grow nutes in each 1 gal pot. (pots drain slowly and nicely).

Our friend the dude recommended I start with newbie friendly Blu Moon Bio-Active Grow & Bloom 3-1-3 nutes pictured here.

Directions:
Mix 10-15mL of Bio-Active Grow per gallon of water with each feeding for weeks 1 through 4.
Mix 15-20mL of Bio-Active Bloom per gallon of water with each feeding for weeks 5 through 11.

I have some ph-up and ph-down that goes with it so we'll see if they're needed in the days ahead. Wish me luck and if you know better or see a mistake, please share your wisdom!

 

[shaggydreams]

Hey infiniteJuan, I just discovered we are right behind Asesino85 who built almost my exact tent several weeks ago. As I am new-bie I love citing the newly-expert!

Aurora Indica Feminized - LED - Soil - 4x4 - Grow I

Shaggy! Your setup is a lot like mine. My 48" x 48" x 78" tent should be arriving any day now. My girls have grown out of the original 34" x 34" x 64" tent. Looking forward to seeing how you manage those nice looking clones. Do you know what strains they are?

 

[shaggydreams]

Week 2 Photo time!

Working through the weekend blows but I had time to photo and finally ID my 7 ladies.

3x GDP Granddaddy Purple
4x GCS Girl Scout Cookies

GSC 1of4

GSC 2of4

GSC 3of4

GSC 4of4

GDP 1of3

GDP 2of3

GDP 3of3

I'm weak on environment, (humidity 48ish temperature 68-88F) and weak on light, (still only one MarsHydro177 with317W True Watt). So as soon as I can get out of work on Tuesday I'll double the light and fix the temperature/humidity.

They look pretty good to me so far. Any advice is welcome, I'm learning in real-time and that is always entertaining at the very least.

Thanks for visiting!

 

[Mars Hydro]

They look good

 

[shaggydreams]

Shaggy's Secret Perpetual Plan

As my first grow continues successfully through week 3, it's time to reveal my secret plan.

First, I just ordered my second mylar grow tent, a 2'x2'x4' that will hold mothers and little clones.

Second, in a few weeks I'll move one best of each of my two strains into the small tent. Two mothers will live there, (one GCS and one GDP), these will provide a set of clones for the next grow round.

Third, five plants will remain in my larger 4'x4'x6' tent to veg, three GCS and two GDP. Once the two tents are setup properly I'll tweak my grow area and supplies accordingly.

Here's a pic that explains how the cycle goes, the second tent goes online around week 7.

What do you think? Is my plan Groovy?

 

[dirt mcgert]

Looking good nice setup