HawaiianDuck
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Aloha Everyone!!!
First off I want to say big mahalos to 420 and all the cummunity here for providing so much great information. I have been reading for well over a year now, and finally joined so I could start this journal and participate a little more (and learn more hopefully).
OK, away we go on what will hopefully be a very fruitfull adventure (hehe, get it, fruitfull!!lol). My first indoor grow, after having been doint it outdoors for so long. But years of losing buds to all the perils of the great Hawaiian outdoors, I am ready to try something new. Also, reading all that I have about breading and harvesting to get more consistent types of highs (i.e., high energy stones, relaxing stones, knock you on your ass and put you to bed stones, etc..) and finding out that is very controllable under more controlled growing conditions. I know a couple ppl in Cali that enjoy the luxury of being able to go to a shop and order weed to just those specifications, and I am jealous. Don't get me wrong, we have all those available here, but generally you dont know what you have until you already smoked it. So now I hope to set up my own personal "shop" I guess, and get myself set up with the variety of meds that will make each day and night the best possible.
OK, the set up:
Strain: pretty mixed strains, I could tell you a few things that are mixed in, but they are pretty well mixed with a ton of phenos showing up, including some beautiful duckfoot indica ladies
Medium: 80% pro-mix and 20% hawaiian volcanic cinder; pots are 3 and 4 gal round pots (not my first choice, buts it was what was laying around)
Lighting: I used T-5's for veg (one 4' four bulb, and one 2' double bulbs), two 600w hps (no cooled) running flower room now
Ventilation: closed environment with intake 6" can fan/filter and exaust 6" can fan/filter providing complete air exchange every 5 min; oscillating tower fan for flower area, one vornado knockoff small fan per each veg chamber
Temp.: about 80-83 in the day/light cycle, mid to low 70's at night
RH: probably around 40-50 right now, but if this drought ends it could shoot up to 60-70
Nutes: FF Grow Big (finished now), FF Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom for the whole flower
Soil Treatment Pre-Potting: about 2 tbs per pot of lime, and same of crushed green sand (local)
OK, more details, just incase you arent bored yet.
The room I built inside a much larger space, it is 8'x7'x7.5h, and it's completely sealed top to bottom (at least theoretically) besides the active ventilation. Inside there is 4'x7'x7' dedicated to flowering under the two 600's. On the other half of the room there is a 4'x2.5'x3'h enclosed veg chamber, and a 2'x2'x3'h built on top of that. There are gaps that allow for semi-passive airflow from the bottom veg to the top veg and out (any heat should be allowed out passively, and when the air intake for the room is going it pushes more air through to the top and out with the exaust), with light traps to keep the flowering room aphotic. Further there are two hanging dividers/reflectors I use to keep the light tight and bouncing inside the flower area, then I can just take em down when I need to work on the girls.
The Girls were started from seeds, with the first batch put straight in soil on Dec 9th, most seeds cracked by the 15th. 2nd batch was put in soil on the 24th due to poor returns on the first batch. I was looking for 18 females, 9 for each 600w. I wound up with 15 so far, with a couple still to sex up.
Since there ws such a variety of plants, I went by size rather than veg days to move the keiki (kids) into flower 12/12, and the first ones went in on Jan. 14th. The first ones sexed on the 20th, then they almost all started to follow whether under 24hr or 12hr light (autoflower, it still kinda took me by suprize since I haven't ever tried them indoors). But yeah, the first girls have been flowering for almost 3 weeks now, and most vegged for 30-40 days.
OK, after a lot of gibberish, a nice bowl of bubble hash, and about a half lb of shoyu Ahi poke, I think I am finally done with the intro to my journal. Don't worry, I hope I am not this long winded all the time either, and there should be some nice pics to keep the interest at least slightly.
First off I want to say big mahalos to 420 and all the cummunity here for providing so much great information. I have been reading for well over a year now, and finally joined so I could start this journal and participate a little more (and learn more hopefully).
OK, away we go on what will hopefully be a very fruitfull adventure (hehe, get it, fruitfull!!lol). My first indoor grow, after having been doint it outdoors for so long. But years of losing buds to all the perils of the great Hawaiian outdoors, I am ready to try something new. Also, reading all that I have about breading and harvesting to get more consistent types of highs (i.e., high energy stones, relaxing stones, knock you on your ass and put you to bed stones, etc..) and finding out that is very controllable under more controlled growing conditions. I know a couple ppl in Cali that enjoy the luxury of being able to go to a shop and order weed to just those specifications, and I am jealous. Don't get me wrong, we have all those available here, but generally you dont know what you have until you already smoked it. So now I hope to set up my own personal "shop" I guess, and get myself set up with the variety of meds that will make each day and night the best possible.
OK, the set up:
Strain: pretty mixed strains, I could tell you a few things that are mixed in, but they are pretty well mixed with a ton of phenos showing up, including some beautiful duckfoot indica ladies
Medium: 80% pro-mix and 20% hawaiian volcanic cinder; pots are 3 and 4 gal round pots (not my first choice, buts it was what was laying around)
Lighting: I used T-5's for veg (one 4' four bulb, and one 2' double bulbs), two 600w hps (no cooled) running flower room now
Ventilation: closed environment with intake 6" can fan/filter and exaust 6" can fan/filter providing complete air exchange every 5 min; oscillating tower fan for flower area, one vornado knockoff small fan per each veg chamber
Temp.: about 80-83 in the day/light cycle, mid to low 70's at night
RH: probably around 40-50 right now, but if this drought ends it could shoot up to 60-70
Nutes: FF Grow Big (finished now), FF Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom for the whole flower
Soil Treatment Pre-Potting: about 2 tbs per pot of lime, and same of crushed green sand (local)
OK, more details, just incase you arent bored yet.
The room I built inside a much larger space, it is 8'x7'x7.5h, and it's completely sealed top to bottom (at least theoretically) besides the active ventilation. Inside there is 4'x7'x7' dedicated to flowering under the two 600's. On the other half of the room there is a 4'x2.5'x3'h enclosed veg chamber, and a 2'x2'x3'h built on top of that. There are gaps that allow for semi-passive airflow from the bottom veg to the top veg and out (any heat should be allowed out passively, and when the air intake for the room is going it pushes more air through to the top and out with the exaust), with light traps to keep the flowering room aphotic. Further there are two hanging dividers/reflectors I use to keep the light tight and bouncing inside the flower area, then I can just take em down when I need to work on the girls.
The Girls were started from seeds, with the first batch put straight in soil on Dec 9th, most seeds cracked by the 15th. 2nd batch was put in soil on the 24th due to poor returns on the first batch. I was looking for 18 females, 9 for each 600w. I wound up with 15 so far, with a couple still to sex up.
Since there ws such a variety of plants, I went by size rather than veg days to move the keiki (kids) into flower 12/12, and the first ones went in on Jan. 14th. The first ones sexed on the 20th, then they almost all started to follow whether under 24hr or 12hr light (autoflower, it still kinda took me by suprize since I haven't ever tried them indoors). But yeah, the first girls have been flowering for almost 3 weeks now, and most vegged for 30-40 days.
OK, after a lot of gibberish, a nice bowl of bubble hash, and about a half lb of shoyu Ahi poke, I think I am finally done with the intro to my journal. Don't worry, I hope I am not this long winded all the time either, and there should be some nice pics to keep the interest at least slightly.
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again for the kind words, and I'll talk to you later.