Dutch Passion Billy Wu's second grow - Think Different (w/CO2 enrichment)
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Kush T
Scarlet Pimpernel
Is your biobizz grow/bloom etc.. organic? Billy??
Im pretty sure Bigbud is chem... So that would be a no no if your biobizz is organic... Wouldn't it??
Budcandy I'm not sure about Billy.. Don't use it... Yet anyway
You can't go wrong with a bit of carboload during bloom though Billy..
If I was you I'd stick with the carboload.... Much cheaper than BC as well...
But hey I could be wrong... Wouldn't be the first time
Good luck Billy & your plant is turning into a beast again lol :thumbs: :smokebuds:
Im pretty sure Bigbud is chem... So that would be a no no if your biobizz is organic... Wouldn't it??
Budcandy I'm not sure about Billy.. Don't use it... Yet anyway
You can't go wrong with a bit of carboload during bloom though Billy..
If I was you I'd stick with the carboload.... Much cheaper than BC as well...
But hey I could be wrong... Wouldn't be the first time
Good luck Billy & your plant is turning into a beast again lol :thumbs: :smokebuds:
BillyWu
Dutch Passion enthusiast
Alright, sure thing :] so I'll start with the grow room itself.
Due to very limited space I've only got the DR60, but it's been great so far. I've got a Rhino pro carbon filter at the top of the tent which has ventilation going through to my cooltube reflector for the HPS light, as shown:
All of the ports in the tent are closed except that one on the left, which is my passive air intake. From the cooltube reflector, the ducting goes through the top of the tent to the RVK inline fan, which pulls all that air out and vents it into the attic.
As you can see there are two inline fans in there. One is fixed and the other oscillates.
On the opposite wall from the grow tent 'door' is my (rather crude, but a work in progress) control panel.
The top sockets are labelled and the one that isn't is a link between the top sockets and the ones underneath, as the second extension cable plugs into it.
My oscillating fan isn't plugged in, but it plugs into the bottom. I've got a PowerStar contactor hanging loosely underneath the PowerStar box, which my lights plug into. The reason I've got that is because it's meant to prevent surges and it's apparently good for lighting systems as it provides maximum current where it's needed.
On the top there is my CO2 controller. It's plugged into my CO2 tank regulator, which releases CO2 into the grow tent at about 10 minute intervals, then stops until the next one. I can change it to release more or less when needed.
The CO2 tank showers the plant with CO2 from the top down. I have the hose going around the back of the tent to the highest point possible without interfering with my ducting.
There's 1 timer for the whole thing. It shuts everything off at 10pm and turns it all back on at 2am. I was gonna have the CO2 releasing whilst the ventilation was off, but I'd need another couple of timers for that and it's not really necessary as I've fine tuned the CO2 enrichment with the ventilation so that temperatures aren't too high and the CO2 isn't vented too quickly. The extraction fan is running at about 70-75% speed. The temperatures are perfect at about 80-85 degrees Fahrenheit, but I can let it raise up to about 90-95 degrees Fahrenheit with the added CO2 :] I haven't got a PPM meter to measure how much CO2 there is in the tent, but I can tell there's quite a bit in there because of the smell. It smells like a hot summer day in Florida and feels hotter and heavier in the tent with CO2 in it, whereas without it it doesn't smell of anything and feels very dry.
And that's my current setup. My new UFO lights will be going at the top of the tent for about a week or two, then fixed onto the sides so they get light to the bottom of the plant.
And here's a picture update for today :]
Due to very limited space I've only got the DR60, but it's been great so far. I've got a Rhino pro carbon filter at the top of the tent which has ventilation going through to my cooltube reflector for the HPS light, as shown:
All of the ports in the tent are closed except that one on the left, which is my passive air intake. From the cooltube reflector, the ducting goes through the top of the tent to the RVK inline fan, which pulls all that air out and vents it into the attic.
As you can see there are two inline fans in there. One is fixed and the other oscillates.
On the opposite wall from the grow tent 'door' is my (rather crude, but a work in progress) control panel.
The top sockets are labelled and the one that isn't is a link between the top sockets and the ones underneath, as the second extension cable plugs into it.
My oscillating fan isn't plugged in, but it plugs into the bottom. I've got a PowerStar contactor hanging loosely underneath the PowerStar box, which my lights plug into. The reason I've got that is because it's meant to prevent surges and it's apparently good for lighting systems as it provides maximum current where it's needed.
On the top there is my CO2 controller. It's plugged into my CO2 tank regulator, which releases CO2 into the grow tent at about 10 minute intervals, then stops until the next one. I can change it to release more or less when needed.
The CO2 tank showers the plant with CO2 from the top down. I have the hose going around the back of the tent to the highest point possible without interfering with my ducting.
There's 1 timer for the whole thing. It shuts everything off at 10pm and turns it all back on at 2am. I was gonna have the CO2 releasing whilst the ventilation was off, but I'd need another couple of timers for that and it's not really necessary as I've fine tuned the CO2 enrichment with the ventilation so that temperatures aren't too high and the CO2 isn't vented too quickly. The extraction fan is running at about 70-75% speed. The temperatures are perfect at about 80-85 degrees Fahrenheit, but I can let it raise up to about 90-95 degrees Fahrenheit with the added CO2 :] I haven't got a PPM meter to measure how much CO2 there is in the tent, but I can tell there's quite a bit in there because of the smell. It smells like a hot summer day in Florida and feels hotter and heavier in the tent with CO2 in it, whereas without it it doesn't smell of anything and feels very dry.
And that's my current setup. My new UFO lights will be going at the top of the tent for about a week or two, then fixed onto the sides so they get light to the bottom of the plant.
And here's a picture update for today :]
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BillyWu
Dutch Passion enthusiast
Is your biobizz grow/bloom etc.. organic? Billy??
Im pretty sure Bigbud is chem... So that would be a no no if your biobizz is organic... Wouldn't it??
Budcandy I'm not sure about Billy.. Don't use it... Yet anyway
You can't go wrong with a bit of carboload during bloom though Billy..
If I was you I'd stick with the carboload.... Much cheaper than BC as well...
But hey I could be wrong... Wouldn't be the first time
Good luck Billy & your plant is turning into a beast again lol :thumbs: :smokebuds:
Thanks man :] Yeah my first grow was almost 100% organic. I was thinking of going for a different feed schedule if I bought the chemical nutrients, but that's looking to be quite costly and I really can't tell how much more beneficial chemical nutrients would be as opposed to my organic ones.
BillyWu
Dutch Passion enthusiast
Day 27 update
Things are going well :] The dolomite lime helped counteract the Ca/Mg deficiencies caused by this shitty soil, so I've got some really healthy, steady new growth.
Started with the stronger nutrients today.
0.75ml Liquid silicone/litre
1.00ml BioBizz grow/litre
1.00ml Formulex/litre
1.50ml Calmag supplement/litre
Soil pH is still at a shitty 5.8 though. I've posted in the cannabis infirmary to see if I can help fixing the soil pH. Also considering doing a foliar feed tonight with Epsom salts to counteract the Ca/Mg deficiencies in the leaves :]
Compared to my last grow:
Things are going well :] The dolomite lime helped counteract the Ca/Mg deficiencies caused by this shitty soil, so I've got some really healthy, steady new growth.
Started with the stronger nutrients today.
0.75ml Liquid silicone/litre
1.00ml BioBizz grow/litre
1.00ml Formulex/litre
1.50ml Calmag supplement/litre
Soil pH is still at a shitty 5.8 though. I've posted in the cannabis infirmary to see if I can help fixing the soil pH. Also considering doing a foliar feed tonight with Epsom salts to counteract the Ca/Mg deficiencies in the leaves :]
Compared to my last grow:
Looking really nice man!!!
Kush T
Scarlet Pimpernel
Yeah she's coming good Billy... You are probably gonna learn a lot more with this grow than you were intending & that's only a good thing bro... I see a hefty pile of bud in your near future.. TD bud is top as you well know.
Good luck & keep at it Billy were all behind you.
Good luck & keep at it Billy were all behind you.
BillyWu
Dutch Passion enthusiast
Thanks fellas :] Gone with a foliar feeding tonight of 1/4 strength CalMag to counteract the pre-existing calcium deficiencies. The node spacing is about 2" apart, which is not what I wanted really, was aiming for 1". Think I had my light a little too high up, but it's not too much of a big deal. It'll just fatten out instead
