DerekCuster
Back!
Hi everyone!
Apologies for going AWOL for a year, family drama meant something had to give, and unfortunately I really cant afford to drop the job just yet.
Cheers to @2Stoned2Care and @Slater for the lovely warm welcome on the intro thread.
Anyways, I'm back now! Really looking forward to having a look at what everyone has been up to. Gearing up for the new year I'm firing up the tent again after a couple of months off. Running Auto Xtreme which I've been meaning to give a test run for ages, and Auto Blackberry Kush which my last run of which produced bud that smells like ribena, and that cant be a bad thing.
Setup wise my HS1 unfortunately upped and died after a 18 months near continual service, and as this was mid grow I just bought myself a new mars panel to replace it next day rather than deal with it. So I'm now running two reflectors (96 and 48) which seem to be doing an ok job in my small tent (0.75m sq and 1.5m h). I'm now using smaller pots so I can cycle my grows better and get more grows in. So I'm starting with two and will start another two once these ladies are fattening up.
I'm growing in 50% allmix and 50% coir. This all started because I accidentally bought a sack of allmix and needed to water it down and figured coir would avoid adding any more N. But I've found the coir helps with water retention and aeration compared to plain soil so I'm planning to stick with it for a while at least.
Few Photos of set up:
Seeds on to soak:
Mixing the allmix and coir:
Smaller pots from local store, probably about 8L:
Gave the pots a good soak with the hose then in to warm for a few hours before popping the seeds in and covering with clingfilm:
Then into the tent where the lights, dark soil and clingfilm keep everything nice and warm and damp:
Only got the 96 on at the moment, will fire up the 48 in a bit.
Now we wait...
Apologies for going AWOL for a year, family drama meant something had to give, and unfortunately I really cant afford to drop the job just yet.
Cheers to @2Stoned2Care and @Slater for the lovely warm welcome on the intro thread.
Anyways, I'm back now! Really looking forward to having a look at what everyone has been up to. Gearing up for the new year I'm firing up the tent again after a couple of months off. Running Auto Xtreme which I've been meaning to give a test run for ages, and Auto Blackberry Kush which my last run of which produced bud that smells like ribena, and that cant be a bad thing.
Setup wise my HS1 unfortunately upped and died after a 18 months near continual service, and as this was mid grow I just bought myself a new mars panel to replace it next day rather than deal with it. So I'm now running two reflectors (96 and 48) which seem to be doing an ok job in my small tent (0.75m sq and 1.5m h). I'm now using smaller pots so I can cycle my grows better and get more grows in. So I'm starting with two and will start another two once these ladies are fattening up.
I'm growing in 50% allmix and 50% coir. This all started because I accidentally bought a sack of allmix and needed to water it down and figured coir would avoid adding any more N. But I've found the coir helps with water retention and aeration compared to plain soil so I'm planning to stick with it for a while at least.
Few Photos of set up:
Seeds on to soak:
Mixing the allmix and coir:
Smaller pots from local store, probably about 8L:
Gave the pots a good soak with the hose then in to warm for a few hours before popping the seeds in and covering with clingfilm:
Then into the tent where the lights, dark soil and clingfilm keep everything nice and warm and damp:
Only got the 96 on at the moment, will fire up the 48 in a bit.
Now we wait...
