greenjeans
Hydroponic Heretic
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I am feeling fairly comfortable as far as security is concerned, using Tor since the inception of this account, and all EXIF data is being stripped from any photos, so I am going to document this first attempt.
I built my cabinet from scratch, and am still in need of filtration. I am considering budget options on that front, and hope to have it figured out in the first month. The box is in my garage, so hopefully the odor won't become too bad before I get filtration worked out. As long as it stays contained in the garage until then, I'll be fine. The grow is going to be done with two plants(Crop King Seeds Northern Lights Auto Fem) in one 3.5 gallon DWC. I am using Humboldt nutrients. The three part basic system. I have extensively researched my tap water and decided to grow in it. The water reports in my area suggest a ppm of between 150 and 220ppm out of the tap. Calcium seems pretty good, and magnesium seems a bit low. I may end up supplementing with epsom salts if the need arises.
My cab has a pretty powerful small fan, looks like around 260cfm, which is mounted at the top. When facing up and raised to the hole, it creates good negative pressure. When faced inward, it is keeping 70-80 degree temperature in a 28 degree garage.
The lighting is around 40,000 lumens(about 250 actual watts) of CFL light, mixed between 6400k and 2700k. I will probably be adding in more as needed, for side coverage, depending on my cab's temperatures.
My seeds arrived two days ago from Crop King. They were stealthily packaged with a cell-phone case, and the return address listed a cell phone accessory company. lol
Shipping took 7 days from the shipping notice, so 8-9 days in total.
I soaked the seeds in tap water with a ph of around 6(no meter, so I am using the test drops) for 12 hours. I did add a very very small quantity of micro and grow to the first res, and took my cup of water from that. No taproots yet when they were pulled from the cup.
After soaking, I put the seeds into two separate rock-wool cubes and covered them over. The cubes had been pre-soaked for about an hour in the res. I lightly squeezed them and replaced them in the res several times throughout this process. I then put the cubes into the net-pot and surrounded them with the medium, leaving the tops exposed, and leaving them low enough to cover later.
Normally, the res will be recessed through the floor of the cabinet to keep the water cool, and give me more headroom, but for now, I have covered the hole and put the whole thing actually in the cabinet to keep the water warm. It's cold outside the box.
Next, I placed a glass cover over the res to raise and contain the humidity, and lowered the lights to just several inches above the dome to encourage warmth and humidity inside.
So now it is a waiting game. It has only been about 12 hours, so I am trying to be patient. I am excited. Here is a picture of what I am working with...
Wish me luck, folks!
Love is the law, love under will.
GJ
I am feeling fairly comfortable as far as security is concerned, using Tor since the inception of this account, and all EXIF data is being stripped from any photos, so I am going to document this first attempt.
I built my cabinet from scratch, and am still in need of filtration. I am considering budget options on that front, and hope to have it figured out in the first month. The box is in my garage, so hopefully the odor won't become too bad before I get filtration worked out. As long as it stays contained in the garage until then, I'll be fine. The grow is going to be done with two plants(Crop King Seeds Northern Lights Auto Fem) in one 3.5 gallon DWC. I am using Humboldt nutrients. The three part basic system. I have extensively researched my tap water and decided to grow in it. The water reports in my area suggest a ppm of between 150 and 220ppm out of the tap. Calcium seems pretty good, and magnesium seems a bit low. I may end up supplementing with epsom salts if the need arises.
My cab has a pretty powerful small fan, looks like around 260cfm, which is mounted at the top. When facing up and raised to the hole, it creates good negative pressure. When faced inward, it is keeping 70-80 degree temperature in a 28 degree garage.
The lighting is around 40,000 lumens(about 250 actual watts) of CFL light, mixed between 6400k and 2700k. I will probably be adding in more as needed, for side coverage, depending on my cab's temperatures.
My seeds arrived two days ago from Crop King. They were stealthily packaged with a cell-phone case, and the return address listed a cell phone accessory company. lol
Shipping took 7 days from the shipping notice, so 8-9 days in total.
I soaked the seeds in tap water with a ph of around 6(no meter, so I am using the test drops) for 12 hours. I did add a very very small quantity of micro and grow to the first res, and took my cup of water from that. No taproots yet when they were pulled from the cup.
After soaking, I put the seeds into two separate rock-wool cubes and covered them over. The cubes had been pre-soaked for about an hour in the res. I lightly squeezed them and replaced them in the res several times throughout this process. I then put the cubes into the net-pot and surrounded them with the medium, leaving the tops exposed, and leaving them low enough to cover later.
Normally, the res will be recessed through the floor of the cabinet to keep the water cool, and give me more headroom, but for now, I have covered the hole and put the whole thing actually in the cabinet to keep the water warm. It's cold outside the box.
Next, I placed a glass cover over the res to raise and contain the humidity, and lowered the lights to just several inches above the dome to encourage warmth and humidity inside.
So now it is a waiting game. It has only been about 12 hours, so I am trying to be patient. I am excited. Here is a picture of what I am working with...
Wish me luck, folks!
Love is the law, love under will.
GJ
