This is my first grow and the plants suffered for it...
The tools:
400w HPS/MH 600wHPS multi watt ballast so 3 lamps one ballast and cooled reflector.
In a 1x1x2m tent
Carbon scrubbing and swing fan.
Tent in constant negative pressure.
Used Janeco light mix soil and added another 10% perlite in 7l pots.
Now the mistakes.
To start my tap water is 60ppm but 7,7 to 8 pH.
So after a week of this water they started to give out the first signs of trouble.
Flushed them all and since they were still in veg I used the opportunity to transplant them all to 9 liter pots, but 1.
Wanted to compare the transplanted ones after the stress to have some idea of how stunned and for how long. And although the one on 7 liters did out perform the others for a bit and even flowered sooner, the other 3 quickly cached up and I feel the one on the 7l is now root bound and may be out performed by the rest.
At around 30 days I get strange spots and color on the leafs.
CalMag deficiency is declared the culprit and here the 60ppm water might have helped.
Fixed that with some misting and about 2ml with every feed.
And now I got an new tent were I intend to grow another 4 plants up to early flower under a 600w viparspectra Led. Hoping by then these will be done and the 600w Hps free for some more flowering.
My idea is to get to a point were I'll always have some proper smoke at home and never have to buy again.
These are 2 Dinafem seeds as well. One Critical +2.0 and one Blue Kush and then 2 Humbolt seeds. One blue dream and one OG Kush.
The tools:
400w HPS/MH 600wHPS multi watt ballast so 3 lamps one ballast and cooled reflector.
In a 1x1x2m tent
Carbon scrubbing and swing fan.
Tent in constant negative pressure.
Used Janeco light mix soil and added another 10% perlite in 7l pots.
Now the mistakes.
To start my tap water is 60ppm but 7,7 to 8 pH.
So after a week of this water they started to give out the first signs of trouble.
Flushed them all and since they were still in veg I used the opportunity to transplant them all to 9 liter pots, but 1.
Wanted to compare the transplanted ones after the stress to have some idea of how stunned and for how long. And although the one on 7 liters did out perform the others for a bit and even flowered sooner, the other 3 quickly cached up and I feel the one on the 7l is now root bound and may be out performed by the rest.
At around 30 days I get strange spots and color on the leafs.
CalMag deficiency is declared the culprit and here the 60ppm water might have helped.
Fixed that with some misting and about 2ml with every feed.
And now I got an new tent were I intend to grow another 4 plants up to early flower under a 600w viparspectra Led. Hoping by then these will be done and the 600w Hps free for some more flowering.
My idea is to get to a point were I'll always have some proper smoke at home and never have to buy again.
These are 2 Dinafem seeds as well. One Critical +2.0 and one Blue Kush and then 2 Humbolt seeds. One blue dream and one OG Kush.
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