New Grower Norrin Radd (Silver Surfer) DWC

[morris4019]

UPDATES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE WEEK!

Hey everyone!

I thought i'd get a journal going for the most recent addition (currently near the end of week 1 of veg)-a seed i found while smoking some rec Silver Surfer. Was a pretty good smoke so figured i'd give this one a try-and it popped awhile back.

The seedling phase was done DWC in another bin i had, along side a photoperiod Sour Diesel and a companion Basil plant. RIGHT when i was gathering materials for the 2 dwc buckets (was going to leave the basil and keep it bushy for next seedlings), and simultaneously snapping pictures , i dropped my phone on my Basil plant boo. To top this off i think i had a humidity/temperature issue with the sour diesel because she, all of sudden, lost her stem strength and just laid down. I didn't want to slow down the Silver Surfer since it was doing well-so i moved the two recovering plants to my propagation/ebb-flow chamber. Since then they both are doing great-and actually i'm going to be probably giving the sour diesel another week and i'll try and see about getting her in to a bucket of her own and a journal up. For anyone that wants to see-i've included a pic of the DWC bin with all 3 their last week together, within the week 1 photos.

I'm going to do this one the same as i did my first-using google albums for the most part-hopefully that isn't an issue. Just easier to organize photos... and a LOT more storage

Without further adoooooooooo....

Norrin Radd (Silver Surfer) Week 1 VEG:

Nutes: FoxFarms Hydro Schedule week 1 at 1/2 dose * 3 gallons
Light On Temp: 77-80F
Light Off Temp: 68-71F
Humidity: ~45-50 depending on the time of day (currently flowering an auto)
Lights: BESTVA 600w Full Spectrum grow panel (advertised as "compared to 250w HPS consuming 125w at wall)
Light Distance: Started the week at 24"-slowly over the week lowered to 12" for my flowering auto which sits beside it.​

So right off the bat i have questions lol-i cannot know if this is a photo/auto since it was a found seed-so i was attempting to treat as a photo just to be safe. I didn't see much issue with light cycle since the tent is flowering an auto on 18/6. However, and again-no experience here haha, i've noticed that this grow, compared to my White Widow Auto, is nice and compact node spacing-but a LOT more active around each node-a LOT more activity... is it starting to flowering? did i screw up the lights haha?

Other than that her root ball is looking good-the pictures don't do it justice. I've been trying to keep a sharp eye on my res to ensure it's staying clean-and actually this bucket is running the smoothest. Probably because it is the largest res i have at 3 gallons haha. Anyway-her little root ball is developing-no slime or anything and the roots all look "individual" and LOTS of hairs smaller hairs everywhere.

5/21/2018 - End of week 1 veg and growth definitely exploded. Root growth is amazing. I FIM'd and response i think has been good-but we'll see how i week 2. I'd love to know if anyone would maybe want to weigh in on how/when they would start LST and maybe what they would do-as i'm still trying to figure out how to actually do it correctly. Here are the current pics!

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All week 1 grow pics!​

As always i would love feedback! Thanks for reading!

 

[jingo]

Hey Brother, things are looking very good. I didn't see mention of hydroguard, SM 90, or food grade h202. Usually you want one of those three things in your res to help reduce the chance of anaerobic bacteria getting a start. It's a great way to be able to get through some warmer spells that might be difficult otherwise.

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[Need4Weed]

Looking great!

Subbed for the ride!

 

[G.Leave]

Never....I say never try to smoke Silver Surfer and Bruce Banner back to back, or you are gonna have a conflict of buzzes!!!

 

[hairyman]

 

[morris4019]

Hey Brother, things are looking very good. I didn't see mention of hydroguard, SM 90, or food grade h202. Usually you want one of those three things in your res to help reduce the chance of anaerobic bacteria getting a start. It's a great way to be able to get through some warmer spells that might be difficult otherwise.

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Sorry I should have put that in there. Fox farms veg week 1 and hydroguard at recommended strength for 3 gallons (I calculated it out to be 0.75 mL for 3 gallons- 3/8 of a gallon (6 cup in reservoir)

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[morris4019]

I have been running a 7 day res change cycle-does anyone have any other thoughts on that? I'm thinking to myself, as today would be the day i change it out, the numbers are still in range, looks clear, growth BOOMED this week... so... is there a reason to change it-or should i just keep topping it off as usual until it becomes hard to maintain? Or is it better to just be consistent-up to now all my reservoirs always change every 7 days.