Lighting Royal Queen; Royal Bluematic X1

[virginia gent]

I had tried to start the last free ossc auto black JH I recieved with my spring seed order but it too failed so I have a royal bluematic in my drying tent with some extra equipment. Set up is a 2'X3'X5' tent with a 6in duct booster fan and carbon filter combo, speed controler, and a 6in clip-on circulating fan. A 135w ufo and 2 4ft t5's for one plant in a 5gal air pot on a 24/0 schedule (temp issues). Nutes are trio, kangaroots, beastie bloomz, sledgehammer (for flush), superthrive, and sensi cal/mag grow and bloom.

 

[virginia gent]

Week one and the growth and color are good. The plant got 1500ml of 6.7ph water with a half cap per gal of superthrive. Light is at 16in and temps are still a bit low, 76-80f, but growth seems about right.

 

[virginia gent]

Day 14 and the growth has been very good. Today the plant got 2500ml of cal/mag grow, 2.5ml, and a half cap of superthrive. Led is at 18in but my tent temps are still a bit low (77-79f) humidity at about 45%.

 

[virginia gent]

Day 21 and this girl is now 9in tall with large fan leaves and a nice stem. She got 4000ml with 2.5ml grow big, 10ml big bloom and 5ml kangaroots at 6.6ph.

 

[virginia gent]

Not the fastest growing plant but she has a steady growth rate and is now about 14in and still has good color. I have changed the light schedule from 24/0 to 20/4 and have the led at 16in. Gave one gallon of water with 5ml cal/mag grow and a half cap of superthrive at 6.6ph.

 

[Chester]

She's gonna be a big girl ... :Aloha:

 

[virginia gent]

Day 32 and I still am not seeing the kind of bud development I expect although she is now almost 19in, not bad for 4 days. Today she got 4000ml of 5ml grow big, 20ml big bloom and 5ml kangaroots at 6.7ph. I have changed the t5's from grow to bloom but will wait for vertical growth to stop before I give bloom nutes. The led is at 14in and the tent temps are still a little low, 76-78f and rh 40-43%. The soil is starting to dry a bit faster so now I can get some more nutes in her and maybe the bud development will start getting better.

 

[Chester]

She's just putting all her energy into making roots ... she should explode over the next 2-3 weeks ... nice and green ....

 

[Trapper]

4000 mL ????!!!!!
I can't imagine going through that much water per feed.

Good on yah, VAGent! You're shooting for a monster!

 

[virginia gent]

4000 mL ????!!!!!
I can't imagine going through that much water per feed.

Good on yah, VAGent! You're shooting for a monster![/QUOTE

I haven't been circulating the air as much because of temps being low so only watered once per week, and this is the first full feeding of ff nutes. I think this is going to be a big girl and now that I have air moving better she should develope faster. Next she gets 6000ml-8000ml (1.5-2gal) and more for bloom. One of these days I will give up on the Fox Farm nutes because of the salting but with pro-mix I can just flush with each watering (evey 3-4 days after week 3). I buy 10-12gal of bottled spring water each week for 5-6 plants, in summer I can use dehumidifer water to save money.