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{This is a "going back" journal of a current, ongoing, nonexistent and almost done grow. I intend to do it in the format of a regular journal or close.}
This may not all be technically true, but big bro is watching. So... Ive grown tired of spend $350-500 a month on medicine. 14g a week. So i started an auto grow. Heres the setup
TENT
No name amazon tent (2.5ft×2.5ft×5ft)
LIGHTS
2 viparspectrum hp300 (135w draw each)
BAGS
2 7gallon grow bags (using about 5 g each)
SOIL BASE
1 bag ea ffof and cocoloko. I mixed half and half and added some organic dry amendments listed below.
WATER
Tap water. Let sit overnight with air stones. Not phd. Not even checked. I am PH blind.
Fairly consistent (it doesnt rain every 3 days on the nose in nature) 2.5 to 4 days inbetween waterings. Half gallon each plant each time.
NUTES
Roots Organic- Grow
Roots Organic- Bloom
Down to Earth- Bio-live
And of course worm castings.
FANS
2 cheap holmes tower oscillators
1 4" ipower with carbon filter.
TIME
For all intents and purposes, time is an illusion. But for my needs, all time is based on friday, march 23rd seeds in the ground day 1.
OK so basics... Im a huge fan of organics. It lets me geek on science and feel more spiritually connected (mama was a hippie. Some of her beliefs rubbed off)
I went with ffof and cocoloko as my base due to countless people using that setup (i know its not the best ever, but its reasonably priced, not terrible, and needed very little added to it initially. I added about 1/4 cup grow to each grow bag. Then i put all my remaining leftover ffof/coco(there was a lot) in a big tote used as a worm bin now.
I used plain water for first 1.5 weeks.
I brewed a tea-ish... I used tap water that had gassed off as the base. I used a cheese cloth to wrap up a handful of dirt mix from the bin, a bit of worm castings, and some GROW nute. I let it run for +/- 30 hours. I both foliar and watered it in.
I only foliared for pests 2x as i am indoors in an area no pets are allowed. I used SAFER insect killing soap amd SAFER end all.
They are both potassium salts of fatty acids. One adds neem amd pymethrins. One adds seaweed extract.
I top dressed grow nutes at the 2 week mark.
I also started LST about this time. All the photos have been renamed with timestamps for ease of tracking.
I was going to use only tie down, but i couldnt resist the allure of fimming. (Fun fact, dont f-ing do it. At least not to SSP Wicked widow. Just keep tying.)
The photos will say all i need to on the matter. Yes fimming promotes the hell out of side growth. But the photos of a month later in flower and its understood.
The fun of organics is its really simple. I dont have a lot of time to measure and mix nutes and ph and all that fun extra geekout stuff. So i scratched in some bloom/grow i mixed together with some biolive around week 3.5-4.
I learned a lot from old hippies. One of those things was not to stress measuring everything in organics. You can WAY over fertilize soil with dry amendments and have no negative affect. Im not saying drop seeds in purely dry amendments, but the diff between a handful and a cup is basically nil. The plant will take what it wants. So just make sure its there.
SO im going to upload a few files over the course of a few posts and we can watch them grow. YAYAYAY
Sent from my LG-M430 using Tapatalk
This may not all be technically true, but big bro is watching. So... Ive grown tired of spend $350-500 a month on medicine. 14g a week. So i started an auto grow. Heres the setup
TENT
No name amazon tent (2.5ft×2.5ft×5ft)
LIGHTS
2 viparspectrum hp300 (135w draw each)
BAGS
2 7gallon grow bags (using about 5 g each)
SOIL BASE
1 bag ea ffof and cocoloko. I mixed half and half and added some organic dry amendments listed below.
WATER
Tap water. Let sit overnight with air stones. Not phd. Not even checked. I am PH blind.
Fairly consistent (it doesnt rain every 3 days on the nose in nature) 2.5 to 4 days inbetween waterings. Half gallon each plant each time.
NUTES
Roots Organic- Grow
Roots Organic- Bloom
Down to Earth- Bio-live
And of course worm castings.
FANS
2 cheap holmes tower oscillators
1 4" ipower with carbon filter.
TIME
For all intents and purposes, time is an illusion. But for my needs, all time is based on friday, march 23rd seeds in the ground day 1.
OK so basics... Im a huge fan of organics. It lets me geek on science and feel more spiritually connected (mama was a hippie. Some of her beliefs rubbed off)
I went with ffof and cocoloko as my base due to countless people using that setup (i know its not the best ever, but its reasonably priced, not terrible, and needed very little added to it initially. I added about 1/4 cup grow to each grow bag. Then i put all my remaining leftover ffof/coco(there was a lot) in a big tote used as a worm bin now.
I used plain water for first 1.5 weeks.
I brewed a tea-ish... I used tap water that had gassed off as the base. I used a cheese cloth to wrap up a handful of dirt mix from the bin, a bit of worm castings, and some GROW nute. I let it run for +/- 30 hours. I both foliar and watered it in.
I only foliared for pests 2x as i am indoors in an area no pets are allowed. I used SAFER insect killing soap amd SAFER end all.
They are both potassium salts of fatty acids. One adds neem amd pymethrins. One adds seaweed extract.
I top dressed grow nutes at the 2 week mark.
I also started LST about this time. All the photos have been renamed with timestamps for ease of tracking.
I was going to use only tie down, but i couldnt resist the allure of fimming. (Fun fact, dont f-ing do it. At least not to SSP Wicked widow. Just keep tying.)
The photos will say all i need to on the matter. Yes fimming promotes the hell out of side growth. But the photos of a month later in flower and its understood.
The fun of organics is its really simple. I dont have a lot of time to measure and mix nutes and ph and all that fun extra geekout stuff. So i scratched in some bloom/grow i mixed together with some biolive around week 3.5-4.
I learned a lot from old hippies. One of those things was not to stress measuring everything in organics. You can WAY over fertilize soil with dry amendments and have no negative affect. Im not saying drop seeds in purely dry amendments, but the diff between a handful and a cup is basically nil. The plant will take what it wants. So just make sure its there.
SO im going to upload a few files over the course of a few posts and we can watch them grow. YAYAYAY
Sent from my LG-M430 using Tapatalk
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