03/05/16
Equipment:
1000W digital / 4x4x7. MH blue through Veg., then HPS yellow through flowering. 600W until Veg.
DARK corner of basement (actually located on the dark side of the Moon)
RO w/reservoir and aerator
Ocean Forest Soil / Coco (70/30)
General Hydroponics Flora Series & Kool Bloom (no nutes until veg starts; then progress from 1/8)
CalMag / Ph Up / Ph Down
Germination/Nursery Station with T5 24 Watt 6500 deg. Blue. Plastic trey with dome. Kept here until first leaves appear, then to tent.
03/15/15
- Six Shooter #1 was injured during transplant from trey to pot/tent. Tap root fell off. (It was my wife's fault).....)
- Ph on all pots/soil 6.3-6.5
- 03/14/16: I have turned up the ballast to 1000 Watts (seedlings). Heavy influence from photoperiod friends.
- 03/15/16: Added 2x 40W CFLs.
03/24/16
04/02/16
04/02/16
- Six Shooter #2 continues to dominate the tent.
04/03/16
- FastBuds Sixshooter #1 (Lost tap root at initial transfer to pot) (Had 1-quart of soil dumped on from 4' up at early veg) (Had minor lamp stress at early veg.; tallest plant).
- FastBuds Sixshooter #2 (Had minor lamp stress at early veg.; tallest plant).
- Purchased LUX meter and temperature gun.
04/13/16
Went to mid-bloom with nutrients.
04/17/16
- Added 2x 6" fans to base of tent. (despite research, I listened to a friend that told me I did not need these)
- Added intake exhaust fan. (despite research, I listened to a friend that told me I did not need these)
- Have readings stable at 80F - 49%.
- Both Six Shooters are in flower mode.
04/18/16
- Flushed both the gals.
- Figured out my heat issues are not so much circulation. Like an idiot, I had my hood exhaust duct hopped down from 6" to 4" coming out of the hood. Never do this. This held up flow over the bulb and was causing excessive ambient heat under the bulb; hence the heat stress issues I was having.
04/21/16
04/23/16
- Switched to late-bloom nutrients.
To be continued......