Grow Room Smorf's micro #1

[Dudeski]

You could consider 8 oz every day instead of 16 every other. Just to provide a constant source of water to the plant. Its looking healthy. Soaking the bottom could leach out nutrients the plant needs

 

[Smorf]

You could consider 8 oz every day instead of 16 every other. Just to provide a constant source of water to the plant. Its looking healthy. Soaking the bottom could leach out nutrients the plant needs

Good point. Thanks, shes looking good to me too im getting excited to watch her fatten up!:drool:

Wouldnt nutrients leaching out depend on how much runoff i get and where the run off goes though?

The first time i watered 12oz was the day after i watered 6oz and i didnt get any runoff that i noticed before putting her back.

My tray under the pot is pretty flush fitting so i think the runoff would just get absorbed again through the fabric pot and not loose nutrients.
Not sure.

Will see how it goes when i water 16oz after not watering for a day compared to the first time i did 12oz after watering 6oz the day before.

I will post pictures later of my tray under the pot along with more pictures of the inside of the box.

 

[Dudeski]

 

[Mr.Sparkle]

Smorf i would try finding the saturation point of your pot just for your own references, easy way to do that would be to submerse the whole pot in a container of water in which you measured how much went into it, then pull out the pot, let the excess drain off back into that container, then measure how much is left, the missing amount obviously being how much the pot can take.

You might be surprised at how much it can hold. Also don't worry about any run off as your not doing this consistently.

My tray under the pot is pretty flush fitting so i think the runoff would just get absorbed again through the fabric pot and not loose nutrients.

Also your correct on this point, any runoff that may have nutrients will get re sucked back up into the pot.

 

[Smorf]

Thank you again for the great advice @Mr. Sparkle
26oz seems to be the saturation point of the half gallon fabric pot after doing what you said.

I think i might need wait two days before i water again.
Do you think 24oz every watering would be best?
That amount would probably give me another day between waterings and i would be able to give 0.2ml mammoth p with 24 oz because i was doing 0.05ml per 6oz.

Let me know what you think.

Day 40
Shes 12in tall now.
8in away from the light so i might need to figure out a way to tie her down a little.

I dont think i want her any closer than 6in away from the light.

Including some pics from inside the box.

Looks like i should be able to run two half gallon pots in there instead of just one. Might get crowded with a bushey pheno though. Let me know what you all think.

 

[mjau]

You should try two pots, Id add other one now already, lift it up to level it with other plant and it will be awesome.

 

[Smorf]

You should try two pots, Id add other one now already, lift it up to level it with other plant and it will be awesome.

Yeah i might add a nirvana blue mystic auto.

But i was thinking i might just wait and add two after i finish this grow because i was planning on drying in a paperbag inside of the box and just leaving the lights off the whole time during drying.

 

[Mr.Sparkle]

I think i might need wait two days before i water again. Do you think 24oz every watering would be best?

I'd just water as needed, as in water once your pot is starting to get a bit dry, so when it feels light and the top 1/2" or so is dry to the touch, and then just water till you get a bit of runoff in your tray, it doesn't have to be a specific amount on a certain time frame just because the plants needs will change over time, its more helpful to learn how wet or dry your mix and plant can run, and then find that in between point where growth is the most. That just comes from experience and playing around.

As for some suggestions as Mjau said you could throw in another pot if you wanted it would help fill out the space, or go with a bigger pot next time, also going with a slightly bigger tray you could extend your time between watering as you could leave a bit of water in the tray after watering for the pot to re suck back up over the next day.

For how close the light is that all depends on how hot it is how close, you can feel that with the back of your hand how close you can get, as if its hot for you its hot for the plant, and also if your too close your top of the plant will potentially light bleach, i actually get that quite frequently in one of my pc cases but the only way to know is to experiment and have fun, really your plants will tell you what they like and don't like, its just learning how to read them, and any mistakes that are made are how we learn and become better for next time

 

[Mr.Sparkle]

But i was thinking i might just wait and add two after i finish this grow because i was planning on drying in a paperbag inside of the box and just leaving the lights off the whole time during drying.

Drying and Curing takes a bit to learn as well, definitely pick up a hygrometer, whether its a mechanical one you can attach to a lid of a jar, or a digital one you can throw into a jar, it will definitely help you find out when things are too wet or two dry if you don't have that experience yet.

I've dried with racks, cardboard boxes, bags, ect, but right now i currently hang to dry in a cupboard, i wait till it almost gets into range for a slow cure 70-65% RH which i can tell by feel, and then i throw it into a jar which i "burp" occasionally over the next couple weeks till i get in down to 62-58% RH where i can leave it for extended periods of time. I personally prefer it a bit on the dryer side as i use a vaporizer, where as with joints i like it a tad wetter, but again that come from experience, preferences, and playing around.

Also the 62 boveda packs come in handy for longer term storage, but ill let you look into those yourself if interested.

 

[Smorf]

@Mr. Sparkle thanks for the tips.
I have a few small mechanical hygrometers that fit in jars and boveda 62s already
Been planning for a while.

I would like to run one larger pot in there to save money on seeds, but i think two half gallon fabric pots are going to be easier to work with as far as getting them in and out through the zipper opening for lst, watering and foliar feeding.

The only downside i see to running two half gallon pots is more frequent watering and less yeild per seed.

Should be easier to work with and allow me to grow two different strains at once for more variety if i want though. Or see if i get two different phenos from one strain.

I will try to test fit a bigger pot and think about it more though.