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happycamper15
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Hello AF community!
I thank you all for the warm welcome here at AFN. The migration from IC was smooth!
I just want to share my little grow with you. Hopefully I can learn a few things from the excellent knowledge of the community, and I hope I can help someone somewhere with something!
A little background info:
My setup: My cab consists of a common 4 tier mini-greenhouse. If you aren't sure what I speak of, a google search will show. It provides a 27"x19" floor (3.5 sq. ft). I have removed a tier, lined it with emergency blanket, and put my 150 HPS and CFL powerstrip (149watts) inside.
This cabinet is in my basement, and I live in high-40 degree latitude. This means my basement has an ambient temperature in the 40-50*F range. Consequently, I have to keep my lights on 24 hours a day to provide warmth. I am not fond of this, but it comes with the territory.
Strain - These plants are offspring of mdanzig's sour60 that I made last summer. I pollinated the dwarf pheno (bad idea). The resulting seeds have all come out to be squat runts/dwarfs, unfortunately. I understand that these are in small containers, but I have tried them in much larger containers with no size difference.
These first 2 girls are about 6-7 weeks old, grown in 2 liter pop bottles. Soil is 3:1
OF: perlite (I now know this is too much perlite and not enough soil.) They have been fed 1/4 and 1/2 strength Tiger Bloom about 4 or 5 times.
Well, enough talk. Here are some pics.
The 2 girls - 10" and 12"
Plant 2
As you can see, they are really lacking N. These pictures were taken before they were fed their first full dose of tiger bloom.
I have terrible water from my well. Orange, full of rust and heavy metals, and a $2000 treatment system doesn't even touch it. Although I do not have a pH/TDS pen, I guarantee it isn't good for my plants.
Should I start melting snow? My cousin offered to provide water (he gets municipal water), but it is full of chlorine. Not sure which water source is better?!
I have 3 more girls that are about 3-4 weeks old in the cab as well. For these, little to no perlite was added.
Some pics.
Plant 1 - The healthiest of them all. How's this little girl look?
Plant 2 - Something is messing with this plant. The leaves are all curled and it just seems weak/feeble. Is theOF too hot? Or is my water causing this? (Wouldn't surprise me a bit)
Plant 3 - Not as healthy either. The claw suggests some toxicity of sort. Any ideas? Could it be the water again?
Well thanks folks. Sorry for the super long pic heavy post, but I figure its better to be thorough than to lack information!
Take care,
HC15:thumbs:
I thank you all for the warm welcome here at AFN. The migration from IC was smooth!
I just want to share my little grow with you. Hopefully I can learn a few things from the excellent knowledge of the community, and I hope I can help someone somewhere with something!
A little background info:
My setup: My cab consists of a common 4 tier mini-greenhouse. If you aren't sure what I speak of, a google search will show. It provides a 27"x19" floor (3.5 sq. ft). I have removed a tier, lined it with emergency blanket, and put my 150 HPS and CFL powerstrip (149watts) inside.
This cabinet is in my basement, and I live in high-40 degree latitude. This means my basement has an ambient temperature in the 40-50*F range. Consequently, I have to keep my lights on 24 hours a day to provide warmth. I am not fond of this, but it comes with the territory.
Strain - These plants are offspring of mdanzig's sour60 that I made last summer. I pollinated the dwarf pheno (bad idea). The resulting seeds have all come out to be squat runts/dwarfs, unfortunately. I understand that these are in small containers, but I have tried them in much larger containers with no size difference.
These first 2 girls are about 6-7 weeks old, grown in 2 liter pop bottles. Soil is 3:1
OF: perlite (I now know this is too much perlite and not enough soil.) They have been fed 1/4 and 1/2 strength Tiger Bloom about 4 or 5 times. Well, enough talk. Here are some pics.
The 2 girls - 10" and 12"
Plant 2
As you can see, they are really lacking N. These pictures were taken before they were fed their first full dose of tiger bloom.
I have terrible water from my well. Orange, full of rust and heavy metals, and a $2000 treatment system doesn't even touch it. Although I do not have a pH/TDS pen, I guarantee it isn't good for my plants.
Should I start melting snow? My cousin offered to provide water (he gets municipal water), but it is full of chlorine. Not sure which water source is better?!
I have 3 more girls that are about 3-4 weeks old in the cab as well. For these, little to no perlite was added.
Some pics.
Plant 1 - The healthiest of them all. How's this little girl look?
Plant 2 - Something is messing with this plant. The leaves are all curled and it just seems weak/feeble. Is the
OF too hot? Or is my water causing this? (Wouldn't surprise me a bit)
Plant 3 - Not as healthy either. The claw suggests some toxicity of sort. Any ideas? Could it be the water again?
Well thanks folks. Sorry for the super long pic heavy post, but I figure its better to be thorough than to lack information!
Take care,
HC15:thumbs:
