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Hey People,
As long as it’s cool I'm going to start a mini journal so I don't have to keep starting new threads with my troubles.
The set-up
12 Site X-Stream Airoponic Propagator.
Lightwave T5 Four Tube 24w
1.5 x 1.5 x 2m tent.
Adjustable ballast giving 400w 600w 1000w and 1100w.
1000w HPS lamp
6 15litre Air-pots with run to waste drip system.
KSA 530m3/hr Inlet fan.
KSA 850m3/hr Extractor Fan.
Rhino pro filter 200mm x 600mm.
Twin controller 4.5A
Nutes
Formulex.
Canadian Xpress pro package.
Seeds
4 x Advanced Biodiesel Mass Autoflowering Feminised Seeds
2 x Lowryder #2 Autoflowering Feminised Seeds
Growing media
1 inch Rocwool cubes.
Bio bizz coco.
How I arrived here
I cracked my seeds by soaking in a glass of water and leaving in a warm dark place for 24hrs. On the 14 of June I placed the seeds in 1inch pre soaked Rockwool cubes about 1cm deep and gently covered by pushing the edges of the small hole together with a match stick, the cubes had been soaked in a mixture of 1 litre R/O water with 3ml of Formulex ph'd to 5.8. The cubes were then placed in my Propagator with the lid on, I then placed my T5 light directly on top 24/0, although very new to all of this one bit of concrete information I can pass on is do not use your wife's second wardrobe as a propagation area, seemed like a good idea at the time and with all the large boxes my equipment came in, it provided me with the perfect place to store her shoes and clothes, these actions have caused me a great deal of grief! 3 days later all my seeds had all sprouted.
The first 2 weeks went very well with constant growth every day, I did leave the lid on my propagator for the whole time I think this may have been a mistake as small white dots appeared on the stems and leaves, I believed this to be powder mould, This is when things really took a turn for the worse, basically I started messing I changed the nute solution in my propagator to 5ml per litre and added some growth nute from my Canadian Xpress, just to add to these problems I removed the propagator lid and clipped a fan to the edge far too close to my plants drying them all out in a mater of minutes, I removed the fan and the dead leaves, before long my nute solution took effect burning the crap out of the poor little fellows, I changed my solution back to 3ml of Formulex / 1 litre straight away, unfortunately when I changed the solution I must have knocked the control on the propagator pump turning it down, meaning none of the plants were being watered, This went unnoticed until every plant was led flat :cry:
At 3 and a half weeks (after I had nursed them back in to a vertical position) I moved the cubes into my 15 litre pots filled with coco, this was too late as I really struggled freeing the cubes from the propagator pots, one had to be planted in the pot.
It was about this point I found AFN, my first question was, as things were going so bad should I scrap the grow? Thankfully several people advised against it, Muddy also gave me some quality information on growth cycle of autos and how they generally don't need the same level of nutes.
So here we are 36 days in from sprout.
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On a more personal note, Liz (Queenie)
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Philip (Ye old racist)
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Charles (big ears)
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William (lucky boy)
View attachment 107581
Harry (naughty boy)
View attachment 107582
As you can clearly see Harry and William are from different family's, I also had a Kate she was tall and perfectly formed as in real life, unfortunately she may have been a hermaphrodite so had to go. I do realise naming my plants is probably taking things too far but I needed something to call them when I'm talking to them, I have been totally absorbed by this whole process.
Please, any advise on what I may have done wrong so far would be great for my next grow. Also any advise on what I need to do next would be appreciated as well, do they need some form of trimming etc...
Many thanks
As long as it’s cool I'm going to start a mini journal so I don't have to keep starting new threads with my troubles.
The set-up
12 Site X-Stream Airoponic Propagator.
Lightwave T5 Four Tube 24w
1.5 x 1.5 x 2m tent.
Adjustable ballast giving 400w 600w 1000w and 1100w.
1000w HPS lamp
6 15litre Air-pots with run to waste drip system.
KSA 530m3/hr Inlet fan.
KSA 850m3/hr Extractor Fan.
Rhino pro filter 200mm x 600mm.
Twin controller 4.5A
Nutes
Formulex.
Canadian Xpress pro package.
Seeds
4 x Advanced Biodiesel Mass Autoflowering Feminised Seeds
2 x Lowryder #2 Autoflowering Feminised Seeds
Growing media
1 inch Rocwool cubes.
Bio bizz coco.
How I arrived here
I cracked my seeds by soaking in a glass of water and leaving in a warm dark place for 24hrs. On the 14 of June I placed the seeds in 1inch pre soaked Rockwool cubes about 1cm deep and gently covered by pushing the edges of the small hole together with a match stick, the cubes had been soaked in a mixture of 1 litre R/O water with 3ml of Formulex ph'd to 5.8. The cubes were then placed in my Propagator with the lid on, I then placed my T5 light directly on top 24/0, although very new to all of this one bit of concrete information I can pass on is do not use your wife's second wardrobe as a propagation area, seemed like a good idea at the time and with all the large boxes my equipment came in, it provided me with the perfect place to store her shoes and clothes, these actions have caused me a great deal of grief! 3 days later all my seeds had all sprouted.
The first 2 weeks went very well with constant growth every day, I did leave the lid on my propagator for the whole time I think this may have been a mistake as small white dots appeared on the stems and leaves, I believed this to be powder mould, This is when things really took a turn for the worse, basically I started messing I changed the nute solution in my propagator to 5ml per litre and added some growth nute from my Canadian Xpress, just to add to these problems I removed the propagator lid and clipped a fan to the edge far too close to my plants drying them all out in a mater of minutes, I removed the fan and the dead leaves, before long my nute solution took effect burning the crap out of the poor little fellows, I changed my solution back to 3ml of Formulex / 1 litre straight away, unfortunately when I changed the solution I must have knocked the control on the propagator pump turning it down, meaning none of the plants were being watered, This went unnoticed until every plant was led flat :cry:
At 3 and a half weeks (after I had nursed them back in to a vertical position) I moved the cubes into my 15 litre pots filled with coco, this was too late as I really struggled freeing the cubes from the propagator pots, one had to be planted in the pot.
It was about this point I found AFN, my first question was, as things were going so bad should I scrap the grow? Thankfully several people advised against it, Muddy also gave me some quality information on growth cycle of autos and how they generally don't need the same level of nutes.
So here we are 36 days in from sprout.
View attachment 107580
On a more personal note, Liz (Queenie)
View attachment 107577
Philip (Ye old racist)
View attachment 107578
Charles (big ears)
View attachment 107579
William (lucky boy)
View attachment 107581
Harry (naughty boy)
View attachment 107582
As you can clearly see Harry and William are from different family's, I also had a Kate she was tall and perfectly formed as in real life, unfortunately she may have been a hermaphrodite so had to go. I do realise naming my plants is probably taking things too far but I needed something to call them when I'm talking to them, I have been totally absorbed by this whole process.
Please, any advise on what I may have done wrong so far would be great for my next grow. Also any advise on what I need to do next would be appreciated as well, do they need some form of trimming etc...
Many thanks
