Hey everyone, delighted to make my first post, you guys have been my whole foundation for getting into growing. Everything I know started here from each of you, so THANKS first and foremost! I'll keep it short because i'd like to know alot, so i'll refrain from making it too lengthy for you!
The setup:
Standard 5x5 lightproof reflective tent
Standard 4 inch carbon filter for smells later
9 5-gallon Fabric Pots Suspended over catchers via circular grills for run off
2 Kingled 1000w LED lights
2 15-gallon totes with aquarium bubbler and air stone for bubbling away Chlorine from tap water. Also for mixing nute's.
2 6-inch fans pointed between lights and leaves for added circulation.
PH and EC meters.
Temp/Humidity meter. Magnetic so can stick in various locations for good tent awareness.
A simple hand pump to extract run off each feeding
In the room the tent resides, an A/C unit set to 68 keeps temperatures in the tent at a stable 70-79 during hottest parts of the day. Humidity moves from 45% to 65%, generally when i am just finishing watering.
Substrate:
Coco Coir and Perlite, 50/50 mix, self buffered for two 8 hour periods with cal-mag to satisfy cations.
4 gallons per pot, as I neglected to factor in coco loss from rinsing. Fabric Pot sides are rolled down slightly to allow airflow.
The Nute's:
Canna Coco A +B
Botanicare Cal-mag Plus + Silica Blast
General Hydroponics PH up/down and Diamond Nectar Humic Acids
The Water:
Tap Water as testing during the week of germination showed PPM of 140 -168 at it's highest, tap water is bubbled for 24 hours to remove chlorine before mixing anything in. Since using Coco Coir calls for higher cal-mag, I assume this is advisable. It is definetely advisable to my wallet !
The Babies:
9 Crop King White Widow Auto's, germinated per supplier recommendations in paper towel and spring water. 100% germination, all planted straight into final pot and sprouted within 6 hours of each other, 2.5 days later.
As of posting exactly 1 week old from poking through the soil in final pots.
History so far:
Lots of staring at little leaves, watering with very light nute's mix (500ec max) every other day until 20% runoff. Spotted a small black fly fleeing my tent as i entered yesterday, so I have gotten Neem oil and mixed a light dose to mist everything with. Plants seem Healthy, but as this is my first grow, I will never be sure.
Questions I have:
When should I increase nute's dosage to recommended 1100ec value? I read everywhere 'when veg begins' but i am unsure of when it does!
How often should I be watering? The appearance of the small black fly prompted google to tell me I may be keeping my coco too moist. This is reinforced by the idea that my baby roots need air to grow, so I wonder if I am watering too much. The leaves are not drooping downwards as you can see, however.
I have read that my lights are not true 1000w lights, closer to 300 in fact, and I worry if they are enough? I have left both veg and bloom switches on as well as a 24/0 schedule to help with any deficiencies i may have for now. This also helps keep that sweet spot of 70-79 degrees im holding perfectly.
Originally I planned to do a ScROG with the trellis net you can see in the pictures, however I'm getting the feeling now that my tent is too small for that many in a scrog, so I am leaning towards just individually training them with simple LST. What would you guys do?
The setup:
Standard 5x5 lightproof reflective tent
Standard 4 inch carbon filter for smells later
9 5-gallon Fabric Pots Suspended over catchers via circular grills for run off
2 Kingled 1000w LED lights
2 15-gallon totes with aquarium bubbler and air stone for bubbling away Chlorine from tap water. Also for mixing nute's.
2 6-inch fans pointed between lights and leaves for added circulation.
PH and EC meters.
Temp/Humidity meter. Magnetic so can stick in various locations for good tent awareness.
A simple hand pump to extract run off each feeding
In the room the tent resides, an A/C unit set to 68 keeps temperatures in the tent at a stable 70-79 during hottest parts of the day. Humidity moves from 45% to 65%, generally when i am just finishing watering.
Substrate:
Coco Coir and Perlite, 50/50 mix, self buffered for two 8 hour periods with cal-mag to satisfy cations.
4 gallons per pot, as I neglected to factor in coco loss from rinsing. Fabric Pot sides are rolled down slightly to allow airflow.
The Nute's:
Canna Coco A +B
Botanicare Cal-mag Plus + Silica Blast
General Hydroponics PH up/down and Diamond Nectar Humic Acids
The Water:
Tap Water as testing during the week of germination showed PPM of 140 -168 at it's highest, tap water is bubbled for 24 hours to remove chlorine before mixing anything in. Since using Coco Coir calls for higher cal-mag, I assume this is advisable. It is definetely advisable to my wallet !
The Babies:
9 Crop King White Widow Auto's, germinated per supplier recommendations in paper towel and spring water. 100% germination, all planted straight into final pot and sprouted within 6 hours of each other, 2.5 days later.
As of posting exactly 1 week old from poking through the soil in final pots.
History so far:
Lots of staring at little leaves, watering with very light nute's mix (500ec max) every other day until 20% runoff. Spotted a small black fly fleeing my tent as i entered yesterday, so I have gotten Neem oil and mixed a light dose to mist everything with. Plants seem Healthy, but as this is my first grow, I will never be sure.
Questions I have:
When should I increase nute's dosage to recommended 1100ec value? I read everywhere 'when veg begins' but i am unsure of when it does!
How often should I be watering? The appearance of the small black fly prompted google to tell me I may be keeping my coco too moist. This is reinforced by the idea that my baby roots need air to grow, so I wonder if I am watering too much. The leaves are not drooping downwards as you can see, however.
I have read that my lights are not true 1000w lights, closer to 300 in fact, and I worry if they are enough? I have left both veg and bloom switches on as well as a 24/0 schedule to help with any deficiencies i may have for now. This also helps keep that sweet spot of 70-79 degrees im holding perfectly.
Originally I planned to do a ScROG with the trellis net you can see in the pictures, however I'm getting the feeling now that my tent is too small for that many in a scrog, so I am leaning towards just individually training them with simple LST. What would you guys do?
nice set up 
a first grow is just about avoiding disaster and getting some smoke 
start the 2nd grow when ya half way through the first :smoking:
lights arnt everything or even as much as 30% 
im running i think 25wsqft last time i used a calculator 
im archie gemmill 
your butlins blue coat hi de high site rep 
a few things well worth a read.
