Damios
Well-Known Member
Hey guys hope you like my grow journal, it will be my first serious one and I want it to be as educational as possible for me and you, enjoy.
Initial Story: (started 10/23)
This going to be my third grow now but plan on and I am using aeroponics for everything except for the 4 initial mothers, which were in soil. After getting everything in order with my grow room (since I just moved), I took 24 clones and put them in an aeroponic cloner that I built. Since the moms were too big to keep I just took another 6 clones for new moms and put them in the other aeroponic cloner that I built.
This time around I plan on dominately growing the skywalker, mostly just because I'm eager to see how it turns out.
So the 24 clones I took consisted of:
15 Skywalker + 2 extra just in case*
3 Og + 1 extra*
2 Powerskunk + 1 extra*
*I only plan on growing 20 plants at a time but felt that I should definitely take some extras in case any of them should die.
Next time I plan on growing dominately Og so the clones I took for the new mother's consisted of: 3 Og's, 2 Skywalker, and 1 Powerskunk. The clones I took for the new mother plants are much larger than the original 24. I wanted them to have a good head start in size since I am going to need another set of clones in about 5 weeks.
Up and rolling:
Presently its been four days since I cut the first 24 clones and 6 mother clones and they are doing very well. Here are a few stats as to what I will be doing and whats going on:
Nutrients - I plan on using the House and Garden Van de Zwaan nutrient line because its basically designed for aeroponics and hydrogardens (meaning that it won't clog anything). They have a lot of products that other companies just don't have, and im pretty sure that's a fact. It's pretty cool because for a long time only the owner had the rights to sell it and just until recently has it really been out. A lot of people are really stoked on this stuff cause it works, plain and simple, and I can't wait to try it out. Here's the website if anyone is interested www.house-garden.us. They also have an AWESOME nutrient calculator House and Garden Van De Zwaan , probably the best I've ever seen allowing you to see your entire grow schedule from start to finish. I'm going to try and keep the PH around 5.8 for most of the grow and bring it up possibly a little near the end. During these first 3 weeks I'm going to only use H&G's Roots Excelurator. Once I start the veg cycle I'm going to start using the H&G's two part nutrient system called Aqua Flakes and then an additive called Multi Zyme. Then for flowering I plan on using those same nutrients while adding H&G's Bud XL, Top Booster, and shooting powder. I also plan on using Botanicare's Sweet as well as Cal-mag near the end when the plants start to yellow. Finally at the end for flushing I plan to use just plain water with Clearex.
Systems - As I said before I'm using all aeroponics now and have three systems running at the moment. I use ez-clone sprayers for everything because of their durability and 350-400gph pumps for all systems. The first two systems are aeroponic cloners made out of two 25gl Rubbermaid Ruffneck containers, one pump, pvc piping, and ez-clone sprayers. One of the systems has the 24 clones in 1.5 inch neoprene sleeves and 2 inch net pots, and then the other system has the 6 new moms in 1 inch rockwool cubes and hydroton rocks in 3.75 inch net pots. The flowering system consists of two square tubes, one pump, a pvc frame, pvc piping and one 25gl resevoir, which is also a Rubbermaid Ruffneck container. I use cycle timers for all my systems which allows you to set it for a designated ON time and then a designated OFF time that it follows and repeats. I have the pump timer for the cloner with 24 clones set to 1 minute on and then 60 minutes off. As the clones begin to pop roots I will begin to lower the off time to smaller intervals like 30 minutes, then 10 minutes, and so on as the plants begin to use more water. The best reason to use a timer like this is to control your watering as best as possible. Over watering and root rot is a typical thing if you are not careful with aeroponics (which is funny because aeroponics is all about allowing your roots to get as much AIR as possible, not water). The pump timer for the flowering system I plan to run around 1 minute on and 5 minutes off, by then the roots should be drinking lots of water and this should be a good ratio. Just always keep in mind that you want your roots to be dominately getting oxygen, not water (but at the same time just be sure to not allow your roots to ever dry out). Lastly, the pump timer for the other cloner that has the new moms in it is set to 1 minute on and 8 hours off because of the fact that the hydroton rocks hold mouisture really well and don't need to be watered much. If I had infinite supplies I would have forgot the hydroton rocks and rockwool all together but since the mom's are going to get way bigger than the other clones are I wanted them to have a good base when they start getting heavy.
Lighting - For lighting I use a few different things from start to finish. I'm using two 150 watt flourescent lights for all the clones right now until they have somewhat of a root system. After that I'm going to switch to a 400 watt metal halide system until the end of the veg cycle. Once flowering starts I'm going to use two 1000 watt HPS systems. The reflectors for the 1000 watt lights are able to be air cooled so that the temps never get too high. I plan on using a 440cfm fan and 6 inch ducting with these, which should keep the heat well regulated. I hope to keep the temperature around 75 degrees, I have a air conditioning but If that isn't enough I have a 800 watt Koldfront portable air conditioner just in case (cooling ranges from 80 to 62 degrees).
Program - I plan on letting the clones set and grow roots for 3 weeks, then a 2 week vegetative cycle, followed by an 8 to 9 week flowering cycle. I'm going to pretty much follow the nutrient calculator/calender that H&G provides for the grow. Here's the link again: House and Garden Van De Zwaan. I'm going to make a log entry to this journal everytime I do something or there is a change in whats going on. The logs should include as much information as I can include without repeating myself and also feel free to ask questions/leave feedback or criticism (I can take it, just no bullshit please keep it grow related).
Well this should just about do it for the intro, I hope to have pictures of the setup soon and I hope you have enjoyed reading thus far.
Initial Story: (started 10/23)
This going to be my third grow now but plan on and I am using aeroponics for everything except for the 4 initial mothers, which were in soil. After getting everything in order with my grow room (since I just moved), I took 24 clones and put them in an aeroponic cloner that I built. Since the moms were too big to keep I just took another 6 clones for new moms and put them in the other aeroponic cloner that I built.
This time around I plan on dominately growing the skywalker, mostly just because I'm eager to see how it turns out.
So the 24 clones I took consisted of:
15 Skywalker + 2 extra just in case*
3 Og + 1 extra*
2 Powerskunk + 1 extra*
*I only plan on growing 20 plants at a time but felt that I should definitely take some extras in case any of them should die.
Next time I plan on growing dominately Og so the clones I took for the new mother's consisted of: 3 Og's, 2 Skywalker, and 1 Powerskunk. The clones I took for the new mother plants are much larger than the original 24. I wanted them to have a good head start in size since I am going to need another set of clones in about 5 weeks.
Up and rolling:
Presently its been four days since I cut the first 24 clones and 6 mother clones and they are doing very well. Here are a few stats as to what I will be doing and whats going on:
Nutrients - I plan on using the House and Garden Van de Zwaan nutrient line because its basically designed for aeroponics and hydrogardens (meaning that it won't clog anything). They have a lot of products that other companies just don't have, and im pretty sure that's a fact. It's pretty cool because for a long time only the owner had the rights to sell it and just until recently has it really been out. A lot of people are really stoked on this stuff cause it works, plain and simple, and I can't wait to try it out. Here's the website if anyone is interested www.house-garden.us. They also have an AWESOME nutrient calculator House and Garden Van De Zwaan , probably the best I've ever seen allowing you to see your entire grow schedule from start to finish. I'm going to try and keep the PH around 5.8 for most of the grow and bring it up possibly a little near the end. During these first 3 weeks I'm going to only use H&G's Roots Excelurator. Once I start the veg cycle I'm going to start using the H&G's two part nutrient system called Aqua Flakes and then an additive called Multi Zyme. Then for flowering I plan on using those same nutrients while adding H&G's Bud XL, Top Booster, and shooting powder. I also plan on using Botanicare's Sweet as well as Cal-mag near the end when the plants start to yellow. Finally at the end for flushing I plan to use just plain water with Clearex.
Systems - As I said before I'm using all aeroponics now and have three systems running at the moment. I use ez-clone sprayers for everything because of their durability and 350-400gph pumps for all systems. The first two systems are aeroponic cloners made out of two 25gl Rubbermaid Ruffneck containers, one pump, pvc piping, and ez-clone sprayers. One of the systems has the 24 clones in 1.5 inch neoprene sleeves and 2 inch net pots, and then the other system has the 6 new moms in 1 inch rockwool cubes and hydroton rocks in 3.75 inch net pots. The flowering system consists of two square tubes, one pump, a pvc frame, pvc piping and one 25gl resevoir, which is also a Rubbermaid Ruffneck container. I use cycle timers for all my systems which allows you to set it for a designated ON time and then a designated OFF time that it follows and repeats. I have the pump timer for the cloner with 24 clones set to 1 minute on and then 60 minutes off. As the clones begin to pop roots I will begin to lower the off time to smaller intervals like 30 minutes, then 10 minutes, and so on as the plants begin to use more water. The best reason to use a timer like this is to control your watering as best as possible. Over watering and root rot is a typical thing if you are not careful with aeroponics (which is funny because aeroponics is all about allowing your roots to get as much AIR as possible, not water). The pump timer for the flowering system I plan to run around 1 minute on and 5 minutes off, by then the roots should be drinking lots of water and this should be a good ratio. Just always keep in mind that you want your roots to be dominately getting oxygen, not water (but at the same time just be sure to not allow your roots to ever dry out). Lastly, the pump timer for the other cloner that has the new moms in it is set to 1 minute on and 8 hours off because of the fact that the hydroton rocks hold mouisture really well and don't need to be watered much. If I had infinite supplies I would have forgot the hydroton rocks and rockwool all together but since the mom's are going to get way bigger than the other clones are I wanted them to have a good base when they start getting heavy.
Lighting - For lighting I use a few different things from start to finish. I'm using two 150 watt flourescent lights for all the clones right now until they have somewhat of a root system. After that I'm going to switch to a 400 watt metal halide system until the end of the veg cycle. Once flowering starts I'm going to use two 1000 watt HPS systems. The reflectors for the 1000 watt lights are able to be air cooled so that the temps never get too high. I plan on using a 440cfm fan and 6 inch ducting with these, which should keep the heat well regulated. I hope to keep the temperature around 75 degrees, I have a air conditioning but If that isn't enough I have a 800 watt Koldfront portable air conditioner just in case (cooling ranges from 80 to 62 degrees).
Program - I plan on letting the clones set and grow roots for 3 weeks, then a 2 week vegetative cycle, followed by an 8 to 9 week flowering cycle. I'm going to pretty much follow the nutrient calculator/calender that H&G provides for the grow. Here's the link again: House and Garden Van De Zwaan. I'm going to make a log entry to this journal everytime I do something or there is a change in whats going on. The logs should include as much information as I can include without repeating myself and also feel free to ask questions/leave feedback or criticism (I can take it, just no bullshit please keep it grow related).
Well this should just about do it for the intro, I hope to have pictures of the setup soon and I hope you have enjoyed reading thus far.
