Toolage 87's Indoor Grow Garden

[Toolage 87]

They won't die after 12 hours. Mine had no pumps for 3 days and they looked real bad. After 4-5 days they were back to normal. Its a Hardy, hardy plant. Gotta love it

That's a little more conferting to know that they can handle that kind of stress but I kinda prefer to have a battery backup system of some kind just in case.

 

[supersillybilly]

Treat them mean, keep them kean. lol But seriously, it aint rocket science, they handle most things. I should know. lol

 

[Toolage 87]

Treat them mean, keep them kean. lol But seriously, it aint rocket science, they handle most things. I should know. lol

Hahaha yea. I really wish I could start my other seeds that I got but space is sort of a problem if I start them all lol then it would be light then pot size problems.

 

[Toolage 87]

----- August 12th, 2011 Update -----






I gave my plants a 1/4 teaspoon feeding for every 1L of water. I also gave my DWC plant a 1/4 teaspoon feeding with the 1L of water that I gave it.I found around 10 more 4 inch pots so I could start some other beans that I have but I think I'm going to wait till later. I might put the plants that I have under my 70w MH light and put them under a 45w CFL and 26w 2 foot tube florescent light then start some new beans and put them under my 70w MH light.
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[billcollector99]

youre not worried about overgrowing your lights?

 

[Toolage 87]

youre not worried about overgrowing your lights?

Nop. I have the 70w MH light, 1 45w CFL, 2 13w CFLs and a 2 foot tube florescent light. Also once I sex the plants I won't have all of them when I find the ones that I want. I also have a 70w HPS light that I could do a mix with my 70w MH light.

 

[80degreez]

What made you choose 70w bulbs?

 

[Toolage 87]

What made you choose 70w bulbs?

The cost of the bulbs, height problems if I went with higher wattage bulbs, the heat it puts out is a little over a 45w CFL but also I can get a 70w bulbs with in 6 to 9 inches might be able to get closer if I get my cool tube up and running. Also the electric place that I got it at I got around $10 to $20 package discount since I bought the 70w MH bulb , 70w HPS bulb, 70w MH ballast, 70w HPS ballast.

Also I can mis my 70w MH with a 35w HPS and another thing I can just buy lizard light fixtures because they are ceramic and a $20 to $30 fixture can handel up to a 150w bulb but I wanted to make sure I didn't run into heat problems.

Another thing is that I could run 1 5 gallon rubber mate DWC system under a single 70w HPS or MH light.

 

[billcollector99]

Sounds like you got everything planned

 

[Toolage 87]

Sounds like you got everything planned

Yes I do. I made sure I had light that I was gonna use as the main and some backup lights just in case the main one died on me but also the 13w CFLs were a pack of 2. I bought the 70w MH and HPS setup because I wanted to use better lights but also I bought the 70w HPS because I had the money and in case I couldn't afford to buy a HPS light or CFL(s) for flowering when the time came.

Also I pretty much had the spaces that I want to use picked out before I started to grow just didn't expect fast growth so I had to find things around the house that I can use to fix the light height.

 

[Toolage 87]

----- August 13th, 2011 Update -----

Hey all. Today is going to be a non picture update day. My first clone attempt didn't turn out so it really sucked. I was looking at my plants and I saw that the one that I took my first clone off of has a ring at the branch site so I'm curious as to if its a male or female now but I think it might be a male but hoping that its a female.

I started to germinate 3 BC Mango seeds in a bowl of water.

I decided to try to take my 2nd clone but I took it off of a stretched plant to try again but also might find out if its stretched because where it was before or if its in its DNA.
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[KawiZZR]

What happened with the clone that went wrong? And not quite sure what you mean by a ring at the branch? Did you change anything with the second clone?

 

[Toolage 87]

What happened with the clone that went wrong?

I think that the clone house wasn't getting warm enough so the humidity level wasn't where it should be.

Not quite sure what you mean by a ring at the branch?

Well where the new growth comes out to start a new branch there's a ring at the location so pretty much the new branch has a rig at the base of it.

Did you change anything with the second clone?

I'm going to try doing 24/0 lighting instead of 18/6. When I get paid I might pick up a heating mat to for it.

 

[billcollector99]

I think that the clone house wasn't getting warm enough so the humidity level wasn't where it should be.

Well where the new growth comes out to start a new branch there's a ring at the location so pretty much the new branch has a rig at the base of it.

I'm going to try doing 24/0 lighting instead of 18/6. When I get paid I might pick up a heating mat to for it.

Clones dont need alot of light to root, best off with a single low wattage bulb, light schedule is not as important, although I have noticed that some dark time is beneficial to speeding up the rooting process. Did you use any rooting hormone? Cut the fan leaves? Some strains prefer to root via a certain method, and wont root any other way. Some strains are easier to root than others, and some will not root, or almost impossible.

 

[Toolage 87]

Clones dont need alot of light to root, best off with a single low wattage bulb, light schedule is not as important, although.

I'm only giving them a 13w CFL. It never got any light from the 70w MH

I have noticed that some dark time is beneficial to speeding up the rooting process.

It was on 18/6 and it didn't seem like it was liking that dark time.

Did you use any rooting hormone?

Yes. I have 3 different brands of rooting hormone. I used Rootech since alot of people say it works and has had good results.

Cut the fan leaves?

Where I took the clone there was not very big fan leafs. I pretty much only had the new growth part because I took the fan leafs off since the new growth was pretty much almost new leafs that would have been fully opened up by that time.

All I know is that Ice strains love nitrogen and this strain seems to really love it. I think the humidity wasn't high enough because the dome was dry to much and I was misting the dome 3 times a day. I have the 13w CFL going 24/0 and the humidity level is at 93%. I might also had a problem because when I took it it had a water hole right in the middle that you can see easily and it was the very top of the plant that I took it from.

Maybe mine would clone easier in DWC or Aero. Maybe it needs some kind of nutes besides rooting hormone to help it root.

 

[billcollector99]

People think they need to mist their clones often, but it is a misconception, if you are contiually misting leaves with water the clone makes no attempt to form roots because it is getting it's source of water from the misting.

 

[Toolage 87]

People think they need to mist their clones often, but it is a misconception, if you are contiually misting leaves with water the clone makes no attempt to form roots because it is getting it's source of water from the misting.

No I only mist the leafs once at 4am and not any more till the next day. I was looking at my humid and temp reader and under 12 hours the humidity goes from 93% all the way down to 63%. I saw my clone was wilting yesterday and I misted it and this morning it was still wilted so I changed the 13w CFL out for my 3.5w LED light and it seems that the clone perked up while I wasn't home.

 

[Toolage 87]

----- August 17th , 2011 -----

Hey all. today is gonna be a no pic update day. Sorry for all that want to see a pic update. Today I took the plants out of their pots and add about 2 to 3 inches of soil to the bottom of the pot and put the plants back into them. I should get at least 1 week to maybe 1 month of veg time. I also leafed the plants of their bottom leafs.

The 2nd clone that I took well the stem went to mush on it. I checked the how to on the soil cloning and I found that every thing that I did was to what they said. The leafs were fine and green. I took the 2nd clone and cut off the mush stuff and the mush stuff stopped at the part where I saw a water uptake hole in the middle of the stem so I also took the soil out that they stem was touching and planted it back in. If the 2nd clone lives then I will know that the water uptake hole that I saw was the first problem that I had so I will find out.

If things don't work out for that clone I will try a water in the cup method and see if that works or not.
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[Toolage 87]

----- August 20th, 2011 Update -----

Hey all. Today I was in town and I was able to swing by a store and pick up a digital timer. It cost me $33.59.

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[supersillybilly]

A timer with a remote control. Fancy