jsamuel24
Active Member
Hello once again RIU Community,
The following will be my second grow journal contribution to RIU since I became a member. In my last grow I did 3 Fire OG's under 6 39w Par Spectrum T5's. While I loved the quality of the medicine that I grew, the t5's did exactly what I thought they would do in the flowering period and made the bud a bit more leafy then I would have liked. Now dont get me wrong, I still love par t5's and I can see their place in growing very well, and I think if I had not had some of the problems I did durring the grow I wouldnt have had the same results. That being said, I decided that I have truely fallen in love with growing and that sooner or later I would be going to HID lighting so I mine as well do so now.
After thinking for a while I decided the best way to go about this was to build 2 walls and make a 12X8 room inside of my garage. Build on that is about 75% done and I should have it up and ready in about 2 more days.
Once I finish construction I will go into detail on what will be inside the room as far as equipment and nutrients and the like. I do allready have my girls ready to go into the room in 2 weeks since I felt it would make me finish the flowering room faster if I had to have it done by a certain time. My first cycle in this prepetual will be Kens Grand Daddy Purple. I took 6 clones back on the 5th of july, and they went into my veg unit on July 11th. As I was a soil grower before, and I have since switched to hydro I should prolly go into what type of system I am using. I had consided using a DWC or an RDWC setup, as they are the easiest to learn how to use, maintain and the like, but why play it safe? I decided to go the more Aeroponic/NFT route, and I am using modified versions of the Stinkbud Aero systems. I am using a 1 min on, 5 min off cycle for the spray, with a 14 gal tote for a res and an 18 gal tote for the spraying chamber. For the veg station, I am using 5 gal of nutrient mixed water, though depending on how this test run goes with veging the GDP I may increase the amount in the res.
I am using the nute lineup from Cutting Edge Solutions. It is the first time I have used the nute lineup from this company, so I will also try to evaluate the lineup as this journal continues. My goal is to do bi-weekly photo updates for this journal, though if it seems as though that ends up being too many pics I may change my mind on that front. I will say up front that any advice or imput as the grow goes on that is offered will be much appreciated, though I do ask that you try to refrain from bickering or going off topic too far inside of this journal.
Thanks for stoping in and I hope you stay around for the ride, it is going to be a good one I think.
Snoogins
The following will be my second grow journal contribution to RIU since I became a member. In my last grow I did 3 Fire OG's under 6 39w Par Spectrum T5's. While I loved the quality of the medicine that I grew, the t5's did exactly what I thought they would do in the flowering period and made the bud a bit more leafy then I would have liked. Now dont get me wrong, I still love par t5's and I can see their place in growing very well, and I think if I had not had some of the problems I did durring the grow I wouldnt have had the same results. That being said, I decided that I have truely fallen in love with growing and that sooner or later I would be going to HID lighting so I mine as well do so now.
After thinking for a while I decided the best way to go about this was to build 2 walls and make a 12X8 room inside of my garage. Build on that is about 75% done and I should have it up and ready in about 2 more days.
Once I finish construction I will go into detail on what will be inside the room as far as equipment and nutrients and the like. I do allready have my girls ready to go into the room in 2 weeks since I felt it would make me finish the flowering room faster if I had to have it done by a certain time. My first cycle in this prepetual will be Kens Grand Daddy Purple. I took 6 clones back on the 5th of july, and they went into my veg unit on July 11th. As I was a soil grower before, and I have since switched to hydro I should prolly go into what type of system I am using. I had consided using a DWC or an RDWC setup, as they are the easiest to learn how to use, maintain and the like, but why play it safe? I decided to go the more Aeroponic/NFT route, and I am using modified versions of the Stinkbud Aero systems. I am using a 1 min on, 5 min off cycle for the spray, with a 14 gal tote for a res and an 18 gal tote for the spraying chamber. For the veg station, I am using 5 gal of nutrient mixed water, though depending on how this test run goes with veging the GDP I may increase the amount in the res.
I am using the nute lineup from Cutting Edge Solutions. It is the first time I have used the nute lineup from this company, so I will also try to evaluate the lineup as this journal continues. My goal is to do bi-weekly photo updates for this journal, though if it seems as though that ends up being too many pics I may change my mind on that front. I will say up front that any advice or imput as the grow goes on that is offered will be much appreciated, though I do ask that you try to refrain from bickering or going off topic too far inside of this journal.
Thanks for stoping in and I hope you stay around for the ride, it is going to be a good one I think.
Snoogins
