2nd grow - 2x4 tray - Purple Kush - 8 plants - hydro drip system

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OK here goes grow number 2. I'm setting up 2 systems (flowering & Veg ) so im starting with my veg portion of the grow.

Im using these items:

2x4 black tray
20 Gal rubber maid bucket
rock wool cubes
home maid drip system
air pump
1/2 drain nozzles
1/2 black tubing
aquarium silicon
3 timers
power outlet
2 4ft CFL cool white lights (getting a 3rd soon)

I've sprouted 14 purple kush seeds (8 for me the rest for my buddy) and so far its looking good.

All have cracked and I'm currently waiting for the sprout.

I Have 2 drains and 1 in for the water to hit the drip hoses.

I'm going to make an eb and flow system for the flowering stage. 600 HPS with blue spectrum. i plan to do hydroton in a 3x3 tray with the 8 plants.

What do you guys think????
 

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3rd day - August 8th - of the seedlings coming out. A little stretchy so i lowered the lights about 2 inches from the top.

here are some new pics of the seedlings
 

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Update - August 11th , 2008 - Day 6

Ok Heres the update so far on the almost first week of the grow. 2 or 3 of the plants have really taken the lead and could be the front runners of my grow.

The bad thing that happened this week was one of my lights went out and im not sure when. Yesterday i went to return it and buy a 3rd light. So now im on 4 cool white and 2 day lights CFLs.

Since im growing purple Kush i borrowed a Small AC fan to shock my plants later on down the line so they turn real purple in the flowering stage. Im buying my nutes tomorrow since i wanted to go the first week with out any.

I have 10 Plants now and try outs are still under way. My plan is to have 8 at the end of the 2nd week.

ill be changing out my res every week on Tuesday around 5pm. Don't want to have any issues with the water and this is very important for me.

I changed out the spike drips that i had before in the previous pictures. I went to HomeDepot and bought 1 Liter drip emitters with the holder spikes for a better drip.

My temperature is at 70°F in the morning and 79°F in the afternoon when its hottest. Im sure once i get my 600 HPS it'll be a lot hotter but ill cross that bridge when i get to it.

haven't bought my co2 yet but i plan to. Let me know what you think and what i can add to improve. thanks
 

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Update: Day 9 of Veg

I got my nutrients today. I got em for free from my boy at the hydro shop i go to. Not the best stuff but it will do the trick. Here are the nutes on my shelf in my garage
 

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heres an update - day 26 of Veg

here are some pics i have of the plants on day 26. Im going to be getting a lot more pics in since ..... thats right! today i got my 2nd system!

Eb & Flow - 3 x 3 tray - 1000 HPS air coolable reflector w ballast

I got it set up in about 45 minutes once we got everything together. Im going to be taking more pics tomorrow so you can get a better picture of how its going to end up. im missing the mylar and black tarp to seal the lights into my 2 sections. Right now i just have the 1 new setup with my 10 plants (hopefully all females) and will be waiting for the next 5 super silver and 5 of my purple widow i just ordered last week.

i moved all 10 plants today into the new system. i started to germinate my super silver haze today and plan to have it ready in a few days. i have two systems and plant to kick out 10 plants every harvest ( 2 months).

I was going to keep em in the 6 inch gordan cubes but i really need to go out tomorrow and get some rock pellets for a back up medium in the tray. the blocks arent letting the roots get much water .

let me know what you think
 

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day 27 - new pictures of the eb and flow set up

today im going to go buy my tarp to separate the sections. i dont have any plants just yet in my veg area so im vegging in the flower setup for now. once i get the planta little bigger and i can clone them ill change the times over.

but for now the girls are doing good and have been steady growing. For some reason i feel the 1000 hps will make them double in growth a day since moving from 6 cfl bulbs.
 

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Day 28 - First big problem - light burns??? need some help here


OK guys , Checked on the girls today and guess what? the leaf burns are getting worse. I think my light was just to close. OR! the plants just couldnt go from 6 cfl 4ft bulbs to a 1000 HPS over night.

SO my next question is what do i do? I already lifted the light to about 36 inches (yes more than your suppose to) . i want to see if that will help the situation.

But im looking to hear from the experienced growers on this one. What else could this be? Or did i hit it on the nose with the light burn.

Keep in mind this started as soon as i moved em over to the hps setup.

also

here's a pic of my 2 super silver haze seeds that just sprouted. cant wait to get my Veg area going?

so what do you think?
 

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sill Day 28 - Hydrotons added to the tray

I bought a bag of trons to add to my tray to make it easier to feed my babys. here are the pics

my temp. is at 90 degrees most of the day time. I really need to get that lower
 

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Nice bro. Great looking bud. That the hashberry? I hope so we have that crossed with White Widow. SHould be amazing smoke
 
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