300W Complete Advanced Nutrient Grow

Well i just got my grow box in and I can not wait to get started unfortunately my nutrients are still in the mail. But I started a journal and added some pictures of the box im going to use:

https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/300w-complete-advanced-nutrient-grow.35866/

To make sure i have good water and to save myself multiple trips to the Salt water fish store i bought a portable RO+DI system. http://www.ebay.com/itm/0PPM-Portab...ation-plus-extra-spare-DI-filter/381613154339

The reviews for it are pretty good and with this setup i can run a hose right to my garage from the kitchen!

Well tell us more in the mean while. What your growing, what kinda light, soil or hydro, etc. Also you won't need nutes for a few weeks, so might as well get to germinating.

I will soon i have some feminized critical cheese seeds im gonna try they were cheap so I figured id go with them. I also have some master kush seeds but they are suspect. they do not look good at all.
Here are the Critical cheese:



I am going to do DWC. I have grown other items in my aerogarden with good results, right now i have snow peas and shishito pepper's going strong so i figured i would give this box a try. I figure using advanced nutrients and RO+DI water i should not have those nasty ph spikes especially seeming that it will be a smaller grow reservoir I checked and it is 2 gal.. As for lights i have a 300W LED. The entire cabinet is covered in reflective film so i think it should be more than enough for a space this size.

Something that bothered me when i put it together was this:



Look at the size of that timer omfg lol takes up 3 spaces on the strip. Well I went to Publix earlier and found this baby 50% off:



I am going to mount it on the side and look at all the outlets that suddenly appeared!



And look here a couple hamsters Christmas present living in my garage until the big day lol



Finally i need to get a good ppm pen any recomendations? I am also going to copy this post to my journal seeming there is so much info in it.

Very nice setup. Subbed

Thanks a lot I'm going to do my best with this . I was thinking about ordering OG Pie Breath seeds to do instead they are strong and bueatiful buds

So it looks like ill be good to go Wednesday to start. Im really just waiting for my RO+DI filter to get here. In the mean time i had to find a way to hang my light and I read others used these so i ordered 2 of them.


They work really well!



All in all i think it will work!

Let's get this party started! Made a really diluted bath and got the seeds germinating

owe I also got this portable RO DI in the mail today, it works great

great setup! start out the nutes at .5 to 1 ml per litre, plain water only til they get the first serrated leaves. Once they get a good set of three blade leaves increase to 2 ml per litre til they get a little bigger, then go up to three then four. All that will happen fast, in that small of a space you probably wont need a veg period, its likely you can go 12/12 from seed. I've been using those nutes for three years now with tap water only, never used RO so I'm no help there, I haven't measured the ppm since I first started with them, my ph was 8, the plants were fine even at 8 so I tossed the meters and never looked back. I use equal parts of the three each time no matter the stage but others back off the grow in flower. Get big bud if you can, it's a must have by most opinions. Good luck man!

dirtWeevil said:

great setup! start out the nutes at .5 to 1 ml per litre, plain water only til they get the first serrated leaves. Once they get a good set of three blade leaves increase to 2 ml per litre til they get a little bigger, then go up to three then four. All that will happen fast, in that small of a space you probably wont need a veg period, its likely you can go 12/12 from seed. I've been using those nutes for three years now with tap water only, never used RO so I'm no help there, I haven't measured the ppm since I first started with them, my ph was 8, the plants were fine even at 8 so I tossed the meters and never looked back. I use equal parts of the three each time no matter the stage but others back off the grow in flower. Get big bud if you can, it's a must have by most opinions. Good luck man!

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Thanks for the advice. I am going to let it veg a bit. The box is 4FT high so i would think i should let them grow about half way. So stealth growers produce in 2ft high spaces so I am thinking a 12/12 from the start might drastically reduce my possible yield. Not sure though I have never tried it.

the box is 4ft tall but then subtract the height of the grow tub and light, minus the height above the plants that light needs to be and you're working with more like 20" max. That maybe 20" space is the actual space you have to flower in. They will double their height in flower, keep that in mind. If you're growing trees then yeah a good veg helps but in micro cabs it will only cause lots of hassle pruning tons of stuff just to get it out of the way.

My last cab was only 30" tall, it was a royal pita keeping them from overrunning it, you'll see soon. If you choose to veg don't go more than a week after the roots hit the nutes or you'll be sorry trust me. Also starting at 12/12 will get you to the end faster, it's basically an autoflower with 50% less lighting time.

top the plants after the second leaf set, that will give you 4 tops each which is easily managed in a small space. You'll need to either screen them or stake them up somehow, I'd build a screen about a foot tall onto your res lid so you can lift it to change the water, or get a small fountain pump to pump it out.

A screen will keep the tops in one place and give you more room to work with between the light and canopy. Training will be your best friend here, you have to forget all that hippie dippy let her grow wild and free and recreate nature shit, in a tiny space you have to be like the ruthless corporate boss, cutting out the fat, making the hard choices, bending nature into submission and cramming it somewhere it does not want to be.

edit: Just noticed you got connoisseur, I haven't used it but from what others say its pretty stout, try lower doses til you get the hang of it. Their basic grow micro bloom set is what I use, just tread lightly and you should be fine.

I need to turn the led on to see how close I will be able to have it to the plants

Been a busy couple days first i started germinating my seeds. Added just a hint of nutrients in the water.



While i was waiting for that i turned my light on and did the hand test to see how close i can have my plants. This thing produces almost no heat so i should be able to have the light really close.



I was still bored so i went to the store and bought a PH pen just in case and the mats to make a net. I also bought a new air-stone the one my kit came with was weak.



Then I started working lol



It turned well I plan to Mainline my plants with the small space i am going to aim for 4 colas per plant. that should hopefully give me 24 big bud covered colas in the end.

Here is my final net total cost $2.00 lol

very nice how are you going to mount it? Attach it to the lid if you can that way you can take the whole thing out if needed, that will be a big help while training it as well.

Happy New Years!!

Well while waiting for my seeds to sprout tap roots i decided to work on my grow box. First i went and bought a 4 inch disc bubbler. When i got home and connected it well... It barly blew any bubbles. The problem was obvious:



So off it came



Garbage.... So i went to Pets mart got a 20 gal fish pump. I want bubbles lol not like fish are living in it. And i threw it in you can see how much bigger it is.



And look at all the bubbles now!!



That is right after I turned it on it is bubbling even more now.
When i got done with that i took a closer look and i saw tap roots! So in the seeds go!



On a bright note my aerogarden is doing really well have some Japanese Shishito Peppers snow peas and wasabi lettuce growing ATM



Well i hope you all have a happy new year!!

Owe someone woke up today!

i can see the shooting up in the other cubes but this one poped up first!



And now for my new years feast!


Happy New Years All~!~

Please feel free to comment here i am always looking for input!

Well it has been about a week and i have 4 healthy looking sprouts. Advanced Nutrients is really something else I have the grow A+B at 1 ML per liter right now but im using full strength B-52 and Voodoo Juice. the root groth is amazing i mean this was one root string yesterday i check today and it looks like this. The others are making progress as well but this plant is growing insane.

So Right now I am using Advanced Nutrients connoisseur at 1 ml per liter and b-52 and voodoojuice at 2ml per liter. The root growth is insane

This is this Tuesday:



And this was about 15 minutes ago 3 days later:



It is a lot of growth here are a few more pics:





I also put in a couple of THC bomb Seeds from Amsterdam because i had 2 cheese seeds that did not pop they are coming up now.



As always any comments or advice are welcome!