sno capz
Well-Known Member
First grow journal on here and more to follow... Feel free to post here with comments & questions..
Here's my story, years ago I had quite a few grows under my belt and used to be a member of RIU back in 2009-2010. I gave up on growing, which was by hobby and not to long ago decided to put my hobby back into play.... I decided to come back to RIU and after seeing how different things are now compared to then, in a growing sense, is absolutely amazing which turned me back onto it. So luckily I had a few seeds laying around which I figured had little to no chance at still being worth my time... Out of 1 AK47, 3 G13 Purple Haze, 5 Mindbender and 1 Cherry OG seed, the single Cherry OG was my only survived. And these seeds were sitting for well over 3 years.
This journal was started about 4 weeks into veg but here is my run down...
I germinated the seed by means of placing the seed in a cup of room temperature distilled water and placed in a dark cabinet and the taproot gave way 24 hours later.
The following day I gently placed the germinated seed into a rockwool cube that had been soaking in the distilled water, which I forgot to previously mention was pH balanced to 5.6, for about 10-15 minutes. I shook out about 15-20% of the water from the cube and placed under a light inside of a tray.
I placed the light on 20 hours and off 4. After 7 days off being on that light schedule I switch things to 18/6 to give the seedlings more time to rest...
Here is my setup...
Area Size: 3.5' x 4' x 7'2"
Medium:
Rockwool
Mother Earth Coco
Hydroton
Everything gets soaked or rinsed before any of the magic happens
Nutrients:
1/4 strength = week 2 - 3
1/2 strength = week 3 - 4
GO BioThrive
GO CalMag
GO BioRoot
GO BioWeed
GO BioMarine
GO Diamond Black
Locally Brewed Worm Tea
Water schedule:
Seedling Stage:
Hand watered with pH balanced distilled water at 5.5 everytime the cube was beginning to get dry, always kept moist but not drenched or soaked.
Week 1 - 2:
Placed cube into 3" x 4" netty pot with hydroton and used pH balanced distilled water at 5.5 every time it began to feel semi-dry... Once again moist, not soaked
Week 2 - 3
Wet the hydroton in the netty pot and transplanted into a 3 gallon pot with only hydroton surrounding the cube. The pot had very sufficient drainage in it so I hand watered once a day with pH balanced well water that runs through a RO system. Water also contained following nutrients in 1/4 strength doses...
GO BioThrive 2.5ml
GO BioRoot 2.5ml
GO CalMag 2.5ml
Week 3 - 4:
Once again, I wet the hydroton and transplanted from the 3 gallon into a 5 gallon smart pot with a simple mix of coco and hydroton because I didn't want to be bothered with getting root bound. During this week I fed with pH balanced well water again but at 1/2 strength for the nutrients.... The following was used...
GO BioThrive 5 ml
GO BioRoot 5ml
GO CalMag 10ml (only thing I went full strength on due to growing in coco)
GO Bioweed 2.5ml
GO BioMarine 2.5ml
GO Diamond Black 2.5ml
Locally Brewed Worm Tea (fed seperatly from watering)
Current lighting is T5 HO but will be upgrading to VHO as I normally use the T5's for my seedlings and new clones and my MH for veg. As of right now I will keep it under my T5 since I only have one plant with cfl's on the sides to bring light to the lower portion of the plant.
Light schedule:
Seedling - week 1 = 20/4
Week 2 - week 4 = 18/6
Temps: 78f - 82f
Humidity: 35%-45%
Water Type: RO
Water Temp: 69f
Water pH: 6.2
One thing I'm in need of is Mylar for my walls but I'm just waiting another hour til the supply shop opens then I'll going to grab some.
I also have a Vornado fan in the grow space... I need to replace it with an oscillating fan I know... But the fan faces the corner so that it's not aimed directly at the plant.
The pics are from transplant till now, the beginning of week 4. I plan on vegging another 2 - 4 weeks depending on growth before placing them under my HPS to flower.
I also am currently considering my next purchase. Thinking of Sour Blueberry, Black Cream and Sour Jack.
Here's my story, years ago I had quite a few grows under my belt and used to be a member of RIU back in 2009-2010. I gave up on growing, which was by hobby and not to long ago decided to put my hobby back into play.... I decided to come back to RIU and after seeing how different things are now compared to then, in a growing sense, is absolutely amazing which turned me back onto it. So luckily I had a few seeds laying around which I figured had little to no chance at still being worth my time... Out of 1 AK47, 3 G13 Purple Haze, 5 Mindbender and 1 Cherry OG seed, the single Cherry OG was my only survived. And these seeds were sitting for well over 3 years.
This journal was started about 4 weeks into veg but here is my run down...
I germinated the seed by means of placing the seed in a cup of room temperature distilled water and placed in a dark cabinet and the taproot gave way 24 hours later.
The following day I gently placed the germinated seed into a rockwool cube that had been soaking in the distilled water, which I forgot to previously mention was pH balanced to 5.6, for about 10-15 minutes. I shook out about 15-20% of the water from the cube and placed under a light inside of a tray.
I placed the light on 20 hours and off 4. After 7 days off being on that light schedule I switch things to 18/6 to give the seedlings more time to rest...
Here is my setup...
Area Size: 3.5' x 4' x 7'2"
Medium:
Rockwool
Mother Earth Coco
Hydroton
Everything gets soaked or rinsed before any of the magic happens
Nutrients:
1/4 strength = week 2 - 3
1/2 strength = week 3 - 4
GO BioThrive
GO CalMag
GO BioRoot
GO BioWeed
GO BioMarine
GO Diamond Black
Locally Brewed Worm Tea
Water schedule:
Seedling Stage:
Hand watered with pH balanced distilled water at 5.5 everytime the cube was beginning to get dry, always kept moist but not drenched or soaked.
Week 1 - 2:
Placed cube into 3" x 4" netty pot with hydroton and used pH balanced distilled water at 5.5 every time it began to feel semi-dry... Once again moist, not soaked
Week 2 - 3
Wet the hydroton in the netty pot and transplanted into a 3 gallon pot with only hydroton surrounding the cube. The pot had very sufficient drainage in it so I hand watered once a day with pH balanced well water that runs through a RO system. Water also contained following nutrients in 1/4 strength doses...
GO BioThrive 2.5ml
GO BioRoot 2.5ml
GO CalMag 2.5ml
Week 3 - 4:
Once again, I wet the hydroton and transplanted from the 3 gallon into a 5 gallon smart pot with a simple mix of coco and hydroton because I didn't want to be bothered with getting root bound. During this week I fed with pH balanced well water again but at 1/2 strength for the nutrients.... The following was used...
GO BioThrive 5 ml
GO BioRoot 5ml
GO CalMag 10ml (only thing I went full strength on due to growing in coco)
GO Bioweed 2.5ml
GO BioMarine 2.5ml
GO Diamond Black 2.5ml
Locally Brewed Worm Tea (fed seperatly from watering)
Current lighting is T5 HO but will be upgrading to VHO as I normally use the T5's for my seedlings and new clones and my MH for veg. As of right now I will keep it under my T5 since I only have one plant with cfl's on the sides to bring light to the lower portion of the plant.
Light schedule:
Seedling - week 1 = 20/4
Week 2 - week 4 = 18/6
Temps: 78f - 82f
Humidity: 35%-45%
Water Type: RO
Water Temp: 69f
Water pH: 6.2
One thing I'm in need of is Mylar for my walls but I'm just waiting another hour til the supply shop opens then I'll going to grab some.
I also have a Vornado fan in the grow space... I need to replace it with an oscillating fan I know... But the fan faces the corner so that it's not aimed directly at the plant.
The pics are from transplant till now, the beginning of week 4. I plan on vegging another 2 - 4 weeks depending on growth before placing them under my HPS to flower.
I also am currently considering my next purchase. Thinking of Sour Blueberry, Black Cream and Sour Jack.
