lee1000
Well-Known Member
Hello to anyone interested.
Well, I started off my new grow with Hydro using an IWS system but I have huge problems with my water and the PH is almost up to the 8.0 mark which is terrible. Also, on top of that, the guy that lives below me started complaining about the noise of the pumps running, water flowing, etc, so I decided to just scrap the Hydro and go back to regular pots filled with peat substrate Gold Label Special Mix.
I changed the light cycle to 12/12 on 8th March. First pistils came out last week so I guess you could say they're in their 2nd week of flowering (day 10).
The plants are in 5g, 3g and 2g pots. I'm continuing to use the Hydro Hy-pro A+B formular and at the moment, I got them on EC 1.4 with PH 6.3.
The nutrient mix always has ain air pump running in it for plenty of oxygen. Oh yeah, I also add 1ml CalGel per litre.
I am using 3x600 HPS lamps (One is a dimlux master that boosts to 690. These lamps are great and sometime in the future, I will be having all lamps as these and connecting to an environmenatl control panel)
2 Carbon Filters to filter the smell and a home made cooler to deal with excess heat.
Some of the plants have been growing since 1st January but their growth was stunted somewhat and didn't really start taking off until I put them in the peat substrate. I also only ever feed them when they look thirsty so they don't have any kind of feeding schedule. Things are working out for me this way.
The carbon filters on the outtake
My home made cooler. It's just a bin insulated with styrofoam and hosed up to my air intake. Then just fill with ice. Cools the air by a couple of degrees and works for about 7 hours.
This one is my White Label Rhino. Never been topped, just grow out like this. 5G pot.
All the rest are Early Skunk and there is another Rhino in there, just can't work out which one it is yet, lol
This is an Early Skunk. It's really big and I have topped it twice because it was getting too tall. It's
in a 5G pot
The rest are in 2G pots, 4 weeks old but growing rapidly.
And here are my new plants on the way. Purple Bud and White Gold under 2x35W CFL's
On Sunday, I will flush all the plants, let the medium dry out around 3 or 4 days and then up the EC to 1.8 to give the flowering a big boost. I'll also mix up a Guano Tea and give them a little every 10 days until the final flush week.
It's going to be an interesting ride.
Well, I started off my new grow with Hydro using an IWS system but I have huge problems with my water and the PH is almost up to the 8.0 mark which is terrible. Also, on top of that, the guy that lives below me started complaining about the noise of the pumps running, water flowing, etc, so I decided to just scrap the Hydro and go back to regular pots filled with peat substrate Gold Label Special Mix.
I changed the light cycle to 12/12 on 8th March. First pistils came out last week so I guess you could say they're in their 2nd week of flowering (day 10).
The plants are in 5g, 3g and 2g pots. I'm continuing to use the Hydro Hy-pro A+B formular and at the moment, I got them on EC 1.4 with PH 6.3.
The nutrient mix always has ain air pump running in it for plenty of oxygen. Oh yeah, I also add 1ml CalGel per litre.
I am using 3x600 HPS lamps (One is a dimlux master that boosts to 690. These lamps are great and sometime in the future, I will be having all lamps as these and connecting to an environmenatl control panel)
2 Carbon Filters to filter the smell and a home made cooler to deal with excess heat.
Some of the plants have been growing since 1st January but their growth was stunted somewhat and didn't really start taking off until I put them in the peat substrate. I also only ever feed them when they look thirsty so they don't have any kind of feeding schedule. Things are working out for me this way.
The carbon filters on the outtake
My home made cooler. It's just a bin insulated with styrofoam and hosed up to my air intake. Then just fill with ice. Cools the air by a couple of degrees and works for about 7 hours.
This one is my White Label Rhino. Never been topped, just grow out like this. 5G pot.
All the rest are Early Skunk and there is another Rhino in there, just can't work out which one it is yet, lol
This is an Early Skunk. It's really big and I have topped it twice because it was getting too tall. It's
in a 5G pot
The rest are in 2G pots, 4 weeks old but growing rapidly.
And here are my new plants on the way. Purple Bud and White Gold under 2x35W CFL's
On Sunday, I will flush all the plants, let the medium dry out around 3 or 4 days and then up the EC to 1.8 to give the flowering a big boost. I'll also mix up a Guano Tea and give them a little every 10 days until the final flush week.
It's going to be an interesting ride.