brettsog
Well-Known Member
hi guys, been floating on here a while now and have established myself in the 250w club. im starting this thread so i can keep track of where im at and with what.
im using a 250w MH bulb to veg with and ill be switching to hps a week after i drop to 12/12 to try and help keep the stretch down a bit. i started on 18/6 and have been gradually working the lights down over the last 4 weeks so im now down to 14/10 so roughly about 2 more weeks of veg till im at the good bit
i have a few different strains on the go and a few different mediums and even a couple different techniques on each plant.
first one is ak48, in coco and ive been using lucas formula for veg and will be switching to dutch pro a+b for flower. ive attempted to mainline this plant and am happy with the results so far. ive only gone for 4 tops as im growing 5 plants under the 250w and dont wanna out do the light but 4 very symmetrical tops have emerged and they look good.
next in coco as well is amnesia haze. not doing anything to this just letting it go wild and hoping it works, same nutes and same schedule.
next i took a few clones off of my last plant which was white widow and i ended up left with one very small one which is now bushy as hell and i have topped and trimmed this, i have about 5 stems now which start 1/2" from the soil (using soil for this by the way) which i have recently transplanted into plagron light mix. for this plant im just letting it use the nutes in the soil for the next fortnight then ill be switching to canna terra.
and my last one is an auto. ak47. i know its recommended to use 18/6 but i just wanted to see if i could improve on my first try with these as i grew 4 and only got 44g.
and when i topped the ak48 i put the cutting straight into some baby bio rooting hormone and into a 7.5ltr pot of plagron light mix. she rooted in 10 days and is slowing growing but she wont be in the slightest bit ready when i switch but im not bothered if i only get 1g from it as its surplus.
im growing in a 50x180x180cm built in wardrobe with 2 120mm pc fans for extraction. my temps run at about 27-28c at the high point but if i crack a window in my bedroom they stay at a steady 20.9c or 69f. this being winter and all. summer was a nightmare in this space but i never went over 29c so im cool. i have the walls & floor lined with a space blanket, its a bit crinkled but it helps.
im using straight tap water, no ph testers no tds no nothing fancy. i figured if its good enough for me to drink then its good enough for my plants. i have a dropper kit for emergencies but i hardly ever use it. tap water is 6.5ph and the gh flora hardwater nutes drop it to an acceptable level for hydro/coco.
i will post some decent individual pics in the next day or 2 so stay tuned. i will post regularly as well more for my benefit then anything else....
heres a couple i took yesterday. sorry about the HID lines
im using a 250w MH bulb to veg with and ill be switching to hps a week after i drop to 12/12 to try and help keep the stretch down a bit. i started on 18/6 and have been gradually working the lights down over the last 4 weeks so im now down to 14/10 so roughly about 2 more weeks of veg till im at the good bit
i have a few different strains on the go and a few different mediums and even a couple different techniques on each plant.
first one is ak48, in coco and ive been using lucas formula for veg and will be switching to dutch pro a+b for flower. ive attempted to mainline this plant and am happy with the results so far. ive only gone for 4 tops as im growing 5 plants under the 250w and dont wanna out do the light but 4 very symmetrical tops have emerged and they look good.
next in coco as well is amnesia haze. not doing anything to this just letting it go wild and hoping it works, same nutes and same schedule.
next i took a few clones off of my last plant which was white widow and i ended up left with one very small one which is now bushy as hell and i have topped and trimmed this, i have about 5 stems now which start 1/2" from the soil (using soil for this by the way) which i have recently transplanted into plagron light mix. for this plant im just letting it use the nutes in the soil for the next fortnight then ill be switching to canna terra.
and my last one is an auto. ak47. i know its recommended to use 18/6 but i just wanted to see if i could improve on my first try with these as i grew 4 and only got 44g.
and when i topped the ak48 i put the cutting straight into some baby bio rooting hormone and into a 7.5ltr pot of plagron light mix. she rooted in 10 days and is slowing growing but she wont be in the slightest bit ready when i switch but im not bothered if i only get 1g from it as its surplus.
im growing in a 50x180x180cm built in wardrobe with 2 120mm pc fans for extraction. my temps run at about 27-28c at the high point but if i crack a window in my bedroom they stay at a steady 20.9c or 69f. this being winter and all. summer was a nightmare in this space but i never went over 29c so im cool. i have the walls & floor lined with a space blanket, its a bit crinkled but it helps.
im using straight tap water, no ph testers no tds no nothing fancy. i figured if its good enough for me to drink then its good enough for my plants. i have a dropper kit for emergencies but i hardly ever use it. tap water is 6.5ph and the gh flora hardwater nutes drop it to an acceptable level for hydro/coco.
i will post some decent individual pics in the next day or 2 so stay tuned. i will post regularly as well more for my benefit then anything else....
heres a couple i took yesterday. sorry about the HID lines
