MediToker
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First, if I'm posting this in the wrong place, my apologies. Straighten me out and I'll change my evil ways. Second, I've made a real hash outa this grow. It's my third flowering room in 2 years and I've made some stupid brain farts to go with the usual "getting to know you" period with a new space. Will get into that.
The room: (3) Sun Systems Magnum XXXL Ochos ducted out of the room by an 8" inline, 740cfm I think. (The source air for this run of lights also comes from outside the room and is already conditioned to about 70F. Right now I'm running (2) Hortilux Eye 1000 HPS lamps / bulbs and (1) H.I.D. Hut 600w "full spectrum" HPS. All dimmable, dual voltage digital Lumatek ballasts, powered via a Powerbox DPC-7500. (1) 48", unvented Vertizontal hood, not currently in use. (2) 6" 450cfm inline / centrifugal fans drawing from (2) 6" x 24", 2" thick activated carbon filters. (1) dehumidifier, 30 pint. Just now changing from bottled co2 to a C.A.P. natural gas burner...not yet in use (currently no co2 in use). Once I get the burner set up, it'll be controlled by a Titan Atlas 9. I usually have it set to about 1100ppm during light period. Numerous fans, fixed and rotating. Currently there is no reflective material on the walls or ceiling. Only so much $ to go around and I wanted lights and ballasts first. Will go with a knock-off pandafilm in another few weeks, but currently tapped out.
Soil: Simple, un-amended Roots Organic Original. Usually I throw in some beneficials: either Great White or Oregonism.
Nutes: The liquid line only of Roots Organic. I usually follow the published feeding regimen, alternating water-feed-water as RO directs. During this grow I effed this up, STOPPING the Grow nute almost immediately after the switch to 12/12 (shortly after 6/24/14). Don't know what I was thinking, but I cut off most of my girls' Nitrogen almost 2 months before I expected to harvest. I'm hitting my left hand fingers with hammer blows by way of atonement and punishment. Clearly I'm not worthy. Will try out the Flora series before too long, but I've got my hands full right now. Currently hauling gallon water jugs. Next expenditure (other than reflective material) will be a rez and recirculater. I'll initially just dunk a jug into the rez and feed by hand. When I can afford to upgrade to a fluid pump I will, and next year an auto feeding system.
Environment: Pretty consistently Light period temps of 79F to 82F with co2 of 1100PPM. Lots of air movement. RH hovers around 57%. I plan to rachet this down a bit but first things first.
Soooo, Challenges experienced since launch:
1. Got up to 90F in there once for maybe a couple hours
2. Had a co2 leak on the regulator for two days and ppm would spike to about 2000 and then shut down.
3. Forgot to include Grow nute after flowering began. Bad, bad grower!!!!!
The room: (3) Sun Systems Magnum XXXL Ochos ducted out of the room by an 8" inline, 740cfm I think. (The source air for this run of lights also comes from outside the room and is already conditioned to about 70F. Right now I'm running (2) Hortilux Eye 1000 HPS lamps / bulbs and (1) H.I.D. Hut 600w "full spectrum" HPS. All dimmable, dual voltage digital Lumatek ballasts, powered via a Powerbox DPC-7500. (1) 48", unvented Vertizontal hood, not currently in use. (2) 6" 450cfm inline / centrifugal fans drawing from (2) 6" x 24", 2" thick activated carbon filters. (1) dehumidifier, 30 pint. Just now changing from bottled co2 to a C.A.P. natural gas burner...not yet in use (currently no co2 in use). Once I get the burner set up, it'll be controlled by a Titan Atlas 9. I usually have it set to about 1100ppm during light period. Numerous fans, fixed and rotating. Currently there is no reflective material on the walls or ceiling. Only so much $ to go around and I wanted lights and ballasts first. Will go with a knock-off pandafilm in another few weeks, but currently tapped out.
Soil: Simple, un-amended Roots Organic Original. Usually I throw in some beneficials: either Great White or Oregonism.
Nutes: The liquid line only of Roots Organic. I usually follow the published feeding regimen, alternating water-feed-water as RO directs. During this grow I effed this up, STOPPING the Grow nute almost immediately after the switch to 12/12 (shortly after 6/24/14). Don't know what I was thinking, but I cut off most of my girls' Nitrogen almost 2 months before I expected to harvest. I'm hitting my left hand fingers with hammer blows by way of atonement and punishment. Clearly I'm not worthy. Will try out the Flora series before too long, but I've got my hands full right now. Currently hauling gallon water jugs. Next expenditure (other than reflective material) will be a rez and recirculater. I'll initially just dunk a jug into the rez and feed by hand. When I can afford to upgrade to a fluid pump I will, and next year an auto feeding system.
Environment: Pretty consistently Light period temps of 79F to 82F with co2 of 1100PPM. Lots of air movement. RH hovers around 57%. I plan to rachet this down a bit but first things first.
Soooo, Challenges experienced since launch:
1. Got up to 90F in there once for maybe a couple hours
2. Had a co2 leak on the regulator for two days and ppm would spike to about 2000 and then shut down.
3. Forgot to include Grow nute after flowering began. Bad, bad grower!!!!!
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