feels good to be growing again

[ShOrTbUs]

for everyone pulling up a chair, let me get you caught up. a lot has been going on since my first grow.

new setup:

i'm running 2 separate rooms this time around. i emptied out my bedroom closet and transformed it into my veg/cloning room. i also emptied out a hallway closet for my flower room.

i'll be running a DIY aero system for veg & flower, along with a DIY bubble cloner.

lights:

i'll be vegging/cloning under cfl's & flowering under 600W hps

nutes:

i'm running AN jungle juice as my base & supplementing botanicare cal/mg. i'll also be cloning with root tech gel.

beans: (popped yesterday)

Seedsman Seeds Northern Lights
Regular Cannabis Seeds - 10 seeds


got a couple of pics of the veg/flower rooms to hold you guys/gals over, till i have some bud porn to show off

pic#1 - the veg aero system i built
pic#2 - the right ride of the veg room
pic#3 - the left side of the veg room

 

[ShOrTbUs]

only thing left to buy is ballast/hood/bulb, and some Mylar for the walls. then i'll assemble everything. i have 5-8 weeks to finish the room since i just popped the northern lights, and have to wait for them to reach maturity to cut clones and flower.

unfinished flowering room pics.

 

[Roddy]

Glad to see you back in action and will be watching, my friend!! :48:

 

[tastyness]

Nice looking setup. It makes a world of difference to have two spaces.
I would try flat white paint instead of mylar- probably easier to install in a closet.

Green Mojo for your new setup

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

Looking great! I love having separate veg and flowering spaces. I'm with Tasty on the mylar. I hate the stuff. Originally all my spaces had mylar. Now the flowering room has Panda film and the other 2 spaces are painted flat white. I prefer the flat white paint--so easy to clean and it is so inexpensive.

 

[pcduck]

Looking nice Shortbus:aok:

The Greenest of MOJO for your grow.

 

[Locked]

Looking good bro...I have the same opinion on the Mylar. I have a roll of it collecting dust in my Grow Room.

 

[powerplanter]

I'm in. Green mojo for your grow.

 

[ShOrTbUs]

i'm impressed with the beans so far. 9/10 successfully germinated in just 3 days. the 1 seed that didn't germ, just wasn't viable.

i germinated my seeds by dropping them in a glass of water for 2 days till they cracked. then i placed them in soaked tissue paper, in a humidity container, and placed the container on a heating pad set on low. they really took off, because after just one more day all the tap roots were 1/2inch or longer.

last night i transplanted the seedlings into rapid rooter plugs that have been soaking in plain ph'd water for 24 hrs. they are now under a single 23w cfl until they show their first set of true leaves.

 

[ShOrTbUs]

got a little snap happy last night taking picture of nutes and equipment in my veg room

pic#1 - nutrients
pic#2 - rooting gel,ph up&down, h202, isopropyl alcohol, leftover nutes from previous grow, & "real water" something i got as a freebie from the online hydro store i ordered from.
pic#3 - veg lights, and YES that is a bathroom vanity fixture with a cardboard reflector that i painted flat white. i'm adding a second one soon as i take my first set of clones off of the females from this grow
pic#4 - just a quick shot of the plumbing on the veg aero system
pic#5 - the hydro store i order from, sent me a damaged bottle of rooting gel, so when they re-sent my gel, they sent me a whole bunch of freebies.

 

[New2theGame]

I'm excited for you bro.. I'll be watching! I just upgraded to a 600w hps the 400 is now my veg light and i got a 2ft 4 bulb t5 for my clones/seedlings. im almost ready to rock out in a steady manner!! Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see how your grow goes. GL.

 

[Iams]

Cool! thanks for posting a look of an empty setup.

Green Mojo for the pups!

 

[tastyness]

Babies on Board... and away we go.
Looks good.

 

[ShOrTbUs]

7 days today. they will be transplanted into their final homes tonight or tomorrow(depends how high i get). roots have started to poke through the RR plugs and have a tendency to quickly attach themselves to the net pots quite easily. moving them into 3" net pots with hydroton, and starting them off with a 10 gal res dwc style.

since it takes too many weeks for the plants to mature. i wont be able to grow these out in the aero system. its limited to cutting clones and short veg periods

 

[powerplanter]

Some nice looking baby girls you have there.

 

[ShOrTbUs]

transplanted them to their final home. continuing giving them just plain ph'd water. currently in a 10g res with 25liters of water. i will move to the 30 gal tote if needed. depends on how many girls i end up getting. the tote was originally cut to fit 8 - 3.75" net pots, so had to cut extra hole in middle and add duct tape so that the 3" net pots fit properly. at the rate their going i'll begin feeding at 14 days. i currently have them under a 105w cfl that puts out 6500 lumens. the surface area of the tote is aprox. 2 sq ft. so they're getting about 3250 lumens per pq ft. i'll bump up the lumens when i begin to feed them.

 

[ShOrTbUs]

All of the babies seem extremely happy. The plan was to give them their first very light nute solution today. While preping for the reservoir change, this little voice pops in my head and remindes me about what THG said." Newer growers tend to over-love seedlings". I've decided to give them at least a few more days, before feeding them.

As for the plants themselves, their growth rates have been progressing amazingly, and evenly. I do have 1 that is proving to be a little superior to the rest. He/She is the only one to establish her 4th set of nodes thus far. Noticeably tighter internodes then the other 3 that match his/her height.

Not to be overly worrisome, but the one plant that is out shining the rest has had yellow coteyldons for a few days now. They've even began to brown as well. While the rest of the plants coteyldons remain green, with no signs of yellowing yet. Is this something I should worry about? Or will this one plant need to be fed sooner then later?

Pics will be provided soon as I get back to my computer and upload them.

 

[DrFever]

IMO once a seedling or cutting has a root structure it is in need of food i think you could very well give them 1/2 ml per liter of your A and 1/2 ml per liter of B vegging food they will love you for it or a light foilage spray of 1 - 1 -1

you mentioned some plants showing signs of discoloration this could be plant is ueing its stored energy in leafs already
think of your plants like a new born baby it needs food within first 6 - 8 hrs or it will die

 

[ShOrTbUs]

pic #1 - group photo

pic #2 - best guy/girl

pic #3 - temp/rh

pic #4 - the root development

 

[ShOrTbUs]

you mentioned some plants showing signs of discoloration this could be plant is ueing its stored energy in leafs already
think of your plants like a new born baby it needs food within first 6 - 8 hrs or it will die

the only foliage that is yellowing off are the cotyledons, and its only the one plant yellowing off