Help_Needed
10-16-2007, 03:58 PM
Well, here goes grow number three. Hopefully it will be even more successful as my last one :stoned:. My first grow failed when four plants out of four ended up being too manly for use. The second grow was....educational. And I have to admit it was succssful as far as newb grows go, depsite it's problems. And now I'm trying to improve on things......
Strain - Femmed white widow from Dr. Cronic. No manly plants for me this time. And I've got to say that I was really impressed with the Doc's speed, and his "stealth" packaging left me laughing for hours.
Grow Style - Not going to try anything fancy, but I am going to work on improving my yield over last time. I've heard that white widow gets tall during flowering so I'll be topping all of the plants at least once before I turn them on to 12/12. I want o get some short little bushes going and then I'll flower em.
Grow Location - Hydro hut :dance:...in the closet of course. It's the only way to keep nosy people and curious dogs out of my grow. Especially the dog...he's decided he likes the taste of weed. Not sure where he found it, but I caught him munching on a small nugget last night. I must have dropped it while I was jarring my last crop this weekend. And I've got to say a naturally hyper min-pin who's high on weed is NOT a good thing rofl.
Lighting - CFL's for the first couple of weeks until they're truly in veg. Then 400 watt HPS for the rest of the grow :dance:
Grow Medium - Well, hydro, DUH! :D I've got a drip feed, 6 plant DWC system. And yes, I'll be using the Lucas Formula again. It's easy. It's stable. And it gives good results. If it ain't broke, don't fix it .
Other thoughts - I've read somewhere that WW doesn't like a lot of nutes and burns easily, so I'll have to be careful about that, especially when I bring the nutes up to full strength for flowering. I may not be able to run at 950ppm, even with HPS lighting.
Also, on a sad note, my grandmother is very sick and they don't expect her to make it until Christmas :(. So there's a very good chance during this grow that I'll be making a 3-4 day trip out of town during the grow. With the Lucas Formula I won't have to worry about the pH or nute concentration too much, but I will need to work something out to keep the reservoir topped off while I'm gone. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Strain - Femmed white widow from Dr. Cronic. No manly plants for me this time. And I've got to say that I was really impressed with the Doc's speed, and his "stealth" packaging left me laughing for hours.
Grow Style - Not going to try anything fancy, but I am going to work on improving my yield over last time. I've heard that white widow gets tall during flowering so I'll be topping all of the plants at least once before I turn them on to 12/12. I want o get some short little bushes going and then I'll flower em.
Grow Location - Hydro hut :dance:...in the closet of course. It's the only way to keep nosy people and curious dogs out of my grow. Especially the dog...he's decided he likes the taste of weed. Not sure where he found it, but I caught him munching on a small nugget last night. I must have dropped it while I was jarring my last crop this weekend. And I've got to say a naturally hyper min-pin who's high on weed is NOT a good thing rofl.
Lighting - CFL's for the first couple of weeks until they're truly in veg. Then 400 watt HPS for the rest of the grow :dance:
Grow Medium - Well, hydro, DUH! :D I've got a drip feed, 6 plant DWC system. And yes, I'll be using the Lucas Formula again. It's easy. It's stable. And it gives good results. If it ain't broke, don't fix it .
Other thoughts - I've read somewhere that WW doesn't like a lot of nutes and burns easily, so I'll have to be careful about that, especially when I bring the nutes up to full strength for flowering. I may not be able to run at 950ppm, even with HPS lighting.
Also, on a sad note, my grandmother is very sick and they don't expect her to make it until Christmas :(. So there's a very good chance during this grow that I'll be making a 3-4 day trip out of town during the grow. With the Lucas Formula I won't have to worry about the pH or nute concentration too much, but I will need to work something out to keep the reservoir topped off while I'm gone. Any suggestions would be appreciated.