dannykay
07-10-2010, 02:02 PM
Prologue:
My first grow was about 3 years ago, it was a small setup of 2 plants, 1xPPP(pure power plant feminized) and 1xBB (big bud). Back then I used a t5 for the vegetative period and 250W HPS for the flowering period. The plants were under 24h cycle from day 1 for about 4-5 weeks and then another 7-8 weeks in 12/12 cycle. The yield unfortunately was discontenting1. After this experience we moved and the cabinet was stored in my garage for 3 years or so.
Needless to say, the hankering for another, hopefully more satisfying, grow cycle was still buzzing in me all that time, but work and other engagements kept me too busy to commit myself.
Recently:
About a month and half ago I decided that the time has come for another grow project. I smoke on a daily basis and the prices of weed just getting higher and higher in here, itā??s ridiculous. It is time for my second try
This time I thought about trying to grow at least 3, 4 plants in soil, and try to build a bubble bucket for a first time experience with hydroponics technics. I had an air pump and air stone in my house and I bought an 11 Liter bucket and a small net pot and Rockwell cube. A visit at the friendly local grow shop yielded with a fresh supply of nutes, using the Bio-Bizz suite for the soil plants and ATAMI a + b solution for the bubble bucket plant. Also bought 2 x 90W CFLs ,2 x 3.5ā? fans some extra Mylar and more fun stuff.
I still have around 10 seeds from 3 years ago that I ordered from Dr. Chronic that was stored inside a book for all this time: Pure Power Plant feminized, Jack Herer and Big Bud. And also a huge bag seed full of local plain seeds. Surprisingly some of the old seeds germinated, the BB and Jack Herer were the lucky ones, and the PPP seeds werenā??t that fortune and never sprouted. Iā??ve also germinated a bunch of local mixed bag seeds so I ended up with a total of 5 plants. I planted the 2xBB, 1xJH, and 1xbag seed in soil, and took another sprouted bag seed to plant in the Rockwell cube and place with hydroton in the bubble bucket.
These Days:
All 5 plants were planted about 4-5 weeks ago. All plants were placed in a 18/6 cycle under 90W CFL. Iā??ve transplanted the soil plants to their current pots about 16 days ago, and expanded my initial setup and bought another cabinet as I was out of available space. For soil Iā??m using the following nutes:
2ml/1Liter of root juice
2ml/1Liter of bio heaven
2ml/1Liter of bio grow
For the bubble bucket (11 liters) I use:
2ml/1liter of ATAMI A
2ml/1liter of ATAMI B
I was away from home from day 10 until day 17 (the wife watered them while I was gone) and when I came back I was amazed with the grow rate of the hydro plant compare to the soil plants. Itā??s nice to finally see the huge difference in real life after spending so much time reading and staring at videos and pictures of different hydro methods. As you can see from the pictures attached the bubble bucket plant is HUGE compare to the others. Eventually my final plan is to place at least 2-3 mothers (fingers crossed) in one cabinet and 2 clones in bubble buckets in the other cabinet.
Future Thoughts:
This is the part where you guys can step in and help with your suggestions. As I never cloned before i could use some tips on cloning, and how long should I keep my clones in the vegetative stage before switching to 12/12 under a 250w HPS.
Iā??m thinking about cloning my current bubble bucket plant and use the clones as mothers in case itā??s a she. Then to clone another soil plant and place the clone in a 30liter bucket with an air pump and 3500W water pump that will be connected to PVC tube and some foggers the will spray around causing a cloud of yummy nutes for the roots. If anyone uses a similar method I could use some tips on do and donā??ts.
Thatā??s it for now, I wrote allot and Iā??m super stoned now so Iā??ll finish with some pictures. Note that the pictures were taken from day 14 until today (today should be day 30ish, I lost the exact countā?¦)
Danny.
My first grow was about 3 years ago, it was a small setup of 2 plants, 1xPPP(pure power plant feminized) and 1xBB (big bud). Back then I used a t5 for the vegetative period and 250W HPS for the flowering period. The plants were under 24h cycle from day 1 for about 4-5 weeks and then another 7-8 weeks in 12/12 cycle. The yield unfortunately was discontenting1. After this experience we moved and the cabinet was stored in my garage for 3 years or so.
Needless to say, the hankering for another, hopefully more satisfying, grow cycle was still buzzing in me all that time, but work and other engagements kept me too busy to commit myself.
Recently:
About a month and half ago I decided that the time has come for another grow project. I smoke on a daily basis and the prices of weed just getting higher and higher in here, itā??s ridiculous. It is time for my second try
This time I thought about trying to grow at least 3, 4 plants in soil, and try to build a bubble bucket for a first time experience with hydroponics technics. I had an air pump and air stone in my house and I bought an 11 Liter bucket and a small net pot and Rockwell cube. A visit at the friendly local grow shop yielded with a fresh supply of nutes, using the Bio-Bizz suite for the soil plants and ATAMI a + b solution for the bubble bucket plant. Also bought 2 x 90W CFLs ,2 x 3.5ā? fans some extra Mylar and more fun stuff.
I still have around 10 seeds from 3 years ago that I ordered from Dr. Chronic that was stored inside a book for all this time: Pure Power Plant feminized, Jack Herer and Big Bud. And also a huge bag seed full of local plain seeds. Surprisingly some of the old seeds germinated, the BB and Jack Herer were the lucky ones, and the PPP seeds werenā??t that fortune and never sprouted. Iā??ve also germinated a bunch of local mixed bag seeds so I ended up with a total of 5 plants. I planted the 2xBB, 1xJH, and 1xbag seed in soil, and took another sprouted bag seed to plant in the Rockwell cube and place with hydroton in the bubble bucket.
These Days:
All 5 plants were planted about 4-5 weeks ago. All plants were placed in a 18/6 cycle under 90W CFL. Iā??ve transplanted the soil plants to their current pots about 16 days ago, and expanded my initial setup and bought another cabinet as I was out of available space. For soil Iā??m using the following nutes:
2ml/1Liter of root juice
2ml/1Liter of bio heaven
2ml/1Liter of bio grow
For the bubble bucket (11 liters) I use:
2ml/1liter of ATAMI A
2ml/1liter of ATAMI B
I was away from home from day 10 until day 17 (the wife watered them while I was gone) and when I came back I was amazed with the grow rate of the hydro plant compare to the soil plants. Itā??s nice to finally see the huge difference in real life after spending so much time reading and staring at videos and pictures of different hydro methods. As you can see from the pictures attached the bubble bucket plant is HUGE compare to the others. Eventually my final plan is to place at least 2-3 mothers (fingers crossed) in one cabinet and 2 clones in bubble buckets in the other cabinet.
Future Thoughts:
This is the part where you guys can step in and help with your suggestions. As I never cloned before i could use some tips on cloning, and how long should I keep my clones in the vegetative stage before switching to 12/12 under a 250w HPS.
Iā??m thinking about cloning my current bubble bucket plant and use the clones as mothers in case itā??s a she. Then to clone another soil plant and place the clone in a 30liter bucket with an air pump and 3500W water pump that will be connected to PVC tube and some foggers the will spray around causing a cloud of yummy nutes for the roots. If anyone uses a similar method I could use some tips on do and donā??ts.
Thatā??s it for now, I wrote allot and Iā??m super stoned now so Iā??ll finish with some pictures. Note that the pictures were taken from day 14 until today (today should be day 30ish, I lost the exact countā?¦)
Danny.