britewire
02-27-2006, 04:42 PM
I got a KETER cabinete for growing in, these things are perfect if you ask me. Getting the equipment is pretty easy for me cause I live in the Netherlands where every town got it´s own grow shop.
For lighting i use 2 600W HPS lights with a cooltube armature. The cooltube armature is a glass pipe you place over the light witch creates a tube to suck your filtered air thru.
For a filter I use a light low torque ventilator connected to a active coal filter. The ventilator sucks the air thru the carbon filter and blows the excess air thru the Cooltube armature and leaves thru a hole in the side of the cabinette.
When I grow hydro I use a bin inside an other bin. The lower bin is filled with water with nutrient for the plants. The upper bin is filled with Mapito. Mapito is a sort of rockwool flakes that are washed till a neutral EC and PH value is created.
For the dripping system I use a simple pump connected to a times with is set to 4 one minute pumping settings. The pump is placed in a 200 liter bucket filled with nutrient-water mixture with a PH of 5.8 and an EC with a value of 0.9 (I´ll raise the EC throughout the growing periode untill I reach a week before havesting) . An PE hose is connected to the pump witch I connect little silicone hoses too with drippers on the end.
I place the plants in staringblocks witch are little rockwool block with a size of 10 x 10cm.
It´s time to start growing.
At first I use a special nutrient for the root developing with a EC of 0.9 and a PH of 5.8. I set the lights on a 18-6 cycle. After 3 days I´ll start with a VEG nutrient from BACstill on the 18-6 cycle. With using Hydro I always use a A and B nutrient, this always ensures you that your nutrients are active from the moment you mix them together.
In the cabinette I use a 4 day VEG fase, after that i´ll start blooming and start with a 12-12 cycle and BLOOM nutrients again 2 components for the activity of the nutrient.
After the first signs of blooming I´ll start giving PK13-14 to the plants untill the EC value reaches 1.9-2.0 and the PH is 5.5-5.6. A week before havesting I´ll stop giving them nutrients and I´ll only give them water for the taste of the cannabis.
When 75% of the hairs on the buds are brownisch red, I´ll harvest. I´ll dry in the same cabinnet with the filters and venting on high. I´ll dry for a good week untill the little stems won´t bend anymore but break.
Then I´ll weigh, bag and tag it.
Next stop, Dutch Coffeeshop and maybe your brain.
For lighting i use 2 600W HPS lights with a cooltube armature. The cooltube armature is a glass pipe you place over the light witch creates a tube to suck your filtered air thru.
For a filter I use a light low torque ventilator connected to a active coal filter. The ventilator sucks the air thru the carbon filter and blows the excess air thru the Cooltube armature and leaves thru a hole in the side of the cabinette.
When I grow hydro I use a bin inside an other bin. The lower bin is filled with water with nutrient for the plants. The upper bin is filled with Mapito. Mapito is a sort of rockwool flakes that are washed till a neutral EC and PH value is created.
For the dripping system I use a simple pump connected to a times with is set to 4 one minute pumping settings. The pump is placed in a 200 liter bucket filled with nutrient-water mixture with a PH of 5.8 and an EC with a value of 0.9 (I´ll raise the EC throughout the growing periode untill I reach a week before havesting) . An PE hose is connected to the pump witch I connect little silicone hoses too with drippers on the end.
I place the plants in staringblocks witch are little rockwool block with a size of 10 x 10cm.
It´s time to start growing.
At first I use a special nutrient for the root developing with a EC of 0.9 and a PH of 5.8. I set the lights on a 18-6 cycle. After 3 days I´ll start with a VEG nutrient from BACstill on the 18-6 cycle. With using Hydro I always use a A and B nutrient, this always ensures you that your nutrients are active from the moment you mix them together.
In the cabinette I use a 4 day VEG fase, after that i´ll start blooming and start with a 12-12 cycle and BLOOM nutrients again 2 components for the activity of the nutrient.
After the first signs of blooming I´ll start giving PK13-14 to the plants untill the EC value reaches 1.9-2.0 and the PH is 5.5-5.6. A week before havesting I´ll stop giving them nutrients and I´ll only give them water for the taste of the cannabis.
When 75% of the hairs on the buds are brownisch red, I´ll harvest. I´ll dry in the same cabinnet with the filters and venting on high. I´ll dry for a good week untill the little stems won´t bend anymore but break.
Then I´ll weigh, bag and tag it.
Next stop, Dutch Coffeeshop and maybe your brain.