1st grow -DWC [56kers not taken kindly 'round here]

First Grow
First Log
Let's do this: DWC

So i've been growing for bout 2 weeks and have been keeping a personal log and taking lots of photos. Now that i'm confident the plants will survive for at least another 2 weeks I'll post my junk.


DAY 1:

This is my pretty "beta" setup.
Picked up these clones from a local dispensary, they were the last 6, bottom of the barrel style.

Just got a sweet 400watt HPS light in the mail, so I ran out and rigged up a pretty cheap DWC system.

I'm sure you see loads of problems with it, but they have been addressed and will be explained in future updates.

http://ilkt.com/celicasupra/Day%201.JPG

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Sorry.. more updates tomorrow!

Also if I had a signature it would say:
Everything I post- ever- everywhere is a lie, I do not grow or condone the growing of marijuana or any other plant. This log is a work of fiction with images stolen from random places of the internet. :rastasmoke:

Well on to Day 3:

http://ilkt.com/celicasupra/Day%203.JPG

Not too much improvement from Day 1. I decided to put some black plastic over the blue top to darken things up a bit.


Day 8 of veg is starting to look promising:

http://ilkt.com/celicasupra/Day%208.JPG
Tons of growth, up to 6 inches here.

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I added white cardstock over the pots themselves to try to block some more light from getting in the res, I had an algae problem and drained/bleached everything. The roots were brownish so I added 3 caps of H2O2 and they whitened up beautifully.


Day 14:
http://ilkt.com/celicasupra/Day%2014.JPG
At 10 inches here, tons of growth. Looking good so far.


Day 15 (today):
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Even more growth! 11+ inches tall and plenty of branches.

I think i'm going to veg them another week or two and start flowering. My Ph meter broke :( I need to send my electrode back for a replacement, it will be at least 2 weeks before I see another.

Also I think i'm going to start LSTing soon..

They look very healthy. I'd give them another 2 weeks in veg and then flower for about 8 weeks.You should have a good crop.

More updates:

Growth exploded by day 19 to about 13-14 inches per plant, due to the conditions of the grow (6 plants crammed next to each other) I decided to start flowering.

Added to the Flowering room is 100watts of side lighting CFLs along with a 400watt HPS bulb.

Day 3 of flowering: The plants are looking good but the side-CFLs got a little close and singed some of the outer foliage. the lights have been adjusted accordingly.

I don't currently have any flowering pictures as I forgot to take shots in my 12 hour window.

I built my own carbon filter that carries 250CFM or so, it seems to work beautifully. Placed that in the flowering room.

Due to complications and bad planning I took clones on Day 2 of flowering from a plant I could not remove from DWC because the roots fused with the other plants. Here's some photos of the clones I took.

Day 2 Clones:
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It's my first time cloning so I expect no survivors. They're looking good, and i'm pretty sure I did it right. Time will tell.


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The clones are under ~300watts of CFLs which I plan to use for vegging in my home-made ghetto reflector.


Question: Tomorrow is Day 4 of Flowering, should I top the plants?

also: to point out why i've kind of gone crazy with the CFLs.. the 2700Ks are 96 cents here at my local Wally World. 100 watt equiv. (26 "true" watts)

the 6500ks aren't much more

beautiful set up....and i have that exact same 400w light too! Ebay? im doing a 5 gal dwc grow with it..doesnt look as nice as your big set of plants, but im hoping to be there sometime soon

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Originally Posted by PdoubleOTY

beautiful set up....and i have that exact same 400w light too! Ebay? im doing a 5 gal dwc grow with it..doesnt look as nice as your big set of plants, but im hoping to be there sometime soon

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hehe good old ebay :D.

I think next grow I'm going to go the 5gallon bucket route like you. this 20gal res is kind of crazy for 6 plants :wtf:, as I'm finding out now.

I couldn't find my camera during the daytime today, more pics when I get around to it :jointsmile:

thanks for visiting my grow everyone

AWSOME someone else uses car window light reflectors like me. They have excellent heat diffusion, I use them for my DIY reflector hoods.
Those are sweet looking. Nice and compact, excellent internode development.
BTW check out the last page of my log to see my CFL DIY setup 248W/18K Lumens.

If your mechanically inclined then I'll tell you this....
If you carefully W/plyers screw off the metal screw cap on the bulb, you'll find that 2 wires stick out about an inch. They connect to the ballast and can be wired directly. also I'll note that although there is a positive and negative wire, It doesn't really matter which way you do it. Just be sure to get wire caps for all your connections.

Updates:

Day 8 of Flowering:
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Plants nearly 2 feet tall now, not much to see yet.


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There are a few leaves which look like they might be stressed under the heat, max temp below the canopy reads 85 Fahrenheit havent got a reading on top.

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Added 14k Lumens worth of CFLs to fill in some light gaps. 70,000 total including the HPS

Finally to the list of additions comes:
http://ilkt.com/celicasupra/Day%2025.4.JPG
This ~10lb home-made carbon filter with a 250CFM inline duct fan. I accidentally bought the wrong reducer + some other setbacks but in the end it works beautifully, you can't smell a thing (even though it's not too incredibly stinky yet)


Also parts of the crop seem to have a little bug damage, I reluctantly sprayed the suspect parts even though i've started flowering.

Well nothing else interesting yet. more updates as they come!

Make sure you have great ventilation....thats mucho growth in a small area....dont want bud rot.