DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
Hey Guys,
Beginning My First Grow Log, glad to have a community on bored,
Pictures wont be up till tomorrow but here are the basic specs.
Me and My roommate built a 6'x24"x30" Cabinet out of some scrap wood for this grow.
We lined the thing with black plastic than Mylar on top of that.
Everything was washed with a peroxide solution to ensure no mold will take hold as this has ruined 3 of my previous grows. On top of this we baked the soil at 350 for two increments of 45 minutes to destroy and pests and bacteria.
We are running off a 400w MH for veg conversion bulb then a 400w HPS for bloom.
For ventilation we have a 4"x4" hole cut in the bottom for intake and a 6" diameter 20" length Carbon Coal Filter running to a top mounter inline fan not sure the CFM for I bought it a while ago. Probably around 500.
Due to some heat problems I recently purchased a Cool Tube--Light Pipe Reflector--to run around the HID light which was heating out system up to about 100 degrees. YIKES!
The seeds are from my trip to jamaica and are most likely a sativa strain. Thus this grow will be heavily LST, FIM, Pruned, and all of the sorts in order to manage the height of the plant.
About two days ago we began the germination of eight of our huge stockpile of these seeds so we will see how things go.
Seedling soil is Jiffy Mix and the regular soil is MG--ew i know. The MG is already fertalized but i got some Cal Mag, Supervit, and GH products in case the MG runs short.
Our water supply is tap but I have one of those fancy 70$ ph testers and aquarium ph up and down to balance it around 6.8 just in case the chlorine is to much.
I also picked up some Hydrogen Peroxide 3% solution to oxidize those babies if need be. I have never tried this before but this whole process is a learning experience.
3 of the seeds have just barely cracked and the cooltube is to arrive soon so we should be alright till then.
I plan on sticking whatever germinates into some basic red plastics cups with holes in them until they build a sufficient root system in which I am going to transplant them into 4 medium sized plastic pots and stick them straight to bloom to accommodate the space requirements. Out of those four whatever is female I'll hold on to and bloom and take the males out.
Its a pretty basic set up and the only thing I'm worrying to much about is the heat issue but hopefully the cool tube will fix that.
Essentially we are running this vent set up.
CCF--6" flexi air duct--6" Cool Tube--6" flexi air duct--500 cfm (I think) fan.
Along with an oscillating fan to promote strong stems and a CPU fan at the air intake to increase air flow.
Like I said pictures will be up tomorrow and I'm glad to have you guys on bored.
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
nice cabinet....looking forward to seeing some babies....good luck!......hopefully all the preparation will make all the previous problems disappear!
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
Ya, waiting on the cooltube now. Our babies are just barely germinated so I should have time to get them in and set up the Cooltube. Thanks for following along
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
DE.Db33t, I'm looking forward to your grow. Your cabinet is about the same size as to what I was planning on building in my attic, so I'm interested to see about the 400W setup and how well it works for you. I'm glad to see you have plenty of ventilation, or so it seems; it should address your past temp issues.
Good luck on your grow; hope that cooltube gets there soon, so we can begin the show. In the meantime, I'll grab a bag of popcorn and watch the trailers.
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
Yeah, Just a brief update, I found the fans model. Its a 449 CFM vortex centrofuge. Once we get it around the cool tube we shall be set.
Here are some pictures of the outside, just to show our closets sexiness.
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...g/Dooropen.jpg
door open
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...owlog/Door.jpg
door
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...DoorClosed.jpg
door closed
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
When the cabinet's a rockin', don't come a knockin'! Sweet, rockin' cabinet, my friend! Sorry for floodin' your new thread, but I had to give your cabinet some props! I hope your grow is as sexy as that cab!
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
Okay, Ive been convinced. Im doing a side by side hempy bucket grow. For the bucket im using a 1.75 litre vodka bottle with the top cut off. GH nutes plus superthrive and Cal Mag plus for the nutes. Since I dont have any vermiculite on hand this is going to be a straight perlite grow. Im starting 1 seed off in a rockwool cube (pray its a girl) and the rest off in jiffy soil mix for the aggro grow. We will see who will trimph in this.
3 of the seeds have cracked and still no arrival of the cooltube. Today Im going to go to the HD and pick up a 60w--actually not appearent--CFL 6500 k and use that to start these babies till the cooltube arrives. Next picture post will be the planted seeds.
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
Awesome! Looking forward to seeing the pics of this side-by-side as it goes along.
Best of luck!!
DE.Db33t's First Agro Grow Log
So three out of eight cracked and started to sprout. Over the past three days they didnt grow even a little so I stuck 2 in the soil and one in the rockwool under a 100w appearent CFL. Still waiting on the cooltube so hopefully the CFL will manage em till it gets here. Just incase these puppies dont sprout I also stuck 4 more seeds into germination. I'll have pics up once they sprout. That is if they do.
BTW quick question, Bout what temp do you guys germ at if you are doing the paper toil plastic baggy trick. Cuz I think they were in to much heat.
