5 STRAIN 1st TIME HYDRO GROW LOG

well its my first hydro grow ive grown in soil a few times with some success but smoke was weak probably cos it was under flourescents about a total of 200w about 4x3ft bulbs last one was lowryder 2 some pics in sig anyway this grow is a total different animal
myself and a friend are doing this one its a bigger room we only finished it today the strains are white rhyno,voodoo,power plant,afghan big bud and nevilles haze the voodoo,pp,nh are all female thanks to fourkicks (cheers man) the other 2 are from a friend who no longer grows
we are going to be using rockwool in an ebb and flow under a 400w mh i germed my seeds 10 in total and as of today 9 have opened (100% on yours fourkicks) and went into 2in rw cubes and are in a propagator under a T5 sun blaster not sure wattage lol will look later so thats all i think for now will post pics asap
any advice or comments would be greatly recieved
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ok all 10 cracked wow 6 have poked their heads out so i opened the propagator a bit got a humidity gauge have to check tomorrow how humid

i also when i was in the shop today bought a euro reflector for my 400w mh light which will go in in the morning along with my new pump for my system which is a 90litre tank being fed by a thrash can as best as i can describe it but its plastic it fills to its overflow level in 9 minutes (ebb and flow)

my question is if anyone has the answer how much longer will i leave the pump on for ? ive heard 10 mins but im not sure
ive only a couple of days i reckon before i transplant them into pots with hydroton i think !!! i also have 3in rw cubes not sure what to use
which is best?
i soaked my rw in rapid root phd water when moving the seeds out of paper towel
thanks in advance for any imput
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i will olso post some pics tomorrow i hope
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Excellent Smoker, i'll be keeping an eye on this grow.
Only grown in soil, so i have no advice sorry. Good luck with it.:thumbsup:
Nice choice of beans.

good to hear your up and running man.ill be keeping an eye on you.:thumbsup:

well today i finally got timing working and flood heights so at the moment im soaking hydroton after washing
7 of my 10 have come through theyre still in propagator hope to move them tomorrow what came out so far
3 of 3 voodoo(feminised)
3 of 5 ahghan big bud or white rhino (got seeds together)
1 of 1 either powerplant/nevilles haze (got seeds together)(feminised)
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Originally Posted by eddieken

Excellent Smoker, i'll be keeping an eye on this grow.
Only grown in soil, so i have no advice sorry. Good luck with it.:thumbsup:
Nice choice of beans.

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cheers man :jointsmile:

and fourkicks again thanks :jointsmile:
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Pics today smoker ?

ok these are the nutes im going to be using
Advanced hydroponics of holland
1 Grow
2 Bloom
3 Micro
at the moment im only using Vitalink seedling feed till i transplant i also have Advanced hydro root stimulator
Advanced hydro enzimes+
i have some pics of grow room and ill take some of my lovely ladies (8) up so far 4 are defo ladies hopefully the rest are lol
im just trying to upload photos of room
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ps whats opinion on nutes?

i think there are some photos there
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and more the 2 together are nevilles haze/powerplant im not sure which is which
the 3 together are voodoo and the 5 rw blocks are
white rhino/ afghan big bud only 3 up so far
my temps are at 29 and humidity at 70% but only put gauges in and my floor is wet ill let room dry out and temps settle before i tackle them issues
other pics are nutes and some of grow room
the middle pic on this post is the whole propagator
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my temps are bunning really high (30)
has anyone any ideas on how to bring it dowm without putting in another fan???
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point the fan at the light,raise the light, best to have the right temps than getting more light on the plants,growth will slow down dramaticly if it stays at 30 every day....
are your lights on during the day...if so change it over to night time and it will bring down the temps by a few degrees especialy on these hot days.:thumbsup:

thats good thinling man im just fiddleing with it now man i also have light leakage im just sorting that now i have some pics also ill post later
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How much is this setting you back ?

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Originally Posted by axlcinema

How much is this setting you back ?

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about 300 so far id love to get digi pH tester thats next on the list i hope
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I transplanted them today into hydroton with pots running on an 18/6 light
the flood is set for 15 mins for every 3 hours is this too much?
im just running pH ajusted water for now ill use my seedling nute in a day or two
some pics

anybody any idea where ill get cheap but good digital pH tester?
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ebay, ~$25 for a cheap milwaukee.

-shake

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Originally Posted by headshake

ebay, ~$25 for a cheap milwaukee.

-shake

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cheers man
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I've got a couple extra Hanna PH meters.

Too bad I can't just e-mail ya one. (D-oh)


M.P.

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Originally Posted by MerryPrankstr

I've got a couple extra Hanna PH meters.

Too bad I can't just e-mail ya one. (D-oh)


M.P.

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lol pity
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Does anyone know how to use enzymes as im not sure what to do with them it says on the bottle to use once a week but if i put it in now ill have to change my res will i not ?
Does that mean that every flood contains them till i change res or am i beter using them last flood before i change res?
I also have some photos
They are 24 hours into their new home top 3 are white rhino/afghan big bud others are voodoo sorry about lines on photo (lights)
I have 4 more

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I checked the temps today and they are holding steady at 30 ive decided to install an extracter on the outside bringing colder air into the room
Has anyone any ideas on how to lower temps ?
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Ok well i had a shit weekend i live in my parents house and my mam finally decided to allow me to grow (hence this log)
However at the weekend she freaked out and got really para as a result i have to move my room to a friends house so im going to move them today
So i think they are going into a bigger room so i think temps will be grand
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Im all sorted now i moved the whole system to a friends house (top secret)
I changed the nutes to half strenght seedling stuff pH is settled at about 5.5 i flushed system with enzimes also temperature should go down considerably as this new room is much bigger
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I switched to 1/2 strenght full 3 part nutes today plants have some discolouration on them plus a swarm of what look like greenfly but they are black they dont look like they are on the plants though i have 1 photo but its not that clear if anyone knows what they are or how to get rid of them can they please help
Temps are down to 25 and humidity is 45% pH is holding around 5.5
I had a more detailed log today but my laptop decided it was hungry and ate all the info i typed down when i went to upload pics so ill post them seperatly
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P.S any help on flies would be much appreciated

Pic 1 is the 1 with the fly for scale the yellow (flag) is 1inch electrical tape

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well looks like nobody has any advice on those flies so will just keep posting pics in future

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them little black flies are annoying man.they just seem to hang around the soil though.i purchased bio bizz leaf spray and it seems to work.how are them bad boys coming along..keeping you busy?

sort of man i cant get to them as often as i would like as they are in a friends house but i hope to have them back at my own house in the next couple of weeks hows your own going?

been real busy,couple of things on the go so its not stop latley..been smoking that power plant for the last month..its tasty:rastasmoke::rastasmoke::rastasmoke:your seeds are still going strong man.one went to a mate and the other one is shooting up.ill post some pics in a few days..happy growing

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