Serious Seeds Chronic 1000W SOG DWC

A 1000W HPS in a 2x4x8 space is A LOT of light but great if you can divert/control that heat. Your 650 cfm vortex should be plenty. I love those fans. In fact it sounded like overkill to me too like bigs mentioned. But if you are using it to vent out via a twenty foot run than it makes sense. Otherwise you could end up sucking your plants up out that sucker, lol.

If you were to shorten that run and add a potentiometer you would be adding some nice flexibility to your grow. You would then be able to possibly allow for a little more height in your girls rather than flowering so short.

Looks like youâ??re doing a great job though- newbie to newbie speakin!

Fun shit, huh?

Oh, also if you're going to be crawling around re-wiring stuff I'd throw in a thermostat like one of these...

Greenhouse Controls - Thermostat Controllers from ACF Greenhouses

Not trying to advertise for that site- I'm sure a simple google search and you would find other vendors for those. They help to provide you with some great automatic temp control for your room with your exhaust fan.

Looking awesome MCnasty. Ill be starting chronic around the middle of February. This has been great insight. Just a few questions. First, how would u rate the odor legal? And second, how long did u veg before u flowered?

You're right leadmagnet and I've been thinking of grabbing one of those potentiometres (cool name) ever since I got setup. The one they sell at the hydro store is only around $15 but the problem is it's designed to be attached ti the fan, and mine is in the attic! Consequently I have to run it 20 feet, but even at this distance the space gets a little too cold when the temps are really low outside. I understand that big gaps in temp make plants really stretch, which is an issue in my setup. Definitely gonna consider these thermostats when I get around to tweaking things.

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truepunk87 Looking awesome MCnasty. Ill be starting chronic around the middle of February. This has been great insight. Just a few questions. First, how would u rate the odor legal? And second, how long did u veg before u flowered?

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thank you.
Odor: minimal. That being said I am running a very powerful fan. With that fan going I can't smell much. Once you open the closet door though a light smell does permeate the room, but once again it's not very noticeable and goes away quickly if I shut the closet door. It's only when I tamper with the plants that a sweet aroma eminates from the plants. I would definitely describe it as sweet and not skunky at all.

veg time: it wouldn't be accurate if I gave you a time because I ran into some issues during cloning which delayed plant growth. I think my rooting medium (AN Jump Start) is expired and doesn't seem to work very well so I experienced yellowing leaves that often withered away. I base my decision on the LENGTH of the roots. Once the roots reach a length of about 6-8" then they are ready. From the time I take the cuts this usually takes about 3 weeks. Or to describe it differently, once I see initial roots firming, I give it another 10-14 days. I bet if I got another bottle of jumpstart I could reduce this time by a week. I'll take pictures of my new clones when they are ready to go to give you a visual. They should be ready in about 7-10 days.

Some other notes: I'm going to be lowering EC levels for the remainder of the run. The range will be 1.6-1.8 instead of the 1.8-2.0 I've been doing. My gut says those dark leaves and curling are the result of over feeding.

More pics coming soon...

Thank u nasty. That helps a lot. I've been wanting to grow chronic since I got my first high times, about 12 years ago :) standing by for pics. Your plants are beautiful by the way

thanks punk. some things are definitely going well, others not so much, but mostly well :thumbsup: some of the larger fan leaves are showing signs of a) nute burn or b) nute def? or c) rust fungus?. i really don't know wish i could pin point the source. i'm going with burn and that's why i've lowered the food levels to an EC of 1.6-1.8, going from 12 ml/g of each of Grow Micro Bloom to about 8 ml/g of each. hopefully the yellowing/browning/crispiness of the leaves stops. keeping fingers crossed. the plants do not seem stressed out too much though, and they are growing well.

pic 1: shot of the largest plant of the 8.

pic 2: group photo with HID

pic 3: under canopy shot showing a pack of zig zags to get an idea of the size of the plants.

pic 4: the largest plant, already as wide as my fist.

pic 5: my plant problems. diagnosis?


more pictures day 50ish...

pic 1: group photo. some plants are so small you can't see them really.

pic 2: not sure how much longer that twig is gonna hold up.

pic 3: close up of a top


what's up with my leaves :mad:

otherwise :pimp:

I just wanna say that I am now positive that because of your updates and pics I am 100% positive I made a good choice going with chronic. Is this your first run with chronic? Keep up the good work,and I hope you find out what the problem with the leaves are.:thumbsup:

The leaves look like nute burn to me.
What is your ec/ppm?

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I just wanna say that I am now positive that because of your updates and pics I am 100% positive I made a good choice going with chronic. Is this your first run with chronic? Keep up the good work,and I hope you find out what the problem with the leaves are.

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thank you kindly punk.

I hope it's just nute burn and not something like the dreaded rust fungus. More and more I'm leaning towards nute burn myself. The plants are very leafy, the leaves are very dark, they curl inwards, tips turn brown early in flower and gradually spread to serrated edges of leaves, then yellow/brown dots appear around week 4 and it seems to be spreading.

ec levels: it comes in at 1.7, and appears to rise to 1.8-1.9 until I top off with water. This means the plants are drinking more water than nutes correct? I'm over feeding? What I don't understand is AN's suggested food levels. I'm using half of what they recommend and still get burn? What's with their feeding charts utterly useless to me I might as well experiment with my own levels. I keep the ec range at between 1.6-1.8.

Yes first time growing chronic. I think next run I'll lower nute levels to about 1.5 ec. Also, I don't think these plants are going to finish anywhere near the Serious Seeds estimate of 57-63 days. I blame myself more than SS's marketing because I think the stress of transplant and leaf damage is setting flowering time behind in a big way.

More pics day 63...