This is my first grow log and second hydro grow. First one went alright but I started in a cabinet and soon realized it was more effor than running a closet to keep the enviorment right. In my closet I dont run AC or a dehumidifier anymore.
I got these ATF (5 ATF and 1 Bubba Kush that is doing like crap because I started flowering a clone and then revegged it) clones on 12/16/07 and for the first week I was fighting a bad case of mites. They were pissed unitl I got rid of the mites (they came back but not nearly as bad a flower). I ran them for a total of 34 days in veg, but a week of that was really no growth for the first week. I figure they have a good 4 week in veg until I switched them to 12/12. The tallest one was 16" when I switched.
Cloning and vegging are in same room. Flowering is a different room.
Cloning (still trying to get this down)
3 gal bucket and lid
whisper air pump with 5" air stone
T5 100w
Veg station
T5 400W
8 3gal pots with 5" net (two extra to pull clones on and incase all 6 dont make it)
AP 40 air pump with 8 5" stones and 2 12" stones
40 gal res (with 300w heater)
500gph pump
Tri-meter (Ph/PPM/Temp) continous monitor
Breeze fan
Temp\humdity gauge
Flower room (when I flush I add 25gal and I figure I have about a total of 30 gal in the system (i can get the last 5 gal out due to water level and pump)
6 5gal buckets with 5" net pots
AP-40 air pump with 6 5" stones and 2 12"
500gph pump (recirc for 4 minutes every 4 hours)
24 gal res
10 gal controller (with 200W heater)
2 Lumatec 600W digital ballast
2 Lumeair hoods with glass and 6" cooling
4" vortec cooling fan (will probably upgrade to a 6" or 8" later) with mountain air filter
Tall vertical breeze fan for air movement
CO2 on timers.
Tri-meter (Ph/PPM/Temp) continous monitor
Temp\humdity gauge
Nutes
I use BC grow products and they have worked well for me so far.
I use Boost, Grow (veg), Bloom (Flower), Awesome Blossom, Sweet, B1 thrive, and a little proxide.
When I veg I usually work up to about 800 and once I start flowering I start at 1200 and work up to 1800 or so. I keep PH about 5.7 +/-.2.
Here are a couple of Pics of them from the first day I switched to flowering on 1/20/08.
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and today 1/27/08.
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My roots ( I think the browning is because the B1)
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If you have any comments or suggest please do respond, I will take any advice. I think they look pretty good right now. I have nodes every 1/2" or so on the main branch and this thing is constantly starting new nodes. Before switching to flowering I took almost 25 clones off to try different technics, I am not satisfied with no one system yet. I do notice that mine seem to be really dense.
I tried rockwool and the bubbler. When I cut my clones I had the best root growth with a light scrapping of the bottoms and cutting up the center of the stem about 1/2". I did 4 with no cutting and 4 with cutting, within a week of the 4 with cuts I roots out of the wool, with no cutting it was much longer. The bubbler only has 1 with really good roots, and that took almost 8-9 days and the others seem to be lagging. I figure I will just keep trying different methods on the next cycle.