LSD RDWC SCROG GROW

[tikiroom]

This is my second attempt at growing. The first time things went horribly wrong. (there is a link in my signature if you are interested in learning from my mistakes)
For this go-round I will be running a 5 site Recirculating Deep Water Culture system. In a 3'x3'x7' cabinet, with a 400 watt MH (veg) and a 400 watt HPS (flower). I also purchased some Barneys Farm LSD from the Attitude seed bank. I highly recommend Attitude so far.

Nutrients I will be using:

• Cutting Edge Solutions 3-part
• CalMag+
• Pro-Silicate
• Hygrozime
• Liquid Karma
• Superthrive
• Bud Candy
• Big Bud
• Overdrive

There appears to be a problem with uploading pics at the moment, but as soon as it is resolved I will upload the pics so far.

tikiroom Reviewed by tikiroom on 09-23-2010. LSD RDWC SCROG GROW This is my second attempt at growing. The first time things went horribly wrong. (there is a link in my signature if you are interested in learning from my mistakes) For this go-round I will be running a 5 site Recirculating Deep Water Culture system. In a 3'x3'x7' cabinet, with a 400 watt MH (veg) and a 400 watt HPS (flower). I also purchased some Barneys Farm LSD from the Attitude seed bank. I highly recommend Attitude so far. Nutrients I will be using: Cutting Edge Solutions 3-part Rating: 5

[canniwhatsis]

Any luck with pics?

[Theym420]

Sorry about your first grow, that happened to a friend of mine. He grew his plant and tried to make it flower before he found out it was a male His next plant was female tho, and I hope yours will be too. :thumbsup:

[tikiroom]

Thanks for the positive vibes 420.
Unfortunately pics still will not upload.

[tikiroom]

So i found a "backdoor" way of postings pics for now. What I did was uploaded pics to my album. I then copied the "BB code" for each picture, (this is found under the photo when viewed in your album) and copied it into my post. There you have it, a solution to pics for now. I do hope they get this problem fixed soon. :jointsmile:

[tikiroom]

I decided to start the seeds in Rapid Rooter plugs this time. My local shop had a big bag of individual ones for sale. Although they were all dried out.
To prep the Rapid Rooter plugs I soaked them in a solution of; RO water, 5ml/gal CalMag+, 5ml/gal Hygrozime, and 1ml/gal of SuperThrive with an adjusted ph of 5.7.
I soaked the seeds in a glass of spring water for about six hours. They did not sink, but I thought that this would help them get a head start. I then squeezed out most of the water from the plugs, so that they were just moist. Placed the seeds in the provided holes, and tore a piece of the plug off from the bottom to cover up the holes. They were then placed directly under two 23watt cfl bulbs. I don't have a humidity dome, so they dried out within a day. I watered each with 10ml of the same solution as above. I did this at the same time every day. The beans went into the Rapid Rooters on 09/19 and on 09/21 three had already popped up. The next day so did the fourth, and on the fourth day all were up and growing. Today I removed the cfl's and turned on my 400watt MH. The light is about four feet above them, and over the next few days I will slowly lower the light.
This grow is going way smoother than my previous one. :jointsmile:
Last time I went through six seeds, and only had two survive.
For the last few days I have also been prepping out my Hydroton. It has been soaking in a five gallon bucket, and I correct the ph each day. Today the ph stabilized at 5.9.

[canniwhatsis]

Sweet! Thanks for the tip on the pics!


Babies are looking good already, Fingers crossed for girls!

[tikiroom]

They better be girls, considering I bought femanized seeds

[tikiroom]

For the past week there has been a huge heatwave here. My cab temps have been at 90*F. I believe this has caused growth to be slow so far. They are resting in their new homes now, and are on a 18/6 light schedule. Also starting feeding with a mild solution.

The Soup:

• RO Water
• 5ml/gal CalMag+
• 10ml/gal Hygrozime
• 1ml/gal SuperThrive
• 1.25ml/gal each of Micro, Grow, and Bloom

[tikiroom]

Room Temp = 82*F
Res Temp = 74*F
Humidity = 40%
PH = 5.5
PPM = 1000 @ 0.5 (600 before res change last night)

Yesterday I noticed that they were getting some type of deficiency. So I did a res change and upped the nutrients. Originally I was thinking that it was a calcium deficiency, but now I'm not sure because they are turning grey. Root growth seems to be stunted also. Any advise on what's going on will be greatly appreciated. :hippy:

The Soup:

• RO water
• 10ml/gal CalMag+
• 10ml/gal Hygrozyme
• 5ml/gal Pro-Silicate
• 4ml/gal each of Micro, Grow, & Bloom