My CFL Hydro Grow

[jnewcs]

The strain I went with is Maui Blue which crossed itself naturally in Hawaii. It's about an 80/20 sativa/indica. I will be renaming this strain to 'Maui Blue Loach' thanks to the fish water being used. I'm using a mix of 1gal fish tank water (which I vacuum the rock's as this is where all the fish shit falls to) to 2gal of normal water. Because the fish tank water has nutrients in it I'm using half the recommended dose of Ionic grow.

Here are some pics....



The lights on the side; I just added those in anticipation for when she gets bigger and is going to need light on the sides. I just leave them on now, in the early stage as they do add a lot of light.











This is a high end very powerful computer fan. Although it is up high, I have it angled down to hit the lights and the plant. If I ran it straight across the top of the plant and the bottom of the lights it would snap the plant in half most likely.





More to come

jnewcs Reviewed by jnewcs on 11-28-2010. My CFL Hydro Grow The strain I went with is Maui Blue which crossed itself naturally in Hawaii. It's about an 80/20 sativa/indica. I will be renaming this strain to 'Maui Blue Loach' thanks to the fish water being used. :) I'm using a mix of 1gal fish tank water (which I vacuum the rock's as this is where all the fish shit falls to) to 2gal of normal water. Because the fish tank water has nutrients in it I'm using half the recommended dose of Ionic grow. Here are some pics.... http://imgur.com/Jkm5x.jpg Rating: 5

[WeayLay]

Nice setup, very interesting with the fish water being used. Good luck!

[jnewcs]

Its kinda of a little take on aquaponics.

[WeayLay]

Definitely as natural you can get, and the results will be interesting. But I have to ask one thing, how are you going to regulate the amount of nutrients with the fish water?

[jnewcs]

Im not really. Thats why Im only going to use 1gal or 3. I figure its better to have too little then too much. What do you think?

[canniwhatsis]

Welcome to the fray! Growing can get addicting! :rastasmoke:


I'm kinda wondering the same thing as WeayLay about regulating the inbound nutes, but your idea of less is more is the right way to go about it. :thumbsup:

Keep an eye on her for deficiency's, and with the CFL setup don't wait too long to flower her.


Good luck! :hippy:

[WeayLay]

I was wondering how long Blue Mawi's flowering period is. And are you giving that plant low stress training?

[jnewcs]

I'm not really sure of this strain. Not able to find any info on it. As far as LST I dont know. This is my first grow since the 90's so I want to keep it as simple as I can. I might try to train it if need be.

[WeayLay]

I definitely suggest LST if you want to maximize your potential with those CFL's. Any picture updates?

[jnewcs]

Have any good links on this? Would love to do it but am scared of snapping something