NEW GROW:D

[newgroweroldsmoker]

update for grow number 2........


i am at the second week of vegetation now and all plants really took off......i seperated the nft trays and placed 11&12 plants on each respectively......that nutrient from Cellmax called Rootbooster really boosts the root production.....most plants are now on the third set of real leaves and we are only 13 days from seed......
today i have placed the second 400hps unit into action.....two nft trays, 6 sqft each under 400 watts of hps each.....the plants theoretically should be ready for flowering by the end of this month but since they are all from standard seeds and i can't determine sex yet i am thinking to let them grow into vegetation up until the mid of september or up until they reach 45cm/18inches of height......what do you think i should do?
also, i have started monitoring the pH&EC levels every day and adjusting them when needed....
ph of today is 5.8 and EC 1.5......room temperature is stable @ 25 degrees celcius/77F
i plan to use some co2 enrichment by using yeast and sugar, unfortunately i am not able to buy anything yet (like co2 tabs) as the local suppliers are closed for vacations

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[newgroweroldsmoker]

also one thing that i 'discovered' which is rather irrelevant to the growing process is that i have a new electronic power meter that shows the actual usage of electricity in my house......that's a cool thing, do you guys have one installed in your places?
i.e i know for a fact that now as i type this message that i am consuming (all the electrical appliances that consume power) 1.3 kilowatts/hour out of which 830 watts are the lighting units, 50 watts the fan, 20 watts the pumps, 200 watt the computer, 100 watt the monitor and 100 watt the fridge with the refrigerator.....
total cost of this (based on 24 hr operation) sums up to 6.5 us dollars for electricity every day....shit that's a lot of money and i am glad that flowering time is close

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[Stormcooker]

let's see some pictures

[newgroweroldsmoker]

i will do my best to post them tonight, i am anxious as well to post them




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[Ze w33d Farm3r]

mine are into like day 20 in veg and its only on the 4th node! ah well its still quite tall due to stetching in their younger days...my bad but hey! you learn from your mistake...got mine under an enhanced hps bulb and they doing alright i say the latter of them are about 10-12" long at a rough guess...Hope your grow goes great! rooting for ya!

[newgroweroldsmoker]

thanx a lot for the wishes.....here's the pics as i have promised.....i created a mess but it was worth the trouble.....here we go.....crystal papaya and babilonia standard seeds day1-day13 (today)



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[newgroweroldsmoker]

PS.... i have changed the time cycle tonight.....tonight they will get their first six hours of sleep....i think they deserve it and i believe that it will make good to them....from tommorrow and for a week they are going to be on 18/6....then every day that passes i will be reducing lighting half hour up until they reach the 12/12 point, which in other words will mean flowering time....
PS2...looking forward to getting feedback on my pics