Hi Weed!

Yep, I may very well switch to some more intense lighting when I go on to the good seeds, but for my trial run it wasn't worth the investment (to me).

This round I get to make a bunch of mistakes and questionable decisions, and learn from them. *grin*

I have done soil grows in the past, but this is my first hydro grow... And yeah, I did a lot of research first, especially on lighting. I love the clamp lamps, and was hoping my half-assed lighting scheme would work out ok so I don't have to buy new fixtures. *chuckle* We'll see, I guess!

I'm not in flower yet... Thought about skipping the LST and going 12/12 yesterday since Champ was about 14 inches. I opted to try the LST, and I'm gonna give it a week before flowering.

I've not done as much LST research, but many I read started much earlier than I did. I'd love to know what advantages you've found from waiting until flowering to do LST - I have no idea what impact the timing has, other than not wanting to start with a plant that is too small/young.



I'm pretty sure it was my rez nutes that burned the tips - Foliar seems to have had no negative impact on the leaves. I do mist (w/o additives other than pH down) regularly, because humidity is on the low side in my closet.


Champ is of unknown sex & strain... Bag seed. I don't even know of what batch he came - I had seeds from over the years all in a pill bottle, and Champ was the only one that made it past one inch. I'm figuring he'll probably be male since he's had a pretty stressful veg. Of course I hope she's female, but I won't be too bummed if he's male - I really wanted to try everything out on a plant I don't care about all too much (i.e. not my purchase Sweet Tooth #1 seeds) so I didn't have to cry like a baby if I killed it. *smirk*


PPMs - Not a clue. Haven't yet purchased a meter.

Water - "Rested" tap w/H2O2. Have good tap water here - Read the city's Water Report and the only concern was chlorine, hence the resting. pH is 7.0 before nutes, and I've had no trouble with pH flux. I do have to change rez water more often because it seems to cause curl down after about 5 days... Probably due to build-up of misc. stuff in the tap water, or the unknown ppms. I've developed a system of swapping out about a gallon or two after 3 days, then the whole rez after 6-9 days. This seems to do the trick, but I'll likely use a combo of tap & distilled when I do my next grow.

Thanks for stopping by!