Bongerman's first grow

[BongerMan]

Here it is, my first grow. I started six seeds in a premixed violet soil, in one pot. Little did I know I would soon become obsessed with trying to grow my own, after they sprouted. Here is a pic after I took them out of a single pot and gave them their own pot each. About 1 week old here.

[BongerMan]

Woohoo! Recieved my light and Mylar. It is a 400W HPS, with a 400W MH Conversion bulb. My grow area is rougly 2'x3'. And wow, I so did not do my homework before jumping in. These bulbs get extremely hot in small spaces. So for ventilation, i just have fans all over the place. You can only see one here, but there is 3 more fans directing the AC air to here. On a side note, I rent, therefore I cannot do much as far as cutting holes in walls, ceiling etc. for ventilation. Guess keeping the door cracked is how it is going to have to be.

[BongerMan]

More pics of the babies in their new home.

[BongerMan]

Well I have heard the HPS light burns with less heat than the MH bulb. I started indoor with the HPS bulb for a few days, then I raised the light as high as it can go and just put the MH back in. The first 4 days or so had irregluar light patterns, because I was trying to figure out what to do with the heat problem. I think I put a light stress on them, cause I think the growth slowed this past week.

[BongerMan]

Another few days have passed, and for the past few days they have been under the MH for 24/0.

[BongerMan]

My best looking plant of the bunch, it seems to have a nute problem, maybe one of the experts can weigh in...

[smackem]

i think that yellowish color is due to a nitrogin defiency so try to boost the n up a little bit on that baby and oh man that temp with the hps was to high lol try to keep it around 80degrees thats perfect and like 40-60 % humidity

[BongerMan]

Latest pic



More pics can be found here...
http://forum.grasscity.com/photopost...0/ppuser/14403

I will try to update at least once a week from here on out, any input, suggestions, or ideas are greatly apprieciated, thanks!

[BongerMan]

Originally Posted by smackem

i think that yellowish color is due to a nitrogin defiency so try to boost the n up a little bit on that baby and oh man that temp with the hps was to high lol try to keep it around 80degrees thats perfect and like 40-60 % humidity

Thanks, I thought it was some sort of defiency, wasn't sure of what kind of defiency it had. And yeah, I am trying to keep the room as close to 80 degrees as possible. In the heat of the day though, it can get up to around 85, but at night ive seen it as low as 78, this is with the door partially open.

[smackem]

just to let you know go to www.target.com look for this one product it drops your room temp by like 12 degrees its really good and handy and keep up the good work man and GROW ON! check out my journal if you want

[BongerMan]

Originally Posted by smackem

just to let you know go to www.target.com look for this one product it drops your room temp by like 12 degrees its really good and handy and keep up the good work man and GROW ON! check out my journal if you want

Well i went to Target.com and I don't think I could find what you are talking about. They have alot of portable AC units, that's a little out of my price range. I guess I'll just stick with leaving the door open for now.

[BongerMan]

I am here browsing all the great journals, soaking in the knowledge, figured id post a couple more pics to pass the time....



They are all looking fairly decent, the one on the lower right hand side is the runt of the bunch, while the one above it on the right side is the best, other than the funky light green yellowish color on the leaves. Not all of them have this though, just my best one (go figure). These bagseeds all came from the same bag.




I gave them a shot of Miricle Grow that had 12% Nitro with their watering.

Couple questions, is it too early to tell what strain it is? Also, will the plants give you a sign of over-watering before it's too late?

[BongerMan]

Today I have decided to go with the 18/6 lighting period for veg. It is just too damn hot outside, and the grow room was 90+ degrees today making the inside of my house hot with the AC going! I know I am probably gonna stress them out by doing this, I really have no choice. I will obviously make the 6 hour off time during the heat of the day. I would think the plants would enjoy darkness more than 100 degree temps.

[BongerMan]

Update, thought I would throw some more pics in the journal. They are doing really well, they adapted to the 18/6 light cycle better than expected. Been giving them MG ferts with each watering about every 3 to 4 days.











Hopefully if I get time within the next couple of days, I would like to start lst'ing them. I will probably increase fert strength as the seem to be taking what I am giving them with no problems.

[youngandstupid]

Your babes are looking grand man . Sorry if I missed it but is your soil that "African Violet pH adjusted" soil?