2nd grow journal

[dagobaker]

here starts my second grow journal
starting with 4 white widow clones
ill be adding 12 more when the sea of green plants get done in about 4 weeks

[dagobaker]

they range from 8 to 12 inches tall and all very bushy
so ill be monitoring them very closely and taking tons of pics
my ultimate goal is 3.5 to 4 foot plants but it may take one more perpetual grow to get there
i finally have some fucking nice mothers and a half ass veg room setup so i can get there within 10 weeks

[eleven357]

Sounds like a plan! cLONES fTW!

I'll be watching

[dagobaker]

update to come within 24 hours i hope

[AugustWest]

nice job man.. GL!

[dagobaker]

here we go
5 pics of the adult clones
not sure if these will be perfect or not....still having some well water issues and im too stubborn to buy and use a reverse osmosis system
these are grown in promix with 50% general hydroponics 3 part nute solution
my next batch will be 50/50 perlite and coco noir mix
then ill be reopening the second 600hps room when the hydro clones get to be 2 feet tall in 2 or 3 weeks... until then i go with only one 600hps room

[dagobaker]

read in high times that i should be transplanting out of the 1 gal pots when they are 12 to 14 inches which i am really close to right now
that being said ill be going into 3 gallon pots probably next sat/sun so i dont get pot bound

[myles117]

they look great. you seem to be getting the hang of growing. Every time i look, your babies look better and better. Lookin forward to seeing this grow mature.

[dagobaker]

yea im still not convinced that the well water isnt too high in solids but i really dont want to screw with the rev osm system since its expensive and a pain in the ass so im trying to find a medium i can grow with that doesnt require it
i also want to be able to use my excess hydro water since i change it every week and it is still loaded with nutes
if promix doesnt do the job then its a last resort in the coco noir i bought with chunky perlite
im going to do one coco plant with the perlite with distilled water from day one with 20% nutes and see if that plant is any diff than the plants with the well water and nutes

[dagobaker]

first set of plants from second grow
just transplanted from 1gal to 3gal
22 days into 12/12 showing baby flowers

[dagobaker]

just put into 1gal pots from rockwool cloning
my first attempt at coco/perlite 50/50 mix

[myles117]

that coco and perlite mix sounds interesting. With the two combined, what kind of drainage does the mix have? Do you water it more then a normal soilless mix? What made you try the mix in the first place? Is there an advantage to using a mix like that?

[dagobaker]

im having more leaf issues with the dirt plants from the 1st set if u look up close ull notice the same shit from my stuff before
i didnt have any hydro issues so if it is the well water the dirt must have built up well water issues that hydro doesnt have
im using the coco mix because it doesnt seem to have as much salt buildup as dirt
the mix holds some moisture but is nearly impossible to overwater so i figure it wont trap as much salt build up
there is alot of runoff when i water so i need some system to collect the extra water for which i dont have right now so i have more work to do
they say to water twice a day by hand or system so i need to figure out how to collect the extra water and reuse
this is my last resort using coco/perlite
if it has more leaf problems im going to spend more money than i have and go all hydro
im working on some homeade systems to save alittle money and maybe go all hydro for my greenhouse grows in the future

[dagobaker]

here are the new pics of the first set of 5 plants
gave them plain water for one cycle and then back to the nute water and they seem pretty good ......only time will tell
one nice up close baby flower pic

[dagobaker]

here are the coco/perlite 7
alittle too early to give them a grade
one more week will give me a better idea
im watering the plants in 1 gallon pots 16oz of 50%nute sulution
they drain extremely well and i reserve the excess water
they stay in one gallon for a month or until they get to 12 to 14 inches then they into 3 gallon pots