1St Time Grow Aerogarden Led/advanced Nutrients

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  1. #1 rootswoman202, Jul 17, 2014
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    My setup

    3 x 3 x 6 grow tent

    400w MH and HPS System
    (not using till mid veg stage)

    Aerogarden Led (382 LED, 30 Total Watts)

    AeroVoir (Aerogarden Reservoir)

    3 part advanced nutrients(grow/micro/bloom)

    Overdrive
    Voodoo juice
    B-52
    Big Bud
    Piranha
    Tarantula
    Nirvana
    Sensizym
    Bud Ignitor
    Rhino Skin
    Bud Factor X
    Final Phase
    GH Ph up & Ph Down
    CalMag

    The Exhale homegrown Co2 Bag

    Aerogarden oxygen kit (air stone n pump) 2watt/3.2 Lt/min

    Air thermostat/hygrometer

    Water thermostat


    Pic 1 G13 Blue OG

    Pic 2 DNA genetics Sour Secret(Sour Diesel x LA Confidential)


    Both Indica strains
    pics were taken on July 4th






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  3. #3 rootswoman202, Jul 17, 2014
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    I'm about to hit week 2 on July 17th doing a res change....... from seedling to now using RO water ppm 230 only cal mag and root stimulator.... ph 5.5-5.8 bounces around those brackets


    Any advice would help
    Also how to add these nutes lol for my starting of veg I'm thinking of just using the 3 base in RO water to 200ppm and see what happens any suggestions also if u look on the blue og I topped it did I do it right ??👀
     
  4. G13 Blue OG
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  5. Looking good, just remember, it's a weed. After you do the res change let them ease into it. Use the advanced feeding schedule but start out at say 60% strength then go up about 15% a week until you go into bloom. Then you'll see how your strains handle the mutes without much risk. The do the same during your flowering cycle.

    So at worst you'll get a slightly lower yield but you won't have to suffer any chem stress. Be sure to flush about two weeks before harvest.

    I use LEDs too and keep ,em down close. No bleaching and great growth for me. Experiment a bit to find out how close you can keep 'em to the girls as the more intensity you can give them, the tighter you sticky flowers will be.

    Looks like you've planned for water temp control and your Ph looks good. OK, hope this wasn't too basic and hope it helps.
     
  6. It was great thx have more questions also I'll ask them when I get off work tomorrow I'm beat thx luv.. 😎


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  7. G 13 Blue OG week 2
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  8. #8 rootswoman202, Jul 17, 2014
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    (outside temp sensor is right next to blue og) when I'm running my 400w MH bulb is that temp/humidity good or wait till I buy a cool tube and inline fan ?? ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1405563731.919925.jpg



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  9. You get more bang for your buck out of the CO2 enrichment if you can keep your day time (lights on) temps between 80 and 85. It looks like you're at 85 degrees so that's good.
     
    When the plants get a bit bigger the CO2 will get them to use more water and nutes so stay on top of that.
     
    Your RH is a bit low. I'd go with 50% during veg and drop down to 40% during flower. Works for me. And yes, it looks like you topped the Blue OG like a pro.
     
    What's your water temp?
     
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  10. #10 rootswoman202, Jul 17, 2014
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    Week 2 update (res change)

    3part(grow/micro/bloom)

    Voodoo juice

    Cal-magic

    B-52

    Ppm 195
    Ph 5.8

    Water temp - 75f

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  11. #11 rootswoman202, Jul 17, 2014
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    Just check my ph and ppm after about 3 hrs since res change since I was updating my log and my ph went up to 6.0 and ppm went up to 199 is this a sign or let it sit and fix itself !!!!!


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  12. #12 rootswoman202, Jul 18, 2014
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    Quick update Day 15 of veg 10am

    Ppm 177
    Ph 5.8

    By 845pm (check up on dem before I go out for the night

    Ppm 150
    Ph 5.8




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  13. Looking good. PPM seems low to me though, but I guess you're only into it 2 weeks. What's your PPM target?
     
  14. #14 rootswoman202, Jul 19, 2014
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    What my target?? I just want to give the plants what they need to be healthy and potent .. My plan was to start small and add an extra 100 ppm every week I don't want too burn them .. So for example I changed the res the 17th and added 200ppm next week I'll put it up too 300 and so on until I find the levels the plants like if my thinking is wrong feel free to correct me plz I'm just using common sense no experience thx a lot


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  15. That's a good approach, take it slow, get used to the nutes and how they react with your plants.
     
    By 'target' I mean do you have a PPM target, like are you aiming for 800 to 1000 PPM during veg and between 1200 and 1400 during flower? That type of target.
     
    Your plants look really good right now so keep doing what your doing. Your commen sense is working well. To take yourself a step farther try out the avanced nutrients calculator. If you put in your resivoir size and what nutrients you have, it will calculate the amounts for you to add.  
     
    http://www.advancednutrients.com/hydroponics/calc/mobile/
     
    Its free and easy to use. Still, follow your common sense until you get it dialed in.
     
    See you on the flip side...
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  16. #16 rootswoman202, Jul 19, 2014
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    I actually did follow their calculator and after mixing their veg nutes for the amount of water my res is the ph was perfect but the ppm was like 900+ I just figured that was way to much for 14 day old plants ... Back to my target I have no idea what would you do ?? I don't even know how long to leave in veg I was going to do 6wks veg so by this time next month I'll be going into flower just making guess tho I'm guessing my plants will tell me what they want to do and when. My target is as high as possible today the blue og started growing crazy from last pic ill up date with pics in the am.....


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  17. #17 rootswoman202, Jul 19, 2014
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    That's the amount they wanted me to add for my res but also what had me was when is my plant officially in veg ?? even if my plant is in veg now their calculator I feel would destroy my plants .. Also that B-52 is strong as fuck the smell alone from the bottle is crazy works wonders I read be very careful I know I will 😉. ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1405738531.547172.jpg



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  18. update Day 16 of Veg

    Ppm 150
    Ph 5.8

    Blue Og
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  19. #19 Brix Brothers, Jul 19, 2014
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    Your plants are looking really good so you're doing well. 

    I think if you asked 1,000 growers what they would do, you might get 1,000 diffrent answers.
     
    First, your plants are in veg after you decide that they are no longer seedlings, say about 3 weeks at most. They stay in veg until you decide to flip them to flower. I don't veg more than it takes to get my plants up to between 12" and 16" tall, then I flip them to flower.
     
    But I do that because I'm set up to turn a crop every 8 weeks in my bloom room. For bigger yeilds you can veg them for 4 to 6 weeks no problem. You can veg them for longer if you want because you are in charge of the lights.
     
    The different phases of the plants life are dictated by the amount of light they receive, and strongly influenced by the nutes.
     
    Seedlings and cuttings.....I use muted light from a T5 bulb array. I have 8 48" bulds in a Sun Blaze array but for the first few days I'll remove 7 of the bulbs and only use one for light. Then I'll add more light every few days. Like I said, I leave my seedlings or cuts for about 3 weeks after they get established. I use a nutrient mix of about 10% of what they recommend and increase it slowly but never do get to full dose. I use an 18 on 6 off during this phase but have used a 24 hour constant on as well.
     
    Veg. This is often determined by what you want as an end result, and how much space you have. My plants are put on 18 on and 6 off during veg and I move 'em under a blue veg only led lamp. They grow like crazy and once they get used to the light I adjust the brightness upward. My lights let me do that, I don't know if your lights have abrghtness adjustments or not so.....
     
    During veg I'll take the recommended amount of nutes and just use 60% strenght for the first watering and watch the plants carefully to see if they can handle the nutes.
     
    Then I'll increase by 15% at each watering. Remember I only veg for maybe 3 weeks after the seeds pop or the clones root well so I don't get to 100% of the recommended nute quantities unless I know the strain I'm growing can handle the nutes already.
     
    Next I'll flip the lights to 12 on 12 off and start the 'flowering or bloom' cycle nutrient regmin again starting out at 60% fo the redcommended amounts unless I know the strain can take more. Since I generally bloom for approx. 8 weeks I get to 100% by the 4th watering. I use no nutes at all for the last two weeks, just water, sometimes some cal-mag.
     
    I'm limited on space (I have 45 sites) so after 4 weeks of bloom I lollipop my girls taking all but the top 4 branches and the main cola. I don't top my plants during veg as I want the plant to concnetrate on the main cola.
     
    Since you are growing 2 plants you can do all kinds of things. Like top them, train the branches to grow out so they get more light, and other things to increase your yeild per plant.
     
    B-52, yeah I think you could get high huffing that shit. The plants love it though so that's good.
     
  20. #20 rootswoman202, Jul 23, 2014
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    Update Day 20 of Veg

    Ppm 345

    Ph 6.1


    G13 labs Blue OG

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