1st time grow in a Cabinet Grow Yielder Max. Please give me your constructive criticism and expert advice. If there is interest I will log my grow here. Additions to Yielder Max Cabinet: - nutradip continuous tri-meter - 10,000 BTU portable AC (45 sq ft room) - additional air pump and 2 more air stones in DWC res. - heat mat for germination dome Lots of pics to come......
I have been trying to post pics on the mobile app and can't get it to work. If I can't figure it out I will post them later tonight from my PC
That pic worked. Looks like you could get a perpetual going if you keep a clone mother in a different cab. What plants you gonna run?
Yeah the app is kind of clunky when posting. I will get a bunch of good pics up shortly. I`m 8 days into a grow from seeds. I picked up a bunch of different seeds from a couple of sources. I have been planning on getting this little grow op going for a while now and collected seeds from reputable breeders. I have a bunch of different strains but only a couple beans of each. I started out with 16 seeds. Out of the 16, 15 have germinated and most are ready to be transplanted to DWC. I started with so many because I figured as a noob I would F some of them up. Also, 14 of the 16 are regular seed (not feminized), so I planned on half of them being males. I have a bunch more awesome seeds but I figured this would be a good start since real estate is at a premium in my tiny cab. Gentetics: - 5 La Plata Labs, DGOG reg - 5 La Plata Labs, Budha`s Delight reg (1 did not germ) - 1 G13 Labs, Chocolate Heaven fem - 1 Emerald Triangle, Cheesy Headband fem - 2 Grand Daddy Purple, Grandpa Larry reg I was planning on a perpetual grow going. These plants will obviously have to stay very small because of the limited space. I have a small DWC system for the lower chamber to keep mother/vegging plants. If my garden is a success and I enjoy gardening I will eventually get a 2nd larger cab for flowering plants and just veg and propagate in the current cab. I was planning on switching them to 12/12 light when I can see roots coming through the bottom of the net pots. Would this be ok for taking clones? I would have to take my clones during the flower period, I know this is possible but would the experienced farmers recommend this? or would there be a better way?
I already know people are going to tell me I wasted my money on the turn key grow cab, so I will just explain my thought process now. - I paid about $2200 out the door for everything (picked up personally, includes 6 months of nutes, and additional LED side lighting). I ran the numbers and I did not feel that the mark up was too bad, I would have maybe saved $400 by doing this myself, I would have spent a bunch of time (I make decent income and my time is valuable) for what would most likely be a sub par cabinet compared to the one I bought. - I wanted to keep it stealthy and this cab is pretty much stealthy as it gets. If I wasn`t as concerned about stealth I would have gone with a tent. I am very impressed with the build quality, security and noise suppression. I am very confident (with how I set it up) that I could have a land lord, DEA agent or Adolf Hitler over to my house and they would have no clue (although, I have not had to deal with smell yet). - They give grow support and so far have had great customer service, saving me time and head ache.
DAY 8 Problem I have been having with cab is that bottom germ/veg chamber gets much cooler then upper chamber because cool air is drawn from bottom chamber. After I started running the portable AC temps were 66-71 (lower chamber) and seedling growth was slow. I put a generic heating pad on med heat under germ tray and they grow so fast now you can almost watch them. Been giving them RO water with a small amount of B vitamins. PPM around 100. Transplanted 4 of my babies (3 Budha Delight, 1 DGOG) into DWC. Environment (top chamber): - Temps 70 - 77 - Res Temps 67-71 (been using a frozen water bottle once a day to try and keep under 70) - LED light 19" above plants on "veg" mode, 20/4 light. - PPM around 250... Thought this was high but plants seem to be responding well, nutes at 1/5 strength and small amount of B vitamins and cal/mag) - PH 5.5 - 6.0... constants battle keeping PH down, keeps wanting to rise. I have been putting a few oz of res water in a cup, mixing my acid in there and pouring diluted water/acid into the res. I was worried about shocking or stressing plants by dropping PH down acid into res. Is this right? or do I not need to worry about it and just drop undiluted?
One of the DGOG is growing weird and not sure if it will survive. Don`t know if I did something, I had a hard time for the first couple days getting the air temps right. I am wondering if they were stressed from temp changes or if that one just has some "special" genetics. What do you guys think? The GDP Grandpa Larrys are looking amazing already. They look happy, healthy and their stalks are like a redwood compared to all the others. I`m thinking they have the best genetics of the bunch. Even the seeds were bigger, more striped and just better looking then the rest. Both GDP sprouted within 24 hours.