Hello, I'm Mr. Green Thumb and welcome to my grow journal. I hope you enjoy what you read & see. Feel free to subscribe and tag along for the ride! So sit back, light one up, and enjoy the read! Well, this grow is already nearly a month and a half old but I wanted to see what everyone thought as its my first indoor grow and my first grow of any kind in about 3 years. Lights: I used a 4 bulb 4' T5 (20k lumens) until the plants were about three weeks old and then swapped them to a 400W Apollo MH with electronic dimmable ballast (although I don't use the feature). I will be using a 400W Apollo HPS for flowering. Water: Hard water filtered using a Brita Water sink filter. Ventilation: 2 6" 250 CFM fans and a 6" carbon filter. One fan for intake, one for exhaust. The carbon filter is hooked up to the exhaust of course. Tent: 5'x4'x7' Grow Tent Temperature: This has been a constant battle with me due to having two lower CFM fans, but I managed to move the tent to a cooler location in my house and now I'm maintaining temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. I would like for it to be slightly cooler so I will probably be upgrading fans or at least my exhaust fan soon. Genetics: Bagseed from Mexican Brick Weed. I've been waiting on my Strawberry Cough, Sharks Breath, and Chocolope seeds to arrive which I'll be starting soon in a indoor soil grow. I also wanted to see what kind of genetics this poorly taken care of weed came from while I was waiting. Nutrients: Fox Farms full line of nutrients, and Botanicare Call-Mag. I'm following both manufactures hydroponic feeding schedule to about 3/4 strength. Details: I was battling a Calcium deficiency but after adjusting the PH to about 6.3 and adding Cal-Mag, it seems to have cleared up a lot. I expect that it will go away completely within the next week. I've kept logs of each day, but I will only provide stats for the days I have pictures for. Please let me know what you think!
06/08/2014 Temp: 77.2F Humidity: 52% PH: 6.1 PPM: 180 EC: 0.7 Details: There hasn't been much growth until now. Also, looking back on it I believe this PPM reading was an error. Sent from my N9510 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
06/15/2014 Temp: 74.7F Humidity: 42% PH: 6.3 PPM: 530 EC: 0.7 Details: Tied branches down in a 4 way for a little LST. I've also topped both of them a few times and also topped some lower branches.
06/22/2014 Temp: 73.2F Humidity: 44% PH: 6.7 adjusted to 6.2 PPM: 295 adjusted to 590 EC: 1.0 adjusted to 1.4 Details: For those of you wondering I flush every 2 weeks using Fox Farms sledgehammer for about an hour, sometimes two.
06/23/2014 Temp: 91.0F Humidity: 26% PH: 6.0 PPM: 700 EC: 1.4 Details: Calcium deficiency finally starting to clear up.
06/26/2014 Temp: 84.0F Humidity: 43% PH: 6.1 PPM: 850 EC: 1.5 Details: Growth is beginning to become very rapid. There's so much growth at the nodes and tops that I can't even keep up. I have began the bloom transition phase and will be swapping the MH out for the HPS and changing to 12/12 in about a week. I could definitely let the plants get a little bigger but my Strawberry Cough, Sharks Breath, and Chocolope seeds will be here within the next week or so and I want to begin to veg them for a perpetual type effect. I surely am surprised to see how healthy of plants I got out of such terrible weed. Also, they smell deliciously dank! The taller one smells skunky and the smaller one has a natural fruity smell. Interesting! I hope you guys are enjoying this as much as I have.
I'm watching man! Keep it up Check out my logs http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1310685- Goodluxk n subscribed ! IT IS WHAT IT IS ! Learn&Grow
Yeah ive learned its definitely a good thing to do! Sent from my N9510 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
06/27/2014 Details: Okay so I completely take back what I said about being able to let these babies get any bigger. They've absolutely exploded and in fact I wish I would have induced the bloom transition phase a week earlier because I'm going to run out of room if I let them veg any longer. I'm going to go ahead and throw the HPS in and switch to 12/12 today. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1314378-Mr.-Green-Thumbs-T5-&-400W-Mh/hps-Dwc-Grow!
Yes they sure do! Thank you for the feedback. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1314378-Mr.-Green-Thumbs-T5-&-400W-Mh/hps-Dwc-Grow!
06/28/2014 Details: Day 2 flower. I believe the smaller one is showing preflowers of a female. The bigger one is still not showing. Excuse the camera but can someone try to confirm if this is a female preflower? That is if you can see it. I've also taken a picture from the side so you can get a better idea of their height. Feedback is appreciated! http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1314378-Mr.-Green-Thumbs-T5-&-400W-Mh/hps-Dwc-Grow!
Subbed up. I'm running a 400watt setup in a 4x4x8. Are you running anything to keep your rh in check or are you just blessed? If I shut off my dehumidifier I swear it rains in the tent
I guess I'm just blessed haha. I actually have a really low RH so I put a pot of water in there to raise it a bit. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1314378-Mr.-Green-Thumbs-T5-&-400W-Mh/hps-Dwc-Grow!
Low RH isn't really an issue for dwc, since they are sitting in a bucket of water, mine gets as low as 30% if it was in soil I be very busy watering
True although a RH that is too low/high may slow growth rates. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1314378-Mr.-Green-Thumbs-T5-&-400W-Mh/hps-Dwc-Grow!