210 watt 3.5 sq ft Northern Lights and White Widow:

Discussion in 'Indoor Grow Journals' started by Justenoughforme, Jan 27, 2016.

  1. The "Just Enough For Me” Box:
    Slow day at work so it"s time to start a grow journal for my

    northern lights babies. I"m abandoning
    the other thread because that grow is closing and a lot has changed.

    Main lighting is:

    42 watt grow CFL for
    veg, two five watt PC fans, 52 watt veg
    168 watts flower (100*3 Watt LED, and three PC fans)

    My grow space is:
    19”*17” Veg
    19”*27” flower

    The medium is going to be perlite/coco on a flood and drain
    table, I will hand water the five gallon
    plants (two flower at a time) as needed until it drains free into the basin the
    pots sit in. This is a purely soilless
    grow, using Flora Nova nutes, and a version of CalMag. KISS



    Genetics:
    Running old seeds from Nirvana. These are 2004 Northern Lights. And a 2009
    White Widow. Nothing fancy … hardy
    strains with virtually zero history of hermie.
    The white widow is a clone of a clone of a clone for three of my own
    grows now, but the genetics seem stable and great.

    So here goes my perpetual grow, total draw is 210 watts at
    the wall. Total flower foot print is 3.5
    square (veg is 2.2 sq ft).


    So let"s see what I can do:

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  2. so first update is january 27'th:

    left the seedlings another day for water... watered the clone in 225 ppm Veg solution.


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    the seedlings are just getting their second set of real leaves:
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    and my soiless medium is mixed and resting... 50% coco 40% perlite 10%vermiculite
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  3. Think I'll pull a chair up.

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  4. My first guest ... this deserves some fresh cut:
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    cut that this morning from my flower side white widow.
     
  5. Right on. I almost bought some widow seeds for my grow but figured I'd try a cross. How long do you dry and cure for?

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  6. Well that will be left out on the counter unit this weekend when my buddy comes over and we sample it.

    But usually I just do 6 days on a rack, then a week (or till whenever I need it) in a jar.

    my cheap LED grow. 168 watts at the wall:
    https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1393482-My-"Everything-Wrong"-grow...-probably-no-harvest-:-/
     
  7. Looking forward to this. Subbed
     
  8. I always wait for them to shrivel most of the way, then pinch them off if they're still there - AFTER the second set of leaves appear.

    I begin compost tea nutes after the third set of leaves begin to go. BUT I also use Black Gold compost for my medium, so nutes arnt really necessary early on..
     
  9. Perhaps just go with some grass clippings and nettle compost tea? Even if you over feed, I've found that my plants get over it in a day or two.
     
  10. I start my seedlings off in DWC with 150-200ppm of FloraMicro and FloraGrow or Cal-Mag, haven't noticed any nute burn and my plants usually explode once they build up a few roots.
     
  11. Yeah, last year I had a plant show deficiency right from the start so now I always give them a little food just in case.
     
  12. Looks cool. I want to do something like this aswell.
     

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