outwest
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Welcome to my first ever grow diary. I figure this is the best way to document my journey, and also ask questions to the community along the way. I hope that some of the more experienced farmers will follow along and lend a hand!
My overall philosophy is to keep it small, simple, and personal. That said, I'm hand feeding 3 strains: Dutch Royal Orange, JuicyFruit, and Maui Wowie. These are in 3 gallon smart pots with Roots Premix CoCo.
For this round I've upgraded my light to a Growzilla. I'm using an 600w Ushio MH conversion with the phantom ballast set at 100% and a 600w Horti HPS eye with the phantom ballast set to 75%. When I head into bloom I'll probably reverse those. By not running both at 100% it actually keeps the heat down a few degrees. :)
This is contained in a 4x4 grow hut. Two 6" active air fans are in use, one for the light, and one pulling air through a filter at the top of the hut. Air comes in through an opening in the bottom and exhausted through the top.
Ambient temps are at about a consistent 77f and humidity at about 55%. Ambietn lights out temp is about 70f.
For veg I'm using Pura Vida Grow, Floralicious+, CalMag+, & Hygrozyme. For flower I switch to Pura Vida Bloom, Floralicious+, CalMag+, & BioBud. I'm also using Compost Tea occasionally both feeding and foliar, and Bloom Chaos Foliar. My schedule has me feeding the hygro/myko for first 6-10 days, the starting with nutes at 1/4 strength then 1/2 strength then full strength.
Currently I'm at the Hygro/Myko stage with 3ml/1tsp per gal respectively. I've added compost tea into the mix as well. I've switched the lights to 18-6 2 days after transplanting, not sure if that was too soon.
For a pest regimen I'm alternating spinosad and azatrol once a week each. I'm giving an occasional distilled water spray as well. I've never had any PM problems hopefully due to decent air exchange.
Lastly, I have 2 of those exhale breathe bags hanging above the canopy (but not directly above in case they fall!), and two small fans inside the tent circulating air.
I think that covers everything!
Here are my questions so far (lots more to come):
1) How should I incorporate the compost tea?
2) How should I time my foliar feed to prevent burning the leaves? I simply raised the light until the leaves dried during a tea spray yesterday.
3) For this lighting setup, what is the optimal height? I'm currently running it a little more than 2 feet from canopy. The hood runs cool the touch and the temp at canopy is about 80f with ambient temps around 77f.
4) Did I switch to 18-6 too soon?
5) Someone recco'd incorporating drip clean and IBL into the mix
6) Will any green light bulb work during the dark cycle, or do they have to be plant safe specific?
That's all for now. Photo attached. Look forward to responses. Thanks!
outwest
My overall philosophy is to keep it small, simple, and personal. That said, I'm hand feeding 3 strains: Dutch Royal Orange, JuicyFruit, and Maui Wowie. These are in 3 gallon smart pots with Roots Premix CoCo.
For this round I've upgraded my light to a Growzilla. I'm using an 600w Ushio MH conversion with the phantom ballast set at 100% and a 600w Horti HPS eye with the phantom ballast set to 75%. When I head into bloom I'll probably reverse those. By not running both at 100% it actually keeps the heat down a few degrees. :)
This is contained in a 4x4 grow hut. Two 6" active air fans are in use, one for the light, and one pulling air through a filter at the top of the hut. Air comes in through an opening in the bottom and exhausted through the top.
Ambient temps are at about a consistent 77f and humidity at about 55%. Ambietn lights out temp is about 70f.
For veg I'm using Pura Vida Grow, Floralicious+, CalMag+, & Hygrozyme. For flower I switch to Pura Vida Bloom, Floralicious+, CalMag+, & BioBud. I'm also using Compost Tea occasionally both feeding and foliar, and Bloom Chaos Foliar. My schedule has me feeding the hygro/myko for first 6-10 days, the starting with nutes at 1/4 strength then 1/2 strength then full strength.
Currently I'm at the Hygro/Myko stage with 3ml/1tsp per gal respectively. I've added compost tea into the mix as well. I've switched the lights to 18-6 2 days after transplanting, not sure if that was too soon.
For a pest regimen I'm alternating spinosad and azatrol once a week each. I'm giving an occasional distilled water spray as well. I've never had any PM problems hopefully due to decent air exchange.
Lastly, I have 2 of those exhale breathe bags hanging above the canopy (but not directly above in case they fall!), and two small fans inside the tent circulating air.
I think that covers everything!
Here are my questions so far (lots more to come):
1) How should I incorporate the compost tea?
2) How should I time my foliar feed to prevent burning the leaves? I simply raised the light until the leaves dried during a tea spray yesterday.
3) For this lighting setup, what is the optimal height? I'm currently running it a little more than 2 feet from canopy. The hood runs cool the touch and the temp at canopy is about 80f with ambient temps around 77f.
4) Did I switch to 18-6 too soon?
5) Someone recco'd incorporating drip clean and IBL into the mix
6) Will any green light bulb work during the dark cycle, or do they have to be plant safe specific?
That's all for now. Photo attached. Look forward to responses. Thanks!
outwest