CannabInsomniac
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(I have this as "Grow Journal #2" but that's a little out of sequence, since #2 is in flower and #1 is in veg.)
Hey Folks!
I'm starting this journal when I'm already 3/4(ish) through the grow, so I'll be back filing a bunch of info.
This is my 3rd grow since end of summer / beginning of fall.
I just posted my first journal here, but am really liking the community already, so I'm going to keep it up (ya'll are great).
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Quick starter stats:
Hey Folks!
I'm starting this journal when I'm already 3/4(ish) through the grow, so I'll be back filing a bunch of info.
This is my 3rd grow since end of summer / beginning of fall.
I just posted my first journal here, but am really liking the community already, so I'm going to keep it up (ya'll are great).
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Quick starter stats:
- Method: Germination
- Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor
- Medium: Soil / 'Coast of Maine - Stonington Blend '
- Environment:
- Veg:
- Tent: 2' x 2' x 4' AC Infinity
- Exhaust: 4" Cloudline
- Lamp: 2' x 1' / 4 bulb / T5
- Cycle: 18hr. on / 6hr. off
- Humidifier
- Non-oscillating fan
- Nutrients: Pride Lands Veg / Top Dress
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Popping some seeds
Started off popping 5 (damp paper towel, covered by bowel, over heatmat set real low) but only 4 were successful.
Waited a few days, but then decided to try and pop one more since I was really shooting for 5 (successful)
Popping some seeds
Started off popping 5 (damp paper towel, covered by bowel, over heatmat set real low) but only 4 were successful.
Waited a few days, but then decided to try and pop one more since I was really shooting for 5 (successful)
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Fast Forward 3 weeks, and I've got 5 girls happy in their 2 gallon containers. The one in the middle is the baby of the group (5th seed)
Moving into the Flowering tent
A Quick Pause for the Environment Stats
Tent: 3x3x7 Gorilla
Airflow:
A Quick Pause for the Environment Stats
Tent: 3x3x7 Gorilla
Airflow:
- Using 2 AC Infinity 6" Cloudline systems. One for boosting intake, and one for Exhaust.
- I'm running this as a closed system for circulation and C02/Humidity/Temp efficiency
| Pulling air from the room here | Through here into the tent | Exhausting here from the top | Out through here back into the room |
Lamps:
Drainage:
- I have the tent sitting on a platform that I built.
- I was able to drill a hole into it (and the bottom of the tent), so that I could put a drip tray at the inside base of the tent, allowing the runoff to flow into a tub below the platform.
Humidification:
- Gravity running RO water into a humidifier that's pumping into the tent. Using RO because my city water is hard, and the mineral deposits being pushed into the air became problematic.
- I wrapped the hose going into the tent ,so as to keep light bleed from traveling up the line and into the tent during dark cycles.
- Once in the tent it gets distributed/diffused by an oscillating fan
- And.. yeah... in need to de-fur that fan.. gross
CO2:
- Titan Regulator
- Hose running into tent, attached to fan sitting above canopy
- Typically keeping levels between 1000-1100 ppm during light cycles
Controllers
- C02: Inkbird
- RH: Inkbird
- Temp: Inkbird (not really controlling anything. Currently acting as a glorified thermometer)
- Noticing a trend?....
Watering
- I use RO, as my city water is brutal.
- I add a cal/mag back into the water, so it doesn't leach it from the soil
- I PH between 6.1 & 6.3
Back to the Plants
I had some 'Blueberry Muffins' running in my flowering tent. As soon as they finished, and were moved into the drying environment, I scrubbed the tent and then moved the 'Jelly Donutz' in.
Entered flowering tent:
4 Weeks old:
Lighting Cycle: 18/6
Lighting Strength: PAR 250
RH: Around 70%
They were really rocking some clown shoe sized leaves at this point.
They'd been topped for the first time 6-3 days earlier not all during the same day (not all were ready)
Watering was happening every 5 days or so. Top dressing nutrients every other watering, at half the manufacturers recommended amount.
I had some 'Blueberry Muffins' running in my flowering tent. As soon as they finished, and were moved into the drying environment, I scrubbed the tent and then moved the 'Jelly Donutz' in.
Entered flowering tent:
4 Weeks old:
Lighting Cycle: 18/6
Lighting Strength: PAR 250
RH: Around 70%
They were really rocking some clown shoe sized leaves at this point.
They'd been topped for the first time 6-3 days earlier not all during the same day (not all were ready)
Watering was happening every 5 days or so. Top dressing nutrients every other watering, at half the manufacturers recommended amount.
(to be continued... I can't add more images to this post...)
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