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Guard dog armed body guardNow that my first grow is finished, I'm preparing for my second grow. I'm gonna give hydroponics a try this time around. I'll be doing (4) 5-gallon top-feed DWC buckets; 8" lids, using hydroton as the medium. They'll be grown in my 39"x39"x78" tent. If all 6 seeds successfully sprout, I'll also have 2 of them in 3-gallon fabric pots full of leftover FFOF from my first grow.
Here's everything I currently have to work with, minus the new pH pen that's on its way:
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Before I get started in the next week or two, here are a couple of questions I could definitely use some input on:
1) My CMH bulb is 3100K. Would that be decent to use for veg phase, or would the blurple COB LEDs (~250w) be the better choice for vegging? I don't have the spare cash to buy a more veg-friendly CMH bulb at the moment, so I'm just gonna run with what I have.
2) Having never dealt with rockwool before, I'm very interested in hearing suggestions of simple ways to start seeds in rockwool without any specialized equipment. Is it as simple as just sitting the cubes in a shallow tray and keeping a steady supply of water in it until roots come out?
3) Is there anything I don't that you'd consider pretty much ESSENTIAL to successfully grow with my chosen setup?
Very very niceHad to tear down the tent and relocate to a different room. Got it all back together and had a little test run today. Here's what I've got so far. Definitely liking the drip ring setup, but it looks like my air pump just isn't strong enough to run 4 drip rings and 4 air stones.
It seems that the General Hydroponics Farm Kit drip system isn't necessarily meant to be used with aeration inside the buckets. Any of you try doing top feed without any bubbling in the bucket? If so, how did it work out for you?
Hey m8, good choice in new strains! If you don't mind me asking what website that was? I'm in the market for more seeds and have only used king crop seedsWEll, out of the 6 seeds, I ended up with 2 plants. Here are my 2 little 8-day-old Gorilla Glue autos.
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Not sure if I just majorly fucking suck at this, or if maybe there are some issues with Critical Purple seeds. Either way, I've taken it as a sign from the weed gods and just placed a seed order with a different website I've found. $105 shipped for 22 seeds is much better than the $80 shipped I paid for this last 6. Here's what I'm getting:
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After seeing it mentioned on various threads on here, I decided to check out Greenleaf's MegaCrop all-in-1 powdered nutrients. The reviews seemed great and the price was right, so I got me a kilo to try out. I'm gonna be running MC, instead of the AN line. Other than that, the only other change is that I've added some Great White Mycorrhizae to the mix as well.
Once the new seeds and my new tent arrive, and I decide which I want to grow, I'll probably fold them into this here grow thread.
I got the Gorilla Glue/Critical Purple seeds from Growerschoice.com. Considering that I only ended up with 2 viable GG plants out of 6 seeds, I probably won't be going back to them. Paying $80 shipped for 6 seeds and only having 2 plants to show for it just doesn't work for me.If you don't mind me asking what website that was?
Updated pics - Day 20. For some reason, getting a lot of leaf curl with the big one. Here's what I got:
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I got the Gorilla Glue/Critical Purple seeds from Growerschoice.com. Considering that I only ended up with 2 viable GG plants out of 6 seeds, I probably won't be going back to them. Paying $80 shipped for 6 seeds and only having 2 plants to show for it just doesn't work for me.
Placed an order with Seedsman.com 2 weeks ago and they still haven't even bothered to ship out my seeds, so I definitely won't be recommending them to anyone, either. Their prices are pretty good, but I won't continue to support anyone who has such a lackadaisical approach to order fulfillment.
For hotter temps, Do you primarily run the lights during the day or at night? My 18/6 was lights on @ 8pm and lights off @2pm. Albiet that helped me with the colder night temps. It may help with the hotter afternoon temps for you.Updated pics - Day 20. For some reason, getting a lot of leaf curl with the big one. Here's what I got:
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Yeah, I saw that, too. I don't think that was there when I actually placed my order. If it was, they definitely didn't do anything to call attention to possible delays before the sale was completed. As far as I can tell, you have to be actively looking into shipping issues before you even come across that statement.I'm not familiar with growers choice, but recently this was posted by seedsman. Not sure where you're from, but this may be cause for your delay.
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