I’m going to give a 100% Sativa a go in hydro and would appreciate experiential guidance.
I’ll go with Ace’s Malawi for it’s alleged 10-13 week flowering time in hopes I’ll be able to finish it indoors before our June 1 deadline, which is enforced by rising temperatures. I need to complete 2 indoor grow cycles per year and the longer Sativa flowering time really complicates my grow process. My main hydro system is currently about a month until harvest, but I have to get these 2 Malawis germinating now. In order to do that I have to setup an initial, second hydro system just to get the Malawi seedlings growing and healthy until the main system frees up.
Here’s my setup and environment:
Initial hydro:
2 x 20-liter buckets each with a 6-inch netpot + hydroton
Lighting: 135w burple
Nutrients: Megacrop
Antiseptic environment enforced with H2O2
Aeration: air stone in each bucket
Weekly nutrient change
Main hydro:
2-netpot, 80-liter tank/reservoir
60 x 120 cm LST/ScrOG canopy
lighting: 400w bridgelux EB strip gen1 DIY
Nutrients: Megacrop
Reservoir temp: 16.5-18.0’C, maintained by chiller
Aeration: airstones + waterfalls
Room temp: 21’C – 25’C
RH: 50-60%
Reservoir change at beginning of flower, and again at flowering midpoint
So when my current crop finishes in mid- to late-February, I’ll transfer the 2 Malawi girls, netpots and all, into the main hydro system. I expect to put them into flowering at that point.
This will be long and slow, especially in the beginning.
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I’ll go with Ace’s Malawi for it’s alleged 10-13 week flowering time in hopes I’ll be able to finish it indoors before our June 1 deadline, which is enforced by rising temperatures. I need to complete 2 indoor grow cycles per year and the longer Sativa flowering time really complicates my grow process. My main hydro system is currently about a month until harvest, but I have to get these 2 Malawis germinating now. In order to do that I have to setup an initial, second hydro system just to get the Malawi seedlings growing and healthy until the main system frees up.
Here’s my setup and environment:
Initial hydro:
2 x 20-liter buckets each with a 6-inch netpot + hydroton
Lighting: 135w burple
Nutrients: Megacrop
Antiseptic environment enforced with H2O2
Aeration: air stone in each bucket
Weekly nutrient change
Main hydro:
2-netpot, 80-liter tank/reservoir
60 x 120 cm LST/ScrOG canopy
lighting: 400w bridgelux EB strip gen1 DIY
Nutrients: Megacrop
Reservoir temp: 16.5-18.0’C, maintained by chiller
Aeration: airstones + waterfalls
Room temp: 21’C – 25’C
RH: 50-60%
Reservoir change at beginning of flower, and again at flowering midpoint
So when my current crop finishes in mid- to late-February, I’ll transfer the 2 Malawi girls, netpots and all, into the main hydro system. I expect to put them into flowering at that point.
This will be long and slow, especially in the beginning.
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