[DeezyH]

Ok so this is my second attempt at a grow and journal, the first one sharing the same title just with DWC instead of coco. Nothing ever came of that and I had to pull the plant after a few days.

This time around I decided to go with a hand watered coco with coco specific nutrients as opposed to the DWC. I really like the coco and will stick with it for future grows.

600 watt MH/HPS in a cab like this:


Vegetative Journal (34 days, I will summarize):

Weeks 1-2
Sprouted two fem seeds, watered with tap and distilled always ph'ed to 5.8-6.0 range.
Made lots of newb mistakes like transplanting three times and not feeding them enough.
I started off with no-name brand coco (straight) and it was pretty bad. Second planting was with no-name coco and perlite.
Third planting was with Canna coco. Very happy with the Canna coco.
Plant 1 lives, plant 2 died a slow and painful death.

Weeks 3-4
Started light feeding with A+B and Rhiz, 1mL/Gal (A+B) and 4mL/Gal (Rhiz)
Added cal-mag to the mix (2.5mL/L, yes 10mL per gallon)
Struggle with heat issues, temps reach 93 at one point. Solved this with an A/C routed to the cab.

Week 5 to flowering
Figured out the bitch likes nutrients. Upped the juice to 4ml/Gal A+B, 16mL/gal Rhiz (overkill imo), 16mL/gal Cal-Mag (overkill imo), 4mL/Gal Cannazyme (hey why not) PH ~5.9
Did not kill the plant!
Topped her and then pruned off four branches
Did not kill the plant!
Lowered the lights to about 6"
Fed flowering week one nute schedule and switched to 12/12

Here is the flowering profile I'm using as a guideline:


And here she is:

[Phillthy]

keep up the good work. once you have all the bugs worked out and your setup dialed in you will be very happy i am sure

[DeezyH]

Thanks for stopping by Phillthy!

I'll keep this thread updated at least weekly or whenever theres a noticeable change in the plant.

*EDIT*

Here's some pics I took today. You can see a little bit of bleaching from the close proximity to the light. I moved it up another two inches so its about 10 inches away from the lamp.

[JamieShoes]

Hi Deez,

Do you have some kind of cooling for your lamp mate? it sounds a little close to my novice ear. I keep my 600w HPS around 24 inches at the beginning of flowering moving to about 18 at "peak", but I only have old fashioned uncooled hoods :smile:

all the best mate
j :smile:

[DeezyH]

Hi Jamie,

Yes I have a cooltube for the light, a 6" inline fan venting that, a 6" vortex venting the cab, and a ~4500 btu A/C unit blowing cool air in through one of four 6" intakes. Before I flipped to 12/12 I had the tube as close as 6" to the top of the plant, but that was a bit overkill imo. The A/C blows the cool air directly at the plant so it stays fairly cool with the lights on, the avg temp in the cab is pretty consistent at 79F.

The way the cooltube is vented isn't optimal with the exhaust side basically pointed up toward the vortex so it gets sucked out.

*also to clarify, the distance as measured is from the bottom of the tube to the top of the plant-not from the lamp itself*

[JamieShoes]

good call mate, sounds like you already leared this particular lesson and have everything under control

[guanito]

interested to see his one.
looks good so far!

Nice grow. I used to have a cab just like that...damn those things are convenient aren't they?

Good job on keeping a journal. Stay on top of things like you are and you'll have a nice load of premium nuggage in no time.

[DeezyH]

Thanks for stopping by guys!



TheMintMan: The cab is conveinent yes, but I am not happy with the quality of it. I ended up having to buy a second cab as the first one collapsed in on itself when I tried to raise it up. The box claims it weighs 195lbs which I believe, and the plastic bits that are used to keep it together are really not up to the job. I ended up using the doors from the first trashed cab to strengthen the second. Thats my other gripe, the back panel that comes with this closet is really 1/8" cardboard paper - not ideal for growing anything imo.

I'll take some pictures of it the next time I move it to illustrate it a bit better.

[greenatik]

deezy did you put that flimsy cardboard on before you tried to raise it up? that's what holds the damn cabinet together lol. same thing happened to me, i was just going to use white poly for the back but that cardboard definitely holds that whole thing together

good grow and i'm using the same cab