[Boyd Crowder]

Thanks Tan G!

Im using the GH for this grow in the lucas formulas. KISS is the word. I dont have ph swings. since I started tracking my data , these kids all prefer 6.0 , I can either lower the ph to 5.8 daily or let them ride where they want to be. SInce starting my tracking sheets, ive had to adjust ph in 3 buckets once or twice in two weeks. My room is n the sixties atm , since I dont have my fan controller yet , its pulling in 3 times the room volume of air each minute. This has my rh down low as well but , the rez temps are all in the low 60's which is good.

I modified snypes tracking data to work with my dwc's heres a link to the post if you are into that.
Sykrocket Your Grow Progress with this New Technique
Heres a pic of it too.


Im kinda skipping around in the time frame so , I want to get this thread back on track with the next post and pix...

[HarvestMoon303]

You might consider adding a humidifier from Target or whatever. They are about $30 and if your RH is really low, it would help. I went from needed a humidifier when the girls were small to needing a dehumidifier when they were big. It's a fun game (not really). Also, fan controller is pretty clutch, but get a good one.

Also, if you want a HID, just get a magnetic ballast instead of digital and you're set WRT interference. I take it that you're not in a friendly state (I'm in CO, and I see my friends power bills for $1000, $2000, and nobody cares).

I also use GH, just a modified version of Lucas (I do use a little gro in veg).

Plants look great, healthy, happy! Nice start!

[HarvestMoon303]

Also, I think that you did well, just waiting for the seeds/clones to come to you. Too many people start the grow with seeds that they paid $10-15 each for, and kill half right away, then go "Chasing the Dragon" for the "Best seeds ever" and what they really needed were some cheap bag seeds and a few nice clones. It's more fun to spend the time gardening than paying crazy $ for seeds and shipping.

That being said, I also am not a big believer in THC numbers or the current state of "testing" . I had some afghani last night that tested at something like 16%, and I don't remember most of the night. I've personally seen test results that approach 26%, and I don't remember it being a particular good smoke. I've NEVER seen results at 28%, but the methodology is so screwed that I believe other people have seen higher #'s.

[Boyd Crowder]

Originally Posted by HarvestMoon303

You might consider adding a humidifier from Target or whatever. They are about $30 and if your RH is really low, it would help. I went from needed a humidifier when the girls were small to needing a dehumidifier when they were big. It's a fun game (not really). Also, fan controller is pretty clutch, but get a good one.

Also, if you want a HID, just get a magnetic ballast instead of digital and you're set WRT interference. I take it that you're not in a friendly state (I'm in CO, and I see my friends power bills for $1000, $2000, and nobody cares).

I also use GH, just a modified version of Lucas (I do use a little gro in veg).

Plants look great, healthy, happy! Nice start!

I picked up a couple humidifiers at the thrifts stores ~$10
Im gonna borrow/buy/thief a buddies 600w to get my temps up till the fan controller arrives, shiet! Im getting ahead of myself... hope yall dont mind.

[Boyd Crowder]

Originally Posted by HarvestMoon303

Also, I think that you did well, just waiting for the seeds/clones to come to you. Too many people start the grow with seeds that they paid $10-15 each for, and kill half right away, then go "Chasing the Dragon" for the "Best seeds ever" and what they really needed were some cheap bag seeds and a few nice clones. It's more fun to spend the time gardening than paying crazy $ for seeds and shipping.

Im not gonna chase anything while Im learning to grow. I have one guy I can get some gear from. Ive met others but Im not asking them for anything until I get my rooms dialed in. and I have something interesting to trade. Way I see it , Ima need a year to learn the seasons and these two strains will be enough to teach me the basics. Id love to get some GSC, GG#4, Banner#3, Sour Diesel and Chemdog DD in my stable but I gotta work with whats in front of me first. Hopefully, Ill be getting some GG#4 in the next six weeks, but thats not guaranteed. Im not even sure what the hottest strains in my market are , I suppose I should ask my network whats popular ATM?

[catalyte]

sounds like a safe plan.

good to hear all is in order

[Boyd Crowder]

ok so where was I?
I was at the part were I decided to go with a DWC system and the snype method. right

1/22 - 1/26
built a shelf on the bathtub in a spare bathroom, rinsed the hydroton and transplanted my 8 babies jiffy cubes and all. I did ask for advice about that decision , was advised against it , but did it anyways. I wasnt thrilled with the idea of rinsing jiffy shit off newborns.
I lost one of the harry's when my dog got curious....
so I put these kids under 2 bulbs of the badboy.
I hooked up the pump and and airstones , and phd the buckets. 5.8-6.0 plain water and turned on a honeywell fan.
Hooked up the timer 18/6 and wrote my notes which say the room was 77-82F and 49-52RH.



1/30 Picked up some GH Flora nutes. Mixed em up like they said on the side of the box, for seedlings. The pots them got numbered and the ppms ranged from 250-592 cause my measuring stuff was kitchen ware spoon type shit. Then I PHd to 5.7 each bucket.

WRONG!

Next day ,My babies are browning along the edges!
I watched these for a few days , it didnt get much worse , but it didnt get any better.
2/4
On advice of snype, I dumped out those rez and started with a mild 1 Micro/1.5 Bloom around 300-450 ppm. and the PH at 5.8, That promptly settled these kids down and they proceded to enjoy their 4 bulbs of badboy. Roots were a showing too ! Not much but these are 8" netpots so my guess is they are pretty dense in that hydroton. 46RH and temps at 75F , I wanted the rez to be around 68-70F but they were roome temp so , I kinda opened a window to drop temps to 68F.

[Boyd Crowder]

Anywho, time for an update.
Ive decided to adapt med-mans rule of 4 method into my grow after stumbling across it here on the forums. I discovered it at PRECISELY the right time in my current grow. You only get ONE first grow and it seems its ok to do a grow journal for such in the new growers section. anywho , Ill update this thread tomorrow in the proper sequence of this journal.Moar Pix coming!
in the meantime , who has opinions on RH and temp ranges for flowering and veg ?

[catalyte]

temps for veg should be 72-80F, RH 50%-70%

temps for flower should be 68-76F, RH 40%-60%

thats what i have seen work really well..

[Boyd Crowder]

Originally Posted by Tan_G

temps for veg should be 72-80F, RH 50%-70%

temps for flower should be 68-76F, RH 40%-60%

thats what i have seen work really well..

Thats what Im shooting for.