[Boyd Crowder]

2/4 Day 17
46RH - 75F
Rez Temps 74-75
Plants looking happy
Opened a window and closed the heating vent to manage the temps.

[Boyd Crowder]

2/5 Day 18
35 RH 73F Rez 69-70 Ph down all rez to 5.8
2/6 Day 19
35 RH 65F Rez 69-71F
Topped off a few rez H2O
PPM's~450
Adjusted Ph levels to 5.8
Notes:Ive kept water levels just below baskets and noticed brown/tan stains on the roots of a few buckets. Its not slimey and the roots feel firm and easily pass the tug tests. I chalk this up to nute stains. The res smell like roots so I guess they are ok.

2/7 Day 20
45 RH 72F
Introduced Clorox to rez'
PPM's ~600-940
Added water to low rez' and pH'd to 5.8-5.9
Roots showing on all pants now.
Nute splash is burning significant area of the leaves.
Im learning to be extra careful around each other when checking my system.
VERY short internodal spacing on all, like .5-.75" on all the plants. Badboy is running all 8 bulbs and is kept 4" above the canopy. plants are 4-5" tall.

[catalyte]

sounds about right re: the conditions, give or take a couple digits... could be a bit warmer and more humid(in veg) but for flower that is a great range you got your plants sitting at...

[J-zee]

I just got off a sick vacation snd had to aet up a room so i could take some girls off my buddies, had planned on setting up anyways just not that quick, i effin scored. My buddies came thru for me!!
Its worth some text to see if there is equipment around
Jz
Nice set up btw

[Boyd Crowder]

i know where im at , craigslist is bountiful! but sometimes its just more convenient to ebay or hit the hydro shop.

[RandomMan]

Just found your thread through the new posts list. Remember what it was like to be in your shoes... Congrats on starting things for yourself.

I wasn't going to post but wanted to point something out. Please take no offense to this..... but..... if you're not in a green state it might not be in your best interest to use Craigslist to find your gear? Sure not trying to tell you how to handle your business, just hate to see a fellow farmer have any legal issues.

Blessed vibes to your journey moving forward. Here's to hoping you can achieve your goals to TRULY provide some medical relief to those you love.

[Boyd Crowder]

I agree random, I will usually borrow a friends car and use my burner phone for straight up hydro gear, but water coolers and airpumps are clearly multi use type kit.

[Boyd Crowder]

I got my hands on that 600W hps and my room is now ~75-77 degrees. My humidity is getting sucked out and is around 40% with one humidifier running , yall think Im cool with that or should I crank up the second one? How close could I get this 600w to the canopy?

Ill get caught up on the veg this week as well . Im currently in day one of flower Woot!
But I wanna finish out the veg part of the thread properly before moving on to the shitshow.

[catalyte]

yeah RandomMan, i hear ya on the craigslist.

best to be careful.

[Boyd Crowder]

Im just gonna compress this thread and stuff the last two weeks into this post.
Then Ill be caught up to where Im at currently.
Here is a log sheet for two different strains.
Keep in mind the ppms are straight from the meter and are to be multiplied by .519 conversion factor. Also the H2O topoff data is the actual water level in the bucket, not how much water was added back into it. I started with 4gl in each bucket but realised that it was too much and needed to drop down to ~2.5 gl per bucket. I installed the vent fan and filter in my attic and picked up a couple cheap humidifiers. I should be getting a fan speed regulator and a 100lpm airpump this week.
on 2/18 I fimmed and topped all the plants. I wanted to see the difference of the two techniques but i kept each method per plant and either pinched or fimmed was what that plant got.
The next day , with really cold weather outside, I had to put a towel over the vent hole to reduce circulation and increase my temps. Im not used to this so the learning curve for this room is a work in progress.
2/20 I noticed some led burn and raised the light a little bit.
That evening I stumbled across the law of 4 by med-man and I immediately adopted it. I was going into week 6 and decided to go ahead and flower the grow. So I flushed the girls out for 48 hrs and shut down the lights for 36 hrs.
Since I still dont know the sex, I didnt take any clones. Once Im sure of the sex , Ill take about 16 per girl and get them rooted. You are probaly thinking I should take them now, but why waste the effort if its a male. Plus , I only want the very best 2 out of the bunch and I wont know which one it is until its harvested and cured.
So now were caught up, lets get to the bloom!