Checked in on the lil family this afternoon.
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Day 2-4/12
Room Conditions:
LIGHTS (T5 - 2'x4 tubes) ON!
Distance from top of rockwool 14"
Temperature - 72F
Humidity - 75%
vent running
heater off
small room fan (off)
Water Conditions:
Temperature - 66F - 18C
PH - 5.7
PPM - (still looking for a good tri-meter, - H2O with FloraNova Grow 1.0 ml per gal.)
__________________________________________________ _________________________________________ Notes: Humidity went up but thats OK.
Raised lights a little.
Went to Hydro shop and did not buy anything!
(thats a first for me)
But found out that the nutes I am going to use
(being they were free) (FloraNova by General Hydroponics) is at least partly organic
and Hydrogen Peroxide will KILL the live parts.
So,... I flushed the reservoir for my Emily's Garden,
refilled with PH balanced
(5.5) H2O that has a very small amount
(1.0 ML per Gal) of the Veg nutes in it.
Guy at the hydro store said its a good idea to start them on it as "slips"
and that it will help with root development so I did it.
Everyone looks very happy
Emptied the seedling tray and washed it out then using my syringe
flushed the rockwool cubes with plain PH balanced H2O
to aid in removing the rest of the Hydrogen Peroxide.
Placed the cubes into the Hydroton
(1/2 way filled) grow pots
and covered the sides.
(another level will go over the cubes once my babies are big enough)
I am all planted, and now it is just a waiting game for the next few months.
Along with all the nute changes and such.
I am going to be following the
FloraNova Feeding Schedule (for circulating systems) exactly as they recommend.
That would include the 1.0 ML per Gal.
FloraNova Grow for the first week and up from there.
I will start adding
Floralicious Plus after the first week and switch to
Nova Bloom on the sixth week
(that is if they are ready to go to flower at that time, at least 12")
with
Kool Bloom starting during transition and increasing as I go.
I will be using another product for Foliar Feeding.
Van De Zwaan / House and Garden - Magic Green
I would use all of their products but I have the ones I have so I will use those.
I will also introduce CO2 during the Bloom Cycle using
CO2Boost.
Sixth week will be transition to bloom phase if everything works as directed.
With the Fifth week being a Transition week from Grow to Bloom.
Fifth week Lights will go to 12/12 with a solid 24-36 hrs dark in between.
Attached is Nutrient Feeding Schedule adjusted for my set-up
and I increased blooming weeks from 4 to 6.
(considering everyone here will tell me to wait at least 2 weeks like they do with everyone =) )
If anyone wants to use this product this may be a good test as to its effectiveness. I may want to adjust as I go as far as PPM and time in each phase.
Hung Mylar
(floor to ceiling) on the side of the room where the HPS is going to go.
It should be here in about a week or so.
I plan to move to that side of the room once its set up
It wil be a week into the grow and the light came with a conversion bulb for veg so more light better right?
I can still use the other box for mothers or new seedlings.