1st Time DWC Grow - Amnesia Lemon, La Musa & Madness

**BigLittlejohn** · 05-28-2012, 04:57 PM

My first attempt at a thread like this and a grow like this (or a grow at all).

It's not entirely accurate to call it my first, as I grew some bag seed in a DWC set-up very similarly, but they were all males, so I figured to start all over with some Femmed seeds from 'tude.

Growing in a closet, with a 250w HPS (I know that MH would be ideal at this stage, but I have to go with what I've got) using an 18 Gallon Tote with 4 sites.

Using Technaflora Nutes.The strains I am growing are: Barney's Farm Amnesia Lemon, World of seeds Madness and Delicious seeds La Musa. Madness and La Musa were freebies. May as well make my rookie mistakes with some freebies.

Day 3 AL #1.jpg Day 3 AL #2.jpg Day 3 La Musa.jpg Day 3.jpg Day 3 Madness.jpg

The one issue I had with my bagseed grow, was keeping the temps down. I have been able to keep the temperature on this one between 76 - 79 degrees, a trend I hope continues for the next few months.

Started seeds to Germ: May 21
Planted Germed Seed in Rockwool: May 23 (May 24 for Madness)
Placed in DWC Tote: May 25 (May 26 for Madness)

Here we are. Will continue to update and am open to any constructive criticism (or not so constructive criticism..I have pretty thick skin). I started with the light at about 3ft, but have lowered it to 2 Ft. Wanted to err on the side of caution with the HPS and seedlings combo.

**cannabuilding** · 05-29-2012, 01:01 AM

Looks good so far mate, subbed.

Keep up the good work, peace to all.

**BigLittlejohn** · 05-29-2012, 05:37 PM

Thanks Cannabuilding. The HPS light really affects the picture quality.....

Today is Day 5. I will post some progress pics around day 9-10. The Amnesia Lemon seems to be a fast starter. I sure hope I don't fuck this up. lol.

**Bigz2277** · 05-29-2012, 07:18 PM

This will work fine for vegging them up, but i have experience growing more than one strain in a bucket. Might get a lucky roll and get 3 similar flowering strains, but different strains use different levels of nutes. Also if say one out of those three is an indica it will be dwarfed by its sativa sisters next to it. Whats the dimensions of the closet? If you got some similar room like VO i would recommend doing more than one bucket.

**BigLittlejohn** · 05-30-2012, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Bigz2277

This will work fine for vegging them up, but i have experience growing more than one strain in a bucket. Might get a lucky roll and get 3 similar flowering strains, but different strains use different levels of nutes. Also if say one out of those three is an indica it will be dwarfed by its sativa sisters next to it. Whats the dimensions of the closet? If you got some similar room like VO i would recommend doing more than one bucket.

That is an excellent suggestion. I think I may have a tad more room than VO. I thought about the fact that the different strains sharing one reservoir could be problematic and pretty much decided after this one to switch to buckets. My thinking behind that switch was mostly practical maintenance (If you swapped out a Tote full of water, you know what I mean here), but I may just go ahead and switch before I flip the lights to 12/12. My space limitations are mostly due to using the 250w lights which gives max coverage of 3x3 as I understand it.

**Bigz2277** · 05-30-2012, 08:58 PM

I use 2 150 w hps lights. If the plants are in a 4x4 pattern with a 3x3 light above it, just keep the plants moving, rotate them around and make sure they all get good exposure.

**BigLittlejohn** · 05-31-2012, 10:46 PM

Day 6 (10 from seed).jpg

Updated for Day 7. I am going to add some CFLs I think to get some Blue Spectrum going. Anyone have thoughts on that?

Definitely going to move at least one of these plants, if not all 4 to buckets. La Musa is an auto and she will likely start flowering earlier than the other 3. Sucks that I will affect my yield on her when I have to flip to 12/12 for the others. Oh well, free and will be ready to blaze first if all goes well.

Day 6 (10 from seed) AL 1.jpg Day 6 (10 from seed) AL2.jpg Day 6 (10 from seed) Mad.jpg Day 6 (10 from seed) LM.jpg

**cannabuilding** · 06-01-2012, 05:56 AM

I agree with every word Bigz2277 has said, having multiple strains in the same growing medium is not a good idea, you will still get some bud from each plant, but you might run into problems at about day 30 into flowering, Some strains love to eat at 1.8ec at day 30 and others do not want to go about 1.2 ec at day 30, a much higher yeild and higher quality buid would be obtain from growing different strains in different containers. But one can grow the same strain in the same container as long as they are from the same mother or are about the same type of pheno type from the same strain wiht almost identical growth patterns.

**BigLittlejohn** · 06-03-2012, 06:53 PM

Yea, the more I think about it, the more I think opting for the tote over the buckets was a bad idea, but one that can be easily fixed. Definitely going to move the La Musa and Madness to Buckets and will likely leave the two Amnesia Lemon girls in the tote. I appreciate the suggestion guys. I appreciate all the assistance I can get on this journey to bud independence. Also have plans to build a bubble cloner so I can take some clones from the 3 fems and speed up my 2nd grow

Haven't been able to get the CFLs yet, but that is coming. I need to pick up some aquashield to ensure my roots stay nice healthy. Will do that tomorrow along with posting some update pics...including of the root growth. I am pretty vaped and ready for Game of Thrones...