Hey fellas, well I am just now starting to germ my seeds.
I am growing in a small 4X4 closet. I am going to be using the Hempy Bucket method, and I hope for 3 ladies. I am using NL X Skunk strain of seeds.
I have mylar coating on most of the closet, good venting and a small Acticated carbon scrubber. A fan for strong stalks, some good Fox Farm nutes, and ph meter....
I am planning to veg under 2 100W CFL's, and then switch to a 400W HPS for flowering.
I will be using tap water for the most part, but will let it sit with a bubbler in it for a day before using, hopefully get most of the chlorine out.
Once I get things ready to go, and the seeds have germed, I'll post some pics and give you all a good update.
Cheers.

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OK, no pics yet, as things are not doing much, but still exciting for me. I germed all 10 of my seeds. They were then placed in pre-soaked rockwool (ph 5.5). The grow room was a bit cool, in the mid 60's, so things started slow. This morning upon checking on them, 5 seeds had sprouted, and all others seem to be on their way.
I wasn't expecting many to do well due to them being almost 2 years old, but everything is going along fine.
I have them under 105 W CFL right now 24/7. Once some growth starts, I'll add the other 105 W CFL. Depending on growth rate, I plan to veg for 2-4 weeks. I want to get them flowering at about 24-30 inched.
I am going to put a small tower fan in there too for stalk stability, as well as get my ventilation going tonight. I have a 6 inch fan. I am just going to dfraw air into my crawlspace. Once I get my 400 W HPS going, I will attach some ducting to vent out the heat quickly.
I watered them a bit with a syringe, 3ml each rockwool (ph 6.0). It seemed so soak up well, and just be damp, not soggy, so I hope all will be well this way.
I will get some photo's going this weekend I believe, give you an idea of what the space looks like and how the sprouts are doing.
Anyway, I am out for now, and Cheers guys!

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And just to add, if anyone has a comment or a suggestion, please feel free to post, just try not to jack my thread. Cheers guys... and I am sure gals too.

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OK, well I transfered all my little seedlings into my mini Hempy's last night. I watered until a little flow of water came out the hempy hole 1 1/2 inch from the bottom of the mini hempy. I will start my seedling nutes next watering as suggested by Hempy himself, and rotate between feed and water to ensure no salt buildup.
I have my lights on 24/7. I got my ventilation going somewhat last night, I just have to patch up a few leaks and I'll be good to go.
Once these guys take off a bit, I will put them in their 3 gallon buckets for another few weeks prior to flowering.

Everything looks good right now, and on the weekend I'll post some pics.
Thanks for looking guys, and any suggestions/critisisms/comments are all welcome. Cheers!

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Just a quick update, the little guys are doing good, strong stems, red tho, that seems on tho, I am not concerned. 8/1 seeds to seedling. It seems 2 seedling are not doing much. I will let them grow until they die, but I doubt they are gonna be too strong. 6/10 not bad for 2 year old seed....
I began light nutes testerday, as recommended by Hempy himself. He actually says full strength, but I'll tak it slow....
I'll get some pics up tomorrow of the setup and the little plants. Cheers for now.

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Alright guys, photo's finally. Nothing much to show, here are my plants. 8 out of 10 seeds, I am pretty happy. Please make some rocommendations if you want, cheers.
I am using Fox Farms, full strength as recommended on the bottle, with no negative effects as of yet. The plantgs seem very hardy, and are doing great. Really starting to grow leaves quick. Still on 24/0 light, and loving it so far!
Temp is steady with the CFL's at 75, but I have a heater going full as well, an oil heater, so it is gently radiant heat, nothing blasting the plants.

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Hey mannurse, I'm gonna subscribe and watch how this grow goes. Your setup is great and I totally approve of your genetics! That's on my list.

You are really using full strength Grow Big on those seedlings? I would go 1/4 strength at most. Anytime I have tried to get close to the top feed rate, my plants have not liked it, especially when they are young.

I'd also be concerned about tap water, unless you've used it before. My tap water comes out at close to 400 ppm and it kills seedlings all by itself. I use RO and stopped having problems. Do you have a TDS meter?

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Hey man, no problem yet with the nutes, been giving it to them half strength for the first week after they popped, and full strength since. I am using the full Fox Farms Hydro set, the 3 liquid ferts, along with the 3 soluble ones.
I always questioned the reason for full strength nutes at suck a young age. What are the benefits of doing so in such a young plant? I mean, it is not like I am going through gallons of nutes, but is it not wasteful?
I leave the tap water out for a good 24 hours, mix the nutes and adjust the ph to about 6-6.5
I don't have a ppm meter, that was my next purchase, but things got tight. I might get a large 40L jug of distilled water soon, but so far, the plants are doing great. I also have an option to use the snow outside as well... I'll keep an eye on the plants and go from there.
Hey man, glad you are here, especially since I havn't messed with this sytem before. Should be interesting.
h, one more thing, someone had mentioned that it looked like there may be some leaf turgidity? I think I will go down to water every otherr day now...... Cheers

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If your water is bad, you'll know it by the leaf ends going brown and crisp. Of course, too much ferts can do that too . . .

A lot of the growers I look to for guidance are in favor of frequent light feedings at 1/4 to 1/2 strength and never go to the full dosage. Do you have the Fox Farms hydro formula of Grow Big or the soil version (which is stronger). As for wasting nutes, another thing I do is water past just filling the res so a little comes out. I allow about a quart to spill out when I water. This helps flush out any salts that might be building up and corrects any pH wandering that might occur (this is one consequence of not watering as frequently as Hempy) and generally just revives the medium, at least that's my theory. It also gives me a chance to test the runoff for pH and residual nutes. I use so little nutes at 1/2 strength it just doesn't seem like waste to me.

There is something funny about your leaves, they are sort of rumpled, which could be the genetics, or water amount and or quality. They should grow out of it the next leaf set or two. I think your mix, especially since it has vermiculite in it, will hold enough water to go every other day.

Hmmm, never thought of using snow before. I'm going to melt some and test it when I get home. If it's good, god knows I've got enough of it (minnesota). I buy water from the supermarket. I have two 5 gallon jugs that I refill from the RO water dispenser there. It's 32 cents a gallon. Right now, when I fill my big girls up, they take about 1.5 gallons each. But, as you know, I let my buckets dry up and I overflow about a quart as I just said.

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