Dr Atomic - Atomic Northern Lights
Seeds Germinating: 10
Soil Grow

Soil - 50% Miracle Grow Potting Soil (no slow release nutrients), 25% vermiculite, 25% pearlite
Nutrients - General Hydroponics Grow, Micro & Bloom, General Hydroponics pH DOWN, Advanced Nutrients Barricade, Advanced Nutrients Overdrive, Advanced Nutrients Big Bud
Pot Size - 3" pots for initial growth, transplanted into 12" pots after two weeks.

Lighting

Sprouts - (2) 100W Plant/Aquarium Lights - 4000lumens, (4) 24W CFL's for side lighting - 4000lumens
Vegetative - (1) 600W GrowMax Metal Halide- 72000lumens, (2) 100W Plant/Aquariam Lights - 4000lumens, (4) 24W CFL's for side lighting - 4000lumens
Flowering - (1) 600W ArgoMax HPS Bulb - 95000lumens, (2) 100W Plant/Aquarium Lights - 4000lumens, (4) 24W CFL's for side lighting - 4000lumens.

Room Setup

Size - 5 x 5 space (maximum for light exposure), height is not an issue. This is set up in an open computer room, so ventilation/air circulation is not a problem
Other - One 24" rotating fan, dehumidifier, ionic air purifier, ceramic space heater
CO2 Supplementation - (4) 2 Litre Yeast Bottles, shaken twice a day while lights are on.

Tools

Soil pH meter, water pH meter, PPM Meter, soil moisture meter.

Temperatures and Humidity

Daytime Temperature Expectancy - 78 - 82 degrees Fahrenheit
Nighttime Temperature Expectancy - 72 - 76 degrees Fahrenheit
Controlled Relative Humidity - 35-40%

Timeline

12-14 weeks total
4 weeks vegetative
6-8 weeks flowering
**Allowing time for mistakes/shock/healing.**

My Plans and Goals

Ahh the precious optimism of a new grower. However, I`ve spend no less then 4 hours a day researching for the past few months. I will not fail, I will not over love. Unlike some of the posts you see on here, I am an intelligant individual and will succeed. That aside.

Growing northern lights because it is an extremely potent, resilient, time proven strain. It is high yield, low smell, and does not grow 10 feet tall (even though space is not an issue).

Plan on getting 6 females (60% germination to female ratio), which is not too much to ask. If I get 5 or 4, that is also fine. I am HOPING 6. I am not making any predictions on yields as I have not grown before, but am very confident I can produce 1.5 - 2oz dried per plant. People will say I am overreaching, but if you don`t set your goal high enough you can never push yourself to the limit.

I will be updating this grow journal every day from now it completes. I will provide pictures of the progress once a week.

Thanks and please feel free to comment as I will post pictures so your more experienced eyes can catch things I might miss.


*** Anything posted by my username in this thread is made up. It is all research and I do not condone or participate in the act of marijuana cultivation or trafficking as it is highly illegal. Everything said should be disregarded as they are not facts, rather the work of a very strong imagination. Any pictures or questions presented here are that of research and are not my own. ***

Sounds good so far. Lots of light

haha yeah i have some seeds on the back of my computer monitor right now too. this grow looks very organized.

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Thanks for the input. I will get pictures up of the grow room Wednesday. Unfortunately I am not at the location and will never access this website from the location. Hope you check back to provide your opinions!

Thank you. Back of the monitor is nice and toasty. I have a calander and sheets for every week (up to 16 weeks) on the wall so I can record height, temperatures, and nutrient feeds. As well as when I water.

Take care!

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Dr. Atomic - Atomic Northern Lights Grow Journal

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Day 2

Opened the container today to release humidity. The container is a very comfortable temperature and 3 of the seeds have already cracked and its only been 12 hours.

Will be finishing final prep on the grow room (hanging lights), and will be getting ready to transplant them into soil by the end of the week. I have (10) 3" pots with soil that has been mixed a week ago and watered so that it has had time to settle and pH balance itself (hopefully).

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Nice

Seems like you have this grow very organized

Good luck

Matt2907

I smoked some original Dr. Atomic a few months back.... Quite nice buzzz

Even found a bean in one of the buds. Tried to grow it but it pooooooped out.

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Day 3

5 of 10 seeds have a serious root tip coming out. I will be planting these in soil later this afternoon. A few haven't shown any signs of cracking yet but I will be patient. I would have placed a few of these into the soil already but the grow room is located an hour away from my germination layer(hahah), so I won't have the opportunity for a few more hours. In any event, they are fine and I am quite excited.

I will provide pictures of my germination method later, as well as a close up of the 10 seeds before I place them into soil.

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once your plants get older is there any way I could get a few northern lights clones threw the mail? I'll pay s/h and everything since its winter thinking like next day shipping and put those glove warmers in the envelope or something