First Grow - Hydro, Ebb & Gro, 2k watts, WW, AK47, NY SD & Platinum Kush - Videos

**aznewb** · 06-04-2012, 09:02 AM

What's up all, I thought I would throw up a thread of my first grow progress, with weekly video updates. This is my first time growing, so any and all feedback is welcomed.

Set up details:
4 - 20amp circuits added
2 - 1k watt dimmable lighting systems
12 site Cap Ebb and Gro hydro system
14k BTU portable ac
home made cloner hydro system
home made ebb and flow hydro system
1 - 8 bulb 4ft T5 with HO bulbs
Currently using technaflora nutrients (Boost, grow, sugar daddy, thrive b1-red, magi-cal and a cal/mag sup)
I'm also using 29% h202 2x week to keep bacteria at bay.
Whirlpool RO system - generates 2.5 gal/hr of 5ppm water from 750ppm hard city water.
6" 240CFM
6" 440CFM
6''x8''x18'' Carbon Filter
12 x 12 home office converted to grow room due to location; straight run for electrical, next to laundry room for RO feed.

6x WW from seed
1x NL from seed
2x AK47 - clone
2x NY SD - clone
1x Platinum Kush - clone

I currently only have the main hydro system set up as I germinated the seeds, kept them under an AERO Garden light system for 5 days or so then moved directly into the CAP system and under the T5 since I didn't have the home made hydros set up yet. After another 5 days or so of T5, I switched over to MH and started at 500. 4 days later switched upto 750, then 2 days later was upto 1000.

They are really starting to smell, so I need to get my scrubber installed. I want to mount it up high in the room, but having trouble coming up with a solution.

My plan is to keep the best of each strain as a mother.
I didn't get any pictures the first 2 weeks, but here are the first 2 videos from 23 and 30 days in. They really jumped in growth when I increased PPM from about 400ppm to 820ppm at week 3.

I hope to add a video every week going forward.

Day 23

**aznewb** · 06-04-2012, 11:45 AM

Day 30

**aznewb** · 06-08-2012, 08:09 AM

These things have really taken off - I am constantly spreading them apart and moving them around to best position each for optimal light. I know this can't be good moving between buckets like this, but I am extremely careful. I need to move my lights out a little more and get the spectrum spread between these things to give them room to grow more. I ordered 5 x 5 tent, this will ultimately be used for mothers/clones with the T5. There are already clear leaders in each strain I have, hopefully the ones from seed turn out to be female. These things have all hit 24" except for the dwarf in the corner, but its twice the width of all the other plants. Is it ok to start taking a couple clones from these things or should I wait out the 60 days? Lastly, I REALLY have to get my scrubber installed, these things are smelling, great! thoughts, comments, suggestions all welcomed.

Day 37

**aznewb** · 06-15-2012, 09:17 AM

Day 44 and the things are 36"+. This is 6 weeks and 2 days from seed for ww and nl, and all veg time for the ak47, plat kush and ny sd clones. I ended up getting quite a few clones out of these things, and could've easily taken more, but was overwhelmed with the quantity I did take being my first time to do it. Hopefully I get at least a 25% success rate, but at minimum maybe 10%. We'll see. I flushed the plants of the veg nutrients and loaded up the flower nutrients and set it to 12/12. I also switched the bulbs to hps. I was going to top these, but I think I've past that point and don't want to shock them too much, so will try that next round 2-3 weeks into veg. That seems to be the consensus. Finally, the tent arrived and I set that up. I made a little table and set up the T5 and an intake fan to get cool air into the tent and set the clones under a heat mat under 18/6 after 24 hours of dark, spraying them twice a day.

Feedback and comments all welcome.

**aznewb** · 06-23-2012, 10:41 AM

Day 53 and we're upto 48"+. I found 3 males, 2 of my WW and the NL, so now im down to 9 plants. I moved the plants around after removing the males to help spread light better, and the platinum kush wasn't able to hold itself up, it had been held up by the wall and filter and a plant, so when i moved it to the other side, it just fell over and started growing again. I should probably prop it up. I was debating on 5 gallon containers as well, since I now realize the standard is 1 gallon per foot. Well im close to 5' now and only week 2 of flower. I think I'm going to have problems with other plants as well getting root bound or whatever its called. Thoughts? I was debating on the CAP monster ebb and gro system, but Im not sure if its too late to move them or not. A few of the clones are well rooted, others not so much. I need to set up the ebb and flow to move them into in the next day or two.

**aznewb** · 06-29-2012, 09:50 PM

Day 58 and the girls are coming in very nicely. I did notice some powdery mildew developing on some leaves on the outsides, I think I had my portable wall a little too close, choking off airflow. I have since moved it back, cleared all the leaves of this stuff I could find, and so far so good. Also, one of my HPS bulbs went out the other day. Not sure how long before I woke up if went out, hopefully it didnt shock the plants too much with some light leaking over from the second set up. It had a Metal Halide in it the next night, and by the 2nd night, an HPS is back in it, with a back up on hand. 6 more weeks or so and the WW should be ready to harvest. I need to research the other strains a little more to get an idea of flowering time, but I believe since their sativas, they will need an extra week or two. The clones are all well rooted now and are starting to take off. As always, thoughts, comments, feedback are all welcome!

**pacificarage** · 06-29-2012, 10:02 PM

What? All this and no feedback from anyone? I'm suprised at that. You deserve some props for such a good looking grow/thread, my man.
Anyways, great job. Keep up the good work. Sub'd +Rep

**SantaCruzed** · 06-30-2012, 11:24 PM

I just stumbled on this and was surprised as well at no feed back? Looks good dude, one question tho, how hot is it on the plants on the right? I know your lights are vented, but just curious. +Rep and subd

**aznewb** · 07-01-2012, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by pacificarage

What? All this and no feedback from anyone? I'm suprised at that. You deserve some props for such a good looking grow/thread, my man.
Anyways, great job. Keep up the good work. Sub'd +Rep

Thanks for the feedback and rep!

Originally Posted by SantaCruzed

I just stumbled on this and was surprised as well at no feed back? Looks good dude, one question tho, how hot is it on the plants on the right? I know your lights are vented, but just curious. +Rep and subd

Thanks for the rep!

I'm not sure how hot it gets there at the top, but the entire room stays under 74 all day. I can place my hand on the glass and not get burned. I checked the space between the bud and glass this morning and there was very little room. Then after I read this, I went in and checked again and the bud was mashing against the glass, but there was no burning of it, thankfully. I moved it up a few inches, but I dont like taking the lumens further away from the shorter plants. I'm getting excited, the buds are just growing like crazy, I see major changes daily.

**aznewb** · 07-06-2012, 07:44 AM

Day 65 and not much to report. The buds are getting fatter and crystals are starting to form. The tallest plant is 71" and the powdery mildew seems to be getting worse, but only on the outsides of my garden. I need to get that under control. The plants are starting to drink about as much water as they were at the end of veg, about 5 gallons a day, but they aren't sucking up all of the nutrients, as my ppm's shoot up after every feeding. Currently I manage that with 1 day of 5 gallons of water and solution, and the next day of just pure water. One more week and I will increase ppms for the last few weeks of flowering with the last week being plain water for flushing. I've been doing lots of research on when and how to harvest and feel I have a pretty good handle on that, but I'm always open to tips and tricks if anyone wants to share.