The controversial Vitamin C grow

ThatGuy1985 · #1 04-15-2008, 10:03 PM

Well I said that I would so here it goes. I previously started a thread about lowering ph with vitamin c and got mixed reviews about my little experiment. But here it goes I got my seeds to germinate in the solution I made, still no surprise about that part, we will see where this goes from here.

Seamaiden · #2 04-15-2008, 10:06 PM

Charts! We need charts!

And recipes.

ThatGuy1985 · #3 04-15-2008, 10:12 PM

this is gonna become another full time job huh lol. I will make some up and post those too. if anyone else has any questions comments suggestions just let me know

p.s. you saw that thread about the kid that stole that plant, really fucked up lucky for him he's not a friend of mine cause i would beat his ass if he was

Seamaiden · #4 04-15-2008, 10:14 PM

No.. I didn't see that thread. Ripped off someone he knows?

<sigh> The world has always been, and will always be, a messed up place.

ThatGuy1985 · #5 04-17-2008, 09:54 PM

Okay here are the picks of my little girls about 36 hours out of the paper towels. They are in peat right now and will be in a soilless mixture of 1/3 peat 1/3 vermiculite and 1/3 perlite. The girls where germinated in a paper towel in a sandwich container on top of my fluval, lol that ones for you seamaiden I think me may be the only ones that know, with my vitamin C solution witch was mixed as fallows.

1 gallon water pH 8.1

1 level table spoon Vitamin C crystals from gnc

attached are some pics the one on the far left is actually the biggest now and the one on the far right came up today and shot up an inch. Oh yeah and the graph I'll have more up soon so check back

Seamaiden · #6 04-18-2008, 08:23 AM

WOW, so the V-C kept the pH relatively stable for several days before climbing back up.. wow.

Yes, I know what a Fluval is. Lots of people don't like those pumps, but I do. I sold off ALL my aquarium stuff years and years ago, and right now I'm wishing I had at least one of my filters left so I could soften our well water with peat.

ThatGuy1985 · #7 04-25-2008, 11:16 PM

Well it turned out that i didn't need to do the whole perlite vermiculite deal I was talking with my boss about how i was thinking about starting a flower garden, witch i guess i m lol, and he gave me his old tub and hydroton score. so i got my girls into the tub and they have been nuted for about oh a week now i am using 1/8 strength 2-5-2 root starter and superthrive vitamin and hormone supplement, one of my girls is well ummm very un pc but retarded she was yellow in the middle before i transplanted and her next set of leaves where doing the tango with each other so i decided to just see what it was going to do, sigh. The other girls are doing real good now they're off of 24/0 and on 18/6 getting watered twice a day. If you didn't notice this is going to be a double triple threat grow 1. my first grow

2. vitamin c to lower pH

3. cfls

this will be fun though. here are the girls what do you think (i'm going to be adding 4 cfls every week till flower and who knows maybe more lol.

WWgrower · #8 04-25-2008, 11:54 PM

NICE!!!!! Keep us posted!!!

Seamaiden · #9 04-26-2008, 09:38 AM

Wait a minute, how old are those seedlings??

Mine are two weeks old and only JUST getting their second set of "real" leaves. Of course, they're not in a temperature controlled environment, either. Still though... bummage, I suck.

ThatGuy1985 · #10 04-26-2008, 10:32 AM

They where 9 days old when i took the pictures. WW i really hope that wasn't sarcasm with the whole blowin chunks man and eye rollin deal but who knows. Also I am changing my reservoir every 7 days i figure it can't hurt and i know fresh water is better water