hay people

so here goes my first post, been one of those lurkers for the past little while. thought i'd just bump up what i've got going so far. never attempted to grow before, let alone what i've managed to achieve so far. guess i'm looking for some advice, tips and stuffs.



the setup itself is quite stealth too. right now, it's all inside a desktop box (yes, i know, it's lame) but i do have every intention of up scaling once i've gotten the hang of it. got some airflow going too, two 12cm fans (inflow & outflow). keeps it running coolish.

as far as lighting goes, running an 85w eurolux (south african brand) 6500k, 5100lm. running 18/6. had it left over from my marine tank days, should do the trick for now?



this is the fun part, for the ponics i pretty much browsed a couple threads and sites, headed down to the garden centre and picked up what i figured i needed. it's like a double pot, with the nets (rockwool + hydroton) suspended just above the water level in what were, two pot bases. nutrients fed to said pots via a little pump and some bootleg piping. there's an air stone in there too. speaking of nutrients, just got some GHE micro and bloom. seems to be working a treat.



with regards to what i'm actually growing, don't really have an idea. just chucked the seeds from some nice section into some potting soil and let them do their own thing. then took the two best looking ones and relocated them to the wool. guess it's a start.

so far the only problem i've encountered is, on the left plant, some leaf damage from what i presume was having them too close to the bulb. i've since lowered them a little. rad.

let me know what you think. would appreciate it.

tc10

im digging the mini hydro setup... be cool to see what type of yield you get out of it

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So how much water is in there? Do you monitor pH?

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i'm not really sure what to expect really. guess this is a little bit of a trial-run for me.

filled it with 1.6 litres, which is a little less than half a gallon i guess. got roughly 2.5ml of the micro and 5ml of the grow in there. i've got a ph tester. advisable to monitor it?

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well this is day two in the box i think. finally got the fans running properly so the heat is way down, led me to raising the pots again. hoping they won't burn.



changed things around in the case, took those silly side panels away and just lined the whole thing, much more space. testing the ph neow. also, i think i broke the timer. or the bulb must be pulling too much from it because it clicks. need to do something about that.



also, thrown another 3 in for the ride. they've been growing happily along in the soil. on just plain water.

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a little update. they're running 24/7 now. over the broken timer. just topped up nutrients, seem to dig it.

yesterday (23.10.2009)


today (24.10.2009)


they're all doing about the same, the one still has some leaf damage but that's chilled.

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looks like an interesting grow should be fun to watch

looks good i wanna see how that hydro set up turns out

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Looks like a nice little stealth grow. Good luck and keep us updated.

here are some taken from this mornings.



thanks for the interest guys, pretty happy with how it's turning out so far considoring it cost me around R250 (which is around $33) for everything minus the enclosure, but i had that already.



spied the first bit of root growth out of the net pots. seems like they're drinking nutes. just had to top it up now.

p.s. don't know what that white buildup on the hydroton is. think it's bad?

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