First Grow - Dr. Atomic Northern Lights

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. ***

Day 1

Placed 10 seeds onto 4 sheets of paper towel, inside of a Tupperware container. Applied reverse osmosis to soak. Sealed container and wrapped in bath towel. The container is placed on the back of a computer monitor to provide warmth.

I will be checking every morning and evening on the progress. Opening the container to release humidity and check the progress of the seedlings.

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).

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.

Day 4 & Day 5

Four days from initial germination. 9 out of 10 seeds have now sprouted and have been planted. I think one may be a dud, but it seemed like it was trying to crack so I'll give it a few more days for sure.

The seeds were transplanted into 3 inch pots. The pots consist of a 50% Miracle Grow Potting Soil (it's not that bad, no extra chemicals), 25% vermiculite and 25% pearlite. The soil mixture was watered, and allowed to sit for a week to get settled/adjusted. Today the journey begins.

The seeds were fed pH 6.5 Reverse Osmosis water with a few drops of a rooting liquid mixed in. The seedlings were placed into the containers and watered until the meters were steady at about 6 on the Hydrometer at the bottom. They were placed under lights and we await.

Anyways, first batch of pictures I have. Nothing fancy here, just the setup and whats going on for initial setup.

The lights / setup will be adjusted in about a week.

Day 6

Good news, the 10th seed popped . It will be planted this evening.

The first problem was encountered. The temperature dropped last night to about 65 degrees, and during mid day was only at about 70. Problem was alleviated however, by adding an oil filled radiant heater (brand new). I got the thermostat/heater to turn off at 77-78 degrees. The room temperature was a steady 77 degrees for over an hour after adjustments.

The humidity was also extremely low, 20% this afternoon. This problem was solved by bowling a kettle in the room for about 15 minutes. This raised the humidity to about 45%-40%. This method will have to be used to allieviate the lack of humidity.

The third issue was because of the lack of humidity. The soil dried out fairly quickly, and we have discovered that we will need to add a minor amount of water everyday. The seeds haven't sprouted out of the soil yet but I can imagine they will soon.

So all in all a good day. All issues with the environment/watering we solved within 12 hours of their being an issue. All 10 seeds have popped, and am now patiently awaiting them to break soil.

More pictures/updates to come.

edit: turns out this afternoon, 4 of our babies sprouted through the soil. The first four I put into pots (starting from far left of the original setup, I put the biggest ones on the far left. They should sprout accordingly down the line). Here are three new pictures!

Pulls up his chair, pours a whiskey and diet coke, and gets ready to watch a NL grow. Good luck! I'll definately watch this one!

Thanks man. I'm not going to update this one anymore, I'm just going to update the one in the Grow Journal forum!

I will be watching yours also. Very organized!

Interesting soil combination... How did you go about finding Miracle Grow without slow release nutrients?

Good luck with the grow. Looking forward to the vegging stage.

Aww There So Cute, Little Babies!!! Ill Start My Grow In 3 Days

mountainSpliff said:

Good luck with the grow. Looking forward to the vegging stage.

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Already begun man, I'm not updating this thread. I was an idiot for posting it in here. My signature has the grow journal.

GrimReefa said:

Aww There So Cute, Little Babies!!! Ill Start My Grow In 3 Days

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Thanks ! Good luck!

Porkzorz said:

Interesting soil combination... How did you go about finding Miracle Grow without slow release nutrients?

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Well, it came down to the choices at Walmart. They had about 5 or 6 different choices... This was the only one with mention of pH balance and it also happened to have no slow release nutrients .

place something plastic and clear over the pots and your seems will have higher humidity. they call them humidity domes and they will help sprout your seeds alot faster!!!
even plastic dixie cups work!

how did that turn out?

best of luck with the grow man !!! Cheetah

subscribed. looking forward to seeing how you do, cause im in a similar boat.