Started my first grow room come along for the ride.

Nice setup.

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-spek

Oh yea forgot about the plants, duh
5 x Fruit Punch
2 x Dr Kipplingers Incredible Bulk
1 auto Mango Ryder free seed WTF why not
All sprouted on (in) GH Rapid Rooters in 1-2 days

100% sprout success however 2 were slow on the go 3-4 days

No additives or helpers just 2x 15w floro grow bullbs and a heater mat and ph'd water & 50-70rh

Jumped them into Hydro buckets with the temporary drip system the towels were wet to kick up the humidity until I got my humidifier dialed in and some good roots established. The lids are there to keep the moisture in and light out.

Obviously know what you're doing, and this is a sweet set-up, probably very expensive but once it's complete it's basically hands free, to an extent. Those of us on micro budgets can only dream of this. But it gives clear information on what you can do with the right equipment and know-how. My first hydro experience was shocking, to say the least.

Farfenugen said:

Obviously know what you're doing, and this is a sweet set-up, probably very expensive but once it's complete it's basically hands free, to an extent. Those of us on micro budgets can only dream of this. But it gives clear information on what you can do with the right equipment and know-how. My first hydro experience was shocking, to say the least.

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@Farfenugen LOL I haven't grown weed in decades. My past experience was outdoors almost 30 years ago. I only recently started smoking it again. 25 yrs MIA with only an occasional puff here and there. But after a long time out and a real need for some serious pain relief that the prescribed RX shit wasn't helping from 2 broken legs (my dog broke my legs but that's another story) I also found it helps to make me sleep better (I suffer from very severe sleep apnea where 2 hours is a good nights sleep) so I went to a weed doctor and got a script bought some herb at a local dispensary and here I am now.


I soon ventured into a few local dispensaries getting my meds and thought fuck I can do this its only weed. Ha ha the jokes on me I decided to do a little studying via the internet as I've been out of the scene forever. I was amazed at the amount of freakin' info out there on the www. So I've been studing and found that there is a lot of confusing and misinformation all over the various forums but a lot of good shit too. Well here I am sifting thru the shit and trying to grow some meds for me and my friends who I have come to find are many. A friend with weed is a friend indeed.

I thought I'd stuff my build and FIRST indoor grow here as I don't know exactly how to do a blog or journal yet. I will be catching up this thread to my actual grow soon as I have been trying to grow some MJ since early Dec. I have been studying and trying to employ the best tactics I can afford and trying to sort thru the BS to grow me some quality buds.

I' had a recent set back that I will be posting in the LEGAL forum soon that may derail my pineapple express train. But for now fuck it lets grow some weed.

Wonderful I am glad to see there's a lot of us out there who delve into this endeavour with gusto. Keep those meds a growing. Awesome pics by the way and well done.

4 days into the buckets most have started to show roots thru the hydroton filled 10" net pots. 2 plants (same two that were slow sprouts) are still a bit slow to catch up to the others so I'll keep em on drip irrigation until I feel that they can deal with ebb n flow.


Was going to top n FIM at this point but waited a couple of days. I got scared 'cuz I'd never done either before so I let 'em veg another couple days.

@Farfenugen I'm all about as much hands off growing as possible but I am finding as I go that there will always some work to be done.

I actually found the grow room build to be somewhat therapeutic and fun testing my hands on skills. And at times like the recent (tea brewing) I felt like a mad scientist LOL. I will continue to study this growing art-form / science experiment so that I may march forward with the best intentions and hopefully grow some good greens. I love to get feed back and take the good with the bad then sort it out via my own continence and apply what I think will benefit me.

As there is little real hard (published) scientific grow studies I rely on lots of (opinion related) guidance to this sport we call MJ farming. I think I will only get better with the guidance and trial & error.

Your bro on the grow, peace out!

Ok this is where I get lost in the gene pool. Same seed, same strain (Fruit punch) one looks very Indica
while the other sativa
. Phenotype / Genotype.

Guess this is where I need to start thinking forward about clones to harvest the best of the bunch for future generations.

Yeah buddy. I look forward to your cloning setup. It'll be just as professional as your grow room.

Pulled the drippers after a week or so

and wrapped buckets with some insulation to help keep res temps down. 2 degrees difference.

ya, the grows going swell but i really wanna hear about the dog and the broken legs...owch.

What's the Blulab pH doser like? well made or so so?/

nice grow

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What's the Blulab pH doser like? well made or so so?/

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It seems to be a pretty quality made piece. Very simple to set up calibrate and use. Handsomely packaged and simple to follow instructions. 3 year warranty too. The peristaltic pump is nicer than a few other I looked at. A similar peri pump alone costs 2/3ds the price of this total unit. I also like the fact that I can view it and my Guardian Monitor and doser anywhere via Google Docs APP on my I-phone. It also has a dimmable green LED display so it won't fuck with your grow even though mine is in a separate room. My only gripe is that it reads 1/10th off of the Blue lab Guardian Monitor I have even after simultaneous calibration. No biggie but it still bugs me. I'm going to contact BL and see if there is anything I can do to dial it in perfecto. its accuracy is +/- .1 so there may be nothing I can do?? The BL is much better than the Autopilot doser I first bought sent that piece o crap back.

@texasjack Thanks bro. I'm trying my noobie best.
I want to grow giant nuggs that looks like this!

LOL I'd get all my friends high!

spek9 said:

Nice setup.

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-spek

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Thanks and Welcome aboard the crazy train Spek.

I'm looking very hard at building a real set of grow rooms here very soon, so your setup is dead on as far as cleanliness, attention to detail and methodical approach; I'm the same way.

I'm interested to hear about how all of your environmental/situational automation products work out.

Happy growing!

-spek

LOL I came home from a Vacation and my bitch was

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ya, the grows going swell but i really wanna hear about the dog and the broken legs...owch.

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LOL I came home from a Vacation and my 190+ lb English Mastiff bitch Luna was so happy to see me she accidentally knocked me off my 5 foot porch and I broke two legs. I ended up home for a while so I started this grow room to give me something to do and supply meds. Luna my Mastiff is finally out of the dog house and now on guard patrol.

Ok got a bit off topic so here is a few progressive grow shots


Your bro on the grow
Beer Belly