WildWoodFlower
Active Member
Whats up all ... I posted this in " My Journals " but not sure if that is private or how that works yet, Im a bit computer stupid lol. If I posted twice , sorry !!!!! Anyway a few months ago after having a hell of a time finding anything good to smoke around my way these days I decided to come out of a almost 17 year grow retirement lol. I have grown many very successful outdoor crops throughout the years but due to my location that is no longer an option for me which is the main reason I stopped to begin with. After finding this forum and watching some Hydro grow videos I decided I was game to try the indoor / DWC grow which is a whole new chapter for me. I hooked up with TSSC and ordered me a few select genetics and started building the system and grow room. I started the grow the first of June but refrained from posting early pics since to me seedlings are not that impressive to me. Now that I have a plant instead of a seedling figured I would start this journal now 
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Grow Room : Stealth - 4' wide x 3' Deep x 6' High Closet Grow ( Flat White Painted )
Not much for ventilation other than open door with A/C room and fans and small 3"
emergency exhaust fan connected to a temp control timer so if room gets above 85
the exhaust will kick on until temp is back below 80. The best I could do to keep the
stealth
System :
1x 6-Gallon DWC with Water Farm Drip Ring ( Clay Rock Pellets For Medium )
1x DIY 32,000 Lumen CFL Fixture ( Mixed Spectrum 20 Bulbs )
2x 4' Side Lighting Units ( Total Of 6 Bulbs On Back Wall )
1x 150 watt HGT Supply Remote Ballast HPS With Winged Hood
2x Commercial Air Pumps ( One For Drip Ring - One For Res )
2x Timers ( One For Lighting , One For Drip Ring Feeding )
1x 8,000 BTU Room A/C Unit
2x Osculating Fans + 2 Small Clip Fans For Air Under Lights
1x 3' x 2' square PVC DIY Scrog Net
Nutrients & Supplements :
Genetics : Nirvana Northern Lights
( First Pic Taken - 3 Weeks Into Veg ) :
I was impressed right away as I have never had a plant grow so quickly, short, and bushy in just three weeks time in soil. I used to start my plants early indoors under florescent lighting then move them outdoors when weather permitted and they were big and strong enough to survive the elements. I was blown away on how fast the plant took off once the roots hit the nutes in the DWC.
( Veg - Week 3 LST ) :
When the plant grew it's fifth set of leaves ( 4th Node ) I Topped the plant , it was recovering good by week three so I started minor LST to try and keep an even canopy from the start and get the center of the plant a little more open to the light. At this time I was keeping the PPM's around 200-250 using nothing other than DG - Grow and keeping the PH around 5.8 - 6.1 and all seemed well no deficiencies or problems so I figure she was getting just what she needed for the time.
( Veg Almost Week 4 - Building and Testing Scrog ) :
As we were moving closer to one month I went ahead and built a Scrog and sized and tested it for later use. Just from the one topping and some minor LST this little plant was amazing me at how it was bushing out like it was without much effort I knew NL grow short and bushy but damn, I was liking this LOL. She was only around 6' Tall and was already hanging over the sides of the 6 gallon res bucket
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( Veg Going Into Week 5 ) :
One month has passed and she is looking pretty damn good to me, as I said I am not used to Hydro growing at all but it sure seems as if I was getting the hang of it quickly or the Fruit Gods were lending an unseen hand lol. I did raise the PPM's to 300 - 350 a few days before this pic when I did my weekly Res change and gave her some SM-90 just to be safe on the root end of things and also started introducing the Pro-Tekt. I also topped her one more time several days before this pic was taken. I noticed a little burning on leaf tip or two so decided to drop the PPM's back down a bit on the next res change, I wasn't to bad so I did nothing immediately except watch to see if anymore tips were being affected.
( Veg Week 7 - Topped, LST'd, Super Cropped ) :
Here we are now into week seven I Super Cropped a couple of times in the past couple weeks to fill in some of the smaller center branches and to keep her spreading. Right now she is about 9" tall and close to 2 and a half foot wide with many new shoots popping up from the LST and Super Cropping. Truly becoming a little bush. Upped the nutes to full strengths now and am shooting for 400ppm on my res changes for the time being,. I dont want to give her anything more than what she needs so I am being gentle on the nutes. Still feeding Pro-Tekt each res change as well as a little K-L-N , SM-90 and now moved up to the Foliage Pro instead of the Grow nutes.
( Veg Week 7 - Beat Down !!!! ) :
This pic was taken not long after the one above ( same day ) .. I did some high LST if that makes any sense lol, I just started bending her all down trying to open up the center again for more light penetration and to allow the smaller growth to catch up. Also some of the main shoots are tied down in this pic as well. I did a very small lollipop on her as well and opened the bottom up nicely I am very happy with the way the canopy is already taking and keeping that flat form even before being put under the scrog. Anyway that is where we are now... I welcome any comments , suggestions, positive or informational criticism lol...As I said I a old head outdoor 15 Gallon Muck Bucket Soil Grower .. This whole indoor all the way DWC thing is brand new to me so I am always welcome and happy to learn more, consider suggestions, and even compliments are nice ..LMAO !!! But seriously I am debating on how long to Veg her ...I am looking to yeild as much as I can ( time is not an issue ) however I don't want to over do it and get her root bound during flowering so I am constantly monitoring that as well. One more thing for the Guru's of this whole new technique I am taking on here .. Is this normal to be doing this well with growth with what I am doing and all or did I have an unknown gift of moving to another totally new way of growing without what seems to be any issues what so ever ? I was expecting this to be much more of a hassle than what I am used too, but after seeing this I don't think I will grow any other way again..But we will see come harvest I guess
... Thanks for Checking It Out All ..Peace , Keep Er Green !!!!!!
...,,,Grow Room : Stealth - 4' wide x 3' Deep x 6' High Closet Grow ( Flat White Painted )
Not much for ventilation other than open door with A/C room and fans and small 3"
emergency exhaust fan connected to a temp control timer so if room gets above 85
the exhaust will kick on until temp is back below 80. The best I could do to keep the
stealth
System :
1x 6-Gallon DWC with Water Farm Drip Ring ( Clay Rock Pellets For Medium )
1x DIY 32,000 Lumen CFL Fixture ( Mixed Spectrum 20 Bulbs )
2x 4' Side Lighting Units ( Total Of 6 Bulbs On Back Wall )
1x 150 watt HGT Supply Remote Ballast HPS With Winged Hood
2x Commercial Air Pumps ( One For Drip Ring - One For Res )
2x Timers ( One For Lighting , One For Drip Ring Feeding )
1x 8,000 BTU Room A/C Unit
2x Osculating Fans + 2 Small Clip Fans For Air Under Lights
1x 3' x 2' square PVC DIY Scrog Net
Nutrients & Supplements :
- Dyna-Gro KLN
- Dyna-Gro - Grow ( 7-9-5 )
- Dyna-Gro - Foliage Pro ( 9-3-6 )
- Dyna-Gro - Bloom ( 3-12-6 )
- Dyna-Gro Pro Mag ( 2-15-4 )
- Dyna-Gro - Pro-Tekt ( 0-0-3 )
- Nutralife - SM-90
Genetics : Nirvana Northern Lights
( First Pic Taken - 3 Weeks Into Veg ) :
I was impressed right away as I have never had a plant grow so quickly, short, and bushy in just three weeks time in soil. I used to start my plants early indoors under florescent lighting then move them outdoors when weather permitted and they were big and strong enough to survive the elements. I was blown away on how fast the plant took off once the roots hit the nutes in the DWC.
( Veg - Week 3 LST ) :
When the plant grew it's fifth set of leaves ( 4th Node ) I Topped the plant , it was recovering good by week three so I started minor LST to try and keep an even canopy from the start and get the center of the plant a little more open to the light. At this time I was keeping the PPM's around 200-250 using nothing other than DG - Grow and keeping the PH around 5.8 - 6.1 and all seemed well no deficiencies or problems so I figure she was getting just what she needed for the time.
( Veg Almost Week 4 - Building and Testing Scrog ) :
As we were moving closer to one month I went ahead and built a Scrog and sized and tested it for later use. Just from the one topping and some minor LST this little plant was amazing me at how it was bushing out like it was without much effort I knew NL grow short and bushy but damn, I was liking this LOL. She was only around 6' Tall and was already hanging over the sides of the 6 gallon res bucket
.( Veg Going Into Week 5 ) :
One month has passed and she is looking pretty damn good to me, as I said I am not used to Hydro growing at all but it sure seems as if I was getting the hang of it quickly or the Fruit Gods were lending an unseen hand lol. I did raise the PPM's to 300 - 350 a few days before this pic when I did my weekly Res change and gave her some SM-90 just to be safe on the root end of things and also started introducing the Pro-Tekt. I also topped her one more time several days before this pic was taken. I noticed a little burning on leaf tip or two so decided to drop the PPM's back down a bit on the next res change, I wasn't to bad so I did nothing immediately except watch to see if anymore tips were being affected.
( Veg Week 7 - Topped, LST'd, Super Cropped ) :
Here we are now into week seven I Super Cropped a couple of times in the past couple weeks to fill in some of the smaller center branches and to keep her spreading. Right now she is about 9" tall and close to 2 and a half foot wide with many new shoots popping up from the LST and Super Cropping. Truly becoming a little bush. Upped the nutes to full strengths now and am shooting for 400ppm on my res changes for the time being,. I dont want to give her anything more than what she needs
so I am being gentle on the nutes. Still feeding Pro-Tekt each res change as well as a little K-L-N , SM-90 and now moved up to the Foliage Pro instead of the Grow nutes.( Veg Week 7 - Beat Down !!!! ) :
This pic was taken not long after the one above ( same day ) .. I did some high LST if that makes any sense lol, I just started bending her all down trying to open up the center again for more light penetration and to allow the smaller growth to catch up. Also some of the main shoots are tied down in this pic as well. I did a very small lollipop on her as well and opened the bottom up nicely I am very happy with the way the canopy is already taking and keeping that flat form even before being put under the scrog. Anyway that is where we are now... I welcome any comments , suggestions, positive or informational criticism lol...As I said I a old head outdoor 15 Gallon Muck Bucket Soil Grower .. This whole indoor all the way DWC thing is brand new to me so I am always welcome and happy to learn more, consider suggestions, and even compliments are nice ..LMAO !!! But seriously I am debating on how long to Veg her ...I am looking to yeild as much as I can ( time is not an issue ) however I don't want to over do it and get her root bound during flowering so I am constantly monitoring that as well. One more thing for the Guru's of this whole new technique I am taking on here .. Is this normal to be doing this well with growth with what I am doing and all or did I have an unknown gift of moving to another totally new way of growing without what seems to be any issues what so ever ? I was expecting this to be much more of a hassle than what I am used too, but after seeing this I don't think I will grow any other way again..But we will see come harvest I guess
... Thanks for Checking It Out All ..Peace , Keep Er Green !!!!!!
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