Seeds In: Northern Light X Big Bud

[Spittn4cash]

hell yea! them plants are really coming along nicely man. you might've gone a lil over board with 12 plants to start off in that system, now the plants are really gonna be fighting over the lights. fortunately you still have the males to weed out so you'll give them SOME elbow room but dont let them veg too much longer or ya might have a few regrets.

 

[SmokerE]

They aren't staying in there. I have all the materials to make individuals DWC's. Getting my carbon filter today and putting the other DWC's together.

 

[Spittn4cash]

Im thinking about going hydro next grow, and deep water culture sounds to be my best option, what are the materials you've gathered so far and whats left?

 

[SmokerE]

30 gallon rubbermaid tub with airstones and whisper pump. Bunch of 3 inch net pots and hydroton. Just got some hygrozome too.

 

[AEROPONIC3]

WOW sounds like a big set up i like!

 

[SmokerE]

Not very big. I have 2 of them and one 120liter rubbermaid tub. That one is pretty big. I'm using 6 five gallon buckets for flowering. I think 5 gallon is enough.

 

[AEROPONIC3]

WOW Still I'am new to this, so that's BIG to me.

 

[SmokerE]

*bass drum* dum dum

 

[SmokerE]

Check it out, after many a days putting hours into it my flowering room is finally complete! It's around a 7x4x4 space... I have a 80cfm fan running through a can 9000 air filter with exhaust with all the means to relieve it from the room. Mylar all over the walls. I have a 22 gallon resevoir dwc with 2 big air stones. Then I have 3 five gallon individual DWC's all with air stones. 400 watt hps. I also bought brand new TDS and also a PH meter. The solution is at a 5.83 ph right now. TDS is about 600, going to raise that later on today. I'm going to start flowering in 5 days, need to get some more foxfarm tiger bloom. Here are some pics, tell me what you think.

 

[nongreenthumb]

Grow room looks cool, might need to bring that light a little closer though,

Also whats going on with the gangly bottom branches, might wanna give them the chop and let the upper branches get more energy

 

[SmokerE]

You mean the big fan leaves? Or the smaller shoots?

 

[SmokerE]

The light is roughly 14 inches away. The picture I think makes it look further away than what it is.

 

[nongreenthumb]

The bottom branches.

Like the ones I highlighted

 

[SmokerE]

I'm going to be using them for cuttings later today. I figure I will attempt to take about 4 cuttings from each plant. Turn the lights back and determine the sex. Keep 4 or 5 of the best ones for indoors, and if I have more females the rest will go outside.

 

[nongreenthumb]

Nice, I took some clones myself last night hoping they will take, I got myself a new strain today, it was a costly buy but I cant wait to get it underway.

Big Buddha Seeds | Providing the UK's Number One Strain
I'm growing the cheese I put them all into germination today and hope to report some results in a few days.

 

[SmokerE]

I want that blueberry something fierce. That big buddha has a really short flowering time. That's nice for us impatient people.

 

[SmokerE]

Got a question. I check my tds prior to putting the plants in. It ranged from 500-600. It was a mixture of hygrozyme, big bloom, tiger bloom, and a small amount of grow big. After I put in the plants the TDS jumped to 1050? Does the particals of hydroton cause this? Any ideas?

 

[nongreenthumb]

I'd guess that everything you put in took a while to mix in with the water, and by time you had gone away and come back the nutes had mixed further. Not washing your hydroton probably isnt going to help but I dont know for sure if it sends the ppms up or not.

I dont use the same nutes and I measure my nutrients on the ec scale and I'm not to sure about tds or ppms as they can vary from meter to meter.

 

[SmokerE]

I knew I should have gotten an EC meter. Oh well, 1050 isn't bad i guess.

 

[pntballking01]

What temps does the inside of your closet stay at with the lights on? What is the ambient temp. outside the closet?