Slinger's 300 watt LED grow, Purple Cadillac and Grand AK

[slinger36s]

Day 13

It was a PH issue!
My Ph test kit came in yesterday while I was at work so when I got home I decided it was time for a major flush right then. I quickly checked the PhHof the Crystal Geyser Natural Spring Water, 6.8, so I poured 1/2 a Gallon into each pot and waited, when the water started to drain out the bottom I tested the PH of the RO Water, the test I have only measures 6.0 - 7.8, the RO Water was testing a dark blue which was over what the color chart measured, so the PH was over 7.8, I immediately poured the other .5 gallons of water into each pot, giving both of them a total of 1 gallon of water. 10 minutes later I test the RO Water from the pots again and it registered on the color chart to be between 6.8 and 7.0 . Checked on the plants this morning and they are doing great! The new leaves that were not damaged are turning up towards the light again and putting out new growth! SO glad to have that worked out, gonna veg for a little over 2 weeks more then going to switch over to flowering, purchasing a light timer at the hydro store tomorrow and setting the lights at 20 on/4 off. Also purchasing a digital PH reader, some nutes.. still not sure which kind yet (gonna talk to the people at the store about new products) and some cloning gel. Happy growing guys, glad to have everything balanced!
-slinger

New Pictures

 

[slinger36s]

Found the Specs for my LED light its a 300 watt Pro Series Quad Band LED Grow Light Input Voltage: 110V +/_ 10% 50/60 Hz Power Output: 300W (more powerful than a 1000W HPS) LED Configuration: 300 x 1W LED (red/blue/orange/white) Lux (center): 392 lux/2.5m 55 lux/3.5m Lumen: 6600 lm Lighting Coverage: approx. 36 square feet

Lifespan: 50,000 hr LED made by: BridgeLux (USA) Wavelengths: Red=660nm, Blue=455nm, Orange=615nm, White=full spectrum Dimensions : 18" x 12" x 3.5" Weight: 19 lb

 

[slinger36s]

2 Week


Picked up some things from the hydro store, a PH Reader, Trimmers, Timer and some GH MaxiGrow 10-5-14. Gonna wait another two weeks before I give it any nutes, then wait 2 weeks before putting it into flowering. Hooked up the timer, gonna start giving them a 2 hour dark period tonight. Did some more LST on the Grand AK, it is doing amazing! The Purple Cadillac seems to have been stunted but we are just going to keep growing and see what happens. Here are some new pics of the LST done on Grand AK. enjoy
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[slinger36s]

2 weeks 1 day

So I picked up a Honeywell Turbo Fan today for 15 bucks, Hooked it up above the lights for now pointing down, give the girls a nice little breeze while keeping the temps right, did a little more LST on the Grand AK, the Purple Cadillac who I was assuming is stunted actually exploded with some new growth after I chopped off the leaves that were 50% damaged or more. Besides that nothing really new, here are some pics.
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[slinger36s]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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[slinger36s]

2 Weeks 4 Days

Whats up guys, hope everyone enjoyed their holidays, I know I did! So over the past couple days I've been keeping up the LST of the Grand AK and doing a little on the Purple Cadillac, They were both showing a little signs of yellowing so I mixed up a little of the GH Maxi-Grow 10-5-14, the directions says mix 1 to 2 tablespoons per gallon of water, I put 3/4 of a tablespoon into a gallon of water and spit it between the two on the yesterday, woke up this morning and everything is looking great! I ordered a grow tent 36x20x63 from Aviditi, it just seems to be too much of a pain in the ass to light proof the closet, its going to fit perfectly inside of it though. I gotta order a couple inline fans and start working on odor control cause I can already smell the Grand AK a bit. Tent should be arriving Thursday and I have 2 days off so I'm gonna be setting it up immediately. Pretty soon it will be time to cut some clones!
-slinger

 

[slinger36s]

Week 2 Day 5

Yay my tent is coming in today! It will be up and running by tomorrow, here are a few pictures of the girls.
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[slinger36s]

Week 2 Day 6

So I set up the tent and got the ladies inside, now I just gotta figure out exactly how im gonna set up the ventilation. I have my Honeywell Turbo fan kinda lined up with one of the intakes for now, gotta keep the tent open during light hours. Looking into flowering nutes, gonna grab some BudCandy for Advanced Nutrients, but as far as actual nutes go, havnt decided, we are gonna be vegging for 3 more weeks, I dont know if the space will allow me to veg any longer than that, by then ill have the funds to get the rest of the stuff I need, in total, prob 200$ left to spend, next grow is all gonna be free except for electrical costs. I forgot how much the initial startup of a grow is. Enough rambling though, I watered a little today, suspecting a little cal mag issue, browning of leaf edges etc, nothing to worry about though, gave them both 4 cups of water PHed to 6.8, added 2 tablespoons of Epsom Salts to 1 gallon of water that they were fed from. Run off water both initial and 50% through was 6.8, so everything is looking good!!! here are some photos of the new setup!
-slinger

 

[slinger36s]

Week 3 (from putting clone in rockwool to soil)

So we are 3 weeks in, had some minor setbacks with a PH issue but besides that we are looking good, continuing to undergo a lot of LST on the girls, I know most people use nets and such for a SCROG but I think I can do it without use of such things, in 3 weeks I am getting the intake and exhaust fan plus a carbon filter, and we are switching over to 12/12, I need to cut some clones off of the Grand AK but I just got the seeds ive been collecting back, I dont know what strain they are but each one was from a bag of some A+ meds I picked up from local dispensaries sooooo, what to do? I dont have room to keep a mother plant right now, I barely have room to keep about 6-8 clones. Anyways, here are some pictures from today, my Grand AK growing sideways out of the soil and other pictures, check it!
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[slinger36s]

Week 3 Day 2


SO today we start 18/6 yay! finally got the ventilation issues worked out with my Hydrofarm Active Air Inline Fan 188 CPM and temperatures are staying nice with the tent all zipped up, I need a battery for my thermometer but I can tell my opening up the tent after it being zipped for a hour that there is no way its above 75 degrees in there. Making use of a wooden rod for more LST purposes, gonna give me the reach I need to tie down without having to use a trellis net. The Grand AK is my pride and joy right now, the Purple Cadillac is growing so strangely and I honestly dont like it but I dont have the heart to pull it up so we shall see where that goes. Heres a couple pics of the LST work and such. enjoy!
-slinger

 

[Chronikool]

Starting to look good there bruv.

I was steering at that photo for ages thinking....'shit thats a weird looking camera....' yip...im having a SLOOOOOOW day....

 

[slinger36s]

Starting to look good there bruv.

I was steering at that photo for ages thinking....'shit thats a weird looking camera....' yip...im having a SLOOOOOOW day....

Haha yea my fan is kinda rigged in place at the moment, it's secured from 3 different places so all is safe, ill keep updating as things go along, any recommendations on bloom nutes, additives etc? Thanks for checking in!
-slinger

 

[slinger36s]

Week 3 Day 3

Temperature and humidity in the tent: 75 F/34%
nothing new to report, of course LST is a constant process, cutting clones for my dwc cloner as soon as I get what I need to secure the stems into place. Clonex Gel havnt used it before, anyone else know how well it works? I find putting a few granules of a 10-10-10 fertilizer into the water kinda speeds things up, at least with my last use, will try it again this time and see what happens, I know people never get too excited about bag seeds but the ones I just got back game out of some strait killer shit so yeah, grow on!
-slinger

 

[SativaGrows]

I know you mentioned at one point the 150W HPS appears much brighter than the 300W LED and this is absolutely correct, the HPS puts out more lumens which is how the eye perceives light, the LED, though it is more powerful does not put out at much visible and/or bright light but it is more efficient light than the HPS so the plant uses all of the light put out by the LED

 

[foreverflyhi]

Mighty fine training you doin on them ladies.
did u decide on what nutes your going to use?

My two cents. Buy another bag of fox farm, cut it with another bag of light warrior(or a mix that contains coco with light amendments), amend it with dolomite lime (not too much!). Let it cook for a couple weeks then transplant your plants into a bigger pot with your dolomite lime amended fox farm/light warrior, wait a week, and flip them into flowering. Nothing but Half tap water half RO water maybe two three AACT teas and your golden. Never have to worry about ph again
Lay off the nutes, work the soil.

Once again looking good homie

 

[slinger36s]

Mighty fine training you doin on them ladies.
did u decide on what nutes your going to use?

My two cents. Buy another bag of fox farm, cut it with another bag of light warrior(or a mix that contains coco with light amendments), amend it with dolomite lime (not too much!). Let it cook for a couple weeks then transplant your plants into a bigger pot with your dolomite lime amended fox farm/light warrior, wait a week, and flip them into flowering. Nothing but Half tap water half RO water maybe two three AACT teas and your golden. Never have to worry about ph again
Lay off the nutes, work the soil.

Once again looking good homie

Thanks for the advice bro, unfortunately I do not have a place where I can leave the soil outside to cook I have plenty of fox farm at the moment and I was thinking about transplanting into bigger pots, mixing the fox farm with perlite for better drainage. I have no experience with making teas at all, have not ventured that far, I am sure I will get to that point. I think I am just gonna break down and buy some CALMAG cause I am still having the slight lightening of the edges of some leaves and a couple leaves have some spotting. I dont have a ph issue anymore, I have been extremely precise with my watering now I dont want to take any more chances. As far as nutes are concerned I have only used them once at 1/3 of the strength recommended so I have been going easy. Gonna purchase a small bottle of superthrive and add a single drop to the gallon of water I use to feed the girls along with the CALMAG. SO if I am skipping out on teas and such what nutrient line would be recommended? My next grow I will be mixing up a better soil but I was in a hurry to start growing again so unfortunately this has been a buy as you go process, the rushing hurt me in the beginning but I just couldnt wait anymore!
-slinger

 

[foreverflyhi]

Thanks for the advice bro, unfortunately I do not have a place where I can leave the soil outside to cook I have plenty of fox farm at the moment and I was thinking about transplanting into bigger pots, mixing the fox farm with perlite for better drainage. I have no experience with making teas at all, have not ventured that far, I am sure I will get to that point. I think I am just gonna break down and buy some CALMAG cause I am still having the slight lightening of the edges of some leaves and a couple leaves have some spotting. I dont have a ph issue anymore, I have been extremely precise with my watering now I dont want to take any more chances. As far as nutes are concerned I have only used them once at 1/3 of the strength recommended so I have been going easy. Gonna purchase a small bottle of superthrive and add a single drop to the gallon of water I use to feed the girls along with the CALMAG. SO if I am skipping out on teas and such what nutrient line would be recommended? My next grow I will be mixing up a better soil but I was in a hurry to start growing again so unfortunately this has been a buy as you go process, the rushing hurt me in the beginning but I just couldnt wait anymore!
-slinger

Yea I understand on not having the space for it. Just keep in mind you can really make a lot in little space. When I used to rent a apartment, I used to have a worm bin under my kitchen sink lol.
definatley need to transplant into bigger containers. At least double but make sure u give it a week or two before you flower.
what kind of nutes u using? RO water? If your using RO water, cut it with some waste water and that will solve your cal mag problem. No need to add more.
Fox farm it self is super strong, so honestly I would lay off the nutes.
Super thrive is cool, especially in getting those roots extra healthy around transplanting.
i don't really recommended any nutrient line, I would say now is the time to start using teas, especially if your planning on being organic.
If you think about it, u already have the main ingredients for your teas. Get a nylon sock fill it up with fox farm and BAM theres your baseline for your tea, invest in some molasses and some worm castings, add a couple drops of mollasses to make them microbes go crazy. Make sure u brew the tea by adding bubbles in there
One thing I can't stress enough is too add dolomite or some oyster shell to buffer ph. I know from experience that fox farm is too hot and not really the right npk ratio. Fox farm will almost always lower in ph though out its usage. This will cause mad problems in your finished product. Buffer it and your good.

 

[slinger36s]

Yea I understand on not having the space for it. Just keep in mind you can really make a lot in little space. When I used to rent a apartment, I used to have a worm bin under my kitchen sink lol.
definatley need to transplant into bigger containers. At least double but make sure u give it a week or two before you flower.
what kind of nutes u using? RO water? If your using RO water, cut it with some waste water and that will solve your cal mag problem. No need to add more.
Fox farm it self is super strong, so honestly I would lay off the nutes.
Super thrive is cool, especially in getting those roots extra healthy around transplanting.
i don't really recommended any nutrient line, I would say now is the time to start using teas, especially if your planning on being organic.
If you think about it, u already have the main ingredients for your teas. Get a nylon sock fill it up with fox farm and BAM theres your baseline for your tea, invest in some molasses and some worm castings, add a couple drops of mollasses to make them microbes go crazy. Make sure u brew the tea by adding bubbles in there
One thing I can't stress enough is too add dolomite or some oyster shell to buffer ph. I know from experience that fox farm is too hot and not really the right npk ratio. Fox farm will almost always lower in ph though out its usage. This will cause mad problems in your finished product. Buffer it and your good.

I am most definitely gonna look into the oyster shells and dolomite! the next grow will be a lot more detail specific, so you peaked my curiousity and I am gonna look into how to make teas etc, Today is unfortunately watering day and I had to use some nutes and epsom salt as per my regiment I made for myself, so basically I took 1 gallon of Crystal Geyser Spring Water, tested PH: 8.2, added 3 tbsp of Epsom Salt ( the AK seems to be a magnesium hog) added 1.25 TBSP of GH MaxiGrow 10-5-14, shook the bottle for 2 minutes making sure there were no clumps of any material in the water, tested the PH again : 6.0! Added drops of PH up until water tested at 7 on my PH Meter, tested with PH Test Tube to double check, then gave each plant 6 cups of water, tested each run off PH: 6.9. Im hoping this fixes the random reddish brown spotting I get on some of the leaves and the yellowing out from the edges in. Will post some pictures by Friday of what the leaves that are having this issue look like. Thanks to everyone for all your input, trust me it is noted and will be used for the future!!!
-slinger

 

[slinger36s]

Week 3 Day 5

Everything is progressing along, there is no sign of nute burn or anything malicious like that from my last watering, the secondary growth is pushing it way out, you can see a big difference. I decided to turn the 2x150 watt hps off until I actually start flowering, it felt like a waste and I am able to maintain perfect temperatures without them being on so why waste the electricity? Cutting clones Saturday! Below I am posting a few pictures both in and out of the closet, mainly focusing on the Grand Ak, you can see some yellowing in the leaves and a couple rust spots so I'm determining it is a Magnesium issue, if anyone else has any other thoughts I'm more than happy to hear them. Ok so here is the set up as of now.x

Area: 36 x 20 x 63 Aviditi Grow Tent

Lighting : 2 x 150 watt HPS (for additional lighting during flowering), 300 watt LED ProSeries Quad Band Grow Light

Temperature Control: 175 CPM Honeywell Turbo Fan (intake), 185 CPM Hydro Farm Active Air Inline Booster Fan

Strains: Grand AK (clone), Purple Cadillac (clone)

Soil: Fox Farm Ocean Forest

Nutrients: General Hydroponics MaxiGrow 10-5-14 (VEG), Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulfate), Advanced Nutrients Sensi Bloom Part A+B (FLOWERING)

Additives: Advanced Nutrients Bud Candy (Flowering)

Current PH of soil : 6.9

Current Temps: 59-72 F (lights off) 75-84 F (lights on)

Humidity: 25 - 32%

Current Lights Schedule: 18 hrs on / 6 hrs off


Ok thats it for the updates, here are some pics, enjoy!
-slinger

 

[PSUAGRO.]

^^^^^^you ain't kidding about that bitch being a cal/mag hog.....just watch the new growth and you'll be fine grower.