2nd Grow-Lowryder2

onenumcat · Nov 14, 2008

Learned many things from my first grow.

Main thing is...less water is good.
A decent to good light is right. tried cfls the first time...3 bulbs for a total of 37 watts, lol. that is enough for seedlings, but not for a decent veg. certainly not enough for flowering.

This time I'm using Lowryder2 seeds, gonna do about 8, grew/growing bagseed before/now.

I have a good light setup on order now, should be here next week.
400w HPS, reflector and ballast. using the same room as before, about 6x8ft. I also have 500w MV ballastless bulbs, 2 of them. not certain yet whether or not to add one or both, if any. they really, really get hot!

gonna shop for pots and soil tomorrow. I will grow organically. sure wish to add co2, but that will depend on availability.

I'll post some pics tomorrow also, not much to see now anyway.

onenumcat · Nov 14, 2008

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onenumcat · Nov 15, 2008

ok, got 4 lowryder2's in soil, 3 more still germinating...and 2 Mazars in the germ dish also. Now that will be, hopefully, 10 new plants added to the 6 that are already in there. I'm gonna post a few pics, but there isn't really anything new to see, except 4 pots covered with saran wrap. that is until the new light arrives, maybe 3 more days, and all seeds are in soil and they break the surface...

I guess I'll post again when the new light is installed. :peace:

thomas232 · Nov 15, 2008

I'm watching

onenumcat · Nov 15, 2008

thomas232 said:
I'm watching

I'm waiting...lol. just can't do any more at the moment. what are you growing thomas?

onenumcat · Nov 17, 2008

damn it! screwed up 4 seeds already and one didn't germinate, so already 5/20 lowryder2 seeds down the drain. the first batch of seeds, bagseed, I just threw into a small tuperware with a paper towel and water. I threw in about 20-25 of them and 18 germinated. I didn't cover it and didn't put it in a dark place, just into a semi-lit room. this time I tried to follow some directions on germination...don't seem to work for me. also, before, the germinated seeds were about 3-4cm long before I planted them. this time I planted at about 1cm and put them in soil a few cm below the surface...
I'll go back to my 'throw em in' style and wait until they're more mature before I put em in soil...back to day 1!

peacemane420 · Nov 17, 2008

illl be watchin as well! =)

onenumcat · Nov 17, 2008

peacemane420 said:
illl be watchin as well! =)

kool, kool.
a quick update on the lights. HPS is in...I'll post 2 pics. the grow room is being revamped as we...type?...
when finished, it will include, at minimum, 1 HPS 400w v/high red spectrum bulb, and 2 500w ballastless MV bulbs. I know they aren't very good for growing, but it's what I have. probably install those next week. and then post more pics.
thanks for having a peep, sorry there isn't much to look at now...

peacemane420 · Nov 18, 2008

cool! good luck with the room man

onenumcat · Nov 18, 2008

ok, looked in on the room when I woke up, it's about 36-38C and the humidity is only 20%. too hot, too dry. I don't think adding the other 500w bulb is a good idea. I do have a cool mist machine, but it has no cord. I can replace that no problem. no damage to the plants...just bagseed now anyway.
I stepped up the germination...just in case, lol. there are 3 mazar, only 6 lowryder2's, and 6 more bagseeds. gonna let them all grow to at least 3cm, one inch, before planting them. they are now in a clear tuperware container, covered with a opaque, yellow dish, but not sealed. they are on the grow table, but in the shade of a pot. so they get some light, warmth, and can still 'breath'.
a couple lowryder2's are over a cm long now. all seeds have germinated.
I've decided, I don't like to plant a seed or even a just germinated seed. I may try it again sometime in the future.
more tomorrow...

onenumcat · Nov 23, 2008

OK, here's a total update. first of all, let me say, I think, seeds bought from a seed bank are harder to germinate than bagseed! most of my seeds got caught up in that thin inner membrane and were being strangled!

Previous crop(still going):
5 bagseeds

New crop(integrated into old one):
8 Lowryder2's
3 Mazar's
and a few more bagseeds

Equipment:
1 HPS, 400w, w/ballast and hood(reflector)
1 MV(not very good, I know), 500w, ballastless, w/hood
1 oscillating fan
1 cool mist/heater machine
1 black light(the story on this is it was supposed to cut down on the smell
but then I discovered only a light that emits UVC will do that...this one only emits UVA, which is harmless. UVC causes melanoma and creates ozone-O3. however, I can't smell a thing outside the room and very, very little in it...!?!

Temp/Humidity: about 30C/45-50%
Now running 18/6, plan to do this for a week or two. then go to 12/12 for 7-8 weeks.

I should be able to harvest the Lowryder2's, Mazar's and the first crop of bagseed around mid January...if all goes well.

peacemane420 · Nov 24, 2008

sweeet!!!
cant wait to see the mazar!
good luck

onenumcat · Nov 24, 2008

thanks 4 stopping by, peacemane. I'll post some pics a little later...I hope there is something for you to see.

onenumcat · Nov 25, 2008

some pics...actually not as dismal as it may look. I may be over-watering again...so damn eager! let's see what happens in a few wks...

LR2's are color coded 'brown' and Mazar's are 'green'...uh, the tall, skinny, yellowish ones are the first crop.

onenumcat · Nov 25, 2008

one more thing...the cool mist is doing really good job keeping the humidity/temp in balance. down side is, I have to control it manually...no vacation this winter.

peacemane420 · Nov 25, 2008

cool! good luck man!
ill be here watchin =)

onenumcat · Nov 25, 2008

the seedlings just got their first real watering today. tallest Mazar-4cm, shortest Lowryder2-1cm, all within a day or so in age.

peacemane420 · Nov 26, 2008

nice!
lol i like how you color coated them

NoobRyder · Nov 26, 2008

looking forward to pics. checkout my journal, 20 days till harvest

onenumcat · Nov 27, 2008

well, it was a rough beginning.

final plant count is 7 LR2's, 3 Mazar. I'm hoping they will all stay roughly the same size.

one Mazar is getting really tall, and I'm afraid to burn them by lowering the light, so, I covered it for a few hrs each day. we'll see how that works out.

I threw in a pic of one of my older plants...bleeding red...because these are all getting topped. I think its an excess of N.

They're all growing real fast now, so keep a look out for more pics soon.

remember, 'brown' is for LR2, and 'green' is for Mazar.

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