Alt0's Grow (1st timer)

thegigglepimp · May 3, 2008

Hey man looking good. Catching up with my girls pretty fast

New nutes look good, hope the change over goes as smoothly as possible!

Alto · May 3, 2008

Heh
I remained mute this time.
Next Vid I will have more to say I promise!
This is my journey each morning to check the kids.
First stopping at where I raise vegtables and moving into the OP.
The Basil clone are on the shelf by the small tomatoes
Next is where I mix my nutes, finnaly into where the "girls" are.
Hope you can see clearly and enjoy this look inside...

By the way This is all a very elaborate hoax and nothing you see is actually real. In fact I'm not real, your not real, and this is all a long silly dream.
WAKE UP!

thegigglepimp · May 3, 2008

Great video, your grow op/ops are slightly more advanced than mine

I cannot wait to get enough land or a decent spare room to set up a grow op similar to yours. I have so many limitations its crazy. Did i see a sugar and yeast mix there for Co2? If so glad im not the only one lol

Plants are looking good, nothing like a video to get an idea of scale etc! I assure you i'll be giving you some more rep as soon as i can lol

Alto · May 3, 2008

thegigglepimp said:
Great video,

Thanks!

thegigglepimp said:
Did i see a sugar and yeast mix there for Co2? If so glad im not the only one lol

Yep going to get the C02 BOOSTER for next grow...

thegigglepimp said:
Plants are looking good, nothing like a video to get an idea of scale etc!

Yes you can get a much better sense of scale with objects of known size in the image, even tho it is all phony lmao...
Peace Brother, I will return the rep as soon as I make more friends and can again.
:peace:

mmclean3 · May 3, 2008

nice job alto looking nice

Alto · May 3, 2008

mmclean3 said:
nice job alto looking nice

Thanks, waiting is surely the most difficult part....

mmclean3 · May 3, 2008

Alto said:
Thanks, waiting is surely the most difficult part....

Boy is it.. Boy is it.. i'm sitting here waiting for my plants to start looking better ughnesss

crownedreaper · May 3, 2008

nice vid Alto and great job with raising those ladies..waiting is the hardest part, but seeing how well they grow makes it worth it...ever thought about playing music for them?

Alto · May 3, 2008

crownedreaper said:
nice vid Alto and great job with raising those ladies..waiting is the hardest part, but seeing how well they grow makes it worth it...ever thought about playing music for them?

I mostly have headphones on when I go in the OP but yes I do play music for them.
What music?
Dead of course :peace:

crownedreaper · May 4, 2008

lol I play Acid Jazz for my plants..I think it helped improve their growth and rate lol

Alto · May 4, 2008

Date: 5/04 –6:30am
Room Conditions:
LIGHTS (400W MH) ON 18/6 (off time 8am to 2pm)
Distance from top of Growing Medium 19" (13” to top of canopy)
Temperature – 73.9F (78.9/69.4)
Humidity - 49% (50%/46%)
Room/Light vent running-YES (off 7am on 4pm / off 8pm on 12am)
Small room fan (on high, facing plants, timed off / on every 30 mins.)
Water Conditions:
Reservoir Aeration running-ALWAYS
Temperature – 66.2F
PH – 6.4 (adjusted back to 5.3 using 35 drops PH DOWN)
PPM – 1010

Nutrient Solution:2 GAL.
25.0ML Flora Nova GROW™
4.0ML Floralicious Plus™
30.0ML FLORABLEND ™Vegan Compost Tea
2 Tsp Epsom Salt
10.0ML PyroSol™ Silicate Clay

Foliar Spray:1 L.
30.0ML Dutch Master Penetrator™
5.0ML Van De Zwaan Magic Green™
1/8 tsp Epsom salt

Notes:
Tips on lower leaves of smaller plants [see images of No 1, 6 and 7] showed classic signs of slight nute burn
Larger plants did not show these signs
Flushed a little by running 1cup PH balanced water into each of the affected plants pots,
by pouring water right into pot at base of plant
This will 1- remove excess nutes from the grow medium for each affected plant
And 2- reduce strength of total nutes in reservoir
Foliar sprayed plants while outside reservoir during nute change/reservoir cleaning
Sprayed until solution ran from leaf tips being sure to reach the undersides of all leaves
PH went up quite a bit overnight, adjusted by removing plants one at a time
and adding several drops PH DOWN to each site
Total to bring solution back to target of 5.3 was 35 drops
Will check again when lights come on at 2pm
New Dutch Master Penetrator™ wetting agent looks to be working great
Absolutely no beading of spray on leaves. Leaves seem to take on a “waxy” shine while wet
All plants were completely dry before returning to reservoir
I only plan on using spray during reservoir changes at this point
New PyroSol is a nutrient additive that is composed of water soluble Silicate clay
This is to supply Silicate to plants which helps protect them from some stress especially heat,
by promoting a strengthening in plant cell walls, it is the only powder (other than Epsom salt) I am using currently
(Later during flower I will introduce KoolBloom™ which is also a powder)

Images:

1/7- day 24 6:23(AM)
8- overview (with some measurements added)
9- a properly calibrated meter is a good meter

No 2 is coming back with a vengeance, accelerated growth of newer leaf sets
In fact No 2 is the first plant to produce a full 9 point leaf set! WhoHoo
N0 3 (my largest by far) branches at first node are as thick as No 2 main stem
and are also on their own 2nd leaf set, competing with the main trunk of the plant in height.
Go Go No 3!
Note on PH meter:
Re calibrated with newly purchased solution (was only off .2)
I folded a small piece of paper towel and placed in meter case (where probe sits) and moistened with storage solution
to keep sensor moist as directed. Should keep it accurate and help make it last longer.
Thats todays report, enjoy the photos
Update on PH imbalance (remeasure) coming later

jasonlocsouthkorea · May 4, 2008

nute burn..........

Alto · May 4, 2008

jasonlocsouthkorea said:
nute burn..........

yeah It should be OK
I adjusted like I described in the text
will be checking again when lights come back on.

Alto · May 4, 2008

Just looked in on the ladies and everything is good.
PH holding now where it should be and the night hours seem to really be doing the burned plants a lot of good.

whoreable · May 4, 2008

Great stuff Alto!

Your a good daddy

Alto · May 5, 2008

Date: 5/05 6:00am
Room Conditions:
LIGHTS (400W MH) ON 18/6 (off time 7:30am to 1:30pm)
Distance from top of Growing Medium 19" (13 to top of canopy)
Temperature 71.2F (78.9/63.1)
Humidity - 67% (87%/46%)
Room/Light vent running-YES (off 7am on 4pm / off 8pm on 12am)
Small room fan (on high, facing plants, timed off / on every 30 mins.)
Water Conditions:
Reservoir Aeration running-ALWAYS
Temperature 67.0F
PH 5.8 (adjusted back to 5.3)
PPM 1010

Nutrient Solution:2 GAL.1200PPM
25.0ML Flora Nova GROW
4.0ML Floralicious Plus
30.0ML FLORABLEND Vegan Compost Tea
2 Tsp Epsom Salt
10.0ML PyroSol Silicate Clay
(has been weakened with PH 5.5 water to dilute because of nute burn to 1010PPM)

Foliar Spray:1 L. (not used today)
Instead I sprayed just at lights out with plain PH 5.5 water and a little Penetrator

Notes:
Everyone seemed a little droopy today so I sprayed well with PHed water right before lights out.
There is a slight (very slight) foam in reservoir just a few bubbles stuck to sides of pots when I removed one to test.
Cleaned air stones and they are making a lot of bubbles so its probably that.
Noticed roots are prolific in tray (seems to be a good bit more than when I changed reservoir and nute mixture)
All shiny white tho and healthy looking
Images:

1/7- day 25 6:15(AM)
8- overview (with some measurements added)
(Sorry about the quality of todays photos as I ended up using my phone because of battery issues,
better images later today after work for at least the journal stash. If they come out real nice I will post)

Thanks for all the support

toolage · May 5, 2008

woo alto everything is looking great! I'm glad to hear you are having such good luck with Penetrator. If I may also recommending Liquid Light from them as well. It's about $60 U.S. but it allows more light in the leaves, and turns a 400w HPS into a 600w HPS. Great stuff!! Can't wait to see more updates man keep up the good work!!

Alto · May 5, 2008

toolage said:
woo alto everything is looking great! I'm glad to hear you are having such good luck with Penetrator. If I may also recommending Liquid Light from them as well. It's about $60 U.S. but it allows more light in the leaves, and turns a 400w HPS into a 600w HPS. Great stuff!! Can't wait to see more updates man keep up the good work!!

I thought about that but I am using this Van de Zwaa stuff and am unsure about mixing products
(definitely with next grow I will try it unless this Magic Green stuff is all its cracked up to be, Van de Zwaa is actually produced in Holland)
:peace:

Thanks for the support Toolage

Alto · May 5, 2008

OK I am somewhat a computer geek
lol
(I even have my MCSA/MCSE from microsoft)

Anyway, I have been keeping this chart to give me a better look at the "Big Picture" of how my grow is going.
Have a look:
Conditions Chart (monthly)
When you click this link it will upload a Word file to your PC. You can choose to open or save it.
(You can delete the measurement information and fill in your own statistics if you like)
You need to have Word to open it or use it. But the charts do change when you change the information in the blocks at the top.
Hope someone can use this to help them have a better grow
:peace:

toolage · May 5, 2008

hehe just got my MCSE 2 months ago. Don't really do computer work anymore though, but still a nice little card to hang onto :mrgreen:

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