Ganja viewer
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Well..., I'm on my first grow ever using wh. Russian seeds. I think I'm leaning towards the 24/0 cycle for vegging(started already). Received seeds last Friday at 2pm, soaked til 11pm and put in soil mix of starter mix/fox farm potting/fox farm ocean/ and some perlite in 3" peat pots. By Sunday, 100% germ rate and by today at an average of 2 inches on 12 plants with 2nd set of jagged leaves poking up on a few!
I've been reading constantly for weeks now and have decided on 24/0. Some say that the plants store energy for the dark period, like a battery that is charged. But a re-chargeable battery will also last for quite a long time longer if it is always charging and never gets drained, or used! So I've decided to keep my plants on the charger constantly! Yes, there is plenty of debate on the subject, and people prefer one way or another, but my plants are responding fabulously on 24/0 and are only 5 days and 5 hours from receiving the seeds in the mail!!! 2" tall already! I've read grow journals that the seedlings were at my height after 1-3 weeks from start of germing! Maybe I just lucked out (so far!), but I've done a lot of research and have been trying to take the majority consensus plus add my own little methods(such as soil mix) to the equation and things are going good. 24/0 or 18/6 is the hardest to determine from everyone swearing one way or the other, but I'm on 24/0 now and don't have any complaints! Will probably lower light gradually for 2 hours a day(last 6-days) until I hit 12/12 and flower-time to avoid major stress on plants. Just my 2 cents, from a newbie... 2- 4' 40 watt shop light flourescents for 2 days and now under 400 w mh at 16" away(started at about 21" and lowered the last 3 days evenly. 50% humidity and about 78-82 degrees in day, a tad lower at night due to the house cooling down. Closet 5x6x8, grow area 4x4, 80-90 cfm ceiling fan installed, fan on floor when needed to strengthen stems and blow cooler air in from room, and a 1/4 strength of big bloom in water since day 3, but will start alternating w/just water starting tonight.
Hope it works out and good luck to all!
I've been reading constantly for weeks now and have decided on 24/0. Some say that the plants store energy for the dark period, like a battery that is charged. But a re-chargeable battery will also last for quite a long time longer if it is always charging and never gets drained, or used! So I've decided to keep my plants on the charger constantly! Yes, there is plenty of debate on the subject, and people prefer one way or another, but my plants are responding fabulously on 24/0 and are only 5 days and 5 hours from receiving the seeds in the mail!!! 2" tall already! I've read grow journals that the seedlings were at my height after 1-3 weeks from start of germing! Maybe I just lucked out (so far!), but I've done a lot of research and have been trying to take the majority consensus plus add my own little methods(such as soil mix) to the equation and things are going good. 24/0 or 18/6 is the hardest to determine from everyone swearing one way or the other, but I'm on 24/0 now and don't have any complaints! Will probably lower light gradually for 2 hours a day(last 6-days) until I hit 12/12 and flower-time to avoid major stress on plants. Just my 2 cents, from a newbie... 2- 4' 40 watt shop light flourescents for 2 days and now under 400 w mh at 16" away(started at about 21" and lowered the last 3 days evenly. 50% humidity and about 78-82 degrees in day, a tad lower at night due to the house cooling down. Closet 5x6x8, grow area 4x4, 80-90 cfm ceiling fan installed, fan on floor when needed to strengthen stems and blow cooler air in from room, and a 1/4 strength of big bloom in water since day 3, but will start alternating w/just water starting tonight.
Hope it works out and good luck to all!
