Waterfarm, Purple Kush, 1st Hydro grow

Hello one and all, This is my first grow journal ive done a few outdoor and a few indoor grows all have been soil, but this time i dropped some coin and got myself a hydroponics set up ive been dreaming of.

Heres a list of my tools:
Gl60 tent (2ftx2ftx5ft)
GH Waterfarms x4
GH reservoir and controller with recirculating pack.
Hydroton (medium)
Phresh 150 carbon filter
S&P 100XS (Super silent fan 100-200 cfm)
T5 2 ft dual bulb set up x2 (veg & flower)
Sun system 150 HPS x2 (flower)
4 Inch ideal air duct booster (intake with home made carbon filter)
6 Inch clip fan x2 (circulation)
Blue lab PPM & PH meters
GH 3 Part Nutrients
6 Inch air stone (in res)
Air pumps x6

Im going to use the Lucas Formula with only one reservoir change during veg to flower cycle. Also going to be using 4 Bubba Kush clones from a buddy for this grow. As well as doing a Scrog and topping to this grow. Hoping for 2-4 oz per plant. Veg is going to be 4 weeks and flower 8 weeks.

Will post weekly updates on progress and pictures as well. If you have any comments or concerns or questions please feel free to post.

I get my clones this thursday so i thought my first post should be about my week 0 set up. Im super excited ive done so much reading including Sharks waterfarm thread and a few other very notable posters.

P.S. one of the reason i have switched to hydro was the organic soil I was using had root aphids inside that destroyed my last grow in which i was so sad that i figured it was time to make the switch to Hydro.

Wow ,I can't beleive you got everything in there and still so neat ,well done. Looks from your setup that your ready to rock. I hope to c the outcome.

Yeah I've alway been all about organization so I def try to keep everything nice. Also having that industrial sink in there for my res changes is gonna be really exciting.

looking good .. will try to follow it .. if my great memory don't fail me ..

nice set up .. almost sad that you don't have a nice high quality 600W MH/HPS cool hood ..

about lucas formula .. work great for me .. also revers it in flowering (from 2x micro and 1x bloom to 2x bloom and 1x micro)

tho I would advice you to continue with the "veg" formula doing the fist two weeks of 12/12 .. they will need the high Nitrogen doing the stretch ..

just incase the lucas formula is new to you or you did`t think about it ?

p.s.

I also used the ripen last 10 days or so .. but dunno how much it did for em ?

Yeah I was reading about contuining the veg dose for Atleast a week but thanks for the heads up I will try two weeks.

I know I wish I had a 400 or 600 but that will be later on the list. I always keep my 150's 4 inches from tops and since I'm doing scrog them seem to love it. With the 150's I don't have much to worry about in terms of heat too also the tent is only 2ft by 2ft so was alilttle nervous about putting anything bigger then a 400 in there.

Do u do res changes with the Lucas ? Been reading alot about some people doing res changes every week and some one res change in bewteen veg and flower and others not doing it at all. I've got a great ppm meter so I can check it but what are your guys thoughts?

dunno .. have been using it in coco ..

but most places I read about it .. most Ppl. say every 1-2 weeks is ok .. do some research please ..

Yeah I've read a ton on it just wondering what you have done . Basically want to see how far I can get with monitering ppm with no res changes besides veg to flower. But we'll see.

Mixing Nutrients using a variation well recommendation from lucas himself im using 5ml micro and 10ml bloom per gallon for the first half then going to full strength 8ml/15ml. the reason being is because im using low watt grow. nearly 400w totally but very much under that during vegg.

Sucks you don't have more space to get those waterfarms further apart. Very clean setup though.

Those plants wont fit in that tent. Check my page I have a couple grows in a GL60 with a waterfarm. I ended up having to buy a GL 80 to finish an acapulco gold that was to big for the GL60. GL 80 with 2 250 watt HPS is perfect for 1 waterfarm.

Yea, you're cutting yourself short. 1 waterfam could fill that tent easily.

Check out my grow I use 1 waterfarm under a 400w.

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/565050-g13-labs-pineapple-express-400w.html

Yeah I figured as much as far as space but what I'd really love and planning on doing is a perpetual grow harvest every two weeks. I'm going for a very short veg as well 21 days or under. I'm going to take the sink and convert that to a mother / clone area. So the tent can stay 12/12. I've had 4 3 gallon pots in there before and had 4 plants but I do realize waterfarms grow monsters so short veg with a lot of trimming topping and scoging. But I love your guys input I may end up switching it around and keeping 2 waterfarms in the tent and use the other two for maybe two types of mothers. But yeah the area u see is the only space I have to grow in . Taken a lot of measurements to make sure Atleast I'd have space for all that equipment.

I love the g13 pine!!! Nice grow Mr2shim! Yeah I'm just wanting to see what I can get away with.

Cleaning the crap out of my hydroton has paid off ph steady at 5.5 over night. Getting Hindu Kush clones Thursday. Excited!

Delayed till next week clones weren't ready to bring back home >< Don't have a cloner so iv'e got to be patient I guess. This is at least letting me get dialed in with my set up 50-60% humidity and temps going from 60-80 degrees day and night. Ph has stabilized at 6.0 gonna lower it down a lil bit later. PPM is at around 600. update later when I get clones.

Hey guys sorry it took me so long to post a update was delayed and had to travel for work also ended up getting purple kush instead of hindu kush. My clones have finally rooted enough about 1 inch and tons of sprouts so today i transplanted the into the waterfarms! not going to turn on the drip system for a few more days want the roots to really search and develop themselves. so ill be hand watering and keeping up the humidity. also the ppm of system is around 400 so i dont want to shock them. hence the hand watering.

PPM of back up res is 500 controller is 400 PH of both are 5.9. temps have been 70-80 degrees.

Nice, how long do you plan to veg?

Going for three weeks putting screen up at 8-12 inches from top of waterfarms. I've got 30 inches of space to grow not including space for lights. So I may just veg to 12 Inchs.

Still week one and i decided i needed more t5's! so i bought a 4 bulb t5 light fixture from the hydro store. so now im running alittle over 200 watts of t5's for vegging. im also still hand watering very timid about shocking my babies with anything over 250 ppm. my res is currently around 400 so maybe next week ill start the drip rings. Any comments on when its ok to start the drip rings from other waterfarm enthusiasts?

So here they are after week 0 to week 1 has finshed