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[Building] First closet, 1.5m x 0.6m, 300W HPS, 4 buckets

SpaceCat

SpaceCat

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Hi there !

After a first grow that turned out to be a male grow, I wanted to make a nice bubbleponics setup. Required stuff finally arrived and I started to build my closet in a 1.50m by 0.6m area. Lighting is done with two 150W lamps that I had in a box.

Extract will be done using the top right tube which is connected to toilets but in don't need it there. Intract is achieved using the old garbage pipe, still in this closet.

I will use 4 differents seeds :
- LSD from barney's farm
- Muñeka Rusa (Russion Doll) from Kannabia
- Sweet kush from Original Sensible
- Ltd Edition cheese from Original Sensible

More stuff :
- Root riots starting cubes
- GHE nutrients
- Chinese PHmeter and ECmeter
- 7.5cm hydro baskets

Hopefully I will have my first roots by next week !

Take care.
 

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A few update here.

It was my first time germinating a seed and I think I should have diluted Formulex to soak it. Luckily it was a dummy seed and I will try with an other one.

Meanwhile, I made a few leak tests and bucket still have the same water level after a night. There is a hole for air pipe + pump wire and a hole for "water level/drain tube". Picture doesn't show final setup.

I also took a photo of used products (I also want to use for tomatoes and starting bonzais). I still need to buy some flora bloom.
 

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A few news here, I pretty much failed the whole thing :(
I broke one seedling, my cat ate an other one, one seed didn't germinate and the last one folded because I forgot to remove it from the dark place (and it died).

I also bought a timed socket and I will go into the arduino stuff later. Right now, I have to find some new seeds and start again, with all these lessons (not fails) I learnt.

May someone tell me if it's better to put my seed in my starter cube using bubbleponic setup or shoud I germinate and then place the thing in my bucket ?
 
Hi SpaceCat, good job not letting this get you down. You've done so much beautiful work on your closet, you will easily master the seedling thing.

I like to soak my seeds in a shot glass of water until they sink, and then they go in RapidRooters or similar until they sprout in a cloning dome on a heating pad. I set the rooter plug into the grow cup with hydroton balls when it's about an inch tall and has small roots showing from the bottom, and turn on the top feed.
 
And SpaceCat, you have to be like an intensive care nurse taking care of preemie triplets (or however many seeds you've popped! This is the one time in their lives when you really do have to check on them throughout the day for moisture leveles and appearance of roots. When they need moisture, they need it fast. When they need light, they need it fast. Etc. They have to be your babies, so to speak.
 
I figured it out, the hard way unfortunately. Thanks for this advice, I will watch closely my next batch of seeds.

Also, this spider of yours is huge, is it a cousin of Nephila pilipes ? I saw some of them in Thailand and they were as tall as my hand, pretty but freaky !
 
Yes, she is Nephila clavipes, a native of where I live in the dirty south. Last summer, one spun her web right by my front door, another spun hers right outside my back door and a third spun hers on my back deck, right over the stairs, so I couldn't use the stairs all summer. I saw this all as an incredibly good omen...
 
Thanks for sharing your habits, I felt like doing in a similar way but using a plastic bowl as a dome. Even if some seedlings grow quicker than others, it won't be a problem for light, isn't it ?
 
They are really look alike ! However I met them in a forest and not on my back door. Maybe there was a reason that these girl didn't let you use your usual path.
 
Light isn't a problem, they don't need it, nor do they require darkness. Some will keep a close near by for the warmth, because temp is important. That the light is immediately available for the emerging seedling is also beneficial.

Humidity is also important, the little ones and their rootlet can dry out fast.

A bowl is fine. Some use shot glasses or clear plastic cups as does. I sometimes use my cloning dome, or if it's crowded in veg area, a rotisserie chicken tray from Costco on a seedling warming pad.
 
DingusKhan this is pure chance, I didn't know anything about this family of spiders before meeting one during a forest hike. I agree it's so cool to meet a guy with some knowledge on this topic whereas spiders ususally a bad surprise for growers.
 
Those three spiders were spirit guides. They wove safety and power all around my house.

I've always loved spiders; when I lived in Texas, I had a bunch of tarantulas that I raised from little babies. BTW, I'm a gal with spider knowledge. ;-}
 
On satuday, I received my latest order made of 6 seeds, one of each strain :

• Homegrown Seeds - Jack Herer
• Barney's Farm - LSD
• Original Sensible - Black destroyer (freebie)
• Zambeza seeds - White Widow XL
• Original Sensible - CBD Lemon AID (freebie)
• Buddha Seeds - Purple Kush auto

I didn't notice that purple kush was an automatic strain so it will be my first time. I chose to put only 3 seeds instead of 4 in my closet in order to still have 3 seeds for my next grow.

Current grow plans are :

LSD => 75x60cm (~30x25")
CBD Lemon & Purple Kush => 37x60cm (~15x25")

Seeds got soaked on saturday evening and they drowned yesteday midday. Seeds were inserted inside rapid rooters with the right labelling (that I forgot last time) inside a hamster water bowl with hydroton balls to hold cubes. I then placed a plastic box over the bowl and put the whole thing in a shoe box which was placed near my internet modem to get some heat.

I also poured a bit of tempered water with a small amount of nitrozyme (2mL/L) that I use to germinate seeds (20mL/L). Luckily, we have clear water from moutains here, without any chlorine.

I also tried to fix light leaks in my closet but it will require more than acrylic joint... Right now I cannot upload images, I will show you later, happy growing !
 
Some news here :

Once again, I failed my seedlings, I think it's due to non-phed water because my seeds germinated and they were in good conditions (heat, humitidy and dark). Luckily, I still have 3 available seeds ready to grow, this time will be the right one :D

I will try with phed water, seeds in rapid rooters and directly in DWC.

tommorow will be time for Jach Herer, Blac destroyer and White Widow XL. Even if I am sad to lost 3 seeds, I keep in mind that I am still in a learning period. Hands up, grow is coming !
 
Ah crap. I'm sorry to hear that, but good job keeping your spirits up, and getting back in the game! You'll get this.

Remember, you can de-chlorinate water by just running some bubbles in a bucket for a couple days. You really don't even need the bubbles, but it's faster that way. And your seedlings will like the oxygen.
 
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