First grow Special kush #1 / white widow grow journal

[DankwingDuck]

This is good enough for my seedlings ???

 

[DankwingDuck]

The lumens are pretty low i few like it’s not strong enough

 

[Drekthar]

Dank... I'm pretty new to growing myself as I am currently on my first grow. One thing I keep reading in the forums and from my personal experience most growers seem to suggest getting away from the clear air line on your air pump as they suggest it allows light into the reservoir which typically means green algae.
I actually have a couple of tomato and pepper plants in a and have had the algae issue when using aerogarden water reservoir with clear tubing and also when using a air pump with clear tubing. Just a suggestion you might want to switch to black tubing or such..

 

[DankwingDuck]

Ty I’ll look into it

 

[Chefbjy]

As far as I understand seedlings don't need many lumens. I don't think there is a set amount for such an early stage of life.

 

[DankwingDuck]

So it should be fine then?

 

[DankwingDuck]

I think this should do the trick for my seedlings . Going to put SK#1.2 and WW under it and leave SK#1.1 under the hps because it’s in the dwc already

 

[Cannabliss]

I think you'll be fine. Those 2', T5's I was talking about are only about 24W and only have 2000 lumens each, so this should be ok.

 

[DankwingDuck]

5/8/2018

Sk#1.1: ph 5.9 ppm 179 looking green and healthy . Adjusted ph down was about 7.0 .

WW/SK#1.2 : plants looks a little stretched oddly . Where leaning over slightly after putting them into the larger rockwool cubes . But seem to be standing up nicely now . Moved them from the tent to my closet and placed them under my new 19w led grow light that I just got today specially for my seedlings . If they do well under it I well continue to use it for all my seedling in the future .

Evrything looks great today ( including all my seedlings for my veg garden which seem to have doubled in size over night ) starting to think I might actually get these plants to harvest if I have a few dozen more days like today .

 

[Cannabliss]

They're looking good. Watch the stretch though. If they start stretching more than that, lower the lights just a bit more. Nice setup btw.

 

[DankwingDuck]

That stretch happened while they were under the 600w hps .

 

[DankwingDuck]

5/9/2018

SK#1.1 H 5.9 ppm 250 ( ppm came out a little higher then I wanted but I’m going to let it be ) looks healthy and visible growth .

WW/SK#1.2 : these little guy had me worried for a moment but they really made a turn in the right direction. After 12hrs under new led they show visible growth .

( side note : alway check your caps . Went to shake up my ph down and splashed it on my veg seedlings . Will likely have to replant everything as it began to droop almost instantaneously. Positive side it didn’t get on my marijuana plants . So no real big lose , just kinda annoyed with myself I think I missed one cucumber and one pepper plant . Sad sad day but my marijuana is good so I’m not going to lose sleep over some 50cent veg seeds )

 

[DankwingDuck]

Very surprisingly my veg plants made a full recovery. They looked almost dead this morning and completely bounced back . Still glad it wasnt my marijuana plants . The last thing they need is any stress . Really glad I don’t have to sleep with one eye open . I thought my girlfriend was going to kill me . New seedling light is really making a difference . Can already see growth On my too seedlings since hooking it up.

 

[Chefbjy]

That's great. Get the light at a good height? I use the hand test. Put your hand over the top of the plant hold for 10 seconds...if the back of your hand gets hot it's too close. Can prob get it pretty close.

 

[DankwingDuck]

It’s about 20-22 inches from it I just attached it to my closet bar above my dresser . So far so good . Could prob get closer . Doesn’t seem to make much heat at all . Is only 19w

 

[Campesino]

CFLs should be 2 inches from the plant.
LEDs that are like CFLs maybe a little further, but not 20". You will encourage them to stretch with the lights so high.

 

[DankwingDuck]

I have taken over about a 3rd of my bed room . With my 2 4x4 tents and the closet now . Pluse my cedar chest I keep all my supplies in . My girlfriend has been surprisingly ok with it all lol. Can’t wait to move to my new house in a few months. As long as this all goes well I’m planning to build a 12 site dwc as well as start a soil grow in the 20x10 green house on the property. Will likely still keep my dwc indoors because I live in the north . This way I can still grow year round .

 

[Campesino]

Having a supporting partner is great... I remember those days...
lol

 

[DankwingDuck]

I let her do all her veg seeds in the tent so it helped convince her .

 

[DankwingDuck]

5/10/2018

SK#1.1 : PH 5.9 PPM 320 . Third node is starting to grow in . Very excited. Looks healthy . No issues .

SK1.2 / WW : are growing good . First node visibility . Plants are growing very well under there new light.