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My First Grow Journal...EVER! 600W MH/HPS Bubbleponics Cabinet Grow
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08/06/2017:
07:00PM: Okay so troll problem resolved. The person has now been blocked since they continued on even after I tried to just agree to disagree. Guess some people just can't help but be dicks. Anyway, back to my plants...WOW! They are looking amazing! I opened the cabinet today and was almost blown away at how big they got from just yesterday! I am definitely starting them flowering on Monday. The speed they are growing, I feel that would be best. I poured the leftover pHed HydroGuard water from the other day in both reservoirs. Doing a nutrient change tomorrow, along with a bulb change and I am changing my light schedule to turn the light ON at 6PM and OFF at 6AM. I was going to do 9-9 but I prefer not working on the plants when it is dark out because of the bugs. This way, I will have a couple of hours of daylight each day to mess with the plants and not have to worry about the bugs. I have attached photos below but it is almost hard to tell what plant is what. They look a lot alike even though there are different strains on each side!
Side Note: I definitely want to make some changes on my next reservoir! For starters, I am only growing two plants at a time next time. The way these things have spread out tells me it would be far easier to maintain two plants versus four. I could easily let them veg a little longer and grow two plants out just as big as the four growing now...especially with the addition of the string trellis I will be adding. Also, I will be adding a much needed fill port for my reservoir changes! I will be using a 4" PVC cleanout pipe end and cap seen here. This will allow me to fill my reservoir without opening the lid! I also plan on installing a custom built check level gauge on the side of the reservoir using blue tubing and a bulkhead and elbow inserted in the bottom of the reservoir. This will allow me to keep a constant eye on my fluid levels easily and also without opening the top. Finally, I plan on either adding in a drain line from the water pump to drain the tank or leaving the suction head in my reservoir permanently with a plastic hose adapter and some garden hose and have a port up top to hook into to drain. I can monitor the level with the check valve so again, I wouldn't have to open the lid! Having a string trellis system above the plants, I don't want to have to ever need to open the lid as it would be very difficult and could damage the plants.
08/06/2017:
07:00PM: Okay so troll problem resolved. The person has now been blocked since they continued on even after I tried to just agree to disagree. Guess some people just can't help but be dicks. Anyway, back to my plants...WOW! They are looking amazing! I opened the cabinet today and was almost blown away at how big they got from just yesterday! I am definitely starting them flowering on Monday. The speed they are growing, I feel that would be best. I poured the leftover pHed HydroGuard water from the other day in both reservoirs. Doing a nutrient change tomorrow, along with a bulb change and I am changing my light schedule to turn the light ON at 6PM and OFF at 6AM. I was going to do 9-9 but I prefer not working on the plants when it is dark out because of the bugs. This way, I will have a couple of hours of daylight each day to mess with the plants and not have to worry about the bugs. I have attached photos below but it is almost hard to tell what plant is what. They look a lot alike even though there are different strains on each side!
Side Note: I definitely want to make some changes on my next reservoir! For starters, I am only growing two plants at a time next time. The way these things have spread out tells me it would be far easier to maintain two plants versus four. I could easily let them veg a little longer and grow two plants out just as big as the four growing now...especially with the addition of the string trellis I will be adding. Also, I will be adding a much needed fill port for my reservoir changes! I will be using a 4" PVC cleanout pipe end and cap seen here. This will allow me to fill my reservoir without opening the lid! I also plan on installing a custom built check level gauge on the side of the reservoir using blue tubing and a bulkhead and elbow inserted in the bottom of the reservoir. This will allow me to keep a constant eye on my fluid levels easily and also without opening the top. Finally, I plan on either adding in a drain line from the water pump to drain the tank or leaving the suction head in my reservoir permanently with a plastic hose adapter and some garden hose and have a port up top to hook into to drain. I can monitor the level with the check valve so again, I wouldn't have to open the lid! Having a string trellis system above the plants, I don't want to have to ever need to open the lid as it would be very difficult and could damage the plants.
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END OF VEGETATIVE STAGE! Total vegetative stage time: 34 days from seed (07/05/2017 to 08/07/2017)
08/07/2017:
06:15PM: After swapping my light to the HPS bulb, I drained both reservoirs and filled them with the Week 5 batch of nutrients from my feed chart. The plants basically grew so much last night that it cut the distance between the light in half overnight!! I moved the light up a bit higher since I swapped to the HPS bulb. Once the light came on, I was able to see that the HPS bulb puts out a ton more light than the MH one did! I tested the lux at the top of my plant and it was over 90k even after moving my fixture up due to the previous night's growth so I moved the light fixture up about 2/3's of the way up and retested it and the highest reading was back down to 85k which is the max amount I want (also the most the plant can absorb). I will need to keep an eye on it once the stretch happens. With the reflective wall covering, the reading down at the bottom of the plant is still as high as 45k and that is under the shade of other leaves! That reflective film I bought is wonderful at bouncing the light! Below are the photos of the plants on their very first day in the flowering cycle! Thanks for reading.
10:20PM: I decided to raise my light up a few more clicks due to the levels of light reaching the leaves. Prior to moving the light this time, my highest lux reading was about 85k which is max for cannabis. After moving it, my highest reading was about 73k which is much better and as fast as they are growing I will likely have to adjust again soon!
END OF VEGETATIVE STAGE! Total vegetative stage time: 34 days from seed (07/05/2017 to 08/07/2017)
08/07/2017:
06:15PM: After swapping my light to the HPS bulb, I drained both reservoirs and filled them with the Week 5 batch of nutrients from my feed chart. The plants basically grew so much last night that it cut the distance between the light in half overnight!! I moved the light up a bit higher since I swapped to the HPS bulb. Once the light came on, I was able to see that the HPS bulb puts out a ton more light than the MH one did! I tested the lux at the top of my plant and it was over 90k even after moving my fixture up due to the previous night's growth so I moved the light fixture up about 2/3's of the way up and retested it and the highest reading was back down to 85k which is the max amount I want (also the most the plant can absorb). I will need to keep an eye on it once the stretch happens. With the reflective wall covering, the reading down at the bottom of the plant is still as high as 45k and that is under the shade of other leaves! That reflective film I bought is wonderful at bouncing the light! Below are the photos of the plants on their very first day in the flowering cycle! Thanks for reading.
10:20PM: I decided to raise my light up a few more clicks due to the levels of light reaching the leaves. Prior to moving the light this time, my highest lux reading was about 85k which is max for cannabis. After moving it, my highest reading was about 73k which is much better and as fast as they are growing I will likely have to adjust again soon!
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Thanks. Yeah the trunks are down there somewhere among the lettuce! LOL. At the moment, I am not going to defoliate anything because it seems to be doing really well. I am going to do some reading on defoliating tonight so my plans may change. If they do, I will update the post to reflect that.
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I know yourll read it somewhere but basically defoliating allows light to lower "bud" sites increasing yield.. it also tricks the plant into putting more energy into your buds instead of leaves but yourll read that lol
i just want you to sing lollipop lollipop oh lolli lollipop while you do it lol it's stuck in my head
i just want you to sing lollipop lollipop oh lolli lollipop while you do it lol it's stuck in my head