Hi all , i am first time serious attempt grower from western Europe who got encouraged to make a grow report by some most friendly members on this site.
So let the journey commence... !
Before starting of i'ld like to add that i'm just entering week 5 of my little grow with some def rookie mistakes so appologies if this first treath ends up a little long .
And perhaps for those who wonder what i mean by first time serious atempt , i had a small experiment a couple of years ago that got out of hand and resulted in this...
Setup
- Tent : Secret jardin DS60 60*60*150 (23.6 in*23.6 in*59.1 in)
- 150W HPS Lamp with hamer reflector kap
- 185m3 inline mini fan
- 150m3 Canlite carbonfilter
- 1x Min Max Thermo-Hygro meter
- 4* 11L pots
Seeds and medium
- White widow autoflower feminised
- Medium , Biogreen growmix
Nutrients
- B,cuzz 1 component basic feed
- APTUS: Startbooster, Topbooster, Regulator, Super-PK, K-Boost, en CaMg-Boost
Lights , temperature , and humidity
- Lights : 18/6
- Temp lights on : 23C / 26C (76F-78F)
- Temp lights off: 17C / 19C (63F-68F)
- humidity : Variated trough time
first weeks at 30%/40%
Since last fiew days at 45%/55% night and light cycle
Start of grow
21/11 : After placing seeds in a glass of water for around 6h in a dark roomtemperature closet i put the seeds inbetween 2 moist cottonpads. And put the plate on an angle so roots would grow down.
After witch they where potted directly into the 11L pots with the biogreen grow mix medium and instantly placed under the 150W HPS lamp.
First growth did well and plants where looking rather healthy untill i overwatered the plants and got some algy on my medium. this about 2 weeks in.
One plant in particular seems a little strechted on the nodes by now , but this little seed has simply been growing faster at every step of their young life.
Followed by another rookie mistake after overwatering i briefly had them underwatered out of scare with the algy.
week 4
Clearly more indication of a nutrient block starts to show , aswell as some leaves in the top are develeping yellow tips and are a little brittle on the edges.
After a lot of research on sites including AFN , i finaly figured out the deal with the Ph of the water and soil. As i did not have any knowledge of this before , i have been feeding a water with a PH of 7.6 without any nuts untill beginning of week 4.
Week 5
Got myself a Tensiometer (blulab digital) and a Bluepen PH meter with some Canna PH- pro a fiew days ago. So they have been getting a new regulated 5.9PH roomtemperature water with a small increase on the nuts and a CalMag additive for 2 days now and specially the smaller 2 plants seems to like it. The bigger plant shows no indication of improvement but also no deteriation. The tensiometer does its job vey well and i even ordered 3 new onces so i can have a better eye on the situation for each plant.
A clipfan has also been installed finaly now regulating the humidity much better at a stable 50-55% and the ots have been rasied up from the floor. The smaller plants i put a little higher so the leave canapee it a bit more equal aswell.
So thats where i'm at at the moment. I'll post a more detailled scedule of my nuts and watering soon .
Some last pics for now and i'll post an update in a couple of days to see if the changes have made impact ;-)!
So let the journey commence... !
Before starting of i'ld like to add that i'm just entering week 5 of my little grow with some def rookie mistakes so appologies if this first treath ends up a little long .
And perhaps for those who wonder what i mean by first time serious atempt , i had a small experiment a couple of years ago that got out of hand and resulted in this...
Setup
- Tent : Secret jardin DS60 60*60*150 (23.6 in*23.6 in*59.1 in)
- 150W HPS Lamp with hamer reflector kap
- 185m3 inline mini fan
- 150m3 Canlite carbonfilter
- 1x Min Max Thermo-Hygro meter
- 4* 11L pots
Seeds and medium
- White widow autoflower feminised
- Medium , Biogreen growmix
Nutrients
- B,cuzz 1 component basic feed
- APTUS: Startbooster, Topbooster, Regulator, Super-PK, K-Boost, en CaMg-Boost
Lights , temperature , and humidity
- Lights : 18/6
- Temp lights on : 23C / 26C (76F-78F)
- Temp lights off: 17C / 19C (63F-68F)
- humidity : Variated trough time
first weeks at 30%/40%
Since last fiew days at 45%/55% night and light cycle
Start of grow
21/11 : After placing seeds in a glass of water for around 6h in a dark roomtemperature closet i put the seeds inbetween 2 moist cottonpads. And put the plate on an angle so roots would grow down.
After witch they where potted directly into the 11L pots with the biogreen grow mix medium and instantly placed under the 150W HPS lamp.
First growth did well and plants where looking rather healthy untill i overwatered the plants and got some algy on my medium. this about 2 weeks in.
One plant in particular seems a little strechted on the nodes by now , but this little seed has simply been growing faster at every step of their young life.
Followed by another rookie mistake after overwatering i briefly had them underwatered out of scare with the algy.
week 4
Clearly more indication of a nutrient block starts to show , aswell as some leaves in the top are develeping yellow tips and are a little brittle on the edges.
After a lot of research on sites including AFN , i finaly figured out the deal with the Ph of the water and soil. As i did not have any knowledge of this before , i have been feeding a water with a PH of 7.6 without any nuts untill beginning of week 4.
Week 5
Got myself a Tensiometer (blulab digital) and a Bluepen PH meter with some Canna PH- pro a fiew days ago. So they have been getting a new regulated 5.9PH roomtemperature water with a small increase on the nuts and a CalMag additive for 2 days now and specially the smaller 2 plants seems to like it. The bigger plant shows no indication of improvement but also no deteriation. The tensiometer does its job vey well and i even ordered 3 new onces so i can have a better eye on the situation for each plant.
A clipfan has also been installed finaly now regulating the humidity much better at a stable 50-55% and the ots have been rasied up from the floor. The smaller plants i put a little higher so the leave canapee it a bit more equal aswell.
So thats where i'm at at the moment. I'll post a more detailled scedule of my nuts and watering soon .
Some last pics for now and i'll post an update in a couple of days to see if the changes have made impact ;-)!
. On the other hand it did provide me with a 140gr (dry) suply .
Keep us posted.
