A little grow blog (go dog)
Salutations, so i should say a few words about me me me. I grew outdoors for many years hassle free, good sun ,lots of corn fields,spoiled realy but the last three years on the trot Ive been robbed,we were isolated but now its touristic and more people means less chance of keeping hold of a harvest and so i decided to grow indoors last year and so far so good. MY KIT------- grow tent 80x80x120, 400w hps ,cooltube, 100m extract ducting used in conjunction with 120w LED full spectrum, 20 GU10 3w grow lights(10x2700K and 10x6400k) as side fill, 7.5L square pots, Light mix soil, Biogrow/Bloom nutes (still keeping it simple although I am researching hydroponics and have just built another grow room 1.5x2.0x2.0m for a learning experiment) thats about it for kit . Light regime is 24/0 I have found this to be the most effective and least risky (auto's are sensitive to any break in routine and are stunted easily by light leaks so no timer no dark period because they simply dont need it and it reduces grow time so they yield less. I feed them Approx 1/4 dose nutes but I mix half this again of the other nutrient ie when veggative 1/4 dose Biogrow 1/8 dose biobloom , around 1 week of preflowering I switch to 1/4 BioBloom 1/8 Biogrow every second watering NO SPRAYING (easiest way to get spotty leaves or budrot,) flush with R.O water 5 days idealy and there you go, no probs. I veg in a ply wood box 50x50x80 under 125w cfl 6400k with another 12 x3w 6500k sidelights (6 either side)for approx 2 weeks and then into the tent with their big sisters and bobs your aunty Nothings hemed on me but I have had a couple stunt on me cos of shock usualy due to temperature or havinga bloody big hot light squashing them, there you go 'thats me for me! Just a footnote using 24/0 means the plants can be very bushy so i,m pretty OCD about turning plants and moving lights ,when I learn how to send photos I will as I think they look really impressive, blimey that took a while (I type like a copper) thankyou for your indulgance and Chow peeps