Lighting My first-ever Autocob grow! (HSO Blue Dream x2)

[HippieWarrior]

i am subbed. Looking good so far.

 

[PapaEmeritus]

i am subbed. Looking good so far.

Welcome aboard! Thanks for subbing up, I should have the next update & pics up in a few days. Should be good, it looks like she's *just* starting to put on some weight.

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Day 42! She's starting to really do her thing now. Stretch has definitely stopped and the buds are starting to come together and fatten up. It's gonna be a good time from here on out! If anyone's wondering, she's 13" tall and exactly 16" wide, which I'm sure I could have reduced if I gave more of a crap about keeping up with her LST. I've got the autocobs at 22" and either 33" or 35", and she's *loving* it. No light burn, not even any stress. @BigSm0 , I am a believer and will be a customer again soon, man.

She's drinking between 24-30 oz a day, showing zero nutrient stress. My first grow (Barney's Farm Critical Kush Auto) definitely couldn't handle my nute schedule full strength, but this lady might even do better with a little stronger feed. Anyway, enough rambling. Here come the pics!!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

[BigSm0]

Looking excellent my man. This particular plant is eating and drinking like a pig cause she is growing like one. The stretch may have stopped but once those buds start forming she will be one hefty plant. Cant wait to see the end of this one

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Looking excellent my man. This particular plant is eating and drinking like a pig cause she is growing like one. The stretch may have stopped but once those buds start forming she will be one hefty plant. Cant wait to see the end of this one

Yessir, she's cruising for sure. Smells nice too! I'm really psyched that I can get such solid results with such a cheap nute schedule. I'm more or less using a Lucas formula, and if she goes 75 days, she'll have cost me less than $4 in nutes.

And true story dude, your lights are fantastic. I haven't done any real "testing" on them other than plain old using them, but even the difference in how easy they are to manipulate compared with my first lights is night and day.

 

[SPZ]

Looks good, I'll be watching the end of this one! Love the $4 nute regimen!

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Looks good, I'll be watching the end of this one! Love the $4 nute regimen!

Thanks man! Glad to have ya along. Next update's coming on Thursday. I like to keep 'em week-by-week unless something spectacular or catastrophic happens, lol. And yeah, the costs are great so far. I might have added it to the beginning of the journal but to save ya from having to go back and look, here's what my cost breakdown and amounts of each component per gallon:

Armor Si: $15.25/qt = $0.01/gal. (.5ml/gal)
MaxiBloom: $14.72/kg = $0.10/gal. (7g/gal)
CALiMAGic: $14.99/qt = $0.12/gal. (6ml/gal)
Mammoth P: N/A (free samples) = (.6ml/gal)
Total Cost Per Gallon: $0.23
Total Gallons per 75 day run (based on this plant's usage so far): 17
Total nute cost per run: $3.91

And if I decide to add KoolBloom to my regimen (which I will be experimenting with next run) it'll only add another $0.09 to my costs per run. Figure in another $34.43 for electricity per run (2x autocobs @ 55W each, exhaust fan and circulation fan) and $15-$16 for seeds/rockwool, and I'm well under $60 per run.

 

[BigSm0]

Thanks man! Glad to have ya along. Next update's coming on Thursday. I like to keep 'em week-by-week unless something spectacular or catastrophic happens, lol. And yeah, the costs are great so far. I might have added it to the beginning of the journal but to save ya from having to go back and look, here's what my cost breakdown and amounts of each component per gallon:

Armor Si: $15.25/qt = $0.01/gal. (.5ml/gal)
MaxiBloom: $14.72/kg = $0.10/gal. (7g/gal)
CALiMAGic: $14.99/qt = $0.12/gal. (6ml/gal)
Mammoth P: N/A (free samples) = (.6ml/gal)
Total Cost Per Gallon: $0.23
Total Gallons per 75 day run (based on this plant's usage so far): 17
Total nute cost per run: $3.91

And if I decide to add KoolBloom to my regimen (which I will be experimenting with next run) it'll only add another $0.09 to my costs per run. Figure in another $34.43 for electricity per run (2x autocobs @ 55W each, exhaust fan and circulation fan) and $15-$16 for seeds/rockwool, and I'm well under $60 per run.

Thank you for figuring out exactly what it cost me to grow a plant too. lol same nutes. Maxi seems to be doing good so far. Mixing it takes time but it's cheap as can be. Do you use warm water to mix the powder?

 

[PapaEmeritus]

Thank you for figuring out exactly what it cost me to grow a plant too. lol same nutes. Maxi seems to be doing good so far. Mixing it takes time but it's cheap as can be. Do you use warm water to mix the powder?

Nice! I love hearing from other Lucas/KISS growers. I know @budelee keeps a very similar nute schedule too.

And yeah, the Maxi does just fine. I'm gonna be experimenting with KoolBloom on my next grow - at under a dime per grow, it seems silly not to. But to answer your question, I don't use warm water to mix the powder. Everything goes straight into the water. Armor Si first, then Maxi, then Cali, then Mammoth, then I check PH and adjust as needed. The powder does take a bit to dissolve, but I'm ok with stirring for a few minutes every four or five days.

 

[BigSm0]

I was a bit depressed as I read it was ph buffered but noticed it drop my ph 2 full digits. It does stay fairly stable though. I fill 3-4 mason jars with water and dump each of my nutes into one. Calmag, maxi, 0-10-10 kool bloom, and some microbe. Shake and pour. If I went into the res straight I think I'd try a paint mixer on a drill lol.