Loolagigi's first grow journal, 400 hps

[loolagigi]

Cheaper/closer=better results

are those regular floros? you just use them for veg? what about the 5 gal res i posted earlier? do i need to make it now?

 

[DirtySouth]

Everything should be nice n moist now.You want to wait until top of rockwool is on the dry side.Your roots are small,not needing much.Maby in 2 dayz? depending on temp/moister.I sugest keepin a "slight" breeze inorder to strengthen ur stem.Increase wind velocity as stem thickins.Air movement is a powdery mold inhibiter.No airmovement=powdery mold,no good.Wait and make the solution until your first dip.
Sotty can't give an exact time to water.Get a "feel" for the weight oc the container.What I did to "train" myself to water("dip")in this mannor is took duplicated a pot (w/ the hydroton & cubes,only dry)DRY-and just went by the weight diffrence.Gotta get the "feel" for urself.ITS NOT HARD.You've done everything right on the button,I know u'll get the watering down.

 

[loolagigi]

Everything should be nice n moist now.You want to wait until top of rockwool is on the dry side.Your roots are small,not needing much.Maby in 2 dayz? depending on temp/moister.I sugest keepin a "slight" breeze inorder to strengthen ur stem.Increase wind velocity as stem thickins.Air movement is a powdery mold inhibiter.No airmovement=powdery mold,no good.Wait and make the solution until your first dip.
Sotty can't give an exact time to water.Get a "feel" for the weight oc the container.What I did to "train" myself to water("dip")in this mannor is took duplicated a pot (w/ the hydroton & cubes,only dry)DRY-and just went by the weight diffrence.Gotta get the "feel" for urself.ITS NOT HARD.You've done everything right on the button,I know u'll get the watering down.

thanks dirty, i couldnt do it withought cha. i have feared this point, (where you say, "just wait") because, i am nervouse about growing now, due to past 2 tries. it seems as if my other seeds are not going to sprout. so as of now i only have 2 seedlings going. i will germ some more tonight. paper towel style. you rock dirty.:watchplant:

 

[DirtySouth]

2 4' t8(sorry fucced up bout t5-their t8) daylight(32w)
5gal res is purfect.Make it when u need it,unless ur egar.In that case jump on in.
The res is gonna be made a lil diffrent,kinda.Add ur water(5g bucket IDK maby 3g?)and mark it (outside).This is your 'base"level.As you dip,the level will drop/thus bringing ur ppm up.Evaperation is the main factor here.So before you "dip" fill to level(remember once you add 1/2 the base/replace the entire res.)check ppm/set it.Not give it about 10 min.4 the ph to adjust(give it a good stir(if you have a water pump,lay on its side and leave on 24/7 w/ the airpump.This will keep your nutes good and airrated& mixxed up @ all times).Once you add up or down,wait 10 min 2 adjust.Make sense?
If you don't add water up to base level 9/10 xs ur ppm will be high.After you initially set up ur res.Ph down will mainly be used!

 

[DirtySouth]

let say for kicks you start with a base of 3 gal.You set your home@ 150.keep track of how much water is added to acheive the base mark(ie in2 dayz 1 gal evaporated.Mark it on ur calender or put it on your journal I'll help u keep track.then in 2 more dayz another gal. evaporated,thats now over 1/2 your inital base water,time to change.)Make more sense?

 

[loolagigi]

ok, i dig this much about res so far....add filtered water to 5 gal res, about 3 gall. make a mark on water level indicator. check ppm, raise it, wait 10 min, check ph, adjust or leave alone. once i dip cubes in res, water level in res will decrease. kets hold it there, because after that i seem confused. do i have the basics?

 

[loolagigi]

let say for kicks you start with a base of 3 gal.You set your home@ 150.keep track of how much water is added to acheive the base mark(ie in2 dayz 1 gal evaporated.Mark it on ur calender or put it on your journal I'll help u keep track.then in 2 more dayz another gal. evaporated,thats now over 1/2 your inital base water,time to change.)Make more sense?

yes it makes sense, just remind me because this is the first i am hearing anything like this. how about your new girlsenberries? got any pics?

 

[loolagigi]

do you folier spray during seedling stage, and with what?

 

[DirtySouth]

yes you do.
You have no way to tell(big $ 4 the technology)how much of what nutes are left in your solution ready for your plant..So inorder to insure your solution is full of available nutrience for the plant,once you replace 1/2 the base water,empty/clean then make another.
I know some dayz you might need to add a smidgen of nutes inorder to stay @ your target ppm,but once again we have no way to tell how much of what is actually used and whats not.
I'll try a diffrent angle if that didn't shead the light 4 u,brother!

 

[DirtySouth]

yes it makes sense, just remind me because this is the first i am hearing anything like this. how about your new girlsenberries? got any pics?

A couple GREAT guys embedded this formula in my head.I'm just tring to help you avoid lost time due to inadiquit situations.You can take what I advise and run wit it ,or toss it aside.My feelings are not on my sleeves.

Enter "Boysenberry +" into the search,you can follow mine as I follow urs!

 

[DirtySouth]

Folar spray-lil confussion.U ready?

 

[loolagigi]

Folar spray-lil confussion.U ready?

folier spray, lay it down.

 

[loolagigi]

dirty, buy the way, i have been meaning to ask, what type of hydro does this lay under?

 

[DirtySouth]

Dirties dro

 

[loolagigi]

Dirties dro

i like it, heres my res, its cool i had an old dwc bucket, its got the res level indicator, and stones.....

 

[DirtySouth]

spray water temp75-85.
spray once a week-after watering(again in the tub 4 me)
*******same ph ppm is funny 150 res 150 folar(as res increases folar slightly increases)*******
*****86.3 ph 4 folar feed only*****88
Never folar spray in flower(increased poss. of mold)
I use Advanced Nutrience b-52 for folar and res.
Every1 has a diffrent technic,I'm not saing mines better,I'm sayin after fkn up much time and money this works for me.Very simple,lets you understand the basics.Way cheeper that ebb-n-flo(u think I'm steering u wrong ?)Basicly you'll learn what your plants tryin to say.The leaves can tell all,you just need to know what to look 4.

 

[DirtySouth]

i like it, heres my res, its cool i had an old dwc bucket, its got the res level indicator, and stones.....

Bytchen I gotta bust out the good-ole wet/dry vac.My ebb-b-flo holds 30gal & my vac about 3,lol.
Once ur ready,I'll walk u through a cheap azz ebb-n-flo table.UR NOT READY<YET!But if you want to kill time(as u see, I got alot)we can knock 1 out on a small scale,then ur wheels will turn.

 

[loolagigi]

spray water temp75-85.
spray once a week-after watering(again in the tub 4 me)
*******same ph ppm is funny 150 res 150 folar(as res increases folar slightly increases)*******
*****86.3 ph 4 folar feed only*****88
Never folar spray in flower(increased poss. of mold)
I use Advanced Nutrience b-52 for folar and res.
Every1 has a diffrent technic,I'm not saing mines better,I'm sayin after fkn up much time and money this works for me.Very simple,lets you understand the basics.Way cheeper that ebb-n-flo(u think I'm steering u wrong ?)Basicly you'll learn what your plants tryin to say.The leaves can tell all,you just need to know what to look 4.

tell me 86.3 ph is a typo.

 

[DirtySouth]

i like it, heres my res, its cool i had an old dwc bucket, its got the res level indicator, and stones.....

Dwc,was it a sucess?

 

[loolagigi]

Bytchen I gotta bust out the good-ole wet/dry vac.My ebb-b-flo holds 30gal & my vac about 3,lol.
Once ur ready,I'll walk u through a cheap azz ebb-n-flo table.UR NOT READY<YET!But if you want to kill time(as u see, I got alot)we can knock 1 out on a small scale,then ur wheels will turn.

sure, we will have to get to that at some point.