Monster&Midget 1st grow.

29/1/22 D35.5 Week 6: Hydro grows are going ok I guess. Still early days. Not much to do but a little adjustments to lower PH and increase EC which were also taken 3 days ago with a lot better results compared to this run-off test. Well that run-off had a massive increase in nutes or got more care and attention. But, no nute burn, leafs aren't drooping, no signs of deficiencies, so, overall I'm very happy with these results. No need to do any more defoliation, maybe some more light LST. Think I will give 'em both another 18/6 and then switch 'em to 12/12. (NOT TO DO WITH CURRENT, BUT FUTURE GROW) I've already got all my stuff ordered for my next grow. I've got to different setups. Ones DWC and the other is drip fed from a reservoir and run-off pumped into a storage tank to either reuse or discard. Both set up are 11l buckets res is also 11l and holding tank for run-off is 8l I think. All run-off 25watts combined, with dehumidifier which will be 50watts and a 100watt light 10watt fan and 25watt intake fan which is all a very low 210watts. And that's running my light at 100% which I've still yet to do, had set at 80% and even that was too high @spiderfarmer set-ups rock. All fits inside the 70x70 fine, even got room for a dehumidifier/wireless fan. Considering ordering another 70x70 or even a 100x100 tent and swap plants out once they get bigger and I switch to 12/12 and just keep the 100watt running 24/7 and just swap plants or even swap the light over which ever is easier. All about your bottom line when growing your own smoke, as the whole point of doing this is to stop giving drug dealers money and hope you get decent smoke and even when it is, you know it could be soo much better as I'd say there is hardly ever any cure and if so, it wouldn't be for a month. Pics will be added for the rest of the week and another Run-off reading as I'm going to increase the ml/l strength of all nutes. (IF YOU NEED RELIABLE FAIRLY PRICED PH/PPM/EC/TEMP PEN) Oh, if you want a good ph/ec/ppm/temp reader that you can actually trust pm me and I'll give you the details. That one only cost me around 40$/30€/25£ I bought a double set with all these features above and my god they were crap. With this one, I test every couple of weeks with 3 different types of the PH buffers, I'd recommend that you buy at least 2 ph buffers as the ones you get with your device is only enough to calibre it. And you defo need to know that your PH pen is giving you the right readings. With this one, you can even do soil. All you do is get distilled water and take a piece of your substrate and mix it with water and leave it for 20mins and you'll get a rough PH/PPM it's so accurate, you DO NOT NEED TO SPEND $250+ on a Hanna device, but, hey, if you have the money get one. I've read they last at least 2 years. The seller says this pen is accurate within .5 but mine's around .1/.2 out at times if out at all. 30/1/22 So, I am not overall too happy with these grows. I think drip or DWC is a must when doing coco. With time being a factor for me, and work. For at least 9hrs there is no liquids unless my neighbour is in, and she'll water my girls. She'll gets some smoke out of it, so she's happy. And the money it's going to save me, minimum a €150 week. But yeah, I'd strongly recommend doing some sort of drip or DWC or even get some light soil mix, that alone will stop the need for 10 waters a day. Which is crazy and you run the risk of exposing your tent to pests when it's open. I'd also advise if your area is a problem for bugs, doing any defoliation or even the Grow itself will be like ringing the dinner bell, so, be prepared. Get bug catchers. Peppermint oil to rub around outside of lids of pots and drop some cotton balls laced with it and do the outside of your tent, the areas that you think bugs will travel over to get into your grow. 2/2/22 The zkittlez is starting to catch up on height with the CBD. It has more potential bud sites. As for the organics they have, I'd say triple if not more bud sites. 3/2/22 Brought my light up near to the desired 30cm for hydros. Only thing now is I'm gonna have to find platforms to raise my lower plants, the TDA is over 50/60cm away. Which is way too far. Zkittlez Hydro has matched CBD for height they are now the exact same size. And I'm thinking zkittlez is only in the middle of this growth. Every 24hrs she gaining 2/3cm. I've decided to increase the air intake up to 70% for 100% of the time. It's clear just in the past 12 hrs of it been on I can see clear extra growth. I've also decided to double the strength of some nutes. Will be doing another Run-off test for PH/PPM=EC 4/4/22 Done a run-off test for PPM/PH surprisingly it was very very low. Results are in diary pics. Zkittlez:850ppm/6.47ph CBD: 550PPM/6.71PH. But I gather that's because of the likes of voodoo and that. Zkittlez seems to be turning the corner. As you can see in D38 she looks a little small then look at the next pic D40 and you'll see all colas took at least a 8cm growth bringing the rest up to a even canopy. She is the biggest plant by height and I'm starting to bring her out in width. Thanks for reading. gottagrowsometime