5 seeds started today.
3 White Widow CBD and 2 Northern Lights CBD
Used 1 liter bags.
Put into light box.
LEDs for light box are 3 watt,
4 White Full Spectrum, 5 Royal Blue, 1 Deep Red, 1 400 UV, 1 Green
Dimmed to 20% until they pop up.
Update
You have to love the genetics of QCS seeds. I plant 3 and 3 pop up in 4 days.
2022-3 Tent Grow
Tent 44“ x 22“ x 72“ 6.31 sq ft
Homemade 1x3 wood frame with 2 layers of panda plastic. Hinged door with latch.
Two 5“ fans at bottom rear corner feeding fresh air in with filters. One 5“ exhaust fan in the top corner opposite the intake is fed through ducting to another window mounted 5“ fan exhausting outside (8th floor). Absolutely no smell in room while budding unless you opened the tent door. Maintains 26° C. with all lights on.
I use 450 watts of 50 watt Cool White LED cobs on 3 reflectors as the main light source.
Right now in veg stage I also have
UV 400nm 9w
Violet 420nm 36w
Royal Blue 440nm
27w
Blue 460nm 21w
Green 520nm 18w
All coloured LED’s are 3 watt
561w total
When I want them to stretch some during veg I turn on
Deep Red 660nm
18w
IR 720nm 18w
IR 850nm 9w
For budding I turn on the Deep Red and IR LED’s then add 120 watts of Red 620nm LED Tape.
726 watts total
102 watts per sq ft in veg, 130 watts in bud mode.
50 watts of Blue 460nm LED tape and 93 watts of Blues and UV (400 - 460nm) 3 watt LEDs is used for the last two days before harvest as the only light source.
Grow medium is 50 - 50 potting soil and perlite in 3 gallon grow bags
Nutrients - General Hydroponics MaxiGrow, MaxiBloom and CaliMagic on their Medium Feed Schedule
Average tap water ph is from 5.4 to 8.8, 167 ppm, EC 334 µs/cm
I use Root Farm PHdown
all fans are 4 or 5 inch fans salvaged from electronics. Infrared red and some UV LEDs also salvaged. 1x3 wood recycled from old futon frame. Electrical panel near ceiling inside tent with all 120 and 12 volt supples with surge protectors, switches and timer. All 3 watt LED’s with heatsinks bought for $50.
Total cost of the whole setup before the seeds and nutrients was $210 Can., thats tent, lights, buckets and grow medium and all the little extras. I happen to have electricity included in my rent so there is no cost there. For the next few years I will only need to buy seeds. I recycle the grow medium by just heavy repeated flushing after each harvest and have used this batch for 5 or 6 years with no problems. I consider it to be pretty much inert by now other than all the small roots in the mix that compost naturally.
The reason I am posting this grow is to show that a reasonable setup need not cost a small fortune. I drooled over some nice tent kits but they are far more than my budget can afford.
When is the best time to top or defoliate when growing in soil?
Before watering?
After watering?
Or does it really matter?
Also would timing defoliation with nute feeding either before or after matter?