Northern Lights 1.0

Ok so, 1st grow I guess. I've been waiting to do this for a while now, finally got the (minimum) resources, means and mindset for it. I don't say minimum in vain, i want to spend the least amount of money possible mantaining the quality of the grow of course. I'm a thorough guy and I don't do something without studying it to the max first, so that's what got me here. I'll write most of the knowlege I got and what I found (regarding this grow) Let's start: »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» Variables: >Light; >Medium; >Water; >Nutes; >Temp; >Humidity; >Ventilation; »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» Schedules and values: >Light: »Lamp type: CFL; »Quality: 200W/plant (8x25W),white light spectrum; »Temp output: 5ºC to 13ºC (based on the size of the space and quality of the light); »Tools: *Luxometer (missing); »Schedule: 20H/4H (20H light and 4H dark); ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >Medium: »Type: "paper towel" (germination 4days), coco coir (germination 3days) and soil (30%perlite + 70%soil); »Quality: good airflow (O2 for the roots), good liquid retention (H2O + Nutes); »Tools: *PH meter (missing); »*PH: estimated 5,5 to 6,5 (coco coir) and estimated 6,0 to 7,0 (soil); *(Can't mesure PH accurately yet, where I live is hard to get this kinds of materials); ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >Water: »PPM (Parts Per Milion): 200 to 300 (seed/seedling), 500 to 700 (vegetative) and 600 to 750 (flowering); »Tools: *PH meter (missing), TDS meter (quality of the water PPM) and water filter; »*PH: estimated 5,5 to 6,5 (coco coir) and estimated 6,0 to 7,0 (soil); *(Can't mesure PH accurately yet, where I live is hard to get this kinds of materials); »Schedule: 3 per 1 (water 3x with nutes and 1x with stale); (Water when 2cm of the top soil are dry, fill until runoff, wait 30mins then empty plate); ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >Nutes: »Tools: TDS meter (amount of nutes to dissolve PPM) and pipete (fine tunning); »NPK (nitrous, phosphorus, potassium): 6-3-10 (vegetative, High-Mid-High) and 3-5-7 (flowering, low-Mid to High-High); (Dilute Xml in 1,5L of water, varying depending on the PPM measured); ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >Temp: »ºC: 22ºC to 25ºC (seed/seedling), 24ºC to 28ºC (vegetative and flowering); »Tools: thermometer (temp measurement); ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >Humidity: »%: 60% to 70% (seed/seedling), 45% to 65% (vegetative) and 40% to 55% (flowering); »Tools: higrometer (humidity measurement), humidifier; ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >Extra: »Reflective insulation paper (Light reflection for the wall); »Small tupperware with paper towels and seed tray with dome (germination); »1L, 7L and 20L vases (All stages); »Nutes 6-3-10 (vegetation) and 3-5-7 (flowering); »2x3L bottles and 1x5L jug (Mix and nuted water); »24L soil and 6L perlite (70%soil + 30%perlite); »5L bucket with spoon (Mixing the nuted water); »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» ºPre Date (2Nov) - Germination in paper towels; ºPre Date (6Nov) - Planting in Grow box in humid coco coir; ºDay 1 (8Nov) - She's here! Burst of the coco and planted on soil (30%perlite + 70%soil), first watering (tap water - 250PPM);

ºDay 8 (15Nov) - Planting on 3L vase, soil (30%perlite + 70%soil) and 2nd watering (tap water - 270PPM); ºDay 10 (17Nov) - Growing 2nd real set of leaves, slight LST so all leaves get more light; ºDay 11 (18Nov) - Perfecting LST with plastic coated wire and 3rd watering (tap water - 270PPM); ºDay 12 (19Nov) - Stopped the LST; ºDay 13 (20Nov) - Growing 3rd real set of leaves; ºDay 14 (21Nov) - 1st transplanting on 7L vase, soil (30%perlite + 70%soil) and 4rth watering (tap water - 270PPM), end of week 2; P.S.: Sorry for the quality of the pics, my cell is a pice of sh&%... =/

ºDay 15 (22Nov) - Starting serious LST to bend stem so the plant stays low; ºDay 17 (24Nov) - 5th watering (1st nute water - 478PPM), starting nute schedule (3nute per 1stale); ºDay 18 (25Nov) - Surprise! 2nd cola appeared; ºDay 20 (27Nov) - 6th watering (2nd vegNute), stopped LST; ºDay 21 (28Nov) - End of week 2;

ºDay 23 (27Nov) - 7th watering (3rd vegNute); ºDay 26 (03Dez) - 8th watering (1st flush); ºDay 28 (05Dez) - 9th watering (1st vegNute), end of week 4;

ºDay 31 (08Dez) - 2nd and last transplant on 20L vase, soil (30%perlite + 70%soil) and 10th watering (2nd vegNute); ºDay 33 (10Dez) - 3rd cola appears, LST some leaves so colas can get light; ºDay 35 (12Dez) - 11th watering (3rd vegNute), end of week 5; Note: Should have transplanted sonner or starter in this vase, well, the more you now...

ºDay 39 (16Dez) - 12th watering (1st flush), lost count of colas xD; ºDay 40 (17Dez) - Starting final LST, bending main cola and exposing others to the light; ºDay 42 (19Dez) - She's looks so damn good!! :D; ºDay 42 (19Dez) - End of week 6;

ºDay 44 (21Dez) - Did some "plant work", moved upper bigger leaves under the colas that were developing below so they get more light. ºDay 45 (22Dez) - LSTing the rest of the colas, 13th watering (1st vegNute); ºDay 47 (24Dez) - LST on other colas, 1st and 2nd videos; ºDay 48 (25Dez) - 14th watering (2nd vegNute), broke one of the colas on accident... ºDay 49 (26Dez) - End of week 7;

ºDay 52 (29Dez) - Took LST on some colas, 3rd video, 15th watering (3rd vegNute); ºDay 56 (02Jan) - Took all the LST, letting her grow; ºDay 56 (02Jan) - 4th video, end of week 8;

ºDay 57 (03Dez) - Start of week 9, 16th watering (1st nute), 4rt video; ºDay 60 (06Jan) - 17th watering (2nd vegNute); ºDay 63 (09Jan) - 5th video, end of week 9;

ºDay 65 (11Jan) - 6th video; ºDay 67 (13Jan) - 18th watering (3rd vegNute); ºDay 67 (13Jan) - 7th video; ºDay 68 (14Jan) - Took LST; ºDay 69 (15Jan) - 19th watering (1st flush); ºDay 70(16Jan) - End of week 10;

ºDay 71 (17Jan - Transition and stretch phase, 8th video; ºDay 72 (18Jan) - Starting LST again, 20th watering (1st nuteMix), 9th video; ºDay 75 (21Jan) - 21th watering (2nd nuteMix), 10th video; ºDay 77 (23Jan) - End of week 10;

ºDay 78 (24Jan) - 11th video; ºDay 79 (25Jan) - 22th watering (3rd nuteMix); ºDay 82 (28Jan) - 23th watering (1st flush); ºDay 84 (30Jan) - End of week 12;

ºDay 85 (31Jan) - 24th watering (1st flowNute); ºDay 88 (03Fev) - 25th watering (2st flowNute); ºDay 91 (06Fev) - 26th watering (3rd flowNute), end of week 13;

ºDay 94 (09Fev) - 27th watering (1st flush); ºDay 97 (12Fev) - 28th watering (1st flowNute); ºDay 98 (13Fev) - End of week 14; Sorry for so few pics, I was loosing hope she would grow more

ºDay 102 (17Fev) - 29th watering (2nd flowNute); ºDay 104 (19Fev) - Put her in direct sunlight; ºDay 105 (20Fev) - 30th watering (3rd flowNute), end of week 15;

ºDay 106 (21Fev) - 31th watering (1st flush); ºDay 109 (24Fev) - 32nd watering (1st flowNute); ºDay 112 (27Fev) - 33rd watering (2nd flowNute), end of week 16;