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1st DWC - Original Amnesia

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6 years ago
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/150W
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/150W
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Topping
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Defoliation
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20 L
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Week 1. Vegetation
6 years ago
3 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.7
No Smell
220 PPM
65 %
24 °C
20 L
60 cm
Nutrients 5
MgSO4 0.1 mll
NPK 0.1 mll
Calcium Nitrate 0.3 mll
Hello and Welcome, 1st Time diary and DWC, Very limited grow space sadly but it's all I can do due to my circumstances. I'm using dry nutrients produced by a local company, my ml/L is an approximate, I'm mixing at 50% NPK , 20% MgSO4, 25% Calcium Nitrate and 5% is ignored giving a dose of 1/4 strength Pro Silica for seedlings.
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HalfAlive
HalfAlivestarted grow question 6 years ago
Does anyone have any expert tips on LED lighting distance ? This is my 1st LED grow, im using EB Gen 2 strips with a dimmable meanwell driver. Running at 30%, I noticed a bit of stretch yesterday so dropped my light a little to 17 inches. Is there a more scienctific approach?
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CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 6 years ago
hey half alive, there's a more scientific approach basically analysing the spectrum with a PAR meter then figuring the optimal distance based on those readings. Dont worry there' also a more practical approach : LED lamp to plant distance should be 10-12 inches , if you notice some stretching then it's too far and if you notice too much penetration for example light burn it's too close. remember the main thing is that light dissipates exponentially, a difference of one inch is "this much" but a difference of 2 inches is four times less than "this much"... does that make sense ? hope this helps ! 🚀
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Week 2. Vegetation
6 years ago
5 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.6
No Smell
300 PPM
50 %
24 °C
20 L
25 cm
Nutrients 5
MgSO4 0.1 mll
NPK 0.1 mll
Calcium Nitrate 0.3 mll
Start of Week 2; *Moved pot into DWC bucket. *Dropped light down to about 10 inches. *Mistakes while mixing nutrients, ended up at around 300ppm. *Daily adjustment to pH, can't locally source pH down so using citric acid which is to weak to remain stable for long. *Dropped res water level to about an inch below the net pot. Seems to be growing well, little bit slower then id like, I think it maybe due to Rockwool being a little bit over saturated, I've only watered once from the bottom at the start of the week. So I dropped the res level to about an inch below the pot, it was about 1/4 inch below the pot, I have an inch of hydroton below the rockwool and it's not suppose to wick I thought so might be this girl just isn't drinking much.
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Week 3. Vegetation
6 years ago
10 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.8
No Smell
300 PPM
59 %
24 °C
20 L
22 cm
Nutrients 5
MgSO4 0.1 mll
NPK 0.1 mll
Calcium Nitrate 0.3 mll
Start of Week 3; *Did 2 x Bucket changes due to Citric acid, now using phosphoric acid pH is much more stable and bucket is staying clean. *Dropped light down to about 9 inches. *Nutrients are at 200 ppm, she shows no signs of needing any more at the moment. She is growing like a weed now, roots have made it out of the pot, Very easy plant considering that rockwool staying way to moist and massive pH swings from citric acid being used to pH down. She went though 2 bucket changes because on some funky foam from the citric acid, pH is much more stable now and the bucket is staying clean since switching to phosphoric acid. 4th set of true leave is forming, hopefully we'll see the 5th set by start of Week 4 and I can look to top her.
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Week 4. Vegetation
6 years ago
15 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Weak
600 PPM
59 %
24 °C
20 L
20 cm
Nutrients 5
MgSO4 0.1 mll
NPK 0.1 mll
Calcium Nitrate 0.3 mll
Week 4, about Day 25 from seed; *Complete res change, PPM increased to 600 *Lowered light a little, to about 20 cm *Topped about 5 days ago *Added a few 80mm PC fans for air circulation Been a busy week, sorry for the delay this week, i've been looking at buying a house. Topped this girl about 5 days ago, she looked a little sad for about 12 hours then bounced back. I noticed a little nitrogen deficiency a few days after topping and realised she had used up all her nutrients! I added about 300 PPM of nutrients to the res so she didn't go hugry until I had the time to do the res change, which i then did today. You can see the roots have developed quite a lot over the past week, the tops and branches seem to be coming along nicely.
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HalfAlive
HalfAlivestarted grow question 6 years ago
She looks really healthy but I still can't help but feel like growth is a little bit slow, the nitrogen deficiency can't of helped much but other then that any suggestions to improve growth ? Or should I just chill she is doing great ? This is day 25 from seed approximate.
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KrautFabrikanswered grow question 6 years ago
Chill dude 😁✌️ You just topped her and she is already developing new branches, everything is fine 👌 Just relax and enjoy her growing 😁 Best wishes ✌️
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Week 5. Vegetation
6 years ago
20 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Weak
800 PPM
59 %
24 °C
20 L
20 cm
Nutrients 5
MgSO4 0.1 mll
NPK 0.1 mll
Calcium Nitrate 0.3 mll
Week 5, she is 31 days old today; *Res changed, at 800 ppm. *Super cropped both main colas. *Installed Scrog screen. Exciting week for her, she has had some good growth this week and her scrog screen installed. There is a little bit of dark green spotting on the tips of a few older leaves, I'll have to diagnose whats going on there. Will be topped 1 more time after those tops have grown a bit bigger, allowed to recover and then I'll be switching her to flower once i see her growing again.
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HalfAlive
HalfAlivecommentedweek 46 years ago
I just wanted to add I'm quite amazed at her smell level for this stage of the grow, it's quite a sweet, grassy, floral smell with a bit of dank. In my past experience, I'd have to put my nose up quite close to a girl this size to get a whiff but this girl when I open the door I'm hit with her scent. Not sure if I'm pleased or worried about this, for a stealth grow this could become a problem but on the other hand I'm excited for what the end product is going to be like.
HalfAlive
HalfAlivecommented6 years ago
@DinafemSeeds, Yes I'll be running a carbon filter seems crazy to risk not running one to save about 100 USD. I have a much bigger problem at the moment to solve, as I said earlier I've been busy looking to buy a house, I've put an offer on a house today I'll find out later tonight if my offer is accepted. If I do get the house I'll have about 1 month until I move, this girl has at least 2 months left to go. I have 4 options, 1. Kill her and bury the body. 2. Grow her out a little bit more and take clones for my friend and then kill her and bury the body. 3. Move the girl and my grow box to my friends garage. 4. Let her finish and wait until I move for the next grow. Options 4 is my favourite but can only happen if I don't get this house.
DinafemSeeds
DinafemSeedscommented6 years ago
@HalfAlive, Will you be running any carbon filter via extraction? If not maybe some Ona block to mask the smell 👌 Thank for the diary update mate, I'll drop back in on the next 👍 All the best ✌️ Mark..
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 16 years ago
hey man, hope i answered your question, just let me know if you need me to clarify anything lol 🚀
HalfAlive
HalfAlivecommentedweek 36 years ago
She is easy going so far no complaints at all, I think if everything had been perfect I'd be topping about now. Edit: I messed up again trying to sort these photos and lost week 2's photos, when ever I add a week it adds the previous photos and if I delete them there deleted from the previous week as well. Part of keeping this dairy is I wanted an anonymous place to store the photos so I can look back at what I did and improve next time around.
HalfAlive
HalfAlivecommentedweek 26 years ago
Opps deleted Week 1 photo, I apologize for the poor quality photos my phones camera is a little broken it has trouble focusing on anything. I added a photo of the grow space so you all can see the space and light I'm working in.
HalfAlive
HalfAlivecommentedweek 16 years ago
Thank you for your response, Yes makes perfect sense, trail and error it is, PAR meters are to expensive for my tastes. I tried a lux meter 100000 lux outside today seems right but only 4000 in the grow room, I think not I raised some tobacco seedlings under this light, when they got to close they burnt very very quickly.
DinafemSeeds
DinafemSeedscommentedweek 26 years ago
Very cool to see a hydro grow with our Original Amnesia up and running on the grow diary platform 😎 Let's see how this legendary lady performs in your garden 👊 You look to be off to a nice start mate. I'll keep dropping in as you update to see how you are doing 👍 Thank you for choosing our genetics for this adventure. We won't let you down 👊 All the best ✌️ Mark..
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