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HomeBuildGrowBox 2.0 Small Space hope on Big Flowers Twins (KUSH)
3 weeks ago I had 60 seeds on a 200 gr bag weed. I let 3 sprout and then got the idea to build a small grow box. The dimensions of the HomeBuildGrowBox 1.0 are 50 x 45 x 80 cm
In the meantime I have ordered 10 autoflower seeds that I will soon put in a tent of 120 x 120 x 180, but we have to wait a while for that to set up this project first.
Yesterday I ordered the promix from Plagron with Pokon Hydrokorrels and Plagron Perlite so I can make a nice airy soil for our ladies. This will be delivered tomorrow.
As can be seen in the photos, I have provided a continuous intake of fresh and purified air and also at the exhaust a small carbon filter has been made from a broken vacuum cleaner that was just new. I am still in doubt whether I should not put a fan in front of the carbon filter so that the air is not only pushed out by the upper pressure in the cabinet. Can someone advise me on this?
The plants had a hard time in the beginning. The leaves were crooked and 1 of the 3 did not survive
I have a question about the LED lamp I am using. Led is new to me and previously I calculated via the wattages of the lamp but is that the same for LED? If so, the lamp I am currently using is full spectrum but is only 17 watts, can this be correct? 😐
Hey there I’m sure that light is probably fine for a seedling maybe for the 1st week or 2
I suggest you look into spider farmer or mars hydro or medicgrow for a legit light
I use a 100w spider farmer for seedlings and a medicgrow mini sun2 500w for my 2x4 tent
You can get away with 100w per 2x2 area when flowering bud the buds will be airy
If you want to grow buds equal to what you buy at a dispensary you need about 200 to 250w of led per 2x2 area
So a 200w for 2x2
400w for 2x4
800w for 4x4
1000w for 5x5
Dear fellow growers,
After repotting, there is still 1 female very weak. 😥 I keep the moisture percentage high and hope she will get through it. I currently have no root stimulator or plantfood in the house. Does anyone know what I can give her to give her a boost.🙏
If you want to support the roots a bit, there are simple natural options – like willow water (from fresh branches) or acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin, ¼ tab per liter).
Both can help reduce transplant shock and support root signaling – just don’t expect miracles. The roots still need to do the work themselves, since this isn’t a clone or seedling.
Main thing: keep conditions stable and don’t overwater – recovery takes a bit, but she still has a shot.
I wanted to write a report earlier but this was not possible due to personal circumstances. But here we are again!
About a week ago I made an air pot myself. This by drilling holes everywhere "both bottom and sides".
They also have a new soil that consists of Plagron Promix, hydro grains and perlite. First I rinsed the hydro grains well with lukewarm water and then I put a layer of about 5 cm on the bottom of the air pot. Then the perlite also rinsed with lukewarm water so that all the dust was out and they absorbed water.
Now that everything was ready I mixed the promix (50%), hydro grains (25%) and perlite (25%) together With this mix I filled the air pot and shook airs with the pot so that the soil sinks a bit. Make sure that you do not press the soil or anything because then the soil is much too solid and the plants cannot root well and there is a higher chance of root rot because it then also retains moisture much longer.
After I had repotted the plants it seemed that the lady on the left would not make it and I asked a question here on growdiaries. I got some really good tips which made her make it. I removed the leaves from young shoots of a weeping willow and cut them into small pieces and poured boiled water over them.
Let this cool down and on the first day without diluting it gave it to the plants. I let the willow shoots soak in the water for 3 days which made it much stronger. I give 50ml of homemade root stimulator with the water every day.
because it is an experiment i tried to make the nutrition myself. i read a nice article explaining how to make your own nutrition for your plants. this is the website where i got it from: https://ecostyle.nl/blogs/inspiratie/zelf-plantenvoeding-maken
I put three banana peels in a pot with water that had been boiled the day before. Let this soak for three days. In a banana peel you will find a wealth of phosphorus, calcium, and potassium. Crucial elements for both root and stem growth. But how do you extract all these valuable substances from a simple banana peel? It is actually very simple: put the banana peel in some water for a few days. All the nutrients will then soak into the water. Then dilute the liquid with some water, otherwise it can be too strong, and pour this on your plant. I give 50ml of these banana nutrients per 1 liter of water.
eggshells
Eggshells consist mainly of calcium. Grind the eggshells finely and sprinkle this over the soil of your plant. This natural calcium boost helps to strengthen the cell walls of the plants, making them more resistant to diseases. Also, do not throw away the cooking water of eggs: As soon as you boil eggs, they release calcium. Let the water cool and water your plants. You can also choose to crush the eggshells well and mix it with boiling water. Let the mixture soak overnight and use it the next day as plant food. Plenty of options!
Tea
Tea contains the substance tannin, which not only stimulates the growth of your plants, but also gives them a beautiful shine. You can place the loose leaves of a tea bag directly on the ground; when watering, the nutrients are absorbed into the soil. Another method is to let leftover tea cool and dilute it with water.
Coffee
Almost everyone has a coffee maker at home. Don't just throw the coffee grounds in the trash, because they contain an essential element for your plants: nitrogen! Make sure the coffee grounds are dry and always dilute them with some potting soil. By placing a thin layer of this mixture on top of the potting soil of your plants, you give them a nitrogen boost.
lemon juice
I have dissolved lemon juice from 1 lemon in half a liter of already boiled water and I use this as PH-
I still see that the color is not completely green green. Today I ate eggs with tea, I will grind the eggshells and let the remaining tea cool and I will add it when watering the plants :) happy growing beautiful plants :)
We are now in the 3rd week and I thought the plants were not growing fast enough so I added an extra LED lamp..
3 days ago I installed a 40 watt LED bar from phillips in the HomeBuiltGrowBox 1.0
That makes it the HomeBuiltGrowBox 2.0 with a total of now 57 watts of LED
It is and remains an experiment of course. The self-built growth box consists of broken cabinets, broken doors, broken lamps, broken vacuum cleaners, broken air mattress, paint tray, broken PC, broken lamppost, silver foil,
Tomorrow we will finally order the nutrients. Personally I would like to order everything from plagron. Anyone who reads this may give tips I am 100% open to it.
As you can see the left plant is 15.5 cm tall and the right one is 12 cm tall. They look a lot better than they did 1 week ago. After I repotted them they stood still for a while. I was worried about the left one she was really bad but because of the extra care this lady is doing better than the right lady.
It is a very low strain anyway, which I am very happy about because we still have 60 seeds left. Ideal for growing in low cabinets, tents or spaces.
In 2 days when the nutrients and other additives are in, the plants will get everything they need. I will write a few more reports next week and keep a close eye on the plants.
today I watered the plants with a ph value of 6.16
The excess water that has run through the pot has certain values that I do not yet understand. I would like to get an explanation of these values:
PH 7.62
ppm 0725
ec 1452 us/cm
is this good or if not what should I do?
Water was pH 6.16, that’s good. Runoff pH 7.62 is too high. EC 1.45 (725 ppm) is okay. Next time use pH 5.8–6.0 water to lower pH. Check runoff again next time.
A few things to remember with regard to growing indoors that are often neglected to mention.
You have used a mulch, light won't evaporate top couple inches of soil. With plastic pots, meaning 0% of the water will evaporate from medium above 50%RH especially so with plastic pots and mulch.
Plant is dependent on transpiration to remove water from pot, when evaporation is low or non existent and transpiration is crippled or slow this could very quickly leave the medium oversaturated, but that's something you should be able to notice visiting the tent daily. Also to note, transpiration itself is responsible for nutrient uptake so if it's slow, alot of the salts your feeding your medium will just sit in the medium building up EC in medium.
Transpiration is a daytime only process, which draws moisture from soil and pulls it up using cohesive force of suction. At night no water leaves medium it sits and stagnates. Soil aeration is crucial for phosphorous uptake, upto 51% of phosphorous in a plant is uptaken early hours of nightfall (given conditions ofc)
Water is a transport fluid, a solvent. If it's going in at 6.16 and coming out at 7.62 it means as the water is passing through medium picking up excess salts, with no where to attach its just leeching out the bottom. If your pH is going up, there is a over abundance of the big 3 cation, Ca, Mg, K. Micro-nutrient uptake is effected above a pH of 7, symptom normally present as a lime-greening of leaf all over with no obvious starting point, similar to what I see in your pictures.
There are 2 methods of taking EC readings, you can take a EC from water which will read total dissolved solids in form of ppm.
There is also a soil EC metre this will give you a EC reading for the medium. This should generally sit around 0.5-1.8, never higher than 2.0 and is measured in ms/cm or us/cm. Basically micro and milli. units or whatever. There are conversions you can use for ppm to us/cm, to make it simple but I forget exactly what they are. Easy to find if needed.
You should dilute your medium to reduce the salt content, reapply desired ph'd water once EC level return to range. Then apply a balanced fertilizer suited to stage of growth. Keeping tabs on ec and ph periodically.
Side note your soil ph is high I would start watering with water that is buffed low so it can pull down the ph. Watering at just 6.4 will not be low enough to pull the ph down quickly or at all really. I’d ph your water to 5 next time you water and I’d water a little extra just to help pull the ph down
After most of the water has run out the pot then collect some run off water and check ph again my guess if you run 4 or 5 gallons at ph5 it will bring you back to a decent soil ph zone
These are the seeds I have left. They were feminized plants so it was very strange that there were seeds in them. But this has given me the feeling to do something about paying expensively every time.
Until 10 years ago I always grew for myself. Also bigger grows but mainly for my own use. Why until about 10 years ago? I am a soldier who is disabled because of PTSD. I have been in clinics for the past 10 to 12 years. This has paid off and now my life is so stable again that I can and may keep myself busy with growing weed for ourselves my biggest hobby ever
@Baryon23KoekNL, definitly Worth it . With the right love for the plants because of the same Medium. You can easily fill up a 80x80 tent with 2 automatics
@GERGrowDesigns, Thank you :) We do our best to make it as pleasant as possible for the ladies so that they will do so when they are ready to smoke It's been about 10 to 12 years since I was able to grow plants but the feeling never went away. The most beautiful hobby I've ever had. And now I can do this beautiful hobby again and enjoy it immensely :) I am curious about your twins in the tent I will definitely watch it. So many beautiful reports on growdiareis.com
Dear fellow cannabis growers,
As you can see the ladies are doing verry well. Today they were repotted into a homemade air pot which is firstly much lower than the other one (so about 8cm more to grow) and both ladies were moved further apart because they started to fight over who got to stand in the sun.
On the bottom of the self-made airpot I placed the hydro grains (after rinsing them with warm lukewarm water). Then I also rinsed the perlite with warm lukewarm water. I mixed the remaining hydro grains (25%), the perlite (25%) and the soil from Plagron (Promix) (50%) well. Then I put the mixed soil on top of the layer of hydro grains (5cm).
Now it's time to put the ladies with their feet in other soil. This will be a bit of a shock for the ladies but they will definitely recover. Ensure high humidity the coming days and put a little more love in it than I already do. No, they don't lack anything with us :)
Next weekend we can buy food for the plants. The Plagron Alga Grow, the Plagron Alga Bloom and Plagron Green Sensation.
PH8,47
ppm 0278
22,8 .c
EC 0556
good evening fellow growers
The ladies are doing well. They'll be going to sleep in 1 hour. Tomorrow will be a busy day :)
Today I received the soil from plagrond promix together with the hydro grains and the perlite.
Tomorrow the seeds from Fast Buds will arrive. 10 pieces mix pack.
These are photos from this morning and just this evening. They look beautiful and such beautiful big leaves :)
Today the ladies are doing very well again. They look very happy and satisfied. I just find them a bit light in green color. The temperature and humidity are fine :)
Normally the Plagron Promix, Plagron euro Pebbles and Plagron Perlite would arrive today but there is a delay in the mail delivery so now they have to wait until Tuesday because that is the first delivery day again :(
Today I found out that the LED lamp in the homemade grow box is only 17 watts which is of course far too little to grow thick buds. It is strange because it is an LED lamp that is intended for growth and flowering there is a switch for that.
My question is should I just try it and see what it does or should I buy an LED lamp with more wattage and more and better LEDs in a week or 2 (because then there will be money for this project again)
I hope that fellow growers can give me good tips and tools so that these ladies can develop into thick, beautiful buds that I love so much
Well, it was quite a day.
The ladies are sleeping soundly. They were just falling asleep when I used that I had not wished them goodnight so I quickly went to the room where they were sleeping and opened the door. Goodnight dear girls sleep well and see you tomorrow. Of course I didn't look too long because then they would wake up :)
I wish all weed growers, smokers and weed plants a good and peaceful night 😎
Baryon23KoekNL
