ChubbyBudBros I will be trying my first hydro shallow water culture grow with Stress killer automatic CBD.
I've made my own DIY hydro bucket using a 10L paint bucket, a net pot and an air pump I got from Amazon.
For nutrients I will be using Terra Aquatica Tri-part with some additional Bio Bizz CalMag.
I've already put the seed in water for 24 hours and it started showing it's taproot. I then moved into a RQS coco pellet that was soaked in plain tap water with a 5.8 PH.
Hoping for it to sprout in a few days. 👌
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Day 3
She sprouted very quickly! The taproot already broke out the bottom of the plug.
I added just a small layer of clay pebbles in the bottom of the net pot, put the pellet on there and surrounded it with more pebbles as you can see in the pictures. I will add some more pebbles as she grows up to block the light some more from getting into the bucket itself, but right now the seedling is too small still to add more.
There's no sign of any true leaves yet, so I'm trying to keep light gentle for now, she is not directly under any light, but she's getting about 270 PPFD from the SF2000 light that is above my other plants in the tent.
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Peat Pellet
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
21d ago
1/12
3 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
5.7
pH
No Smell
Smell
52 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Night Air Temp
5.5 liters
Pot Size
60 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 5
Hydrogen Peroxide | Oxygenated Water 3%
1.5 mll
TriPart Micro
0.5 mll
TriPart Grow
0.5 mll
ChubbyBudBros -
Day 1
Here we go! Officially day 1 for this plant as the first true leaves have shown up. Had to PH down the water reservoir from 6.2 to 5.6. Not seeing any roots poke out the net pot yet for now.
Day 2
Only took 1 day and the taproot has already hit the water 😄, that was surprisingly fast!
Day 3
She is making great progress so far 💪 that root has gotten quite a bit longer now.
Did also check PH, which was at 5.7 today 👌🏻, after I ph'd it down to 5.5 yesterday. and water temp is ~21.5°C
Also gave another 8ml of Hydrogen peroxide.
Day 4
Already got the second true leaves showing up 👀 and that taproot be doing well too. PH went up to 5.8 today, brought it back down to 5.6. Water temp is around 21.5°C
Day 5
More roots are poking out of the bottom now! that first set of true leaves is looking very nice and healthy.
Checked the water and PH didn't drift at all, stayed at 5.6. water temp was 20.5°C, but lights had only just come on.
Day 6
Love seeing the roots develop so quickly. The first set of true leaves got a big growth boost over night.
Not checking PH today for once, think it will be good till tomorrow.
Also dropped the light down a bit to increase PPFD to ~290
Day 7
Genuinely shocked the roots get that big already after just 7 days.
Didn't have to PH down either today, only got back up to 5.7 from 5.6 over 2 days.
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Week 2. Vegetation
14d ago
1/9
5 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
5.7
pH
No Smell
Smell
52 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
73 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
Hydrogen Peroxide | Oxygenated Water 3%
2 mll
TriPart Micro
0.5 mll
TriPart Grow
0.5 mll
ChubbyBudBros -
Day 8
Did a full water renewal with 500ml less water, so 5 liters now. The roots have some space to breath now between the bottom of the net pot and water line. Also topped the net pot off with some more clay pebbles.
Day 9
Second set of true leaves is forming nicely, and the 3 set albeit small, has shown up as well!
PH got up to 6.3 today, so I took it back down to 5.8.
Day 11
PH got back up to 6.2 after 2 days, So pH'd back down to 5.7.
Day 12
Got that third node developing nicely now.
Day 13
Checked the PH today, was at 5.8 after I pH'd it down to 5.7 2 days ago, pretty stable! Seeing small nodes deleveop already on the lower branch!
Also added a maintenance dose of 5ml hydrogen peroxide 3%.
Day 14
The root growth has exploded quite a bit the past few days! I noticed that the leaves seemed a bit stressed from the light so I took a proper reading and realised I was almost giving 400 PPFD so I reduced it now to 300.
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Week 3. Vegetation
7d ago
1/12
6 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
5.7
pH
No Smell
Smell
52 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Solution Temp
18 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
100 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
Hydrogen Peroxide | Oxygenated Water 3%
2 mll
TriPart Micro
0.8 mll
TriPart Grow
1.2 mll
ChubbyBudBros -
Day 15
Growth seems to definitely be picking up now! Did a full water renewal today. So far this grow has been pretty chill.
Day 16
Still doing great! not much to report for now, temps are a pretty cold now out here so I think growth is a bit slow due to that.
Day 17
Kinda surprised she isn't really show that much explosive growth as I would expect from a hydro grow?
Added a maintenance dose of 1ml/l of h2o2.
Day 18
Checked pH today which was still at 6.0, so just leaving it like that for now.
Day 19
Checked pH earlier, which was still only ay 6.0 after 2 days since I pH'd down to 5.7, so that's pretty stable.
I'll be increasing the light slowly this week to 400 PPFD, moved it to 320 now.
Day 21
I've removed the 2 upper sets of fan leaves, they were blocking the light too much to the lower nodes, so hopefully those will be able to take off like crazy now and catch up with the main branch.
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Week 4. Vegetation
4h ago
1/2
11 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
5.7
pH
No Smell
Smell
57 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
5 liters
Pot Size
76 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
Hydrogen Peroxide | Oxygenated Water 3%
2 mll
TriPart Micro
1 mll
TriPart Grow
1.5 mll
ChubbyBudBros -
Day 22
Renewed all the water in the bucket today as we head into week 4 already. Gave everything a good cleanse with some hydrogen peroxide as well, got to keep those pathogens out! Seems like she's reacting well to me removing the 4 fan leaves yesterday as well.