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This is first ever grow
I have an unknown strain of bagseed Indica dominant. Right now the seed is in Root Riot cubes.
Just ordered:
Giixer 1000W LED Grow light with veg and bloom switch
TopoLite 32"x32"x63" Indoor Grow Tent Room
VIVOSUN Air Filtration Kit: 4 Inch 203 CFM Inline Fan with Speed Controller, 4'' Carbon Filter and 8 Feet of Ducting Combo
VIVOSUN pH and TDS Meter Combo, 0.05ph High Accuracy Pen Type pH Meter +/- 2% Readout Accuracy 3-in-1 TDS EC Temperature Meter
Treva 10-Inch Portable Desktop Air Circulation Battery Fan - 2 Cooling Speeds - With AC Adapter
Genesis 6-Inch Clip Convertible Table-Top & Clip Fan Two Quiet Speeds
Pro Breeze Electric Mini Dehumidifier, 1200 Cubic Feet (150 sq ft), Auto Shut Off
TaoTronics Cool Mist Humidifier, 4L Ultrasonic Humidifier
Lasko 755320 Ceramic Space Heater
Total price came to $434.00
I will make a video from unboxing to settling my unknown strains in their new home from Root Riot cubes to solo cups to start them off and then I will update weekly to see the results of first time Budget Grow.
If you live in a decent climate and have access to a window, I'd pick that for sure. Pick one of the tent holes and run your exhaust line through. However, pumping recycled air back into the room and subsequently back in your tent from your intake may not be ideal for you... If the weather is not good where you are or if it will affect your tent environmental parameters, I would just exhaust into the room around the grow tent, but you will need a carbon filter for either application. If you don't want to advertise the smell, venting outside, you're going to need it. If you choose to vent into the room you will probably still want one. I love my weed and the smells, but it permeates into fabrics and it will never, go, away. LOL
Hope this helped man, good luck on your setup👍
So this 2nd week was pretty stressful for these girls. They suffered through waiting for me to get my new grow tent setup going but I ordered my parts from a few different companies so everything showed up on different days. Feb 6th 2020 setup will be completed. I will be putting my grow together based on all research and help I have gotten from the great growers of cannabis all over the world and through all of the awesome forums on the net so thank you all very much for your support. The humidifier came in last and for their 1st two week the humidity kept dropping to low 30's; not good as that can stop growth and turn them into hermies. So the plants should in theory be bigger by week 2 but their not. So my final thoughts is advice to other newbies like me is MAKE SURE ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT IS UP AND RUNNING PROPERLY BEFORE BIRTHING YOUR GIRLS. Just saying 😨! So fingers crossed mine will survive.
A special thanks to all my followers if any and all that are watching👀 my grow. Please feel free to jump in give me advice.
Peace to all @ GD
Hello! Instead of giving you a hard answer I'll post this link that will help you calculate the required CFM you will need to properly exchange your grow tents air flow: https://bigbudsmag.com/calculating-cfm-exhaust-fan-marijuana-grow-room/
I will say that the 203 is more the adequate for that space, but check the calculator just in case👍. On a personal note, I personally over sized my intake and outtake and bought two variable motor speed controllers (pretty cheap. 15-20 bucks each) to lower the speed. If and when I expand I won't have to buy another inline or outtake, I just need to turn them up👍. If you think you might be expanding soon, maybe consider over sizing your unit as well so it can handle a larger space if you need it to.
Cheers and good luck with the calculations!
So this week 3 Day 15 and 16 we are going to keep an eye on girls to see if my new investment pays off. Not sure if girls will flourish at this point waiting so long for right condition they should be much bigger in 3rd week and maybe the BAGSEED is just WORTHLESS ? Think I did an OK job at setting everything up but I wonder about a few things I need to ask you all.
1. Do I have too much stuff in tent and over doing it?
2. My veg switch seemed weak (1000W Giixer LED) not sure of wattage form wall? Maybe light is shit? dunno;can I use full spectrum during full grow?
3. How do I know what temp and RH were through the lights off cycle? Not sure if humidistat/temp monitor are working correctly.
4. If YOU had a 32x32x63 grow tent how would YOU set controls on auto heater and auto humidifier to get the desired or average temps and humidity to settle with as minimal fluctuation as possible?
Anyway I am pretty freaking 😊 with my setup but its all in vain if it does not produce bud for me right? Thoughts from all needed and welcome before I lose another plant to failing.
yesterday I downsized from 5 gal fabric pots to 1 gal fabric pots because the 5 gal pot soil stayed too cold all the time and I wanted roots to be warm. It works for me and since it is my first grow I just want to see if I have what it takes so I will grow 1 single cola with tight nodes and hopefully a nice long big bud🤤 just for now.
It has been a good week and I am very pleased with the growth of this plant. After I had cleaned the pre filter thats on my carbon filter this plant just started spitting out new growth and leaves. She told me she was hungry so I fed her 2 tsp of FF Big Grow with 2 liters of water at 6.8 Ph and runoff at 6.1 ph with soil temp at 68F. I didnt realize in the 5th week of veg I could also start her on FF Tiger Bloom so I will do that on the next feeding. Right now I am feeding once a week. Has anyone ever experienced a low plant with a ton of leaves developing????? She doesnt seem to be stretching at all but stem is getting thick and leaves are getting huge. It is bag seed after all and I have read that bag seed has its problems so I guess if I can grow something that is a problem and turns out to be some bomb ass shit then maybe I can even get a shot at noobie of the month huh?😏
This week has been great!! I believe she is responding very well to the FF nutes, I fed her with 2tsp of big grow and 1tsp of tiger bloom PH'ed to 6.5 She Is finally growing upward to produce colas. I looked her over pretty thorough and found what looked to me like 4 colas and dared myself to experiment with fim'ing so I located those 4 new growth tips and pinched them off each one so to leave about 20% on each one. I'm in my glory over this. I had my doubts about her surviving but she's amazing and so green and lush. I can smell her young green aroma while fondling her leaves in my fingers. Can't wait to see how she recovers from the fim and how many more colas shes capable of sharing with me.
Day 47 did my very first ever LST on two stems today and cleaned up some undergrowth stopping light. Shes opened up a bit now for lots of light. Lets see how she likes the LST in couple days. I will water and feed with nutes in couple more days.
This week has been exciting to see her changes. After cleaning some dead leaves she perked up and I can tell shes focusing her energy up top. She is also sporting some pretty white pistils right now but I still need to see some upward growth of colas. Right now I have lights about 22" from her but I have it on full spectrum both veg and bloom switch on. Wondering if I should JUST have bloom switch on??? Im not sure, need some experienced feed back on this thought!
Day 63 So this has been a tough week for our nation and some of us have been distracted including myself. My girl is struggling and stressing too as her pistils seem to be falling out like our hair does lol!! I fed her today after going without for 8 days 😰 I will be sure to take some pics for update.
Day 67 nothing to report really the tiny lady is doing well with pistils nice and strong. I touched one of her sugar leaves today and my fingers stuck together lol. Sticky as hell she is. I can admit that this plant is an extreme failure due to being first grow ever but I just couldn't pull her out. I figured I would give her a chance by using her as kind of a test/ learning experience and I'm not really banking on a gracious yield cause it's not gonna happen but I'm ok with that. I will just try again and again till I grow something I will be proud to post on my diary.
4/16/20 Day 75 Still looking beautiful! Gave her a gal of water with nutes today after completing a technique called SCHWAZZING??
getting rid of fan leaves to expose all the bud sites to more light. I just hope this schwazzing doesn't kill her after all this time. I did feed her afterwards though as if taking a child in for haircut then give them a sucker lol! I also added a 120w Phillips grow bulb above her with the 1000w LED still in full spectrum mode. More pics are posted enjoy and as always HAPPY GROWING!
I still plan to carry this through the drying process and yes I will also put it through the curing process as well because well; I want to learn to be patient and finish what I start. I have learned so much from all you growers on GrowDiaries that it would be a slap in the face to you all if I fall short of what you all taught me. I will grow again; I will get better at it; and YOU will see the fruits of YOUR teaching.
Happy Growing and thnx to you all at GrowDiaries 👍
*UPDATE* 5/14/20 So I did harvest today like I said I would and posted pics in with week 12 because the buds are drying and I can't answer some the questions under the harvest tab but I promise when drying and curing is done I will update the harvest tab. I plan 7-10 days for dry and 6-8 weeks for cure.👍
*UPDATE* 5/23/20 So it's been 9 days since harvest. I wont be offering much detail to the updates because of the details I can give when I tap the harvest tab but im saving that for after the cure. I'm keeping the jarred weed @ 60-63% rh. I did taste test and all I will say at this time I'm not impressed yet with taste and smell and I hope changes come over time being jarred otherwise I lose any bragging rights lol!
Over all this strain being unknown was definitely Indica dom and had her low profile and extremely tight nodes. I believe somewhere between week 5 and 7 is where all things went wrong. Her leaves were like elephant ears and extremely dark green leaves. I trained her too late and that didn't help. Her high is relaxing but not couch lock and talk about munchies?? OMG I ate everything I could and then some lol. Smell seems to come out more when a bud is opened up. I get a faint fruit smell with flowers. Taste is still like eating bark off a tree lol! Real earthy with undertones of herbs. It helps my pain an when the night is over I sleep good
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