Blunt Africa
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Howdy y'all
Just though I share with you my first Hydro attempt, this is apparently the simplest of passive setups. The basic Hand Watered Bucket.
What I have here is a 5L bucket that I've filled with a 50/50 mix of perlite and vermiculte. You can see at that about 5cm from bottom of the bucket I've drilled small holes. I've done this to make a small reservoir at the bottom of the bucket to hold a nute solution which will be drawn up the medium via capilliary action.
What I've got growing in there is a Northern Lights from Female Seeds, she is about 7 days from sprouting. I did not want to chance germing in a non soil medium so I actually popped her in soil and then washed her roots down and put her into the bucket. This may have slowed her down by a few days but that's OK.
Nutes I'll be using is GH 3 Part Series, and I'll be starting at about quarter strength to make sure I bring her in gently. Don't ask me about PPM or EC or PH cause I do not have a meter yet to read these values. So I'm just gonna wing it for now. I will see if I can get a PH testing kit today though...
Right now I'm giving her 24 hrs light via a 23W warm white CFL during the night and then out in the sun during the day. We are coming into winter down here in Africa now so I'll be letting good old nature do the 12/12 thing with her until I get a bigger cab.
If you are interested I do also have a 12/12 from seed grow going on in my HPS/CFL cab also using female seeds. This is a soil grow.
Check out at
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=24813
As this is my first Hydro grow I'll be looking for feedback and advice. I'd also like to hear from anyone that is doing a similar grow at the moment.
L8r
AFRICA
Just though I share with you my first Hydro attempt, this is apparently the simplest of passive setups. The basic Hand Watered Bucket.
What I have here is a 5L bucket that I've filled with a 50/50 mix of perlite and vermiculte. You can see at that about 5cm from bottom of the bucket I've drilled small holes. I've done this to make a small reservoir at the bottom of the bucket to hold a nute solution which will be drawn up the medium via capilliary action.
What I've got growing in there is a Northern Lights from Female Seeds, she is about 7 days from sprouting. I did not want to chance germing in a non soil medium so I actually popped her in soil and then washed her roots down and put her into the bucket. This may have slowed her down by a few days but that's OK.
Nutes I'll be using is GH 3 Part Series, and I'll be starting at about quarter strength to make sure I bring her in gently. Don't ask me about PPM or EC or PH cause I do not have a meter yet to read these values. So I'm just gonna wing it for now. I will see if I can get a PH testing kit today though...
Right now I'm giving her 24 hrs light via a 23W warm white CFL during the night and then out in the sun during the day. We are coming into winter down here in Africa now so I'll be letting good old nature do the 12/12 thing with her until I get a bigger cab.
If you are interested I do also have a 12/12 from seed grow going on in my HPS/CFL cab also using female seeds. This is a soil grow.
Check out at
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=24813
As this is my first Hydro grow I'll be looking for feedback and advice. I'd also like to hear from anyone that is doing a similar grow at the moment.
L8r
AFRICA