Rigobert's hydroponic pc case

[rigobert]

Hi guys. I thought I'd share pics of my grow-in-progress. This is my first grow, so lots of advice is appreciated. It's basically modeled on Mr. Micro's design, except with an aquarium pump to bubble air through the water. Pics follow. Sorry, they're from a webcam because I don't have a real camera.

The box:


from behind:


The air filter:


The grow chamber:

 

[rigobert]

Progress so far...

Progress so far...

I created this plan several weeks before the grow began:

1.(12 hrs) Germ seeds by placing them overnight in shot glass with water, keep area dark, but warm (~78F)
2. (12-24 hrs) Transfer seeds to wet paper towel on saucer, cover with wet paper towel and saucer, put under warm (~78F) light for duration
3. Move seeds to perforated plastic cups filled with damp coir and a small amount of clonex, place under light, change light schedule to 20/4.
4. When coir loses moisture (1-2 days), water individual cups with ~3 tbsp each, as necessary, let small puddle accumulate at bottom of tray
5. At spouting of second set of leaves, add nute mixture at 1/4 strength, increase water level, start air pump, and start pH testing water. Keep the ph as close to 6.3 as possible. Water temps should be 70F or so.
6. Begin LST
7. After a week, change light schedule to 16/8
8. Move nute mix to full strength and increase water level in tray to full (~1 gallon)
9. At 2 weeks change light schedule to 12/12
10. As soon as possible, identify males and remove from box
11. Move remaining females into larger cups
12. Also as soon as possible, prune useless "popcorn buds" and branches off of females
13. Harvest
14. Cure the harvest

Edit: As a summary: I intend to autoflower the plants in the box (I will probably take cuttings and build a cloner and bigger/more sustainable system (perhaps out of a speaker tower) sometime before the first harvest).

I intend to follow it roughly, but will also be keeping a detailed log of the progress and have already begun germinating 6 seeds as of last night.



Above are pictures of the seeds in the shot glass as well as one including the glove covering the shot glass to preserve darkness.

I'll post more when they germ!

 

[rigobert]

Update: 4/6 seeds in the shot glass have cracked open and a small amount of tap root is visible. The two that have not are of a different unknown strain (the other four are citral) and are about 140% bigger than the other seeds.

Anybody have an idea of why this could be?

Edit: As of 2100h today, one of the larger seeds had germed, so it was probably coincidence.

 

[rigobert]

As of 1200h today, all of the seeds have a small amount of tap root visible; I will plant them later tonight.

 

[rigobert]

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