DankFiend Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Between now and the end of the year, I am chained to my desk. For 12 hours, everyday, I have to be here. Working. Luckily, pandemic habits mean I can do this work from my desk at home. The payoff is also a good one, and as the new year gets started, work stops for me. Then, sometime in the middle of January, I get to load up my car and take a long road trip with no marked out plan or final destination. And for this trip I am going to need weed. It's been a while since I grew anything (not since lockdown started and I shifted homes), and to be honest I miss it. It is the closest thing I have to therapy, and without a grow to invest my anxiety and obsessiveness into, I carry these into places they don't belong. Growing though takes time...time that would otherwise be spent at my desk. The solution I am going to be documenting is a cramped grow, like my first grow...a grow literally right next to my desk. Things have already begun to roll. I went into my store and pulled out some very basic gear. Good gear - but basic. The focus is essentials. I had to buy a new tent and some pots for this job, but just about everything else was just waiting to be plugged in. I probably need a chiller, but like my first grow, I am solving problems on the go. This diary (and grow) is therefore devoted to simplicity and utility in the art of growing weed - an art best experienced by learning it all over again. From scratch. Edited September 5, 2021 by DankFiend 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchylemon Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Looking forward to seeing what comes of this! When are you planning to start? Good luck with the grow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DankFiend Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 9/8/2021 at 12:42 PM, itchylemon said: Looking forward to seeing what comes of this! When are you planning to start? Good luck with the grow I got the first mission started about 2/3 weeks ago. growing from seed so not ideal for what I am trying. will post pictures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DankFiend Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Will narrate all this when I have some time. Edited September 11, 2021 by DankFiend 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DankFiend Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) I promised a narrative to go with the pictures above... so here is it. Gear Tent: Mammoth 120 pro (120x120) Light: 630w LED (space was too small for my Gavita so I am using someones Fluence Vipr) Genetics (for now) 4 Platinum Garlic (1 in an organic mix) 1 Blue Cheese (organic) (All from seed) System I have 3 platinum garlic under a scrog screen, fed from a 30 litre Rez. The plants are in dutch pots. I have never used them before but I built something similar for my first hydro grow. I used basic garden irrigation for drainage and for the top feed. There is a small Rez at the bottom of the pot for the plant to wick nutrient solution from, so I dropped some old air curtains I had in there (which seems to be working well). I flood the system for about 15minutes when the lights come on, then do another 6 spaced 10 minute feeds while the lights are on. And finally 1 more feed midway through lights off. Given that there is a Rez at the bottom of the pot, this might be excessive, and makes the temperature issues more of a hassle...so might adjust for now. Feeding TA 3 part and folia feeding nurtiflex vulvic Anticipated problems The carbon filter I have is done for, so I took it off. Although I can change the carbon I prefer just buying a new one. I will do this at the start of the month, but it is going to create temperature issues when I attach it. The light I am using - although LED - still puts out a lot of heat for the space, so its better to resolve this while still in veg. The Rez is small and its heating up. This means that I need a chiller. The discipline of regular topoff and ice packs has been working because I have been at my desk with the Rez next to me, but it's getting old quickly. This is probably my next purchase. Unanticipated problems One of the platinum garlic plants is showing rust spots on the middle leaves. Given the location and the fact that it does not rub off I inclined to think its a Magnesium deficiency rather than fungal. Last week I also noticed that my PH meter was off, so I was probably running the solution a bit too acidic. I have therefore been when running at a ph of 6.2/6.3 to see if that helps and did a folia feed with some Cal/Mag. When lights went out I also gave some GH bio-protect. Edited September 16, 2021 by DankFiend 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty.Psychonaut Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 damn booiii got a good friend there to let you use his fluence!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DankFiend Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 10 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said: damn booiii got a good friend there to let you use his fluence!!! to be honest he wasn't using it and so I twisted his arm. I'm persuasive like that and have grown using this same light before when I tested it for him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty.Psychonaut Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 hahahah yeah fiends tend to have that persuasive quality about them that's a really good light man, I am excited to see what you do with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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