WaterFarm Project
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:42 pm
So a couple months back i walked in to the local hydro store and they had GH Water Fams on sale... So i figured what the hell and thought i would try one out. Now with that said i figured i would post a grow journal on here cause in all honest i am not to sure if i know what the hell i am doing lol ... This will be my first time experimenting with hydro i guess you can say. Pro Mix is my usual thing !
Anyway i modded the water farm in the ways that all the grow journals said to ... I drilled in twice as many hole and also added a 4 inch air stone to the bucket.
For nutes i got the GH Flora series that came with the Water Farm but also spent the $60 and upgraded the line up with the GH Performance Pack. I REALLY wanted to use my Green Planet Nutes with this but doing the run i just finished with and never using GH Flora before i figured i would try this out.
I started 1 Cali Connection Grape OG and 1 Humboldt Seed Organization EWE-2 in rapid rooter ( I have never used RR before but now i must say i am a 100% complete fan of now) . I started both seeds cause they were freebies and figured i would use them up on the experiment before i got in to some of my other more treasured seeds. Keep in mind tho this is just one water farm so unfortunately one seed is going to die. I don't want to run water and dirt at the same time. I actually walked away with 13.6 Ounces off my Blue Dream so i am pretty sure iam stocked up enough on meds lol....
Everything has been going well for the first week and now the start of the second week of veg. It was the Cali Connection Grape OG that won the race to be the first water farm experiment for me !
The nutes i have dialed down alot and have been perfectly in the PH range of 6 even and my PPM is sitting at 500-600 PPM which is exactly half of what GH feed chart says it should be in.
I also added my little 110W Solar Storm Veg Master to the Vegging mix. Which has been kinda interesting cause i have never used it coincide my 400w and 440w. SO ( if i am wrong about this i apologies but ) I should be ruffly around 550 watts of pure vegging goodness ! Both the bigger solar storms are 30 inches above with a very slight tilt towards the middle with the 110w sitting at 26 inches dead center.. My cheap ass Lux meters says that all three combined are laying down 30000 lux and all this in my 3x3 tent..... Things should get interesting !
Any one who has used the water farms before or wants to give some tips or pointers please feel free to chime in. Ill take any advice good or bad lol
Anyway i modded the water farm in the ways that all the grow journals said to ... I drilled in twice as many hole and also added a 4 inch air stone to the bucket.
For nutes i got the GH Flora series that came with the Water Farm but also spent the $60 and upgraded the line up with the GH Performance Pack. I REALLY wanted to use my Green Planet Nutes with this but doing the run i just finished with and never using GH Flora before i figured i would try this out.
I started 1 Cali Connection Grape OG and 1 Humboldt Seed Organization EWE-2 in rapid rooter ( I have never used RR before but now i must say i am a 100% complete fan of now) . I started both seeds cause they were freebies and figured i would use them up on the experiment before i got in to some of my other more treasured seeds. Keep in mind tho this is just one water farm so unfortunately one seed is going to die. I don't want to run water and dirt at the same time. I actually walked away with 13.6 Ounces off my Blue Dream so i am pretty sure iam stocked up enough on meds lol....
Everything has been going well for the first week and now the start of the second week of veg. It was the Cali Connection Grape OG that won the race to be the first water farm experiment for me !
The nutes i have dialed down alot and have been perfectly in the PH range of 6 even and my PPM is sitting at 500-600 PPM which is exactly half of what GH feed chart says it should be in.
I also added my little 110W Solar Storm Veg Master to the Vegging mix. Which has been kinda interesting cause i have never used it coincide my 400w and 440w. SO ( if i am wrong about this i apologies but ) I should be ruffly around 550 watts of pure vegging goodness ! Both the bigger solar storms are 30 inches above with a very slight tilt towards the middle with the 110w sitting at 26 inches dead center.. My cheap ass Lux meters says that all three combined are laying down 30000 lux and all this in my 3x3 tent..... Things should get interesting !
Any one who has used the water farms before or wants to give some tips or pointers please feel free to chime in. Ill take any advice good or bad lol