Tonka's Green Crack in soil under DIY Led

[Tonka]

So here we are, my first diary and first real indoor grow.

I've got three feminised Green Crack plants from Humboldt Seed Organisation growing in soil. Popped four seeds mid November, with one dying very soon after. Oh well, three out of four ain't bad

The potting soil is "Kelpomix", a locally produced potting soil with added kelp. I've had a bit of success with growing herbs and vegetables in it, so thought I'd see how it goes with cannabis.

Got them in a 90 x 90cm tent in the spare bedroom. Average temperature is about 26c lights on and 23c lights off.

As far as the lights go, I've built a bit of a homebrew fixture using a kit from Cutter Electronics, a local light maker based in Melbourne. The kit is designed to be used though veg and flowering in a 4x4 foot space, so should be more than enough light!
It's essentially 16 strips of 112 LEDs hooked up to a Meanwell 480 watt driver. I attached them to a 600x600mm aluminium sheet (6mm thick). If I did it again, I'd probably do it as more of a bar style rig and probably will after this run Draws 487 watts at full power, but I currently have it dimmed to 290.

Got a 150mm Hyper Fan pulling through a 300mm Phresh filter for extraction.
The back two plants are in 30l fabric pots, and the front one is I think a 20l.
Watering them every few days, just going by feel really. Probably about two litres each. A couple of times I've given them 5ml per litre of Charlie Carp(fish based fertiliser).

They've been pretty neglected because I've been house sitting about 50klm away and haven't been able to get to them much. Glad to be home now to give them the love they deserve!
Thinking I'll put some stakes in and open them up a bit this week. Reckon I'll flip them soon after that.
Below are some photos, hopefully they work and come out in order
The plant photos were taken on the 26/11, 22/12, 30/12 and today, the photo of the lights were today as well.


Thanks for reading, any questions or suggestions are welcome!

Tonka

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[Tonka]

Boy oh boy those things popped up quick. Nice, enjoy the journey and thanks for the future updates

You're doing great for a first timer, very well indeed. I like the creativity with the lights too. Many people are making their own lights and I do like the footprint of the strips like you have. Cool stuff.

Thanks Chad I've cocked up enough outdoor attempts, figured I'd just go inside and not do anything that I did do outside
The lights were a fun little lockdown project

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[TTL]

Cool light. Plants are looking good too. Nice! Best of luck with the grow.

[Tonka]

Cool light. Plants are looking good too. Nice! Best of luck with the grow.

Thanks TTL!

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[Josh]

For your first indoor grow, knocking it out of the park buddy! Love the diy light

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[Tonka]

For your first indoor grow, knocking it out of the park buddy! Love the diy light

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Thanks Josh

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[TTL]

I really like Green Crack as a smoke too. Nice choice!

[Tonka]

I really like Green Crack as a smoke too. Nice choice!

Yeah, pretty much everything you can buy around here is really heavy and narcotic, so I wanted something with a bit of lift!

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[TTL]

I really like Green Crack as a smoke too. Nice choice!

Yeah, pretty much everything you can buy around here is really heavy and narcotic, so I wanted something with a bit of lift!

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Green Crack will do it for sure. Ha. Maybe worth looking into harvesting a little earlier than some and really focusing on getting that more psychoactive uppity high than letting them pack on the last bit of weight and start to amber up, if you’re looking for something that’s more like an espresso than a quaalude. Ha.

[Tonka]

I really like Green Crack as a smoke too. Nice choice!

Yeah, pretty much everything you can buy around here is really heavy and narcotic, so I wanted something with a bit of lift!

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Green Crack will do it for sure. Ha. Maybe worth looking into harvesting a little earlier than some and really focusing on getting that more psychoactive uppity high than letting them pack on the last bit of weight and start to amber up, if you’re looking for something that’s more like an espresso than a quaalude. Ha.

That's the plan TTL, don't really mind sacrificing a bit of weight, if I can be self sufficient for half a year I'll be happy! Good thing I'm not a heavy smoker

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