Good to see indoor growers from 20 years ago getting back into it. 
Ahh the “golden age” of indoor cultivation imo. Spending my spare coin on the newest bulb or additive.
Such a change from 90s outdoor growing.
Some nice genetics you got going too. I love Home grown GG#4.
This is exactly how I feel! I wasn’t sure how I would feel going in since this is my first grow about that initially, but I figured out really quickly I’m along the same line of thought, I’m not trying to do a whole bunch of extra stuff, I just want to grow basics. Welcome back to OG, I haven’t been around long so it feels weird saying that to a former member lol
Welcome back, nice setup. I’ve heard great things about Octo pots. I hope everything goes good for you. I was on the old site as well,… Great to have OG 2.0 up and running. Times have changed.
Paws
Looks great & welcome back! You’ve certainly got all of the basics covered with that setup and I’m looking forward to seeing your results with the octopods 
All,
Like a impatient dumb ass I posted this twice . Please follow this grow on this link.
I have grown cannabis before with no nutes just plain old tap water and soil it did ok… It does need a little punch but so many things can go wrong in my opinion switching from this to that to this and that… Maybe get a oz more from the plant? BTW I think you live near me Steven 
Maybe @LemonadeJoe or @moderators could make it one thread for you. I think I could if I knew how. lol 
Hello OG!
I am an old school grower who stopped back in 2008. I learned to grow right here on overgrow.com back in 2003-4ish. My My My how things have changed… which include the laws in the state I live in now. So I thought. What the hell let’s do it! So here I am… again.
Seeds:
Started with two seeds One Wedding Cake and the other one Gorilla glue.
I have two other seeds of thousands I have collected in 35 years so I planted two of them random things as well. If they flower I should be able to tell what they strain they are. They are small little bushes so I am leaning to some kind of indica strain.
Soil and grow medium:
I did a lot of research on whether to do hydro or soil grow and I found something simple wonderful… Oh my! Octopods… They aren’t cheap but what you get is a hybrid soil and hydro. Watching the roots take over in the bottom of the pods in just 20 days is amazing! Watching these things grow inches by the day shows what a good way to grow in these octapods. I might make my own version of them maybe not we will see after harvest. I am not trying to create more work for myself. The 3-gallon version is what I am working with.
Being the first time doing a hydro soil hybrid I didn’t want to F up with the soil. So I used what was suggested and that was summer mix #4. I will be able to duplicate this in the future with my own soil mix but again I got 12cft of it so it will be a while.
Nutrients : I am from the school of less is more with cannabis. I did the research and settled with TPS one. You can do veg to flowering with this stuff. Works well with Hybrid growing. There are different products you can use at this time and at this time and at this time but why waste all that money if one thing can do it all. I don’t want to be a chemist… I just want to have a decent harvest and to get high 
Lights:
This is where I have seen the biggest changes in growing cannabis. God Bless the folks who got all this LEDS stuff to work. I no longer have to use HPS lights to try and burn down my house @ a $300.00 electric bill a month. After doing research I went with three Abriselux A2000 LED Grow Light Dimmable with 5x4ft Coverage and Upgraded Larger Board, Full Spectrum Grow Lamps for Indoor Hydroponic Growing Light with High PPFD (Actual Power 200Watt). I cant say how happy I have been with these lights and at $160.00 a piece… that is cheap in my book! Never mind the energy savings!
Location:
Indoors, in garage, in a 5x5 tent. I have a GE ac windows unit that also dehumidifier and the air is pumped out one of the holes in the tent using an exit hose and out a vent on the side of the house that I installed. The AC unit was the most expensive piece of this whole thing at $349.00.
So these pics are from the last 20 days. I meant to get on here earlier but I couldn’t find the time. I will make regular updates to it going forward.,
Hi ther @Gravitys-Rainbow and welcome back
I see you like the Octopots they are amazing I’ve been using them now for 6 or 7 grows .
wow they improve you game so much you’ll love them
I’ll tag along if you don’t mind
Paps
That would be great! Any suggestions you have with using them please speak up.
So it is July 16th now. 4 days and they are still green and not droopy so these octopods must be working
07-19
And growing… starting to see the tips at the end possible curling under need to keep a eye on this.
07-24
We have roots down in the bottom of the octopod sitting in the water and on the fabric. Wow 12 days and these things are starting to really growing fast. I am having to raise the lights every other day almost. I don’t like the some of the tips point down. I think I over fert these things. I was supposed to use just 5ml for vegging and 15ml once flowering starts. I think I am gonna see some yellow tips soon. Kicking myself over here. I will flush the shit out of them if I see one yellow color on the ends. Drink water at a rate of about 1 gallon per pod a day. WOW
07-27
Yup yellow leaves… I have cut off all fert and just giving the pods straight 5.6 water I will continue to do this until leaves being produces stop turning yellow on the end. I could very well not fert anymore until flowering.
08-02
Have been feeding them just water and trying to dilute what is in the pod so I have been filling up the pod every day since the 27th. New growth has healthy leaves. It is time to top the two tall ones so what the hell lets clone the tops. Wedding cake might be auto flower as I damn well think I am seeing hairs on this plant with still being 18-6. I don’t know how. Just super impressed how much they have grown in 20 days.
The plants do look good I wouldn’t worry so much about the yellowing ( possible nitrogen)
What fertilizer are you using ? And at what ppm’s ?
I find feed steady and at about 500 to 700 ppms will show great results
The growth once they hit the res is amazing 
Hi Papalag!
I am currently using TPS One. The directions say 5ml-15ml per gallon of water. I was using 15ml when i should have been using 5ml for vegging. I am not sure what the PPM is at the current time. I guess I could use my zero pitcher water meter to find out.
Hi I am tagging along as well. I have had the same issue with the yellow and fertilizer so its been just water as well. I am liking the octopots
Definitely cut back on the fertilizer I never used sunshine #4 I use pro mix bx it already has perlite in it so no need to add
I would say your off to a good start
I use the 6 gallon Octopots less filling the res
