3x3 tent grow

Iriemedicine

Iriemedicine

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Hey everybody. I have a few grows under my belt but by no means would consider myself anywhere near an expert. I am passionate about growing and love soaking up all the information I can get on the subject. I am currently running a 3x3 tent and would love some constructive criticism, tips, or suggestions. I currently have 4 plants which I have started from seed, 1 Citrix (La Con x Grapefruit), 2 Glass Slipper (La Con x Cindy 99) and 1 Mammoth (La Con x Snocap) all from reserva privada colorado. They are in vermifire soil, in 5 gallon smart pots, with a couple weeks of veg and have been topped once as of today when these pictures where taken. The only thing I have been feeding them is botanicare pure blend tea (0.5-0.5-1.0 NPK)
at 40ml per gallon of water every 2 waterings and plain h2o on the days inbetween. I am using an RO filter and applyed mycos to the soil before transplanting to the 5 gallon buckets. I plan on letting these plants recover for a few days and top them one more time before giving them one more week of veg and flipping. Anyways, thankyou for anyone who takes the time to read, and thankyou to anyone who has solid advice to offer :) ! Happy growings my friends!
 
Iriemedicine

Iriemedicine

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They are under a 600w MH as of right now which will be switched to a HPS come bloom time. Temps have been consistent in the 78-82 range with lights on and RH is kept around 55% at the moment.
 
Iriemedicine

Iriemedicine

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hotrodharley said:
Try to get your temps down to around 70 and the humidity way way down before flowering. Especially near the end to reduce risk of bud mold. Looks good.
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Hey thank-you! At the moment I am misting the plants and sides of the tent periodically to maintain my humidity during veg. Without spraying and with my inline fan running the RH is around 30%. Right now I am running my MH at super lumans but could also run it at 600 watts or dim it which i prefer not to do with the MH. Would it be worth running my HPS at 600 or dimming it down to 400 watts durring flower to reach the desired temp? I can run at 600 watts and never pass 80degrees. Last resort would be purchasing a 400 watt hps and bulb for flower.
 
Iriemedicine

Iriemedicine

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hotrodharley said:
Run it at 600. And if you have a separate MH read about adding it the last two weeks of flower to increase THC production. Combined with the HPS. You can run HPS 600 and MH at 250 if possible.
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For flower I have a hortilux dual arc 600w bulb. I really like your idea with the dual spectrum's. What are your thoughts on an LED panel as supplemental lighting? I am not sure how much heat a 250 watt HID light would add to my current setup?
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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I am a total novice at LED. It's my understanding from reading on here that the successful LED growers build their own panels. I do believe with the entire light spectrum able to be replicated that LED is the future.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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I have seen some spectacular SCROG grows under a Quantum Bad Boy T5 4' in 4' X 4' tents.The T5 are expensive but available and last quite a while. Those make heat but not like a HPS or MH ballast and bulb.
 
Iriemedicine

Iriemedicine

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Should the botanicare pure blend tea cover me through out the rest of veg? I have a buddy who also grows and he suggests I give them another application of mycos and start feeding them Cal Mag when they are ready to be flipped to 12/12.
 
Iriemedicine

Iriemedicine

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Almost a week after topping. Just misted my ladies down and decided to take a pic. In this last week, I gave my plants a feeding of botanicare pure blend gro, cal mag, and liquid karma. Debating on whether or not i should toss one of the plants. Im hoping to top atleast once or twice more and plan on vegging till the end of September but might flower a bit sooner. As always, I appreciate anyone's advice, constructive criticisms, tips or just stopping by to say hi. And if anyone has any questions about my grow always feel free to ask :)
~Irie :bigjoint:
 
Gquebed

Gquebed

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If you are flowering with LED you will want temps a little on the higher side...closer to 78/79... and youll notice that you can water less frequently...
 
cannabisweedPotNerd

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Iriemedicine said:


Almost a week after topping. Just misted my ladies down and decided to take a pic. In this last week, I gave my plants a feeding of botanicare pure blend gro, cal mag, and liquid karma. Debating on whether or not i should toss one of the plants. Im hoping to top atleast once or twice more and plan on vegging till the end of September but might flower a bit sooner. As always, I appreciate anyone's advice, constructive criticisms, tips or just stopping by to say hi. And if anyone has any questions about my grow always feel free to ask :)
~Irie :bigjoint:
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How old?
 
suavekasso

suavekasso

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how much do you usually yield with only 4 plants?... more plants in smaller pots always worked out better for me..more room for error and you dont freak out over having to lose a plant due to the occassional hermie or bugs etc. your plants look very healthy and im tuned in to see some bud porn!
 
Iriemedicine

Iriemedicine

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suavekasso said:
how much do you usually yield with only 4 plants?... more plants in smaller pots always worked out better for me..more room for error and you dont freak out over having to lose a plant due to the occassional hermie or bugs etc. your plants look very healthy and im tuned in to see some bud porn!
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2-4 oz per plant. I will run more in the future if I can get to a safe location. Right now however, I am in the lions den, and more than 5 is a felony and an automatic prison sentence.
 
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