Thanks for the quick reply. First off is an error I made. My room is 18' (feet) by 18'. So I'm pretty sure I will have enough room lol. My bad.
I really am concerned at first with the fact that it is so big and I don't want to extend myself too thin. As I am so new, I understand the fact that experience will teach me just as much if not more than a book. I will be constructing the tent from scratch but I've found all my necessary supplies for purchase. I will probably start with a similair size as your gl80 as it seemed to have a good reflective nature to it. Obviously I will make it a little bigger as this room will eventually serve as a veg room when I can afford a second hood/ fan for a flower room. Ah but I digress.
As for a couple questions because I don't want to take up too much time, where is the subscripe and +rep I've seen?
Where can I learn about training branches?
When you said you were going to do a "soil soak" after you transplanted to your final pots so the roots could really get into the soil, how do you do that?
In your schedule of watering your plants, how much is a schedule, and how much is using a water meter or instinct?
When you say you just gave them water for a feeding, is it water with CalMag and bioweed at 6.5 pH or is it just 6.5pH?
How often are you flushing?
And I love your attention to detail (or as you call it OCD) because from what I've read and with how different the range of quality of buds that I've smoked in the 13 or so years I have been smoking, it seems obvious that the more you care about your ladies, the more they give care back.
The list goes on but I feel like my learning curve is already full at the moment and don't want to pry too much. Again thank you Sr. very much for such priceless information and even more for your actual correspondance
OOPS. Lol yeah that's just a
little larger.
Constructing a tent sounds good, but I'd seriously consider the grow labs, or the secret jardins. They are
awesome for growing. I used to think about making my own stuff too but now I just leave it to the pros
these guys have it down to a science. Like you can grow in home made stuff, it works really well. But the grow tents these days are still worth the money, at least I think.
If you make your first cabinet, I'd expand to like a 5x5 tent with a 1000w light, or lika 10x5 tent for 2 1000w lights. Still have room for big 20 inch fans mounted on the walls, with portable AC inside too. And about a foot on each side to walk around the canopy.
maybe that's too intense but it's something to aspire to! The 2'7x2'7 is a good size to start with. Though you don't have a lot of room to reach around / see the full canopy, so you might like to go with something slightly larger, and possibly with a 600w light? To start of course
. Just make sure you invest in a good inline fan with wide ducting. I'm loving on my 6in 330cfm max fan, and use it on setting 2/3.
There's a little sheriffs badge under neath your user name / info on the full site, to the right of
journal this postclick that and it adds rep. But you have to have enough rep yourself to rep
. Don't worry ill give you 150..
I would use a lot of google fu for the branch training. It's formally called LST, or low stress training. I'd look into LST Techniques, here or elsewhere if the info is better. I use zip ties instead of string, I find it easier. The whole point of LST is to tie branches down to make them grow out and up, and to keep the indoor light on them as even as possible so the light can be very close without burning any tops, or not getting enough light on another top. I use SCROG to assist with my LST.
Soil soak just means I drench the soil in water, remove the water that comes out, and then add more water in like 15 mins so the soil is soaked..
I have a set schedule for when i feed and water, unless they look very under fed or over fed I usually don't break that. Sometimes I will adjust a few nutrients to give the plants what I think they need. N P K, or micro nutrients. I usually list when I water with anything like BioWeed, but Cal Mag is used every watering. Except when I begin flushing I use
only water. However, I do usually feed 10mL per gal with the food, and 5 mL per gallon with plain water.
I flush like once every 1.5-2.0 months. But I would like to think I can tell what my plant likes, and that I don't over feed usually, and when I do I am aware. Basically someone new to cannabis growing might make mistakes with soil mixes and feeding routines, so they might want to flush more than me to keep their soil in balance. Just make sure you have a good pH meter, that has a replaceable sensor. And pick up some pH calibration solution with it. It's worth it.
Your cool on the prying dude! Just burning some tunes on a CD for the ride to the hydro store
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Don't see a star. Don't have the android app but I'm using a phone. On the full site there is a star with likes?
Totally go on the full site
It's better, for now. The android app is probably pretty new and doesn't have the full features.
