4 Strains, 1000watt, Co2 First grow

My buddy and I setup a 1000watt HPS in a small bathroom. We've got a 20lb Co2 tank that is getting filled this week for use all the way through harvest. As of right now we are just using the AC vent and exhaust bathroom fan as ventilation, and we have a box fan as well to be put in there. I've placed the ballast outside of the bathroom so that it doesnt contribute the heat and not be as prone to water contact.
We got one clone of each strain, the strains are as follows:
Mazar Kush
Kali Mist
Aurora Indica
Skunk #1

We are keeping the mazar kush as a mother plant and will be removing the other 3 at midnight and putting them back at noon every day. Eventually we are going to have a SOG setup with 3 mothers, once we have a spare bedroom though. The Co2 will be placed in the bathroom as well, unless I hear of anything dangerous about that.

I'm letting the clones root more and veg for 30 days, then flowering for 50-60 days.

Pics of Day One:

Unfortunately the bathroom is too small and it's hot as hell in there, it got up to 99 degrees last night before i cranked the ac up and opened the door. We're getting 6" duct to extend the ac tube down to the floor and use the other peice of the duct to go around the exhaust fan and be attatched the light somehow. We are getting the Co2 filled tomorrow so hopefully that'll help cool down the room as well.

actually co2 will raise your temps not cool them

how would that happen? Co2 is pretty cold...

i couldnt keep the temp. under control in the bathroom so we've relocated the babies to a split room...ill have pics up tomorrow. so far the temp as been around 85-90 degrees which isnt as bad.

ballo said:

i couldnt keep the temp. under control in the bathroom so we've relocated the babies to a split room...ill have pics up tomorrow. so far the temp as been around 85-90 degrees which isnt as bad.

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New pics:
The temp is steady around 90F. I'm getting the ac window unit at the end of the week so it should be all gravy then.

We installed the window AC unit, and put four more barely making it clones in there. The plants have grown at least 6 inches but it's been averaging about 86 degrees in there. We've started flowering as of two days ago. They're going to flower for 60 to 75 days. I've also got the moisture/light/ph meter thats only like 8 dollars at Lowes and saves you a lot of wondering about how much water you plant has. The temp with the AC is steady about 74-75 degrees with humidity of 50-52% which is great.
We also just bought some PH Down and some Botanicare Pro Bloom. We cut one clone just to see if we'd get any luck.
heres the pics

plants look good...bump

thanks...comments are welcome

nothing much has changed yet that is worth taking a picture. We've been bending the girls a little bit so that they'll get more light and so that they'll stop growing so tall so quickly. Temps are still averaging 71-79 F. now...Humidity is steady around 48-54% which is fine iwth me.

We've been feeding them with botanicare every 4 days or so, or usually once the soil starts to dry up haha. I mist the plants as well twice a day or so, so that they can stay somewhat cool under that light.

ballo said:

Projected Harvest Date: 08/20/2009

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Nothing wrong with setting a goal, but you may find that your plants have other plans. Let the plants tell you when they're done and not your wallet or empty bowl. It'll be worth the wait, I promise.
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good point, ill definately keep that in mind haha. thanks for the advice

just got back from vacation after 7 days and the girls look wonderful. buds are starting to form now all over the place, they are 3 1/2 weeks into flowering. we got a 60x-100x handheld microscope that works great for looking at trichs. We've been feeding them 1tbsp of mollases, 1tbsp of ph down, 1tbsp of botanicare per one gallon about twice every week. The moisture meter works great and would definately be a good investment to anyone interested. One clone of the kali mist that we cut (first time) has rooted but still hasnt shown any growth yet. My buddy cut another one the other day and have this one in a much more humid environment, both under flourescents. We're going to use the 300watt phototron to keep the mothers if these work out.

Ill post pics tomorrow.

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ballo said:

nothing much has changed yet that is worth taking a picture. We've been bending the girls a little bit so that they'll get more light and so that they'll stop growing so tall so quickly. Temps are still averaging 71-79 F. now...Humidity is steady around 48-54% which is fine iwth me.

We've been feeding them with botanicare every 4 days or so, or usually once the soil starts to dry up haha. I mist the plants as well twice a day or so, so that they can stay somewhat cool under that light.

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No, dont mist them when the lights are on! Only do them when the lights are off so that they have time to dry, otherwise the water droplets magnify and will burn little holes in the plant - or start turning whole leaves yellow... and then dead. Especially dont do it when flowering - as obviously that'll create extra humidity and budrot.

ganjman said:

No, dont mist them when the lights are on! Only do them when the lights are off so that they have time to dry, otherwise the water droplets magnify and will burn little holes in the plant - or start turning whole leaves yellow... and then dead. Especially dont do it when flowering - as obviously that'll create extra humidity and budrot.

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thanks for that info...i read that somewhere the other day and have stopped misting the plants in general since they're flowering.

good good!

hey RIU, thats my room thats half room and half 1000w hps and 7 girls..haha...dont post much more just lurk around take in info, tuesday will be 4 weeks into flower...this is our first grow and so far we havn't had any majo r problems, having trouble getting the ph down but thats about it, how do they look?