600w Closet Grow (Cheese & WW)

Slickrick773

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FIRST GROW!!!
7/10/08 I ordered 5 Feminized Greenhouse Cheese from the DOC which i received in Chicago 7/17/08. Germinated 5/5. Planted each in their own cupfull of Fox Farms Ocean Forest. Water. Over Watered. Punched holes in bottom. Placed in grow room under 600w HPS which was at the top of the ceiling, about 5' away. Went to sleep, and 8 hrs later i decided it was a little warm/hot. I'm afraid my 80CFM ghetto rigged fan may not be enough to clear the room of the warm air? Have not received thermometer/hygrometer in the mail so to play it on the safe side I opened the grow room door and positioned a fan blowing in basement air. 48hrs into grow I turned off light for 6hrs and lower lamp to about 2-3ft from plants. Light has been on ever since. Unsure what results of using 600HPS for 24hr Veg. 10 Nirvana White Widow will join the Greenhouse Cheese in about 24hrs after germination. I ordered them 7/9/08 and barely received them today.:cuss: Not to mentioned I could have got them from the DOC cheaper and faster. Also not to mention i squeezed 1 today to test quality and it cracked.:mad:

I plan on to start keeping track of the veg cycle when i put the WW in there tomorrow.

As far as watering goes i have been dividing a full plastic cup of water between the 5 of them. Twice a day. Not sure if that's good or not. Let me know..

As far as nutes go I purchased Fox Farm Grow Big, Big Bloom, and Tiger Bloom. I was planning on starting grow big 1 week into veg at 1/2 strength, probably boosting it up to full strength the following week. Good idea?

Thermometer/hygrometer, 3gallon grow bags, plastic for floors are all on the way...

I want to start my own vegetation area once this batch goes into flower and just use the current grow room as a flowering room. Unsure how big it should be. How many watts of what time of lamp I should use. I was thinking about using CFL? Or maybe a 400w MH? Or what i should make it out of. If you have any suggestions, seen a nice 1 somewhere, or have made your own let me know and if you could provide links and pics that would be cool.

Also if anyone has any suggestions to help out my ventilation system.. I was thinking about making a homemade humidifier/temp control and/or purchasing a new squirrel cage blower fan (265CFM or 465CFM??) My room is about 6'w, 4'l, 6't... I'm afraid the 465 may be overkill.

As far as intake i was planning on running 20' of ducting from a far window to the room, also using an 80CFM fan to help flow the air? Sound good?

I appreciate any and all feedback. Will keep it updated.
 

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Slickrick773

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At about 12am today I planted 9 of the WW seeds. The crushed one didn't survive. Any suggestions on how long to wait until moving them into my 3 gallon grow bags? Of course I received them right after I planted them in cups... Also anyone on watering schedules for now? As of right now I'm using 3 plastic cups of water for all 14 plants, twice a day. I'm getting a hold of a couple 400W MH Lamps will it be okay to switch from the 600w HPS to 1 or 2 400W MH for the remainder of veg. Then switch back to the HPS for flower?
 

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Slickrick773

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So last night i decided to switch from 24/0 to 18/6 with my electricity bill in mind. This morning when I woke up to water them and turn on the light I noticed that 1 of the Cheese plants had sprouted. They were planted 07/19/08 at about 12am. None of my WW has sprouted yet. I was planning on starting them of at 1/2 dose of grow big after the first full week.. any ideas?
The first pic below was at 7am this morning.
The second was about 10 mins ago.. the plant did noticeably grow since then.
 

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wizard1612

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hi ill be watchin your thread its good to see how the same strain grows with different nutes and soil every one is goin a bit cheesey this year lol im got 10 gh seeds and they all germinated and now i got a bit of a forrest lol i got a grow journel take allok and good luck coz you got a wkd plant growin
 
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