HakunaMatata
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Hello. I am a fellow victim of the economy so I decided to save me and my wife a lot of money. This is my first go around. I have done months worth of research, so I kinda feel like a expert noob.
Ordered some beans from " the tude" and they arrived in a week with some nice freebies. The format of this may be confusing as I am using a premade format found on another forum site.
My grow was in a room [ ] closet [ ] cabinet [x]
Growing space size: 5x5x3 feet, I made a box out of 2x2's and wrapped it in mylar panda film.
40 Watts per square foot, which is room length x width divided into total watts. I.e. 5'x3'=15sqf with 600w light is 15 into 600=40w per square foot.
Amount of light used in watts and manufacture ie Hortilux , Sunmaster etc.
Lights: I vegg'd with 8 cfls 23-26 watters, 6 blue spectrum and 2 red. For flowering i am using a digital 600w hps with a Hortilux bulb
Ventilation type if any.
6" 435 cfm inline fan with 6"x18" can filter blowing through a 600w cooltube and out of the tent. The cooltube is about 6-8" away from the closest colas.
Growing method: Soil [x] Hydroponic [ ]
Ferts used, chemical, or organic. Be sure to include brand name if applicable.
I used Fox Farm Big Bloom, Grow Big and Tiger Bloom.
Additives, whether you use h2o2, super bud, additional co2, etc.
I used Superthrive, liquid Kharma and molasses.
Canopy Temp: 79.5 during day, 69 at night
Soil level temp: 73.1 during day, 65 at night
Humidity: 50%
All was grown from seed. The number before the strain name is the amount of i planted. All of the seeds were feminized except for the 7 purple wreck which all turned out females anyway
Reserva Privada: 7 purple wreck- 2 OG Kush
Dinafem (Attitude Freebies): 1 Power Kush, 1 Blue widow, 1 California Hash Plant and 1 Critical +
Nirvana: 3 Blackberry
Barneys Farm: 1 Blue Cheese
Containers: I germ'd them in a cup of water for 24 hours then to the 6" dome and tray with small inserts. From there i put them in 4x4x5 squares and now they are in 2 gallon pots.
Soil: Fox Farm Ocean Forest mixed with some extra perlite with a top layer of earthworm castings.
They sprouted on the 25-29th of september. They vegg'd until halloween, so the 31st of october. 17 beans germ'd, 17 beans popped, 17 beautiful women.
I have the timer set for the lights to come on at night that way the lights keep the temps up during these cold wintery nights. I use a tablespoon of molasses every watering and 2 tablespoons of Liuquid Karma. I just implemented both into my watering cycle. I water when top couple of inches are dry and i let them go through a full wet and dry cycle where some of the leaves start to droop.
Four of these had to be tied down due to height restrictions. I stopped misting when they started showing buds to avoid complications with mold and/or rot. I spend hours in the nursery with the girls checking for bugs, nute burn, heat issues, hot spots, ventilation working right, proper environment and just examining them for anything that is out of the norm. Comments thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated as successful guidance paves the road to success.
Ooh... I almost forgot ( ok i forgot) to mention that I cut 18 clones 2 weeks ago. I used a-ok grodan cubes, hydrofarm seedling heat mat, with a 6" humidity dome and tray. Humidity stayed upwards of 85-95% Temp is a consistent 82 degrees. I give em a 2 drops of superthrive and 1 tbls of liquid karma per gallon. All 18 rooted and are being put in the flower tent as you read this. I put my box on a 4ish foot table and have my clones under the table in a cardboard box with the heat mat and some cfl's. I think I'm doing pretty good for my first time.
Quick Breakdown of Expenditures:
$108; RW, 6" dome, tray, pots, soil, perlite, heat mat
$310; Beans plus S&H
$340; 600 watt Lumatek Ballast, 6" cooltube, 600w Hortilux
$210; Exhaust; 6" inline fan, deluxe mylar vent duct, can fan carbon filter
$93; Growbox; wood, screws, brackets, black and white duct tape, velcro and panda film
$107; misc; 8 cfl's, clamp lamp, y-connectors, molasses, superthrive, twine, hygrometer, cup hooks, ozium spray, 2 gallon sprayer.
Just bought a digital camera and the rechargable batteries are charging now. As soon as they charge I will be posting pics..... Im trying to find my pics of veg to post in the mean time....
My grow was in a room [ ] closet [ ] cabinet [x]
Growing space size: 5x5x3 feet, I made a box out of 2x2's and wrapped it in mylar panda film.
40 Watts per square foot, which is room length x width divided into total watts. I.e. 5'x3'=15sqf with 600w light is 15 into 600=40w per square foot.
Amount of light used in watts and manufacture ie Hortilux , Sunmaster etc.
Lights: I vegg'd with 8 cfls 23-26 watters, 6 blue spectrum and 2 red. For flowering i am using a digital 600w hps with a Hortilux bulb
Ventilation type if any.
6" 435 cfm inline fan with 6"x18" can filter blowing through a 600w cooltube and out of the tent. The cooltube is about 6-8" away from the closest colas.
Growing method: Soil [x] Hydroponic [ ]
Ferts used, chemical, or organic. Be sure to include brand name if applicable.
I used Fox Farm Big Bloom, Grow Big and Tiger Bloom.
Additives, whether you use h2o2, super bud, additional co2, etc.
I used Superthrive, liquid Kharma and molasses.
Canopy Temp: 79.5 during day, 69 at night
Soil level temp: 73.1 during day, 65 at night
Humidity: 50%
All was grown from seed. The number before the strain name is the amount of i planted. All of the seeds were feminized except for the 7 purple wreck which all turned out females anyway
Reserva Privada: 7 purple wreck- 2 OG Kush
Dinafem (Attitude Freebies): 1 Power Kush, 1 Blue widow, 1 California Hash Plant and 1 Critical +
Nirvana: 3 Blackberry
Barneys Farm: 1 Blue Cheese
Containers: I germ'd them in a cup of water for 24 hours then to the 6" dome and tray with small inserts. From there i put them in 4x4x5 squares and now they are in 2 gallon pots.
Soil: Fox Farm Ocean Forest mixed with some extra perlite with a top layer of earthworm castings.
They sprouted on the 25-29th of september. They vegg'd until halloween, so the 31st of october. 17 beans germ'd, 17 beans popped, 17 beautiful women.
I have the timer set for the lights to come on at night that way the lights keep the temps up during these cold wintery nights. I use a tablespoon of molasses every watering and 2 tablespoons of Liuquid Karma. I just implemented both into my watering cycle. I water when top couple of inches are dry and i let them go through a full wet and dry cycle where some of the leaves start to droop.
Four of these had to be tied down due to height restrictions. I stopped misting when they started showing buds to avoid complications with mold and/or rot. I spend hours in the nursery with the girls checking for bugs, nute burn, heat issues, hot spots, ventilation working right, proper environment and just examining them for anything that is out of the norm. Comments thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated as successful guidance paves the road to success.
Ooh... I almost forgot ( ok i forgot) to mention that I cut 18 clones 2 weeks ago. I used a-ok grodan cubes, hydrofarm seedling heat mat, with a 6" humidity dome and tray. Humidity stayed upwards of 85-95% Temp is a consistent 82 degrees. I give em a 2 drops of superthrive and 1 tbls of liquid karma per gallon. All 18 rooted and are being put in the flower tent as you read this. I put my box on a 4ish foot table and have my clones under the table in a cardboard box with the heat mat and some cfl's. I think I'm doing pretty good for my first time.
Quick Breakdown of Expenditures:
$108; RW, 6" dome, tray, pots, soil, perlite, heat mat
$310; Beans plus S&H
$340; 600 watt Lumatek Ballast, 6" cooltube, 600w Hortilux
$210; Exhaust; 6" inline fan, deluxe mylar vent duct, can fan carbon filter
$93; Growbox; wood, screws, brackets, black and white duct tape, velcro and panda film
$107; misc; 8 cfl's, clamp lamp, y-connectors, molasses, superthrive, twine, hygrometer, cup hooks, ozium spray, 2 gallon sprayer.
Just bought a digital camera and the rechargable batteries are charging now. As soon as they charge I will be posting pics..... Im trying to find my pics of veg to post in the mean time....
