First grow ever!! Indoor soil, 5x5x7 tent, 1000watt, 9 clones, 7 STRAINS

TheyCallMe2K

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Hello everybody! I'm new to the forum but I'm not new to buds! I live in Seattle, Wa so that means i can grow 15 plants legally.
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I'm sure i only have minimal experience comparatively to some of these guys; since I only have experiences with helping friends with there operations that supplied medicine to Seattle's dispensaries, but never truly tried myself. I live near Seattle, WA which makes it easy access to unlimited dispensaries, farmers markets, and even a clone market north of Fremont; This is where I got the majority of these guys. Picked them up about 2 weeks ago and they were probably around 8 inches

AS FOR THE GROW:

All in 4 gallon buckets

Soil Mix: 3/5th's happy frog, 2/5th's fox farm ocean spray. Soil PH is a little high, 6.5-7, but the nutes are around 6.02, and I make sure i PH my water to a little over 6. PPM is 1000-1150 with nutes.

If your looking at the first picture over looking the plants, The strains are as follows:

Top row from left to right: Sour Diesel(Sativa/Hybrid), Deep Purple(Indica)(Purple Urkle x Purple Kush), Deep Purple.

Second row from left to right: Grand Daddy Purps(I), Platinum Girl Scout Cookie(S/H), Platinum GSC.

Bottom row from left to right: Raspberry Kush(S/H), Lavender(I), Plushberry(H).

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I have a inline fan sucking out hot air from hood, Sun Systems 6" yield master hood, 1000 watt MH bulb, 1000 watt changeable ballast between MH/HPS, oscillating fan





ducting letting fresh air in, humidifier, temp/ humidity gauge, small floor fan, and for my enclosure I have a mylar 5x5x7 tent.

And personally i like to play Zen music for my girls while the lights are on
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Nutrients Package called: Recipe For Success



And i obviously have the essential meters like the PPM for water and PH. Any others I should get?

I'm not sure why I'm posting this on the internet to be honest.. mainly looking for feedback. What do you guys think? Obviously I have some more room to fit more plants in there, but i wanted to start off with a more manageable number and experiment with different strains with plenty of room to grow. I know there are things that could make my garden better so please fire away at suggestions.

Some questions I want answered:

Are the lights to far from the canopies? (Currently 20inches away from the tallest plant)
Do I need more air circulation?
Do I really need Co2?
Any feedback on the nutrients? I know its probably not a very popular brand, but I got it for free!
Would another oscillating fan be good on the other side of the room?
Any ball park of when i should start flowering? (2 weeks since i picked up clones that were all about 8 inches tall)
 
Here are my girls as of today. I gave them there first watering with full dosage of nutes a couple of days ago and they are loving it. Most of the deficiencies i could see in the leaves have gone away so it looks like they were really thirsty!


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I've also been wondering about t5 uplighting or flourecent 4 foot tube lighting for under the canopy? Has anybody done this or know anything about it? Ive heard numbers like 30% yeild gains by doing it correctly?? That sounds exaggerated to me IMO..

Also in the last week i detected spider mites on my GDP and one of my Deep Purples. Mostly eggs and a couple mature mites on the leaves. I spent a good half hour pulling all the leaves effected leaves off the plants. I also went to the store and got one of those pest strips for spiders, mites, gnats, all those little guys, and put it infront of my floor fan in the tent. Do i need to take any more precautionary steps? I was thinking about spider mite bug spray from the grow store but idk what itll do... is it safe?
 
Hello i have a question about trimming on one of my Deep purple indicas and my lavender 100% indica. Both are a little over a foot tall while some of my other plants are almost 2 feet now. I'm not exactly worried about the height because i can just put something under the pot to make the canopy even, but should i get rid of some fan leaves and some smaller leaves? I have already taken a few here and there off of the lavender because I've heard it will produce 2-3 new flower sites where I trimmed. Ive been trimming my other deep purple(which was actually affected by spider mites and i had to take off a substantial amount of leaves) plus trimming the upper leaves to open things out and it has gotten alot taller and has started filling out more evenly. I would love any advice thanks

Deep Purple
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Lavender
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Ok so i just turned off my mh light and set my timers for 12/12 and as soon as it cools I will be putting my hps light on!

Some updates: I put together my own reservoir on the cheap!
red 25 gal bucket and lid from fred myers - 6$
50ft hose from lowes - 9$
1/5hp submersible pump from grow store - 69$
sprayer/soaker wand - 15$


Week 5 veg. Pictures taken tonight before the lights were changed.


I noticed some sort of white dots on the top inside part of this one leaf near the top of one of my Platinum Girl Scout Cookies. It's not mold is it? It wiped right off when I touched it.
 
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