[h=2]First Serious Auto Grow - Lights[/h]
Short introduction , not new to the world of basement horticulture , but given my lack of passion and outside distractions I've never really reached the potential i assume I could had i worked harder.
I decided since I really enjoy various flavors , but tend to stick to 1 or 2 strains for my perpetual big grow I'd like to run a separate small autoflower grow.
I'll be doing a lot of research or have already for questions I'm not asking here. As of this moment this is my biggest deciding factor.
Lights in consideration
-4ft 4bulb T5HO
-400watt digital , switchable ballast (mh/hps switchable) I'll have a choice from a medium sized air coolable hood or a winged reflector
out of my options is this the best route?
So i guess these are my options I'm consiering
A)
T5 - seedling for 2ish weeks
MH - until budding begins
HPS - the rest of the way out
B)
MH - start from seedling
HPS - once budding stars flip it over to hps for remainder
C)
T5 - for the entire cycle.
As of now i wanted to go with 3 gallon buckets (planting the germinated seed directly into the 3 gal , no transplants!)
So about that I'm wondering if that's IDEAL , and how many should I put under a 400w HPS (option of using a medium sized air cool-able hood or metal wing reflector)
Strains being used in this project will be
3x Sweet Seeds Auto Dark Devil
1x World Of Seeds Pakistan Ryder
1x Dinafem Seeds Critical Plus
1x Dinafem Seeds Original Amnesia
Finish times/Sizes aren't going to all line up I'm sure , So I'll build small platforms for those falling behind.
Def plan to make a log/blog about the AUTO's as those are top priority. I've done 1 before that came free but i did zero research and it spent it's entire life under a T5 cramped up in a Solo Cup. I think i yielded 10g which in retrospect doesn't seem to bad considering i was clueless. I'm hoping I can get somewhere in the 1oz range with the 6 auto's i plan to do. Either way I'm not going to sweat it as this is a secondary grow to put unused equipment to work , and better yet to hopefully get a nice collection of flavors going.
Also ordered (non auto)
-Delicious Seeds Critical Super Silver Haze
-Serious Seeds Chronic
-Dr Underground Seeds U-pink chronic
-Dinafem Seeds California Cash Plant
-DinaFem Seeds California Hash Plant
Will also try and blog about the other seeds I ordered as they , like my auto flower project ,which will be used to experiment with (isolating desirable strains to keep around , finding the prefereed pheno of said strains) , I'll likely flower 4 at a time under a 400w hps separate from my larger perpetual grow. Plan is 4 plans in 5 gallons under 400w. But first I'll be focusing on the auto-flowers.
Thanks for any help. I'm just ordering the seeds today so it's going to be a week or so before I'll start any kind of log or general but in the meantime I'll continue my research on the auto's.
TLDR Cliff notes
-6 Auto's in soil 3gal pots entirety of life
-4 lamp T5 , 400w MH/HPS switchable ,
-Amount of 3 gallon pots under a 400w HPS
Which combination to use
1 T5----->MH---->HPS
2 MH----->HPS
3 T5 for the full
I decided since I really enjoy various flavors , but tend to stick to 1 or 2 strains for my perpetual big grow I'd like to run a separate small autoflower grow.
I'll be doing a lot of research or have already for questions I'm not asking here. As of this moment this is my biggest deciding factor.
Lights in consideration
-4ft 4bulb T5HO
-400watt digital , switchable ballast (mh/hps switchable) I'll have a choice from a medium sized air coolable hood or a winged reflector
out of my options is this the best route?
So i guess these are my options I'm consiering
A)
T5 - seedling for 2ish weeks
MH - until budding begins
HPS - the rest of the way out
B)
MH - start from seedling
HPS - once budding stars flip it over to hps for remainder
C)
T5 - for the entire cycle.
As of now i wanted to go with 3 gallon buckets (planting the germinated seed directly into the 3 gal , no transplants!)
So about that I'm wondering if that's IDEAL , and how many should I put under a 400w HPS (option of using a medium sized air cool-able hood or metal wing reflector)
Strains being used in this project will be
3x Sweet Seeds Auto Dark Devil
1x World Of Seeds Pakistan Ryder
1x Dinafem Seeds Critical Plus
1x Dinafem Seeds Original Amnesia
Finish times/Sizes aren't going to all line up I'm sure , So I'll build small platforms for those falling behind.
Def plan to make a log/blog about the AUTO's as those are top priority. I've done 1 before that came free but i did zero research and it spent it's entire life under a T5 cramped up in a Solo Cup. I think i yielded 10g which in retrospect doesn't seem to bad considering i was clueless. I'm hoping I can get somewhere in the 1oz range with the 6 auto's i plan to do. Either way I'm not going to sweat it as this is a secondary grow to put unused equipment to work , and better yet to hopefully get a nice collection of flavors going.
Also ordered (non auto)
-Delicious Seeds Critical Super Silver Haze
-Serious Seeds Chronic
-Dr Underground Seeds U-pink chronic
-Dinafem Seeds California Cash Plant
-DinaFem Seeds California Hash Plant
Will also try and blog about the other seeds I ordered as they , like my auto flower project ,which will be used to experiment with (isolating desirable strains to keep around , finding the prefereed pheno of said strains) , I'll likely flower 4 at a time under a 400w hps separate from my larger perpetual grow. Plan is 4 plans in 5 gallons under 400w. But first I'll be focusing on the auto-flowers.
Thanks for any help. I'm just ordering the seeds today so it's going to be a week or so before I'll start any kind of log or general but in the meantime I'll continue my research on the auto's.
TLDR Cliff notes
-6 Auto's in soil 3gal pots entirety of life
-4 lamp T5 , 400w MH/HPS switchable ,
-Amount of 3 gallon pots under a 400w HPS
Which combination to use
1 T5----->MH---->HPS
2 MH----->HPS
3 T5 for the full
