First Set Up, PERFECT Space, Need Recommendations On Equipment

Hello All!
This is my first inside grow and i'm hoping it goes well! I have 10 White Widows, 2 Straw Berry Blues and 1 Purple Haze inside. Outside in my 32 Gal Buckets I have Jack Herrer and Dutch, both gonna be mother plants:

https://www.rollitup.org/outdoor-growing/329025-32-gal-trash-can-outdoor.html

I'm in second week of vege starting tuesday and am using a 8, 4' Fluorescents in a T5 High output. 18 hours on, 6 off.
Have an oscillating fan about 3 feet away on high at all times, and got a smaller fan on high only when they are awake on ground facing towards up oscillating.
Giving them sensi grow A and B, b-52, voodoo juice, tarantula and Piranha. with a little less than 500 ppm and around 6.8 pH. All mixed in nice water that my house produces with my water system with low ppms and pH.

Room is about 8.5' x 8.5' x 8' all painted white, temperature in room varies between 70-80 with <52% humidity most of the time.

How high should my fluorescents be from plants? How often should I water in their little pots? How much longer should I vege?
I plan on making thick bushes so i've been trying a few techniques, super cropping, topping, FIM just to see what I like. I might also tie a few down.
Let me know what you think and any recommendations.
Thank You,
Izzy

widows look nice and i like the outdoor trash can setup as well...i have 5 widow clones rooting now hopefully ready by next week for soil.

IF you want bushes try tieing down main branchs to let the lower offshoots to grow out and contiuing doing so as it grows. Just be carefull not to over stress the plant, do it in intervals. I have a big red heres two pictures about 3 weeks apart. the first one is the latest at 11 weeks old. So many branches

blackmetal06 said:

widows look nice and i like the outdoor trash can setup as well...i have 5 widow clones rooting now hopefully ready by next week for soil.

IF you want bushes try tieing down main branchs to let the lower offshoots to grow out and contiuing doing so as it grows. Just be carefull not to over stress the plant, do it in intervals. I have a big red heres two pictures about 3 weeks apart. the first one is the latest at 11 weeks old. So many branches

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awesome! i'll go do that right now, thank you for the advice!

how far above the plants should my flo lights be

not too sure i use a 400w mh. but your set up looks fine as is

Izzman7995 said:

awesome! i'll go do that right now, thank you for the advice!

how far above the plants should my flo lights be

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LST is a great idea, so is super cropping, look for how to's.

When it comes to your fluro's I keep mine almost as close as this,



Well actually mine are pretty far from the plants depending on the table they are on range is anywhere from 3 inches to 3 feet.

ok, hmm i'm gonna move it close and see if it burns

personally, i use a 6 tube, 4ft T5HO setup as well, and i put mine as close as 3 inches at times. in fact, iam about 3 weeks into veg (lil less) and recently found that i had to pull my lights up a bit. had them within 4 inches the entire time, and now i have 3 plants with 5 nodes and they are all less than 2 inches tall. pull the light up in an effort to produce just the slightest bit of stretching before i switch to flower.

important thing is to make sure that ambient temps stay below 80-85 and your radiant temps shouldnt ever get much higher. GL

thank you for the great advice

New Assorted Pictures, What do these mean?

Izzman7995 said:

New Assorted Pictures, What do these mean?

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the yellowing is most likely lack of nitrogen...the spotting can be light burn from excess water on the plant, ( if you mist at all, only do it when the lights are off to avoid burning).

other than that they are looking nice

Bought bat guano (nitrogen) and will mist in dark thank you!

way to go man...guano is really good for high N count. and the misting will help. just make sure not to mist too heavily so it is absorbed/ dried up before the lights come back on

blackmetal06 said:

way to go man...guano is really good for high N count. and the misting will help. just make sure not to mist too heavily so it is absorbed/ dried up before the lights come back on

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3 hours before light turns back on? And where should I put bat guano/how much in their current 5 in vege pots, and
then in their 10 in pots after vege

I do it right when the light shuts off but 3 hrs is plenty.

Nutes
Usually its about 2/3 table spoon for the 5 gal and double the dose for the 10 gal. Your ladies look like a 1/2 tbsn would be fine though. Sprinkle it on top of the soil, keep at least 1 inch or so from main trunk/stem. usually you would want to feed nutes every 2-3 waters (so in order-nutes,water,water,nutes,water,water). depending on any if you put anything else in it you may need to flush too esopecially when transplanting to bigger pots. but i hear since guano is organic you dont have to flush, i still do once a month though

blackmetal06 said:

I do it right when the light shuts off but 3 hrs is plenty.

Nutes
Usually its about 2/3 table spoon for the 5 gal and double the dose for the 10 gal. our ladies look like a 1/2 tbsn would be fine though. Sprinkle it on top of the soil, keep at least 1 inch or so from main trunk/stem. usually you would want to feed nutes every 2-3 waters (so in order-nutes,water,water,nutes,water,water). depending on any if you put anything else in it you may need to flush too esopecially when transplanting to bigger pots. but i hear since guano is organic you dont have to flush, i still do once a month though

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Ok, what ppms should I be at for nutes now? I'm at 960 ish, and 6.8 ph. Also should I transplant to
bigger pots soon and keep vegging?

How often do know when to water any of plants (indoor/outdoor?) I have a moisture meter. Does nute/water/water/nute, etc work during flowering?

Izzman7995 said:

How often do know when to water any of plants (indoor/outdoor?) I have a moisture meter. Does nute/water/water/nute, etc work during flowering?

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I am an organic grower and taking your are well just ignore the ppms...just use the the amounts needed (1/2 tbs=5gal) then increase when put in bigger pots... do math as they grow...lol

as for watering, i hear moisture sohould be ~20% but again I ignore, watering twice a day lightly getting like ~10% drainage. I dont know much about outdoor though. still just an indoor grower.