amk714
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Hey guys I'm a new grower here and would greatly appreciate any and all input as I move from phase one (fabrication/setup/cloning) all the way through harvest. I'm going to try and model Al B Fuct's SoG technique as best I can throughout the whole grow.
The Bud: I have been scouring my area for high quality clones (maybe getting some blue dream in shortly) or seeds (I tried ordering seeds online but have had zero success) and finally got my hands on a seed of the best stuff I've encountered in my area. I successfully germinated and had to cloned it which put out about 5 mothers (my first cloning experience was a complete and utter failure, but I still made it through with about 5 viable clones, 1 great one, 2 good ones, and 2 in soil that have been under performing big time (maybe the nutes or soil ph is messed up still trying to figure it out))
Location: A suburban undercover grow in a spare bedroom dimensions 10'x13'x8' with the options of expanding to the second spare bedroom of similar dimensions. When originally planning out this grow I thought I would just use the whole room for flowering while using the closets for cloning and veggin the mothers. However, it quickly became apparent that setting up the room i.e panneling/venting/building support structures ect. would be a little out of my area of expertise. So I decided on an enclosed controllable environment of an indoor grow tent.
Materials:
1 Secret Jardin DR240 (dimensions roughly 8'x8'x6'7")
2 Large Adjust-a-wing running dual 600w HPS and MH bulbs (1 HPS & 1 MH per wing) with super spreaders to decrease heat off of light
2 Lumatek 600w digital ballast
1 Lumatek Dual 600w digital ballast
1 Air-2 Temp/Humidity Controller
1 dehumidifier
1 6" Active air inline 400cfm fan attached to a 550 CFM Phresh carbon filter (exhaust)
1 intake 6" booster fan @ 125cfm
1 Ozone Jr (for excess smell not captured by the carbon filter)
3 Pedastal Fans for air circulation
1 EZ Clone 60
2 4' Dual 40w CFL (for clones)
*1 600w HPS with digital ballast (ordering this for veggin 5-8 mothers)
I was originally planning on growing with soil (to save on the electricity and more setup cost) but after reading all the forums and advice I have decided to go with a hydro Flood/Drain setup. I encountered a little damping off problem and ended up having to cut one of my original mothers down into clones. So I have around 10-20 viable clones going in the ez clone (started 2 days ago takes anywhere from 7-10 days for completion) with another two mother plants still vegging under 1 600w HPS and 1 400w MH(its amazing the difference when growing under both lights plants are responding fantastically). Going to spend the next 5 days or so constructing the flood/drain systems and would love any input and/or advice. I think I'm going to try and shoot for (4) 3'x3' independent systems and reservoirs holding around 15-20 plants each. That way I can adjust the nutes appropriately for the plants going through the varying stages of flowering. I'll post pictures up this evening of the setup so far as well as some of the clones and mothers.
The Bud: I have been scouring my area for high quality clones (maybe getting some blue dream in shortly) or seeds (I tried ordering seeds online but have had zero success) and finally got my hands on a seed of the best stuff I've encountered in my area. I successfully germinated and had to cloned it which put out about 5 mothers (my first cloning experience was a complete and utter failure, but I still made it through with about 5 viable clones, 1 great one, 2 good ones, and 2 in soil that have been under performing big time (maybe the nutes or soil ph is messed up still trying to figure it out))
Location: A suburban undercover grow in a spare bedroom dimensions 10'x13'x8' with the options of expanding to the second spare bedroom of similar dimensions. When originally planning out this grow I thought I would just use the whole room for flowering while using the closets for cloning and veggin the mothers. However, it quickly became apparent that setting up the room i.e panneling/venting/building support structures ect. would be a little out of my area of expertise. So I decided on an enclosed controllable environment of an indoor grow tent.
Materials:
1 Secret Jardin DR240 (dimensions roughly 8'x8'x6'7")
2 Large Adjust-a-wing running dual 600w HPS and MH bulbs (1 HPS & 1 MH per wing) with super spreaders to decrease heat off of light
2 Lumatek 600w digital ballast
1 Lumatek Dual 600w digital ballast
1 Air-2 Temp/Humidity Controller
1 dehumidifier
1 6" Active air inline 400cfm fan attached to a 550 CFM Phresh carbon filter (exhaust)
1 intake 6" booster fan @ 125cfm
1 Ozone Jr (for excess smell not captured by the carbon filter)
3 Pedastal Fans for air circulation
1 EZ Clone 60
2 4' Dual 40w CFL (for clones)
*1 600w HPS with digital ballast (ordering this for veggin 5-8 mothers)
I was originally planning on growing with soil (to save on the electricity and more setup cost) but after reading all the forums and advice I have decided to go with a hydro Flood/Drain setup. I encountered a little damping off problem and ended up having to cut one of my original mothers down into clones. So I have around 10-20 viable clones going in the ez clone (started 2 days ago takes anywhere from 7-10 days for completion) with another two mother plants still vegging under 1 600w HPS and 1 400w MH(its amazing the difference when growing under both lights plants are responding fantastically). Going to spend the next 5 days or so constructing the flood/drain systems and would love any input and/or advice. I think I'm going to try and shoot for (4) 3'x3' independent systems and reservoirs holding around 15-20 plants each. That way I can adjust the nutes appropriately for the plants going through the varying stages of flowering. I'll post pictures up this evening of the setup so far as well as some of the clones and mothers.
I wish I had the space for a DR240, I'm currently running a DR120W
