My 3mx1.5m growtent with 2x600w hps
Ingredients.....
3mx1.5m grow tent
2 - 600w hps with cool tube reflector
13w LED grow light
8 - 4' growlux florescent tubes (trying to make DIY tube fixture where i will take apart old 2 tube fixtures to make one where 8 tubes are close together on a piece of plywood)
2 - 150mm inline fans
150mm acoustic ducting
GH Flora Nova grow and bloom.
Ph pen
Air bubbler with air stone.
50 random seeds of unknown strain (friend says it takes 8 weeks to flower)
4 clones from friend(same strain as seeds)
Organic potting mix (coco coir based)
perlite
vermiculite
worm castings
composted poultry manure
24 - 3 gal or 15 litre pots with saucers (hand watered)
Co2 monitor (planning to use fermentation method)
Carbon filter with 200mm inline fan
Ok so this is my 1st proper grow in years. So I'm going to ask a lot of questions and seem slightly retarded when it comes to certain things.
I will take some pics tonight and post them up soon.
What I want is some good quality smoke (working with the genetics I have available), which is clipped, dried, and cured properly. I'm sick and tired of the crap on the market where I am.
I'm hoping that some of you more experienced ones will help/guide a young padawan grasshopper through this and teach him the ropes to a successful harvest...so please pull up a seat and hopefully this thread can teach a few others as well.
The Story begins.....
So this is where I am now......I have 50 seeds germinating in jiffy pellets(started 2 days ago), where I hope above 90% or 45 of them will sprout. Then about 50% of those will be females. So I should have around 22 healthy female plants if all goes well. I plan to have 24 3gal pots in the 3mx1.5m tent so I will take some cutting from the clones that I have now to make up for things if need be.
Seedling Questions:
1) I normally don't give most plants any nutes in jiffy pellets till the 2nd week of growth or till they look like they have a N deficiency ..is this the proper protocol to follow when dealing with cannabis, or do most of you recommend feeding in the 1st 2 weeks of growth?
2) If I want to keep my plants small, how long is the minimum I should veg them out for ?
3) I am planning to construct an 8 tube florescent fixture to put my 4 growluxes in, would this be too strong for little seedlings? Or can I just raise the light a little .
4) When using compact fluorescents for seedling growth, which type of bulbs should I use? I have cool whites which say 4000k .are these good?
5) Is it better to transplant from jiffy pellet into the 3gal pot or to transplant twice or several times before finally settling into the 3gal?
I will be updating with pics soon! Thanks in advance for the help!
Ingredients.....
3mx1.5m grow tent
2 - 600w hps with cool tube reflector
13w LED grow light
8 - 4' growlux florescent tubes (trying to make DIY tube fixture where i will take apart old 2 tube fixtures to make one where 8 tubes are close together on a piece of plywood)
2 - 150mm inline fans
150mm acoustic ducting
GH Flora Nova grow and bloom.
Ph pen
Air bubbler with air stone.
50 random seeds of unknown strain (friend says it takes 8 weeks to flower)
4 clones from friend(same strain as seeds)
Organic potting mix (coco coir based)
perlite
vermiculite
worm castings
composted poultry manure
24 - 3 gal or 15 litre pots with saucers (hand watered)
Co2 monitor (planning to use fermentation method)
Carbon filter with 200mm inline fan
Ok so this is my 1st proper grow in years. So I'm going to ask a lot of questions and seem slightly retarded when it comes to certain things.
I will take some pics tonight and post them up soon.
What I want is some good quality smoke (working with the genetics I have available), which is clipped, dried, and cured properly. I'm sick and tired of the crap on the market where I am.
I'm hoping that some of you more experienced ones will help/guide a young padawan grasshopper through this and teach him the ropes to a successful harvest...so please pull up a seat and hopefully this thread can teach a few others as well.
The Story begins.....
So this is where I am now......I have 50 seeds germinating in jiffy pellets(started 2 days ago), where I hope above 90% or 45 of them will sprout. Then about 50% of those will be females. So I should have around 22 healthy female plants if all goes well. I plan to have 24 3gal pots in the 3mx1.5m tent so I will take some cutting from the clones that I have now to make up for things if need be.
Seedling Questions:
1) I normally don't give most plants any nutes in jiffy pellets till the 2nd week of growth or till they look like they have a N deficiency ..is this the proper protocol to follow when dealing with cannabis, or do most of you recommend feeding in the 1st 2 weeks of growth?
2) If I want to keep my plants small, how long is the minimum I should veg them out for ?
3) I am planning to construct an 8 tube florescent fixture to put my 4 growluxes in, would this be too strong for little seedlings? Or can I just raise the light a little .
4) When using compact fluorescents for seedling growth, which type of bulbs should I use? I have cool whites which say 4000k .are these good?
5) Is it better to transplant from jiffy pellet into the 3gal pot or to transplant twice or several times before finally settling into the 3gal?
I will be updating with pics soon! Thanks in advance for the help!
