Vegging under 600w Hps advice
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Balzac89
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I been thinking about trying a coco / potting soil mix run with almost like a wick watering system. It involves using a small pool to set pots in wiht holesi n the bottom. The soil evenly moistens the soil and waters perfect 24 hours a day. It would involve you only watering your plants once a week.
ODanksta
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The only problem with a wick system in a kiddie pool is that the light hits the water and makes it mold. I know because I have tried. I found better results by just filling the whole kiddie pool with coco and growing 7 plants in it, just like a raised bed. Check out my signature at the bottom of my post
thehole
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That's about the size of my veg room and with a 400 MH I can keep day temps 77-79 most days. So depending on where you are and the climate there you may have heat issues. Being you are using only HPS I assume that will help. It gets super tight for me by week 4 of veg with 4 girls, I couldn't imagine flowering mine in there. If you just plan to do seed to harvest in 3 months that 6 feet should be enough for you depending on strains. The good and the bad with TOPPING comes into effect here. If you don't top you will have good air circulation and plenty of room to maneuver around and spot check your plants, but may run into plants growing too tall, some LSTing may be necessary. If you top in that small of room with 4 or more girls it will get hairy. So I would not TOP or FIM.
Being you are going to flower in this room to you need to stay light proof and you need fresh air so you need a intake fan that has a light proof setup, and a exhaust fan and or carbon filter combo that is rated 25-50% more in CFMs if you wish to keep the smell under control with negative pressure.
Minimum gallon for every month of growth. I'd do 4 at most at first.
If you want a decent plant you have to transplant a few times. As example I start in solo cups about 9-14 days, then into 5x5x5 square pots for about 12-20 days, then into final pot at least a week before you switch to 12/12 lighting. I use to use 4 gallon square pots but I have found fabric pots have way more pros then cons. Much better growth then standard pots. I use 5 gallons.
Being you are going to flower in this room to you need to stay light proof and you need fresh air so you need a intake fan that has a light proof setup, and a exhaust fan and or carbon filter combo that is rated 25-50% more in CFMs if you wish to keep the smell under control with negative pressure.
Minimum gallon for every month of growth. I'd do 4 at most at first.
If you want a decent plant you have to transplant a few times. As example I start in solo cups about 9-14 days, then into 5x5x5 square pots for about 12-20 days, then into final pot at least a week before you switch to 12/12 lighting. I use to use 4 gallon square pots but I have found fabric pots have way more pros then cons. Much better growth then standard pots. I use 5 gallons.
"any advice on Vegging under a 600w hps ina 4x4x6 grow box
& then flowering in the same box ?"
No problem there. Just reset the timer from 18/6 or 20/4 to 12/12.
pot sizes ? how many times to transplant?
want 4-5 plants
trying for around 3 months seed-harvest
You realize that 4 x 4 is a pretty small space? OK, here's my best bet to meet your goals.
Given your space you have to consider head room as well as only having a 4 x 4 space. At
6 feet you will eat up 12 inches with the pot on the floor as well as 6-12 inches to hang the light.
So you need to finish your plants at around 3 feet tall max. You can do all that if you start 4 auto-
flowering plants. They are mostly short, and more important here, usually grow straight up without
a lot of side branching. Those extra branches are usually desirable but in your case you don't have the room to
grow 4 regular bushy plants. So check Attiude under "Autoflowerers, feminized" and search for autos that are short and grow
one main cola. If you aren't sure about what to look for slip me a PM and I will send you some links.
Good luck, BigSteve.
& then flowering in the same box ?"
No problem there. Just reset the timer from 18/6 or 20/4 to 12/12.
pot sizes ? how many times to transplant?
want 4-5 plants
trying for around 3 months seed-harvest
You realize that 4 x 4 is a pretty small space? OK, here's my best bet to meet your goals.
Given your space you have to consider head room as well as only having a 4 x 4 space. At
6 feet you will eat up 12 inches with the pot on the floor as well as 6-12 inches to hang the light.
So you need to finish your plants at around 3 feet tall max. You can do all that if you start 4 auto-
flowering plants. They are mostly short, and more important here, usually grow straight up without
a lot of side branching. Those extra branches are usually desirable but in your case you don't have the room to
grow 4 regular bushy plants. So check Attiude under "Autoflowerers, feminized" and search for autos that are short and grow
one main cola. If you aren't sure about what to look for slip me a PM and I will send you some links.
Good luck, BigSteve.
yerpgod
Member
yeah sounds more along my lines. any specific strains inmind ? looking for mainly quantity with a little quality . ive heard different things about the Big Bug x NortherLights any oothers?