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candy1982 said:

how can i put in ventilation,i ordered a small fan to blow air in there also im getting a air conditioner cause it's winter time here in VA and the heat raises in this house,but i need a inline fan don't i and how would that work,where would i put it

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This is probably the best article on exhausting your grow I've found.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=112862
What do you want to do? You will have hot air you need to do something with. I recycle mine into the house for heat in the winter, and exhaust outside in summer. Air exchange from the grow space is important to replenish CO2 for the plants, and remove heat and humidity.
What will you build it with? 6" flex ducting, rigid duct, pvc. Probably 6" flex duct. Insulated flex duct can dampen the sound of wooshing air, but if you have the money and the means, a rigid duct can be better insulated for noise and is more permanent.
Do you want to cover the smell? Get an activated charcoal filter, aka carbon scrubber. This and the fan need to be matched to get best results.
Fans can be loud. Is this in your bedroom? You will want to select a fan and controller carefully if sound level is a concern.
80* is a little warm. Are you getting a portable A/C or something, or a window unit in the room of the closet?

Also, you may want to start your own thread in the Newbie Central section, after you do some reading. People are happy to help, and love it more when it sounds like you've done some research before just asking.

matth82003 said:

If you haven't posted yet, this is a place to introduce yourself and let us know your here. Don't be shy, and if you have any questions, start a thread, and ask away, we'll do our best to help you out.

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Im SERG
22 , Socal. I'm trying to find some decent seeds for a first-time grower. Hopefully I can learn how to grow with this site as a resource.
LMK if you got them seeds yo! SANTA ANA

Hi guys, I'm new here and trying to learn as much as I can. Not sure I am ready to dive in yet, but thanx for all the information!

cheers Alex

Hey I've got a plant from a friend of mine it's a white widow and 2 days ago from the date I posted this my brother in law trim all the fan leafs and he only leave the leafs just below the crown and the rest is all new branches here's a picture from to after the incident can any one tell me what do I have to do

hey all how are we?

My name is Sam, and i'm an utter noob.

I'd like to post a thread with some questions I have, I'd be grateful if yall can visit and give some advice.

Cheers

Hey everybody This summer will be my first attempt to grow outdoor plants. I ordered some seeds and I am setting up my grow area on my patio so it can be blocked from public view and receive adequate sunlight. I went to the hydroponic store and they were amazing salesmen. I got all the pots and soil to work my way into 45 gallon buckets, 3 gallons of nutrients, a PH test kit, Some soil with no additives for germination and a 125 watt light to get them strong for a few weeks. All in all I walked out 400 dollars down. I plan on topping my plants pretty early on. I am here for information so I can get the healthiest plants I can have and hopefully avoid making mistakes that potentially have already been made. I plan on germinating April 15th. I have put a lot of research into growing marijuana already but I am open to learn some new things from experienced growers along the way. Thanks for having me everybody.

What's up Erie here . Activist, patient, care giver,kush lover,dank farmer, breeder. Some dank grows. To come

candy1982 said:

Hi my name is candy and im a newbie,i have a 400 hps batwing light in mt closet with a temp of 80,i have alot of questions so let me start,first should i have purchased a light with a cool tube or the opening where you can hook a fan up to it,if the batwing is not a problem how can i put in ventilation,i ordered a small fan to blow air in there also im getting a air conditioner cause it's winter time here in VA and the heat raises in this house,but i need a inline fan don't i and how would that work,where would i put it

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Candy, Candy, Candy I can't let you go
All my life you're haunting me
I loved you so

You can get away with no air cooling with a 400, just exhaust the room.

black jesus said:

Crazy thing is that I don't use any herb... I just love to see the plant grow then I give it way to my dad and family

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Sure bro what ever you reckon.

*BUDS said:

Sure bro what ever you reckon.

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What's ur fucking point

Erie inda house .

Started growing last year, outdoors with 4 plants. Only one did survive but did very well. The other 3 where automatics. The one surviving was from a feminized seed.
This year I am going to grow on the same spot but I would like to add some more nutrients. What is a good way to add organic nutrients in an outdoor situation? I wanted to try these dried cow shit stuff. I am just concerned that this will wash away. I will start with digging a whole and then putting good soil in it. But last year at the end of season the plant didn''t get enough minerals and the leaves turned yellow.

All tips are welcome!

If anything do what I did and start with a bottle of fox farm big bloom...about $15 buck and it works great...it's not 100% organic but pretty close

Hey Black Jesus, thanks man. I just want the weed to be clean, since I am going to use it for myself so no chemicals etc.
But maybe I can try this as an extra. Most of the food I eat is not organic and I am still alive so maybe it is not so bad.
Chemicals for pest control are but I will definitaly not use them.

Cheers, Josh

Hello RIU !

I'm a new member to the forums, though no stranger to them ! Kudos to all members who have contributed meaningful information - I can honestly say you all have saved my grow more than a few times!

I have a question regarding light changes during veg... I started an indoor grow, 400w HPS / top-drip hydro system using hydroton / GHE 3-part nutes, etc. and I have about 2 weeks of veg left. I started vegging under HPS because that's all I had at the time, though I just got a couple of 400w MH bulbs. My question is - can I switch bulbs (and color spectrum) now, with 2 weeks of veg left, or should I stick to HPS till harvest ? My girls had some heat stress in the beginning, and though I sorted the problem out I don't want to stress them out more with a light change in case they hermie.

Would they handle the stress if any?
Would they benefit from just 2 / 3 weeks under MH before going back to HPS?

Thanks in advance for your infos.

Peace,

Hello all! Love the home grown. lots of great info here. Have a bagseed sprouting now. Just ordered some Atomic Haze beans. The wait begins.

Stay high

Why can't I add my first journal entry?? I am really wanting to start my grow journal! I've been getting the message:
Rollitup - Error
You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action.

Make some more posts on forums. I think you need a few more to make a journal post. That is my understanding of how it works.

Got it - I had a feeling that was the case. I'm gonna try and be as active as I can be in the next couple of days Thanks!!

Hey RIU I'm semi-new to all this, as in I've been reading the forums and stuff for a couple years now and I've just finally got the space to run a little closet grow but yeah it'll be my first grow anyway so I'm pretty excited just to see it all happen even if it fails I mean I'm sure i'll learn a thing or two! I feel like i learned a lot already from just reading the forums but i get the idea that a lot of it just has to be done before you can really understand it so yeah I'm excited!!!!

Incase anyone is interested I've decided to grow in coco mix (70%coco 30%perlite) with a drip feed system (using canna coco and a+b for nutes with some rhizotonic) under a 250W CFL for vegetative stage then switching to a 200W HPS for flowering, my grow space is about 80cmx50cm (roughly 2.5x1.5feet) its just an ikea closet with mylar cladding the interior - which btw if anyone is looking for a cheap tent worked perfectly for me it was only £25 and its basically exactly the same as a legit commercial grow tent just about £100 less haha. I chose acapulco gold to grow cos i have a mate who's about 75 who's fairly well versed shall we say when it comes to weed (he's grown for a long time and used to be a ridiculous hippie complete with camper van and all) and he told me acappulco gold was one of the best he'd ever had so i couldn't really help myself lol. Pretty sure I'm going to make a fair few mistakes this time round, hell I'm 14 days in and I've probably made a lot already (transplanted waaaaaay too early and starting feeding nutes too early which i have now amended by flushing and now just feeding small amount of nutes) Going to include some pics just incase anyone has any suggestions, the things that concern me slightly are that one seedlings leaves are curling but both in different directions and another one is slightly yellow but not the tips just like the new growth is coming out a bit yellow but not really enough to be obvious in the pictures comparing to the others so yeah... not sure if I'm doing well or not but they seem to be surviving. Anyway any feedback would be appreciated so feel free to criticise away, I'm here to learn, not for people to stroke my ego over the internet.

(ps in the pictures I think it is the third one (dsc_0973) that is of the plant with weird curly leaves)