SensenmanN
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Well I just wanted to start myself a lil grow log over here since it seems I have one on OG and CW already. Bear with me is this is my first grow, and it is mainly to get the kinks out, and work out my setup + learn to grow. My basic setup is as folows:
Lights - 6x 70w MH bulbs, hung verticly from my roof with a bat wing reflector. They hang above my plants. They are in 2 rows of 3, evenly spaced though out the box. Like:
(wall)|---Lights---(Center of Box)---Lights---|(wall)
Nutrients - I currently use MG all purpose, Tomatoe, and Peters 20-20-20. I will be ordering Advanced Nutrients 3 part formula to replace all that for my next grow. I will be ordering some SuperThrive soon(I could use some help on exactly when this is needed, although I hear it's great), and Possibly Tarantula, Voodoo, and Piranah from AN. I will be looking around for cheaper knock offs of the last 3 as they are quite expensive.
Medium - I grow in a soil with Perlite added at the moment. It has added 1 cup of Bone and Blood meal to it, per cubic ft. of soil. I plan on using 2 parts peat, 1 part Vermiculite, 1 part Perlite for next time. I will also be adding the Bone and Blood to it. I am not sure on how much I should use of it though. Also, where is a good place to get just plain peat?
Ventilation - Simple, as my box is small, and not a negative pressure box, although it's pretty close. I only have 2 6" oscilating fans to stir air currently. I Will be adding 4" ducting going from the lower right side of the box, to the outside of my shed, to draw in cool air from the outside. The ducting will be about 12' long, can you see any problems that might arise? I will most likely end up with a 4" exhust hole in the upper left side, with a cheap DIY Carbon Scrubber. The smell isn't realy noticable, but better safe that sorry. I haven't decided on how to do it, so any help would be greatly apreciated. I think I might end up adding a second 4" intake duct so I will have 2x the intake.
Air - I have no added CO2 to the room at the moment. I believe my setup isn't very efficient, and that adding extra CO2 won't help much untill I have a fairly good setup. I believe that the vent. system I will be installing will bring in more then enough CO2 for the time being. I might try the yeist fermentation method to add some CO2 to the room later. Check the FAQ at OG if you don't know what I am talking about. My temps run fairly high, and can get up to about 90 deg. during the day, and Unknown at night. (Sorry but I am a new grower, and I haven't had time to realy check it since I am constantly changing stuff.) I want to wait till I get my vent. in before I check what they realy are.
Schedules - I water by feel and look. I check the moisture by sticking my finger 2" into the soil. I have my lights on for 12 hours from 9pm to 9am to keep the temps cool. It has been in 12/12 for just over 2 weeks. I over fertilized my plants, and it burned their tips a little, but they didn't have too much damage other then that.
I have 1 large sativa female in the box, with about 14 budding arms. She is taking up 1/2 of my box. I have 1 that isn't showing flowering, and 1 that I think is starting to go male
I already killed one male.
I actualy started with 8 plants, but as this was to much for the box, I took 4 outdoors. 1 is a nice female, 1 dried and dead, 1 male, that I killed, and 1 not showing.
How do you think I am doing? I will upload pics in a sec.
Lights - 6x 70w MH bulbs, hung verticly from my roof with a bat wing reflector. They hang above my plants. They are in 2 rows of 3, evenly spaced though out the box. Like:
(wall)|---Lights---(Center of Box)---Lights---|(wall)
Nutrients - I currently use MG all purpose, Tomatoe, and Peters 20-20-20. I will be ordering Advanced Nutrients 3 part formula to replace all that for my next grow. I will be ordering some SuperThrive soon(I could use some help on exactly when this is needed, although I hear it's great), and Possibly Tarantula, Voodoo, and Piranah from AN. I will be looking around for cheaper knock offs of the last 3 as they are quite expensive.
Medium - I grow in a soil with Perlite added at the moment. It has added 1 cup of Bone and Blood meal to it, per cubic ft. of soil. I plan on using 2 parts peat, 1 part Vermiculite, 1 part Perlite for next time. I will also be adding the Bone and Blood to it. I am not sure on how much I should use of it though. Also, where is a good place to get just plain peat?
Ventilation - Simple, as my box is small, and not a negative pressure box, although it's pretty close. I only have 2 6" oscilating fans to stir air currently. I Will be adding 4" ducting going from the lower right side of the box, to the outside of my shed, to draw in cool air from the outside. The ducting will be about 12' long, can you see any problems that might arise? I will most likely end up with a 4" exhust hole in the upper left side, with a cheap DIY Carbon Scrubber. The smell isn't realy noticable, but better safe that sorry. I haven't decided on how to do it, so any help would be greatly apreciated. I think I might end up adding a second 4" intake duct so I will have 2x the intake.
Air - I have no added CO2 to the room at the moment. I believe my setup isn't very efficient, and that adding extra CO2 won't help much untill I have a fairly good setup. I believe that the vent. system I will be installing will bring in more then enough CO2 for the time being. I might try the yeist fermentation method to add some CO2 to the room later. Check the FAQ at OG if you don't know what I am talking about. My temps run fairly high, and can get up to about 90 deg. during the day, and Unknown at night. (Sorry but I am a new grower, and I haven't had time to realy check it since I am constantly changing stuff.) I want to wait till I get my vent. in before I check what they realy are.
Schedules - I water by feel and look. I check the moisture by sticking my finger 2" into the soil. I have my lights on for 12 hours from 9pm to 9am to keep the temps cool. It has been in 12/12 for just over 2 weeks. I over fertilized my plants, and it burned their tips a little, but they didn't have too much damage other then that.
I have 1 large sativa female in the box, with about 14 budding arms. She is taking up 1/2 of my box. I have 1 that isn't showing flowering, and 1 that I think is starting to go male
I already killed one male. I actualy started with 8 plants, but as this was to much for the box, I took 4 outdoors. 1 is a nice female, 1 dried and dead, 1 male, that I killed, and 1 not showing.
How do you think I am doing? I will upload pics in a sec.
