my buddy just finished his first indoor grow start to finish. he's a good cloner, can grow outdoors, but i believe he's never gone 12/12 indoor through harvest.
==Overview
-7 Blue Dream clones- pretty strechy sativa in 5gal buckets of soil
-1 bedroom, grower slept next to it in his room of a 2 bedroom apartment in a complex.
-4x4 silver edition hydrohut
-temps were in the mid/upper-70's under the light.
-passive intakes, ambient room temp around 62-68 degrees.
==Hardware
-1000w lumitek digital ballast outside the box
-air cooled sun system supersun hood, glass sealed with HVAC silver tape
-4" HO CAN 155cfm vented into crawlspace. pulled air through filter, light, and then out.
-25" CAN 9000 filter-got the job done.
-total CFM rating with fan/filter setup: 114 cfm
==Controls
-no thermometer, no temp controls/monitors- just a light timer.
-no pH/TDS/EC. just tap water in an apartment complex never tested for anything.
-basically nothing, absolute minimalism as far as setup goes.
==The Plants:
-7 Blue Dream clones from a NorCal grower, not a random club clone. has proven good to us.
-veg 10.5 weeks. lower 24" of the plants were wasted. (logistic probs delayed 12/12 switch)
-estimate veg was about 6 weeks too long- lotta wasted branches trimmed/extra work.
-hand-watered 2.5x a week with straight tap water, nutes added every other watering.
-59 days flower time 12/12.
-finished around 4ft from plant base, 5.5ft from floor, about 18" short of the light.
-used a teepe setup for each plant with bamboo and twine to holdup the heavy colas.
-box was over packed wall-to-wall.
==Soil
-50/25/25 mix of FF ocean forest/perlite/promix with some lime thrown in.
-fox farm grow/bloom/tiger liquid nutes, close to the recommended.
==Notes on growing in a Hydrohut
-avoid flowering topped plants in a growbox taller than 1-1.25 ft- obvious to all but the novice.
-modular SCROG would work here in a 4x4 hydrohut or similar. would be tight, but could work.
-straight SCROG in a 4x6 or 4x8 hydrohut w/ 2 front and 2 back doors, this would be optimal.
-SOG would be amazing- this is obvious, but legal considerations limits most of us.
==Notes on Equipment
-hydrohut silver edition gets an 8.5/10. only problem i see is the single door's zipper, looks like it won't last more than 3 harvest, but it's worth the $380 paid for sure in one run alone. the 4x6 or 4x8 would probably last longer due to alternating which of the four doors used.
-lumitek ballasts- silent and cool. 10/10 over the sun systems i've used and cheapos used.
-CAN Fan/filter get a 10/10 comparably to others used. bless Canadian manufacturing.
-Fox farm is old faithful. gets the job done.
==Other Notes
-unusually good city water, municipality does very good work
-good small ROfilter can be had for $130-160. 25-90 gal/day- plenty.
-pH/TDS/EC meter unnecessary if good soil, water and moderate, steady feeding occurs.
i'm pretty amazed with what he did. i was the teacher, he was the student. student surpasses teacher.
...gotta wait for pics, but for those of you considering a growhut (or similar quality product) this is a testament to how simple it is. tried to detail as much as possible without pics for those wanting the knowledge..
Blue dream- brought a bit home. shit tastes awesome, gets you nicely stoned.
==Overview
-7 Blue Dream clones- pretty strechy sativa in 5gal buckets of soil
-1 bedroom, grower slept next to it in his room of a 2 bedroom apartment in a complex.
-4x4 silver edition hydrohut
-temps were in the mid/upper-70's under the light.
-passive intakes, ambient room temp around 62-68 degrees.
==Hardware
-1000w lumitek digital ballast outside the box
-air cooled sun system supersun hood, glass sealed with HVAC silver tape
-4" HO CAN 155cfm vented into crawlspace. pulled air through filter, light, and then out.
-25" CAN 9000 filter-got the job done.
-total CFM rating with fan/filter setup: 114 cfm
==Controls
-no thermometer, no temp controls/monitors- just a light timer.
-no pH/TDS/EC. just tap water in an apartment complex never tested for anything.
-basically nothing, absolute minimalism as far as setup goes.
==The Plants:
-7 Blue Dream clones from a NorCal grower, not a random club clone. has proven good to us.
-veg 10.5 weeks. lower 24" of the plants were wasted. (logistic probs delayed 12/12 switch)
-estimate veg was about 6 weeks too long- lotta wasted branches trimmed/extra work.
-hand-watered 2.5x a week with straight tap water, nutes added every other watering.
-59 days flower time 12/12.
-finished around 4ft from plant base, 5.5ft from floor, about 18" short of the light.
-used a teepe setup for each plant with bamboo and twine to holdup the heavy colas.
-box was over packed wall-to-wall.
==Soil
-50/25/25 mix of FF ocean forest/perlite/promix with some lime thrown in.
-fox farm grow/bloom/tiger liquid nutes, close to the recommended.
==Notes on growing in a Hydrohut
-avoid flowering topped plants in a growbox taller than 1-1.25 ft- obvious to all but the novice.
-modular SCROG would work here in a 4x4 hydrohut or similar. would be tight, but could work.
-straight SCROG in a 4x6 or 4x8 hydrohut w/ 2 front and 2 back doors, this would be optimal.
-SOG would be amazing- this is obvious, but legal considerations limits most of us.
==Notes on Equipment
-hydrohut silver edition gets an 8.5/10. only problem i see is the single door's zipper, looks like it won't last more than 3 harvest, but it's worth the $380 paid for sure in one run alone. the 4x6 or 4x8 would probably last longer due to alternating which of the four doors used.
-lumitek ballasts- silent and cool. 10/10 over the sun systems i've used and cheapos used.
-CAN Fan/filter get a 10/10 comparably to others used. bless Canadian manufacturing.
-Fox farm is old faithful. gets the job done.
==Other Notes
-unusually good city water, municipality does very good work
-good small ROfilter can be had for $130-160. 25-90 gal/day- plenty.
-pH/TDS/EC meter unnecessary if good soil, water and moderate, steady feeding occurs.
i'm pretty amazed with what he did. i was the teacher, he was the student. student surpasses teacher.
...gotta wait for pics, but for those of you considering a growhut (or similar quality product) this is a testament to how simple it is. tried to detail as much as possible without pics for those wanting the knowledge..
Blue dream- brought a bit home. shit tastes awesome, gets you nicely stoned.
sounds beastly though, must have taught him well.
