HPS/CFL Kush Grow

This is my first grow
I'm setup in a 3x3x8 room
4inch inline duct fan exhaust 24/7
passive intake from A/Ced room
cool vapor humidifier 24/7
6inch fan on plants 24/7
150w HPS & 130w CFLs 18-6
The two in Buckets are Kush clones I got from a friend the other little plant is a seedling I sprouted.

for my grow medium im using fox farm ocean farms and perlite about 50/50 maybe more like 60/40

watering with Poland springs water a pH of 6.5 in the run off so far
no nutrients yet but they will be getting the fox farms trio starting at 1/4 strength
temps are typically at 75-80
humidity is usually at 50%


5/31 this is my first week but they clones were sitting on the cloning table after they had rooted with little growth for about 2 weeks before I go them








they had a little bit of a hard time adjusting after I got them from my friend I also was in the process of getting my humidity stable.








6/8 first day of week two

Thinking of doing a scrog grow, any thoughts?

hears another update this is two days after their watering at the beginning of week two and I think they are really doing well. what do you guys think?

Temps are still good (even yesterday when it was close to 100 degrees the room was just around 82-83
humidity is a constant 50%

subb'd
I like, maybe the soil was too hot for them thats why you had those earlier issies
looking good

Thanks. I think that may be it. They were looking a little sad tonight so watered them I'll take some pics tomorrow.

Their looking great today nice and perky. I gave them a nice watering later night (The run off was good, 6.5) and I think it was what they needed. They got 1/4 strength big bloom.

The like the transitioning, from yellow to a nice healthy green. They look like they are doing fine.

another up date a lot more growth, I think I may have a little spider mite problem what do you guys thing?

Are they looking sad? Any advice?

I'm kind of getting worried they look the same today after the watering yesterday. Are they to close to the lights? My temps are low most of the time 78-80 ish

The only damage from being too close to a CFL is heat burn on the leaves from what I've experienced. CFLs aren't super powerful or anything, so you don't have to worry about that.

How often are you watering? Give them a few days and see what happens. It seems like it's a watering problem. Either over or under watering.

In those buckets, with those size plants, you're probably looking at a 3-5 day period between watering.

the last two waterings were the 11th and 15th so maybe ill wait till the 20th or 21st?

also their is 150w hps above them and its about 10 inches tip of plant to the bottom of the hood.

Looking good
How long you going before you flower?
If the heat isnt too bad I think you could go a bit lower with the HPS, either hand check or stick a thermo. at the top of the canopy..........
So did it turn out to be spidemites?

It's warm but I lowered it a bit I'll keep am eye on that. I'm gonna flower for another two weeks or so. Im trying to figure out what I want to do with the smaller plant because it's not a clone.I don't want it getting tangled in the screen then turning out to be male.

No it wasn't or a few sprays of water a day took care of it, either way their looking good now.

another update

so my little ladys are about 4 weeks into flowering now and their looking good. I did have a spider mite problem after all and I let it go for a little to long but my buds are looking good and I don't think the damage was to bad. To fix my infestation i added 1500 lady bugs to my little closet....maybe a little od but i sealed the area and they've been in there for about a week. They seem to be doing their job.

Edited by joeya28, 26 July 2011 - 10:34 PM.

here are my clones and a few pics of the plants @ three weeks











These are @ 2 weeks