Hey everyone I'm new here so here it goes! I have been reading for months and am about to ask the ?'s Everyone asks I do not have funds for more than this. 4x4x6.5 grow tent 600 watt mh/hps ( doesn't have air cooled hood) 6'' 420 cfm inline fan (variable speed controls) 6'' cabbon filter So my ?'s are 1.. I don't have a seperate space to veg. Or have floro's am growing from seed .. how far away should my lite be from. Seedlings 2..what strain would be best. I like everyone I'm sure am looking for potency,speed and yield. Especialy with the hieght. 6'.5 minusing the lite and distant from plants 3.. how long to veg. And finally any tips on curing Thanks for your help. These forums are great help for beginers .
I'm not experienced with HPS or MH lights but I read you should keep them 2 times the distance you would have CFLs from your plants. Try adjusting their distance from your plants until it doesn't feel too hot for you to place you hand just above your plants. Once it's not too hot raise them a little more to be safe until an experienced person posts here. With the strain, choose something you like the sound of, I don't see the point getting something fairly common, I go for unusual strains. With your setup you can pretty much grow anything to a good standard. People seem to Veg until sex begins to show however you can veg for as long as you want. Remember that once you start flowering you are gonna get 2 to 3 times the size plant you had in Veg. You can force flowering by entering 12/12 before sex shows naturally and some people even force flowering straight after germination but some plants don't react to this very well and you end up with a 2 inch deformed bud on a twig. For me I would Veg for 4 weeks then force flowering but some strains might not like this, make sure to ask about strains your thinking about getting, there's nearly always someone who has experience with specific plants here.
Alright cool man thanks for your help.. like anything in life u don't have confidence in it until you actually do it so advice helps thanks
First off, i'd look at some DIY air cooled hoods on here because 600w uncooled is just going to be extremely hot. I've heard making your own cool tube with a small reflector inside does wonders for cooling. I have not used such a strong light within the first two weeks of growth from seed, but you may need to be careful using the 600w MH off the bat. I'd suggest having a large height above the plants if you're using the 600w or grab some cheap CFLs to start from seed. (blue spectrum 6500k!) As for height from the light... The "hand" test never fails. But anything like 12-20 inches. Usually stick to the higher side (15+) because you're running a 600w! Lastly, to increase efficiency you can always look into making a small veg box running off computer fans and CFLs. This could be used to get your plants ready for the 600w, or for a separate veg box and use the bog box for flowering. Either way will do, it's all about how you want to run your setup.. Somewhat perpetual with different boxes for flowering/veg--or have patience to stick with the big box for a long veg and an epic flowering? Just some quick input.