First time indoor growing (please help me)

You grow haze the same way you grow any other marijuana plant.

 

MrGoodSmoke has hit the answer perfectly in the center of the target.

It would help if you told us if you're going soil or hydro and what type of hydro of that is it.

The basics are the same regardless of what strain you're growing. Each strain *does* have it's own tolerances to heat, light and nutrients, but experience with growing that strain will teach you it's specific likes and dislikes.

The trick is to start with the minimum of everything and work it up on your first "test" crop, to a point in each category where the plant starts having negative reactions to what you've increased.

You have to start with:

1. 1/4 strength nutrients.

2. Lights at 5,000 lumens per/sq ft and at maximum height from the canopy.

3. Temps at 78F above ground or media.

4. Humidity at 30-60%

5. Root zone temps at 78F

6. High quality soil that is free of insects.

7. At least one gallon per/foot of plant height in soil.

8. Plenty of air circulation and fresh air.

These are some of the very basics. Once you've established your grow, then you start increasing one of the variables at a time. When you get to a point at which your plant has negative reactions to a change, you back up to the last good point and start with another of the variables.

You are correct in one way; if you find someone who is also growing the exact same strain as you have, from the same seed bank or clone bank, then you can duplicate what that person has done successfully and save yourself some time.

Good luck on finding that combination. I hope you do. If not, you'll want to start anyway with the basics. I'd be glad to help you all you need. It's best to do that in the open forum so that others can learn while you do.

You post the specific questions in this thread and I'll help answer them.

 

If you can tell us a total budget we can help yo put together the most efficient system for the money, and probably help you find a good deal on seeds online. Let us know what you got going in there buddy!

 

hurgrywolf, how large of an area in square feet are you going to use to grow in with either hydro or soil. If both, how many square feet for each?

How tall of a ceiling?

How many plants do you intend to grow in the hydro and how many in soil?

Are you growing from seed each time?

 

I would pick one or the other. Hydro or soil. Exception being if you wanted to maintain mother plants in soil.

If you do hydro, use bubble buckets. They're foolproof is you follow instructions, and if you do a grow journal, I'll answer any questions I can to help there. That's how I grow so I could help alot.

Also, as the above poster said, what kind of space are you working with? I grow in a grow tent inside a walk in closet. Some people have basement rooms full of plants.

If you grow in an enclosed area, think about that you want the temperatures to be in the mid 70s and the humidity under 50%. Get a cheap indoor/outdoor hygrometer/thermometer from home depot, (about $15). Accurite is the brand I have and it works great and was cheap.

The main thing is you've gotta set up a good environment for the plant. If you can know what you're doing and set it all up right the first time, then the growing part is easy.

Also, light, you need lots of light.

 

Hey Wolf, if you re-read post number 6, you'll see that I asked you several questions. You've answered only one and that one in a very vague manner.

Your lighting depends on the square feet of canopy you expect to have. No one can tell you anything about your lighting without knowing that first. The canopy size depends on how tall you're growing your plants and how many plants you intend to grow.

A proper grow needs some walls for reflective light. An open garage isn't a very good idea.

I don't mean to sound as if I'm scolding you, but you need to start forming some real plans, not just "I wanna grow some pot".

Please, sit down with your co-grower and figure out where you're going. Then come back with some real ideas like "I want to end up with 2 pounds of cured weed." "I"m going to use DWC Hydroponics." "I have a grow box built in my garage that is 4 feet by 6 feet with a 7 foot ceiling."

Then we can all pitch in and get you up and running with a great chance at success.

Plan, plan, plan. Don't rush into a half-assed grow. If you do, you'll end up spending more for a sack then if you just bought it on the street.

Think about your ventilation also. Where is all the hot air from your lights going to go?

 

If you run maximal efficiency, you can expect to see maybe 1 gram per watt of light. And that's very rare. hardly anyone actually yields that much, most people I think are in the 1/2 gram to maybe 3/4 gram per watt range.

As far as ventilation, there are two goals, 1st, to ensure that temperatures don't get up into the 80's, and 2nd, to keep fresh air blowing over the plants to prevent mold mildew and all that. You're going to want to figure out how many cubic feet you're dealing with, and try and cycle all that air out at least 2 times a minute, (this is if you really want to grow man, it's a simple formula, it just might be a pain to set it all up first time around).

If you're growing dwc, I'd do something like 6 bubble buckets in a scrog, maybe something w/ 2 screens where you can walk in between them, and run 1000 watts or so on each side. Also, invest in a small grow tent, or build a box so you can veg plants in one space, and flower them in another, decreasing the time between harvests and increasing your overall yield.

Check out HTG supply or ebay and look for a couple of lights. You're also gonna wanna light proof the room cause the kinda light you're gonna need to grow that much weed is going to be real obvious if it's coming out of a crack in the door.

You're gonna need a carbon filter, a big one. Get one that comes w/ a fan from HTG, maybe the 6 inch one, or if they have one bigger get that.

Imma keep thinking about this. You're probably wanna run a big reservoir w/ those 6 buckets, so you don't have to change nutes every day.

Fertilize w/ the lucas formula. Order gallons of the general hydroponics "micro" and "bloom". Use 8ml micro and 16ml bloom per gallon of water. After adding the nutes, adjust ph to 5.5-5.8 and you're good to go.

Also get a PH meter, a digital one, and a kit w/ some PH up and down solutions.


Also, a haze will typically take alot longer to flower than some other strains, because it's mostly sativa. Indica strains flower faster, and thus have a greater potential for yield because you can harvest more often. You're probably gonna want to look at some seeds. I'd start with feminized seeds and grow one or two plants out, clone them and start mother plants w/ the clones, then flower the 1st plant or two to get a feel for things, and so you can get started before you have to buy all the equipment to do the bigger grow. Plus, when you start the bigger grow, you'll have experience w/ your strain and know what it likes and doesn't.

You can see lots and lots of strains at worldwide marijuana seeds, also known as the single seed centre. Google it! They ship discreetly to the US, and have a section that's all feminized seeds, (which means you don't waste time growing plants only to discover that they're male).