This will be my first grow. I would appreciate any advice you guys have I have 5 Cookies Kush seeds from Barney's Farm First I will list everything I have. Bought power strips and extension cords from Walmart. Also used a few zip ties. For watering I will be using the filtered water from my RO water filter. Humidity Monitor http://www.amazon.com/AcuRite-00613A1-Indoor-Humid... Grow Tent 4x4x6.5 Ft. http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Horticulture-Hydropon... Light Controller http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-TM01715D-7-Day-Dig... Lights Mars 600 Watt X 2 http://www.amazon.com/MarsHydro-Mars300-Mars600-Fl... In Tent Fan (This tower fan ended up being way smaller than I was expecting ) http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-4000-Stik-Ultra-Slim-O... Air Clean Fan ( Was going to make a bucket for covering the smell with this, but ended up putting it on the tent ) http://www.amazon.com/Kaz-HT-900-Honeywell-TurboFo... Fertilizer http://www.amazon.com/Fox-Farm-FX14049-Nutrient-Fo... Soil http://www.amazon.com/FOXFARM-FX14000-Organic-Pott... Exhaust vent fan http://www.amazon.com/VenTech-VT-DF-6-DF6-Duct/dp/... Carbon Filter http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008NYF8S4?refRID... Buckets http://www.amazon.com/Root-Pouch-Quality-Gallon-Bu... Bucket Saucers http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-HGS14P-Premium-Sau...
Didn't start this from the beginning because of time but I germinated the seeds for about 2 days in wet paper towels. I planted them on 12-31-2015 in 5 gallon root pouches. New Years Resolution? Never buy weed again They sprouted on 1-2-2016 and have been growing pretty well since. So far I've had a few concerns with the heat, humidity, and possible nitrogen burn because the Fox Farm soil is supposed to be high in nutrients. I'm curious if anyone has considered using one of these: But instead of using frozen milk jugs full of water to cool the air, use dried ice. Anyone think that would be a cool idea? lol I think added CO2 would maybe help a bit, but I might just be getting a little too ambitious for being a noob.
Here are the First pictures! Here's the soil I used. This is what the buckets looked like freshly filled. Pictures of the lights Empty Tent Tent with Everything going on 1-10-2016, I love pink! Here's a picture of all the plants individually. Most of them look good. One has a little bit of discoloration and it kind of looks like the leaf tips are curling a bit :/ Another one also has bent up leaves :/ What do you think? This is what the temperature usually hangs around. Before I had the exhaust vent fan going it was getting up to 90+ degrees
Nice setup!!! Should be a great outcome. I'm subbed for the overalls and low cut top alone lol . I also have the same goal as you! Good luck.
I used that fox farms on my only soil run .its prob a little hot on them young plants but they should be fine . Mine did similar things bit grew out of it week 2isj into 3 ... They really look pretty good and I think they will be fine
Thanks Guys. Do you think the ice bucket is still a good idea? My tent is about 88 right now. I also don't have a good way to ventilate it :/
You can veg and bud with those temperatures. I'd say your better off just getting a stronger fan and doing your best to keep it dry during flower. Either by getting a stronger exauhst or having fresh cool air from outside. Keeping a window open in the same room as your tent will sap out most excess moisture if you live in a dry climate. That said 88 degrees won't ruin your crop unless it's really moist and mold becomes prevalent
Idk about the ice bucket but I think you could shut down one of them light for now and push them plants together . One light will give you enough coverages and you won't have as much heat Maybe this will buy you some time . You should be able to get away with one light while you figure out a permanent solution .
I recommend buying a high CFM fan and pulling the air out of the tent. It can lower your temps significantly. A nice 4-6" inline fan would be enough I'm sure to bring temps down to 70-75 and also the air movement will keep your humidity down a bit too. Just way cheaper than running an AC lol
Dry ice is a bit pricy for boosting the c02 content of the room and it's not controllable.. You want a specific PPM ( parts per million) if your going that route.. Very advanced grow stuff and I'd save my dry ice money for after harvest to make kief with As usual the sight of some fingernail polish brings out the horn dogs in the balcony crowd.. LMAO no offence guys but I'm glad I'm old and less affected.. See above.. I see gus has your heat issue under control.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LnPnbhyjGc
Before you try the ice bucket challenge, I'd personally invest in a couple of these clip on fans and clip them to your tent rails on the sides if you have room and extra electrical outlets. I think this would help circulate air better and probably drop it down a few degrees. 85° and below is acceptable, but not ideal. I use a hurricane fan with a transformer as a fan controller and it works great, but it'll run you about $200 for that pair. Also, you can open up some ventilation ports on your tent during the lights on schedule if needed, or open a window to outside if possible. During night times I'd recommend putting a bedsheet over your apollo tent because they are known to have small light leaks (mine does). Better safe than hermie! I used Fox Farm Happy Frog potting soil for my current grow. It's different than Ocean Forest, but FF soil in general is known to be nutrient rich/hot for seedlings. Even though FF comes with perlite, it is still wise to mix it with a good bit of perlite and/or vermiculite to allow more oxygen to roots, better drainage and not so many nutrients. I didn't add liquid nutrients until about 3-4 weeks from using FF soil, and it was a very small amount of nutrients. I did this for my entire grow so far and have not had to deal with hardly any nutrient burn issues.
Seen u was using FF 3 part here's a formula I got off dutty panty that I'm goin to try on some white widow if u were lookin for a formula for the 3 part. This includes the 3 boosters but pretty sure u can run it without as well. Setup and girls looks good. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1372416-Platinum-LED-P600%27s-hosted-by-Dutty-Panty/page__view__findpost__p__22280670 Since ur using FFOF I would wait til u see the plants needs fed to start using the bottles or this formula