I say 1st full grow, because this is the first time I've gotten this far into growing without killing my plants. I tried one before this one, and I grew in my attic. Yeah, never again. It got so hot up there my thermometer topped out and couldn't go any higher. I would have started this diary sooner but i wanted to make sure my plant genocide was over.
So I changed areas. After getting permission from the warden I converted a 2.5 x 4 ft closet into my new grow area. I use the stanley DIY fan for an exhaust through a DIY carbon filter. (I'm trying to do as much DIY to show you can do a decent grow with DIY equipment. Minus the light and ballast) I have a passive air intake at the base of the closet with a 12 in osc. fan to blow through the leaves. Temps at their hottest were 87 F. Humidity stays between 40-60%. Unless it rains of course.
I use a 400w HPS with 84 true watts CFL for supplimental side lighting. The room is painted with a white ceiling paint, and the entrance is panda plastic with a flap velcro'd downfor easy access.
The grow medium is FFOF for now, but for my next grow I will probably use the moonshine mix. I water with distilled water adjusted now with cal/mag. I didn't feed during veg, but gave the occasional shot with molasses to give the kids some root candy. Flowering is getting shots of Tiger Bloom with cal/mag.
I am growing from seed. They were sprouted under 2 6500k CFLs in 16 oz beer cups. Transplanted once into their finishing 5 gallon pots. The kids were vegg'd for 3 weeks. Could have gone longer, but I got impatient and wanted to flip them so I could see and learn the different stages of development before moving on to my next grow. Veg cycle was 18/6, with the light burning at night.
Here they are. Not sure when they were taken. I know I'm a stoner. There are 6 in there, but for some reason I only got 5 plants. You can see all 6 in the group shot
So I changed areas. After getting permission from the warden I converted a 2.5 x 4 ft closet into my new grow area. I use the stanley DIY fan for an exhaust through a DIY carbon filter. (I'm trying to do as much DIY to show you can do a decent grow with DIY equipment. Minus the light and ballast) I have a passive air intake at the base of the closet with a 12 in osc. fan to blow through the leaves. Temps at their hottest were 87 F. Humidity stays between 40-60%. Unless it rains of course.
I use a 400w HPS with 84 true watts CFL for supplimental side lighting. The room is painted with a white ceiling paint, and the entrance is panda plastic with a flap velcro'd downfor easy access.
The grow medium is FFOF for now, but for my next grow I will probably use the moonshine mix. I water with distilled water adjusted now with cal/mag. I didn't feed during veg, but gave the occasional shot with molasses to give the kids some root candy. Flowering is getting shots of Tiger Bloom with cal/mag.
I am growing from seed. They were sprouted under 2 6500k CFLs in 16 oz beer cups. Transplanted once into their finishing 5 gallon pots. The kids were vegg'd for 3 weeks. Could have gone longer, but I got impatient and wanted to flip them so I could see and learn the different stages of development before moving on to my next grow. Veg cycle was 18/6, with the light burning at night.
Here they are. Not sure when they were taken. I know I'm a stoner. There are 6 in there, but for some reason I only got 5 plants. You can see all 6 in the group shot
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