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So there's been some serious lag and some serious setbacks, but I finally have the setup up and running. There is still some improvements to be made but as of now, there is a 600W HPS bare-bulb-vertical with (2) 400W CMH vbb, one on each side of the HPS.
Big 5gal pots: Green Crack x OG Kush, Skywalker OG and K2.
3.2 gallon plastic pots: Highlighter's "Honey White Bx2" (the white x highend I think) & CSG's "Chem Wreck Kush" [(chemdog male bx2) x (og kush x trainwreck)].
3 gallon smart pots: Sour Dubble, Tahoe OG, Aliendawg (ether cut), Albert Walker, SSSDH, Chem-D, Hogs Breath
Here's the most recent shot of all the girls.
Let me know if you have any questions and please, I am all ears and in terms of suggestions and complaints
Original Post:
Greetings fellow ICmaggers. I have been a long time member/lurker and have done a few grows. I have only documented one previous grow on this site however. I have learned almost everything I know from this site and have a great deal of respect for many of the members here. Many people in the SD Cuts thread provide me with motivation and labtech's setup was definitely an inspiration and will be used as a guideline
I will be moving into the house tomorrow and will take pictures of the walk-in closet. I plan on fully documenting this grow for myself and for others to learn. I have a little over 8ft of height to work with and about a 6x7ft rectangle. I plan on having a veg area, clone/mother area and flower area.
The vertical setup is going to probably use all 8 feet, looking for input on this BTW, and I will do two 400W CMH's for the first two tiers and the top tear nearest the exhaust will be a 600W HPS. I will get an intake fan to draw in cool air from a northwest facing shaded area. Living in San Diego, do you guys think I will be able to barebulb with a 6" inline exhaust + 4" inline intake. I plan on grouping the different tiers based on sativa/indica/cash crop from the bottom up.
As for strains, I have access to many dank strains down here in SoCal especially being close to PNC (people's nursery collective). Only thing I am worried about is that clones are almost always infected with mites/fungi/PM so I am thinking about going from seed just to keep the garden clean. Any input guys? I know I could treat/cure/keep any problems under control I just don't know if i want to go through all the trouble.
As for the equipment the only thing I will need to buy is a quantum 600W HPS ballast/bulb and the wood to build the frame. Also I plan on buying some CFLs for the clone/veg area.
I am shooting to pull a quarter of the crop every 2 weeks. If we assume .8 GPW, I should be able to pull 10oz every 2 weeks after all said and done. Thinking about doing 6 plants in ~3.5 gallon buckets. Would also like some input on this.
Thanks for the taking the time to read and contribute guys - I will make sure to do the same tomorrow!
Feel free to offer up any suggestions everything is still in the drawing phase and I am still flexible.
So there's been some serious lag and some serious setbacks, but I finally have the setup up and running. There is still some improvements to be made but as of now, there is a 600W HPS bare-bulb-vertical with (2) 400W CMH vbb, one on each side of the HPS.
Big 5gal pots: Green Crack x OG Kush, Skywalker OG and K2.
3.2 gallon plastic pots: Highlighter's "Honey White Bx2" (the white x highend I think) & CSG's "Chem Wreck Kush" [(chemdog male bx2) x (og kush x trainwreck)].
3 gallon smart pots: Sour Dubble, Tahoe OG, Aliendawg (ether cut), Albert Walker, SSSDH, Chem-D, Hogs Breath
Here's the most recent shot of all the girls.
Let me know if you have any questions and please, I am all ears and in terms of suggestions and complaints
Original Post:
Greetings fellow ICmaggers. I have been a long time member/lurker and have done a few grows. I have only documented one previous grow on this site however. I have learned almost everything I know from this site and have a great deal of respect for many of the members here. Many people in the SD Cuts thread provide me with motivation and labtech's setup was definitely an inspiration and will be used as a guideline
I will be moving into the house tomorrow and will take pictures of the walk-in closet. I plan on fully documenting this grow for myself and for others to learn. I have a little over 8ft of height to work with and about a 6x7ft rectangle. I plan on having a veg area, clone/mother area and flower area.
The vertical setup is going to probably use all 8 feet, looking for input on this BTW, and I will do two 400W CMH's for the first two tiers and the top tear nearest the exhaust will be a 600W HPS. I will get an intake fan to draw in cool air from a northwest facing shaded area. Living in San Diego, do you guys think I will be able to barebulb with a 6" inline exhaust + 4" inline intake. I plan on grouping the different tiers based on sativa/indica/cash crop from the bottom up.
As for strains, I have access to many dank strains down here in SoCal especially being close to PNC (people's nursery collective). Only thing I am worried about is that clones are almost always infected with mites/fungi/PM so I am thinking about going from seed just to keep the garden clean. Any input guys? I know I could treat/cure/keep any problems under control I just don't know if i want to go through all the trouble.
As for the equipment the only thing I will need to buy is a quantum 600W HPS ballast/bulb and the wood to build the frame. Also I plan on buying some CFLs for the clone/veg area.
I am shooting to pull a quarter of the crop every 2 weeks. If we assume .8 GPW, I should be able to pull 10oz every 2 weeks after all said and done. Thinking about doing 6 plants in ~3.5 gallon buckets. Would also like some input on this.
Thanks for the taking the time to read and contribute guys - I will make sure to do the same tomorrow!
Feel free to offer up any suggestions everything is still in the drawing phase and I am still flexible.
