I've got 45 bagseed started in soil, 11 days from seed, in twenty-three 5" plastic squares. They are two to a pot(I realize this wasn't the greatest of choices but being as I'm only giving 50% female consideration with the bagseed, WTF)
This will be my first success(so I say) and I'm stating my equipment, plans, setup in hopes of recieving feedback and mayhap some troubleshooting zingers so I ain't doing wing a ding dingers.
4' parabolic
400w hps ballast
1000w hps ballast
400w mh conversion bulb
400w hps bulb
1000w hps bulb(yet to pick up)
423 cfm fan
panda paper(Also intend to pickup cooltube or two when I grab the 1000w, will this fan run two tubes?)
This is a soil operation:
5 part FoxFarm Ocean Forest
2 part perlite
1 part bone meal(1-11-0)(much? everthing I have minus hygrozyme, ej catalyst I'd already come by so just kind of threw it together and added plans)
Nutes-
FF Grow Big
Hygrozyme
EJ Catalyst
Liquid Karma(Wanting to be organic so may well replace Grow Big with EJ product before needed)
I currenlty have them under the 400mh with panda paper draped around the parabolic and a fan blowing throw an opening for ventilation. The light is 15" above the plants and all seem to be doing fine. They take a little less than a gallon a day treated with 2ml each Hygrozyme, EJ Catalyst, LK. In the next few weeks I plan to build an enclosure(multi-door box) out of plywood and 2x3's. The planned dimensions being 6x6x6(tall enough?). I plan to do a 6x6 enhanced canopy scrog(slightly inverted). My concern is that being bagseed, and the plants already showing sure variety in size and likeness; is this going to be a tremendous issue with the scrog? I can throw the faster grows on the corners and sides with the inverted screen and I'm hoping that will be the deal. Also since the plants will be started onto the screen when I got to get the males out, is this gonna be a terrible thing? I plan to place the screen 10-14" above soil. Also, when I transplant under the screen, I'm planning to put them in a community tub and add fungus. I would have a base of perlite for fair drainage, if the tub idea is workable, what's an adequate amount of soil for an expected 20-25 plants in this setup?
The bagseed is a mix of commercial that all tasted as it was grown in an agricultural operation in mexico or wherever they grow fields of dope like corn. There were a few from a decent outdoor grow that dropped a kernel here and there. I'm hoping for an interestingly varied end product in the least, which points out my other concern about the feasibility of doing the scrog as these plants will most likely finish flowering not all at once. I suppose I may harvest as they go, but am unsure the certainty of that, maybe a sog is better, but being as quality is undetermined from the start, yield is of first preposition.
I plan to add the 1000hps to flower and retain the 400mh so I figure a Hortilux fuller spectrum bulb may not only be unneeded, but unwanted. Ideas, criticisms, nute advice desired, encouragement appreciated. Will have pics of the poject status in the next week. Thanks for all replies.
This will be my first success(so I say) and I'm stating my equipment, plans, setup in hopes of recieving feedback and mayhap some troubleshooting zingers so I ain't doing wing a ding dingers.
4' parabolic
400w hps ballast
1000w hps ballast
400w mh conversion bulb
400w hps bulb
1000w hps bulb(yet to pick up)
423 cfm fan
panda paper(Also intend to pickup cooltube or two when I grab the 1000w, will this fan run two tubes?)
This is a soil operation:
5 part FoxFarm Ocean Forest
2 part perlite
1 part bone meal(1-11-0)(much? everthing I have minus hygrozyme, ej catalyst I'd already come by so just kind of threw it together and added plans)
Nutes-
FF Grow Big
Hygrozyme
EJ Catalyst
Liquid Karma(Wanting to be organic so may well replace Grow Big with EJ product before needed)
I currenlty have them under the 400mh with panda paper draped around the parabolic and a fan blowing throw an opening for ventilation. The light is 15" above the plants and all seem to be doing fine. They take a little less than a gallon a day treated with 2ml each Hygrozyme, EJ Catalyst, LK. In the next few weeks I plan to build an enclosure(multi-door box) out of plywood and 2x3's. The planned dimensions being 6x6x6(tall enough?). I plan to do a 6x6 enhanced canopy scrog(slightly inverted). My concern is that being bagseed, and the plants already showing sure variety in size and likeness; is this going to be a tremendous issue with the scrog? I can throw the faster grows on the corners and sides with the inverted screen and I'm hoping that will be the deal. Also since the plants will be started onto the screen when I got to get the males out, is this gonna be a terrible thing? I plan to place the screen 10-14" above soil. Also, when I transplant under the screen, I'm planning to put them in a community tub and add fungus. I would have a base of perlite for fair drainage, if the tub idea is workable, what's an adequate amount of soil for an expected 20-25 plants in this setup?
The bagseed is a mix of commercial that all tasted as it was grown in an agricultural operation in mexico or wherever they grow fields of dope like corn. There were a few from a decent outdoor grow that dropped a kernel here and there. I'm hoping for an interestingly varied end product in the least, which points out my other concern about the feasibility of doing the scrog as these plants will most likely finish flowering not all at once. I suppose I may harvest as they go, but am unsure the certainty of that, maybe a sog is better, but being as quality is undetermined from the start, yield is of first preposition.
I plan to add the 1000hps to flower and retain the 400mh so I figure a Hortilux fuller spectrum bulb may not only be unneeded, but unwanted. Ideas, criticisms, nute advice desired, encouragement appreciated. Will have pics of the poject status in the next week. Thanks for all replies.
