bean82
Member
Hey fellow growers.
After a 6-7 year break from growing, I'm back at it again. I now have the space to grow and since I'm on a tight budget after quiting my job and going back to school, I thought it would be a good idea to start growing my own smoke again!
I moved around some of the stuff stored in one of the unused rooms of the basement, to make room for the grow. Boarded up the window which is facing the street, to eliminate light leaks from outside and so the HID lights wont draw any unwanted attention, when messing around with the plants.
In the grow room, I now have a DIY cab for moms and/or vegging, and a tent for flowering.
Starting this diary to keep track of the grow and get some critique/help from all you green thumbs.
Veg cab is 56cm*58cm*110cm, but is not in use at the moment. Had too much trouble with the heat from the 150w MH. I'll buy a 50w LED for the cab in a month or so, so I can keep a few bonsai moms and veg root clones.
The cab is ventilated by a bathroom extractor fan pulling 100m3/hr. Passive intake. Walls covered with mylar.
Flowering tent is 1m*1m*1,8m, and the light is a 400w HPS. Ventilation is a Lindab inline extractor fan. I'm not really sure bout how much air it's pulling, since I bought it 2nd hand and the guy wasn't sure. He said at least 180m3/hr. So far I have no problems keeping the canopy temp at 24-25c, RH 40-50% and a negative pressure in the tent, so I guess it's sufficient. I silenced the motor by putting it in a box filled with old t-shirts, and fitted a muffler on the exhaust.
All my previous grows have been in soil, but I've tried out coco for this grow. Using canna A+B and Growth Technology PH Down. got some Canna PK 13-14 for later.
Feel free to comment or ask questions.
Now on to the logging!
4th Feb. I germinated a handful of seeds from my collection of bagseeds. Thinking some wouldn't sprout, I threw 22 seeds i water. 20 hours later, half had cracked and was showing the tap root. I threw them all i small pots with coco and into the veg cab.
The first 3 sprouts broke the surface 7th feb. On the 11th all sprouts had broke the surface, and I had to move them all to the tent because of heat issues. Cuoldn't keep the temps down.
After making some ghetto cooling of the shitty reflector I got, heat hasn't been an issue at all. Not even when switching to the 400W HPS.
Seedlings in their new home 11th Feb. 100% of the seeds germed. Not what I expected and I'm afraid I'll end up having to throw away the worst looking plants, if I get too many girls.
DIY cooling
15th Feb I repotted to 5,7L pots, which will be their final home. Also changed to HPS bulb.
After a 6-7 year break from growing, I'm back at it again. I now have the space to grow and since I'm on a tight budget after quiting my job and going back to school, I thought it would be a good idea to start growing my own smoke again!
I moved around some of the stuff stored in one of the unused rooms of the basement, to make room for the grow. Boarded up the window which is facing the street, to eliminate light leaks from outside and so the HID lights wont draw any unwanted attention, when messing around with the plants.
In the grow room, I now have a DIY cab for moms and/or vegging, and a tent for flowering.
Starting this diary to keep track of the grow and get some critique/help from all you green thumbs.
Veg cab is 56cm*58cm*110cm, but is not in use at the moment. Had too much trouble with the heat from the 150w MH. I'll buy a 50w LED for the cab in a month or so, so I can keep a few bonsai moms and veg root clones.
The cab is ventilated by a bathroom extractor fan pulling 100m3/hr. Passive intake. Walls covered with mylar.
Flowering tent is 1m*1m*1,8m, and the light is a 400w HPS. Ventilation is a Lindab inline extractor fan. I'm not really sure bout how much air it's pulling, since I bought it 2nd hand and the guy wasn't sure. He said at least 180m3/hr. So far I have no problems keeping the canopy temp at 24-25c, RH 40-50% and a negative pressure in the tent, so I guess it's sufficient. I silenced the motor by putting it in a box filled with old t-shirts, and fitted a muffler on the exhaust.
All my previous grows have been in soil, but I've tried out coco for this grow. Using canna A+B and Growth Technology PH Down. got some Canna PK 13-14 for later.
Feel free to comment or ask questions.
Now on to the logging!
4th Feb. I germinated a handful of seeds from my collection of bagseeds. Thinking some wouldn't sprout, I threw 22 seeds i water. 20 hours later, half had cracked and was showing the tap root. I threw them all i small pots with coco and into the veg cab.
The first 3 sprouts broke the surface 7th feb. On the 11th all sprouts had broke the surface, and I had to move them all to the tent because of heat issues. Cuoldn't keep the temps down.
After making some ghetto cooling of the shitty reflector I got, heat hasn't been an issue at all. Not even when switching to the 400W HPS.
Seedlings in their new home 11th Feb. 100% of the seeds germed. Not what I expected and I'm afraid I'll end up having to throw away the worst looking plants, if I get too many girls.
DIY cooling
15th Feb I repotted to 5,7L pots, which will be their final home. Also changed to HPS bulb.