Prof. COBD
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Hey all..
First time grower, located in Colorado. Been getting some advice from a seasoned vet over in the Mass/RI/Conn growers thread as well as trying to put things together on my own. I think its time I got some feedback on what I've got goin here.
Set-up:
Lighthouse Hydro grow tent - 32x32x60"
Hydrofarm Envirogrow T5 Fluorescent tubing - 4x2ft
K.I.S.S nutrient regime - only using General hydroponics Maxibloom so far
Phresh filter 4x12" (not hooked up yet)
For now, the tent is located in my room just a few feet from my bed, so noise was a fairly big concern. So I sprung for the TD-100xs (silent fan line from S&P).
So I've got 5 plants grown from seed in 100% coco. 4 were planted around 3/15, the 5th about 10 days later, so we are at about Day 40.
Got them going on an 18-6 sched, watering every day, full nutes in most waterings. pH has been good with my tap water and nutes, haven't had to adjust much at all.. floating around the mid 5's up to about 6.1. Judging from appearance and the possible strains ( the ones the dude I got the seeds from are growing) its likely they are a Bubba Kush / Northern lights cross.
I think its definitely time to switch them over to flowering. They are getting pretty tall.. main stem is about 18 inches on the biggest and the runt is at about 10" (and struggling for light exposure). I need to harvest by mid July due to a move, so I probably should have switched them over by now, but I've been crazy busy for a couple weeks so haven't been able to show them much love. I've only got about 2 more feet before they are hitting the bottom of the fan, and another foot to the tent ceiling. I guess I'll get some more room when I weed out any males, but right now the canopy takes up the entire lateral space of the tent. Very stocky and bushy strain, quite a bit of top light competition and relatively sparser underneath.
I'd love to get some feedback on what you guys think my flowering setup should be. I was hoping to go with a vertical 400w HPS with cooltube, but I'm worried about space and about noise. I think I'd have to get another fan to exhaust the heat.. my current fan runs at about 200 cfm, so I dont think it could really handle a light > filter > fan combo. So maybe CFLs are the way to go this time around, and I can upgrade to more space and a better light when I'm in my new place and have some room (and its not right next to my bed!).
I've also done no training.. too late I know for LST but should I consider topping them? Before/after I switch to flowering?
It'd be cool to get some feedback, but thanks for taking a peep either way.
Day 14 from seed:
Day 22 from seed. You can see a bit on fungus/mold on the coco surface. My understanding is this is normal and harmless.. anyone know different?
Day 43:
First time grower, located in Colorado. Been getting some advice from a seasoned vet over in the Mass/RI/Conn growers thread as well as trying to put things together on my own. I think its time I got some feedback on what I've got goin here.
Set-up:
Lighthouse Hydro grow tent - 32x32x60"
Hydrofarm Envirogrow T5 Fluorescent tubing - 4x2ft
K.I.S.S nutrient regime - only using General hydroponics Maxibloom so far
Phresh filter 4x12" (not hooked up yet)
For now, the tent is located in my room just a few feet from my bed, so noise was a fairly big concern. So I sprung for the TD-100xs (silent fan line from S&P).
So I've got 5 plants grown from seed in 100% coco. 4 were planted around 3/15, the 5th about 10 days later, so we are at about Day 40.
Got them going on an 18-6 sched, watering every day, full nutes in most waterings. pH has been good with my tap water and nutes, haven't had to adjust much at all.. floating around the mid 5's up to about 6.1. Judging from appearance and the possible strains ( the ones the dude I got the seeds from are growing) its likely they are a Bubba Kush / Northern lights cross.
I think its definitely time to switch them over to flowering. They are getting pretty tall.. main stem is about 18 inches on the biggest and the runt is at about 10" (and struggling for light exposure). I need to harvest by mid July due to a move, so I probably should have switched them over by now, but I've been crazy busy for a couple weeks so haven't been able to show them much love. I've only got about 2 more feet before they are hitting the bottom of the fan, and another foot to the tent ceiling. I guess I'll get some more room when I weed out any males, but right now the canopy takes up the entire lateral space of the tent. Very stocky and bushy strain, quite a bit of top light competition and relatively sparser underneath.
I'd love to get some feedback on what you guys think my flowering setup should be. I was hoping to go with a vertical 400w HPS with cooltube, but I'm worried about space and about noise. I think I'd have to get another fan to exhaust the heat.. my current fan runs at about 200 cfm, so I dont think it could really handle a light > filter > fan combo. So maybe CFLs are the way to go this time around, and I can upgrade to more space and a better light when I'm in my new place and have some room (and its not right next to my bed!).
I've also done no training.. too late I know for LST but should I consider topping them? Before/after I switch to flowering?
It'd be cool to get some feedback, but thanks for taking a peep either way.
Day 14 from seed:
Day 22 from seed. You can see a bit on fungus/mold on the coco surface. My understanding is this is normal and harmless.. anyone know different?
Day 43: