What up everyone.... Ive just started an indoor bhut grow.
Equipment:
DR120 Tent 48"x48"x78"
easy cool 6 aircooled hood
6" 424 cfm no-name inline fan
Fan controller
400w HPS magnetic ballast/ generic bulb
600w HPS digital ballast/ agromax enhanced spectrum bulb
3 gallon containers
The seeds were placed in dixie cups on 9/7 and sprouted a few days later. 12 seeds total, with all 12 sprouting. The 9 best were selected for transplanting with the other three being trashed. They were sprouted under a normal wally world 4' shoplight. After they had a few leafsets I watered with a rabbit poo/compost/alfalfa tea, then on next watering alaska fish emulsion.
Tonight they were transplanted into 5"x5"x6" pots and placed in the tent. Right now I have the 400w HPS mounted into the aircooled hood. The plants are just getting used to HID so the extra lumens arent needed as much and I figure it will save a little on the electric bill. Once the seedlings are about 8"-12" tall Ill transplant into the 3 gallon containers and swap out the 400w magnetic HPS for the 600w Digi HPS.
I have two bins of soil. The first consists of 30 gallons of 50% recycled soil/ 50% fine pine bark ammended with 10 cups tomato tone, 25 tablespoons lime, 1 gallon of mushroom compost and 1 gallon of rabbit poo. This has been cooking for a few months now. The mix in the 5"x5" pots I just transplanted the seedlings into consists of 25% recycled soil/pine bark/amendment mixture and 75% straight promix BX.
Once the seedlings are ready to be transplanted into the 3 gallon containers I will up the ratio to 50% recycled soil/pine bark mixture and 50% promix.
The hood is pretty far from the seedlings at this time, about 20" .. in the next few days Ill lower the hood little by little and let them grow into it until they are ready to transplant into the 3 gallon pots, at which time Ill then swap out the 400HPS for the 600HPS as mentioned above. I realize pine bark soaks up some nitrogen, but I didnt want to scrap 30 gallons of soil so I added the gallon of rabbit poo and what I consider to be a good amount of tomato tone. The mixture is pretty hot I think and that is the main reason Im cutting it with the promix so heavily. Also to offset any acidic action the pine bark may have.
Heres the pics Ill update this thread as the grow goes on!
Oh .... and did I mention hot peppers ROCK and the bhuts are bomb baby!
Equipment:
DR120 Tent 48"x48"x78"
easy cool 6 aircooled hood
6" 424 cfm no-name inline fan
Fan controller
400w HPS magnetic ballast/ generic bulb
600w HPS digital ballast/ agromax enhanced spectrum bulb
3 gallon containers
The seeds were placed in dixie cups on 9/7 and sprouted a few days later. 12 seeds total, with all 12 sprouting. The 9 best were selected for transplanting with the other three being trashed. They were sprouted under a normal wally world 4' shoplight. After they had a few leafsets I watered with a rabbit poo/compost/alfalfa tea, then on next watering alaska fish emulsion.
Tonight they were transplanted into 5"x5"x6" pots and placed in the tent. Right now I have the 400w HPS mounted into the aircooled hood. The plants are just getting used to HID so the extra lumens arent needed as much and I figure it will save a little on the electric bill. Once the seedlings are about 8"-12" tall Ill transplant into the 3 gallon containers and swap out the 400w magnetic HPS for the 600w Digi HPS.
I have two bins of soil. The first consists of 30 gallons of 50% recycled soil/ 50% fine pine bark ammended with 10 cups tomato tone, 25 tablespoons lime, 1 gallon of mushroom compost and 1 gallon of rabbit poo. This has been cooking for a few months now. The mix in the 5"x5" pots I just transplanted the seedlings into consists of 25% recycled soil/pine bark/amendment mixture and 75% straight promix BX.
Once the seedlings are ready to be transplanted into the 3 gallon containers I will up the ratio to 50% recycled soil/pine bark mixture and 50% promix.
The hood is pretty far from the seedlings at this time, about 20" .. in the next few days Ill lower the hood little by little and let them grow into it until they are ready to transplant into the 3 gallon pots, at which time Ill then swap out the 400HPS for the 600HPS as mentioned above. I realize pine bark soaks up some nitrogen, but I didnt want to scrap 30 gallons of soil so I added the gallon of rabbit poo and what I consider to be a good amount of tomato tone. The mixture is pretty hot I think and that is the main reason Im cutting it with the promix so heavily. Also to offset any acidic action the pine bark may have.
Heres the pics Ill update this thread as the grow goes on!
Oh .... and did I mention hot peppers ROCK and the bhuts are bomb baby!