2011-2012 Community Growing advice, tips, tricks, & experiences
HELLO BLUELIGHTERS!
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it's not mine, but it's a nice cover.
I'm aware that the 2010-2011 Community Growing Advice thread is still very active. But it's nice to keep thing's up to date and invite you all to continue your discussion here.
I'm sorry if I'm stealing someone else's thread, I just didn't want to interrupt the current discussion. However, for those of you that remember me, I'm back after about three months. I have a lot more knowledge to share for those who need it, and I'd like to get some advice on a few things again as well. For those of you that don't know who I am, Bluelight helped me save a lot of money on my grow setup, gave me lots of tips on setting up a successful room. Tips that were more knowledge than you get from the books. In saying that, I'd like to thank two specific people who helped a lot; Mostly,
Artificial_Emotion I tried to PM you but my PM's weren't working at that time. As well as
Wise420, you gave me some great tips, thanks bro!
So whether this thread dies immediately or not, I'd like to start it off by explaining my situation because recently I ran into a problem.
When I started coming to Bluelight for help, it was because I had received my Medical Marijuana card and was legal to grow. That's where my journey begins, 8) .
There is a 25-40 day waiting period for patients/caregivers to receive there actual card (The Health Department just likes to delay you any way possible.). So during my waiting period, I bought the legal things. Grow Equipment.
My Equipment; Pictures to come.
- 4' x 8' Secret Jardin indoor grow tent.
- 6" CanFan 435CFM for exhaust which also cools the hood.
- Dayton Blower 463CFM for fresh air intake
- 1000Watt SuperSun Switchable Ballast w/Reflector (I need to get a larger hood. Hopefully for my 2nd grow)
- 12-SYTE C.A.P Ebb&Flo Hydroponics System
- Small $20 Ceramic Heater for night time cycle. (tent is in a non heated room in winter.)
- 6" Inline Duct Fan (cheap $35 dollar one, constantly running in the exhaust duct)
- GroSystem's Ebb&Flo medium. (Strange medium, bad reviews, what can I say, I'm dumb.)
- 12 Plant Yo-Yo's (because my medium's reviews tell me I'll need them for support later in life.)
- Resivor Heater w/Thermostat
- The Recipe for Success (Nutrients)
- 100Watt HPS Bulb & Ballast/Hood (Given to me)
- 2' T5 Florescent (for over my clone/seedling dome)
- Reptile Heating Pad for underneath Clone Dome
So recently, I went to a bud's house who is a licensed Caregiver. He has roughly the same set-up but MUCH more lighting and an 8' x 8' tent (double mine). I've watched his plants grow from day 1. Learned from his experience first hand. I had given him my original seedlings that I was growing because he was licensed and I was not. So moving on, they are only in there 3rd week of vege and in the same Ebb&Flo system I have. Problem is, there is no room in the tent. I mean none. The plants are very healthy at this point but are still months away from completing growth. They are very wide and full, I can also make a later post with pictures of them. The bottoms however do not get much light at all.. The buckets are spread to the furthest they can be from an another and they are under a lot of light. For the first 2.5 weeks they were in the Clone Dome as seedlings in rock-wool under 1 Hydrofarm 4" 8 Double Spectrum Bulbs Commercial T5. Then it was transferred into the hydroponics and was put under 1 1000 Watt Metal Halide in a XXXL Hood, & 2 Hydrofarm 4" 8Bulb T5's for the past 5.5 weeks, and now are under 2 1000Watt Metal Halide's in 2 of the XXXL hoods, as well as 1 T5, So there's plenty of light. I suggested he put the 2 T5's on the walls of the tent but he needs the 2nd T5 that he took down and replaced it with the 1000Watt MH for clones in a separate room. But the tent is filled, 8' x 8', of beautiful marijuana leaves. I think that HE is going to be alright in the end because he MIGHT force flower them soon. The strains he is growing are 6 Himalayan Gold, and 6 White Rhino.
This is what I need to know. My buddy has a tent DOUBLE my size, he also has well over TWICE the amount of lighting as me, along with MUCH better hoods. My original goal was to grow 12 plants, same as him. But now, with seeing him and the way his plants plumped out, I don't think my 2 square feet per plant is going to cut it. I already knew I was pushing it by not having a square meter per plant but I was being greedy I suppose. So what do I do? I want to get 2 T5 Florescent's for my walls, just the 4 bulb ones, but how many plants do you think I can fit in my 4' x 8' tent with just my 1000Watt HID? The tent is 32 square feet. I will be growing 6 different strains, all from clone. Is that a bad idea? If it is, what type of strain could I get the biggest yield from using my equipment, Indica? Sativa?
ANY ADVICE WOULD BE NICE!
Thanks in advance,
True2
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