drew225
10-26-2012, 10:56 PM
I know its a little late but I didn't want to post a grow journal until my set up was at least decent enough. Growing for myself and my brother who has cancer so hopefully we can benefit from this both as patients and gaining some knowledge of mj gardening.
So here's the set-up
12 plants. Mostly some kind of purple kush, (was so excited I forgot to label them before planted and can't find the receipt to see exactly which strain) a few mystery strains, 2 clones, (1 og, and 1 lavander) and one sour diesel:stoned:
All were started from seed except the 2 clones.
Used the paper towel method which got most to sprout in 2-3 days
I put them in starter peat pots then after they sprout, transfer them into their final pots. Some I had to transplant 2x because of explosive growth
5 of the plants are in 5 gallon aero/smart pots and the rest are in 2-5 gallon misc. plastic pots.
Lighting is an Apollo 1000w cool hood that excepts both MH and HPS lights
1000w Apollo digital dimmable ballast
1 4 inch exhaust fan (not sure of the CFM since I got it from my dad, but I estimate it around 350CFM)
The fan is currently pulling air from a passive intake down low, the going through the light and up and out the other side.
I have mounted the fan on a T.V. tray. (I know ghetto)
For additional side lighting I have 1 125w CFL and 1 100w CFL
Soil is Kellogg organic potting soil mixed with Worm castings, Kelp meal, blood meal, bone meal, and perilite
Nutes are Fox Farm Tiger Bloom, Big Bloom, and Grow Big which I use every other watering at 1/2 strength
All of this is housed in a 8ft long x 4ft wide x 6.2ft tall
2 digital timers
1 small oscillating fan
1 9k BTU portable ac unit
My plants are a little are approx. 60-68 days old from seed and I just flipped to 12/12 19 days ago. They are already showing really good signs of flowering and some of the plants are even flowering on the lower branches, with multiple flower on some of the upper nodes. The plants range from about 18-24 inches + in height
I vegged the plants under a MH light for a little under 2 month then switched.
Some upgrades I plan to add
I just bought a 4"x14" carbon filter rated at 200cfm
Another inline fan rated at 440cfm. I will use the larger fan to cool the lights and the smaller one to exhaust the room. What I plant on doing is running a passive intake then duct through the cool tube, then duct to the fan, then up and out. The exhaust with the filter will be ran as filter attached to the fan the up and out
1 more CFL for side lighting
I plant on ditching the table that my fan is mounted on and hanging all the fans with hooks
1 de-humidifier to keep the humidity down. (my tent is partially outdoor)
I will be starting a new journal after I harvest. This time I plan on growing all the same strain and using all of my girls will be in the 5 gallon aero/smart pots.
I have learned a ton in my first grow thanks to hours of reasearch and this forum. Next time I will have everything set up before my grown so I don't have to work around it:cool:
Here are some pics with more to come.
Also look for the other part of this journal for the start of my 6 auto northern lights starting under 150w of CFL's and 1 LED Sunshine Systems LEDGP45 GlowPanel 28 Watt 45 LED Grow Light
287498287499287500287501287502
So here's the set-up
12 plants. Mostly some kind of purple kush, (was so excited I forgot to label them before planted and can't find the receipt to see exactly which strain) a few mystery strains, 2 clones, (1 og, and 1 lavander) and one sour diesel:stoned:
All were started from seed except the 2 clones.
Used the paper towel method which got most to sprout in 2-3 days
I put them in starter peat pots then after they sprout, transfer them into their final pots. Some I had to transplant 2x because of explosive growth
5 of the plants are in 5 gallon aero/smart pots and the rest are in 2-5 gallon misc. plastic pots.
Lighting is an Apollo 1000w cool hood that excepts both MH and HPS lights
1000w Apollo digital dimmable ballast
1 4 inch exhaust fan (not sure of the CFM since I got it from my dad, but I estimate it around 350CFM)
The fan is currently pulling air from a passive intake down low, the going through the light and up and out the other side.
I have mounted the fan on a T.V. tray. (I know ghetto)
For additional side lighting I have 1 125w CFL and 1 100w CFL
Soil is Kellogg organic potting soil mixed with Worm castings, Kelp meal, blood meal, bone meal, and perilite
Nutes are Fox Farm Tiger Bloom, Big Bloom, and Grow Big which I use every other watering at 1/2 strength
All of this is housed in a 8ft long x 4ft wide x 6.2ft tall
2 digital timers
1 small oscillating fan
1 9k BTU portable ac unit
My plants are a little are approx. 60-68 days old from seed and I just flipped to 12/12 19 days ago. They are already showing really good signs of flowering and some of the plants are even flowering on the lower branches, with multiple flower on some of the upper nodes. The plants range from about 18-24 inches + in height
I vegged the plants under a MH light for a little under 2 month then switched.
Some upgrades I plan to add
I just bought a 4"x14" carbon filter rated at 200cfm
Another inline fan rated at 440cfm. I will use the larger fan to cool the lights and the smaller one to exhaust the room. What I plant on doing is running a passive intake then duct through the cool tube, then duct to the fan, then up and out. The exhaust with the filter will be ran as filter attached to the fan the up and out
1 more CFL for side lighting
I plant on ditching the table that my fan is mounted on and hanging all the fans with hooks
1 de-humidifier to keep the humidity down. (my tent is partially outdoor)
I will be starting a new journal after I harvest. This time I plan on growing all the same strain and using all of my girls will be in the 5 gallon aero/smart pots.
I have learned a ton in my first grow thanks to hours of reasearch and this forum. Next time I will have everything set up before my grown so I don't have to work around it:cool:
Here are some pics with more to come.
Also look for the other part of this journal for the start of my 6 auto northern lights starting under 150w of CFL's and 1 LED Sunshine Systems LEDGP45 GlowPanel 28 Watt 45 LED Grow Light
287498287499287500287501287502