First indoor closet grow/ questions / 18 plants! Lets hope for a turnout

Yall can look back through my posts I started an attic grow once which got devastated due to an abnormally hot day. Since then i've moved out, got my own place and started another grow! It's climate controlled. In a large L shaped close in the bottom of the L. I have a total of 8 23 watt CFL's and 2 larger fls( I think around 34 watts).

RIght now they are planted in Miracle Grow seed starter, and doing wonderfully. I will be transplanting all of the plants into larger pots today. They are only about 6 days old but I have them on a 24 hr light schedule and they're doing wonderful.

What are the best nutrients to use? I know I don't need nutes right now, and I see a lot about Fox Farm on here. Where can I find it? Is fox farm for hydro grows only? When should I start feeding them?

I will post a picture from days 2-5 and take some more pics later today post transplants. I have the extra money and room to make this work, but not necessarily the wisdom! I have a 400w HPS on the way.

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I haven't dealt with Fox Farm personally, however, I have heard good things about the line. I asked my hydro guy about the difference between Hydro ferts and soil ferts, I learned that Hydro ferts are more complete since there isn't any soil to help provide the good micros and what not. I don't know if any of this actually helps, however, thought I'd share the information that I have.

You can find FF nutes on ebay or if you have a hydrostore in your area. I believe it says on the bottle whether its for soil or hydro. I cant remember and my lights are out so i cant go and check. As for when to use them, Its pretty much all up to you and your plants. If you buy MG soil chances are that itll have time released nutes already in it. Its on the bag. Im personally 16 days into flower and have not used any nutes. Im in FFOF and havent seen any deficiencies so far so ill go til i see some. Asking which nutes are better is kinda like asking if a ford or chevy is better. Its all on preference and youll get 100 different answers.

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How does the setup look? With 18 plants, and about a 4x6 area, whats a safe height to grow them in vegetative before switching them into flowering?

New Pictures! 14 Days in. From L to R, suspected sick plant, Biggest Plant, and a group shot of all the plants. ANy idea whats wrong with the first one?

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Look at what is in the soil you're purchasing, if you need a LOT of soil you can use generic potting soil and add your own organic base such as guano, worm castings etc.

This year I took all the old soil I used in the spring, put it in a fire pit and burned it to sterilize the soil, I then mixed it in with new soil and added worm castings and a manure based compost.

New Pictures! 16 days in, I hit them with a 50% 20-20-20 MG general purpose fertalizer yesterday. Is it too early to start LST'ing? I have LST'd one of the plants(the biggest one)

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Good start Mike :thumbsup:

Lose the foil, you're walls are white.
Get them CFLs an inch away, maybe spread around if you can.

When from seed, just wait till they show a light green shade. then do a 1/2mix feed.
-As mentioned, starting with nute-less soil is recommended.
Fox Farm Trio is pretty much fool proof. You're first grow, dont get complicated.

Is it blocked off at all? or just open in the closet? dimensions?
-400W HPS will cover 10sqft.
You will also need to look into ventilation/air cooling the light.

Good Luck!

I appreciate the input! The closet is in the shape of an upside down "L". I want to keep the grow limited to the back portion of the closet, or the bottom of the "L". I'd say the dimensions are either 3x8 or 3x7, note I can use more space if needed. I am going to get a 400w hps and supplement it with the CFLS. I'm using Miracle grow seed starter potting soil. It's a very light mix and from what I have read it has very little nutes in it. Unfortunately I kinda rushed into germinating the seeds so I didn't have time to order fox farm products(can't find em locally/dont know where to).

Not pictured is a 4 inch personal fan hanging about 4 feet above the plants aiming down. Additionally I have a 16" tower fan pumping air out of the closet and into the master bedroom. The attic access is in the closet, and I do have it open for ventilation.

One thing I am worried about is making sure I get the male plants out of their early! I know I am going to need help with determining the sex of the plants, I've researched it but I can't seem to find a good close up shot! I'm sure once I'm looking in person I'll be able to tell.

Edit: The pictures arent showing up in the last post!
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The male plants won't show until they get much larger or the light cycle is changed. I have 10 plants on the side of my garage in an area about 12x6 and they take up the whole area.