NEWB,1st GROW, THOUGHT I'D SHARE EXPERIENCE W/ OTHERS FOR INPUT!

now that i lowered my light about 1.5 ft, the temp has gone up to nearly 100 degree's.. :mad:
going to have to spend some more money, and get a swamp cooler... some a/c unit that works as an A/C but w/o freon...works on water from what i have read...
plants are still looking a little pale, but i swear they are growing soo much quicker w/ that damn MH...
gave them some water yesterday
2 qts h2o + 2 drops ST + sprinkles of epsom salt.... that's what every plant got.
some of plants did turn to a darker shade of green, some stayed the same yellow/green color..
on most of the plants, the bottom set of leaf's that had already started to burn from the nutes, are still burnt, but all the new sets of leaf's coming in are looking good..
i'm hoping that maybe 2 weeks, the showing of nute burn all over will have gone away, and i will have nothing but green leaf's...
i decided to not feed them during the veg stage, and just let them do their thing and grow..
when time to flower i will have done alot more reading on nutes, and know what i need, and how i need to give to them..

anyways,
i'll keep this thread updated w/ anything new that happens..

buffalo-
what up man? so you started your grow? yeah, the damn nutes burnt the hell out of my plants.. now they're all yellow and shit, not that dark green, but they're jumping back strong.. my little soldier ladies.. we'll see how things turn up though.
got any pics of your setup ? your ladies sprout yet?

PEACE!

slim

growing out of a 5'X3' closet, attic exhaust , fan intake via dryer hose to bottom of garden. Still sproutin with flouro's. Waitin' for all my babies to get about 4 leaves then I'll let my 1000W MH loose and see how she goes. walls are painted flat white with a hygrometer mounted on the wall. Plan to flower about @ 6 weeks.will probably use MH all the way, supplement with 400 HPS or just use my 1000HPS. Currently saving for switchable 1000W ballast. I'm a light freak. Basic potting soil right now with decent P. Will eventually transplant to a higher N mix. This is a new grow room I'm using so this grow is kind of a test run before I sprout the WW's. Currently building a reservoir hydro set up for 11 plants. Eventually want to have an aero system. I have always grown indoors from soil so I feel it is time to move on to hydro soon. I want to grow WW exclusively....High expectations........Will post pics as I get the time.......Appreciate the interest:dance: , don't want to crowd your thread.

If need be, I also have a 5000BTU to go in the window if things get out of hand. Gotta see the bills before I fire up the central air.


peace,
Buffalo::rasta:

damn man!! sounds like you got it going on over there..
i heard from an old man back home that growing hydro is easier than doing the soil...
it's just even more money to spend...
if this grow goes decent, and i have a semi-decent yield, then i think i am going to get a hydro system for next grow..
you ever heard of those swamp coolers? they work as an a/c unit..
i really need to find a fix for this heat issue that i am having, and a window unit wont work for me... staying around 97 in there..
you grown WW before?

hey i'm wondering if you ever got to fix that temp problem. i'm having the exact same problem. 1k mh, 4x4x7 space, but i only got 170 cfm and i don't think the 170 is strong enough.

still haven't gotten it fixed.. got a squirrel cage fan to suck out of my light, rated at 300 cfm, but it's not doing a damn thing.. room stays around 98 degree's all day..
i keep the door open all day too, just have some mylar taped to this thick black plastic sheet that i use as a door.. but that lets air in and out too..
ordering another fan off of ebay tomorrow that's rated at 1350cfm.. so we'll see what that does..
let me know if you get your issue resolved..

is light touching your thermometer?

i have 2 that i use, one below the light which the light is touching reading at 98. then i got one above the plant but its under a hood so light is not touching it and reading is 80.

i think you should do this: get exhaust to blow out, i think 300 is fine for your space and get an a/c portable a close as you can to the growroom, then use some sort of intake to blow that cold air in. this is just my opinion.

coming along nicely jacobs .Keep it up mate and best of luck with the grow.the postman.

temp is a funny thing.........I read somewhere that if you can put your hand just above the plants and tolerate the heat so can your plants. This is a great gauge, probably the best I have ever heard, if the area around the plants is truly hot to the hand then address your ventilation as best as possible....but then again, if the crop looks good...........well you get the idea.


never grew WW.....but I heard so many beautiful things.

:stoned:

was looking at these 2 pics last night side by side, and although i am very down b/c of the yellowing that is occuring, seeing them grow, and the progress they have made sure lifted my spirits alot.. they are only 5 days apart from one another...:o :) :o :thumbsup:

PEACE
slim

by the way everyone, i got the temps down to 90, getting a much stronger fan sometime this week, so hopefully they'll go even lower..
thanks!

my bad i am baked.. just smoked some "dro" for the first time in about 6 weeks.. :stoned:
anyways , this pic is 5 days younger than pic 2 above..