SSH UPDATE (PICS)

Hey SC just read back thru your log to see how we are doing on our first real grows!


Questions I have, what is the exact size of that pot? Im using 3 gallon, I transplanted 1 into a 5 gallon though last week.

Are you going to use mixed spectrum to bud or 2 HPS?
Im going to use 1000 HPS and 1000 MH for my first budding.

I read the co2 part, man that shit is so confusing to make it all perfect and safe! Confusing and expensive, a good AC and the electricity to run it ... can be very very costly in its self. I am going to wait till my 3rd grow to use CO2 so I can learn all the other shit first :P

How do you get your air in, and what runs your exhaust?


I had an idea for your lights / room temp. If you suck the heat of your bulbs thru the vented hood, and then route 1/2 of that hot air back into your room , down low - and 1/2 outside of your room it REALLY helps keep stable room temps. Also keeping our precious roots over 60 degrees.

The air coming out of my 1 hood with 2000 watts in it is around 80 degrees, I use duct tap as a damper to send more or less outside.


Also I have never burned my plants with 2000 watts directly over my 6 babies, 15-18 inches away. I just make sure it doesnt feel warm to my hand during a 60 second period.

sorry for 3rd post but careful on craigslist Just make sure you never give out personal address / #s etc..

looking absolutly lush man keep up the good work

Oregons dank, i am using 5 gal. buckets though they look small they are really 5 gallons (I tested it). i am only going to use HPS bulbs for flowering due to the fact they give of more light in the red spectrum (which plants need for flowering). I have a feeling that i wont be using co2 for a couple more grows either but check theese out!
http://www.4hydro.com/growroom/co2boost.asp
http://www.4hydro.com/growroom/co2excellofizz.asp

they are cheap and make perfect sense if you read up on them. could be a possible option for my next grow.

check out my pics of my ventilation and you should get the idea. two tubes are for exhaust and two are for intake. one of each is for my lights and the other intake and exhaust is for my room. i wanted to seal the air flow through my lights because i didnt wnat it to suck the co2, if i were to use it, out of my room while air cooling my lights. my exahuast for my lights is hooked up to a 6" mystery exhaust fan (im borrowing it, so i dont know the name of the maker or cfm's) which works very well and my exhaust for my room is hooked up to a carbon filter which is sucking air out of my room using an 8'" mystery fan. its working well and my temp is between 68F-80F.

Lets flower tomarrow! please tell me if you are up to it and ready.

Deal, tmw it is - im still trying to figure out when to add my budding ferts and such , most of the pots are bone dry atm. Will have to water within 24 hours as im sure they will start a wilt today when lights go on.


U sure are popular as I want your email too so I can ask more specific questions on light timing and watering methods ect..

[email protected]

Would those buckets work better than a propane stove? Seems easier to adjust the co2 levels from a small stove, I wish they had mini Ox burners :X

stoves are really dangerous because you can burn your whole place down and your buds will go up in smoke the other way. not worth the risk.

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Originally Posted by santacruz_organic

stoves are really dangerous because you can burn your whole place down and your buds will go up in smoke the other way. not worth the risk.

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Nice garden and smart too!!!

So we're in to week seven of my grow. i just flipped the lights to 12/12 and switched my bulbs from Metal Halide to HPS. my plants got a really bad case of nutrient burn (the worse one i have ever seen) but are starting to grow out of it. now that they are out of shock and growing again, i decided to flower since i have been putting it off to long in the first place. my plants barely fit into my room after i applied the LST technique to all my plants, or should i say bushes. my clones have been doing well, due to the fact they're not dead, and still living. they have been perked up for about a week now but im am not shure if they are rooted; i will give it another week or as soon as i can tell.

I watered my plants twice already, do you think it will be safe to start feeding again? i have been trimming my plants to and am not shure if i am cutting enough/too much of my plants leaves. what do you think? check out my last pic. the fourth picture is the nute burn.
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^^^^^LOOK AT THE DIFFRENCE IN THE HPS LIGHTING COLOR COMPARED TO THE MH!