First Indoor Grow, Advice Welcomed.

[tristan1986]

Hey all,
basically i have just started my first indoor grow and i thought i would share my up's and downs with the entire community

The Setup
The system is a basic ring drip system which for the start has had the rings removed as they were too wide to get any water (or nutes) to my little girls.
The light being used is a 600w Growlush HPS and i chose the biggest reflector i could get my hands on. Plants are growing in hydroton medium.

Nutes
For the first part i am using a 50% strength solution of OPTIMA 'grow' nutrient to start the little ones off and when i believe they can handle it i will go full strength and add some Super Thrive.

For the lighting schedule i am using 18/6 and the pump for the airstones in the reservoir and for the circulation system are constantly running to make sure the nutes are distributed and there is constant circulation with the water to avoid it going stagnant.

The two different strains are completely a mystery although i believe the three larger plants may be bag seed clones and the third is from an imported strain. It came from a mates mate so you never really know.. eh

I got my hands on them about 2 days ago and these pics were taken moments ago, i am yet to change tables and also apply my reflective material tomorrow. I think the table change will wait till next grow.

Thanks For Stopping In! :rastasmoke:

tristan1986 Reviewed by tristan1986 on 04-05-2009. First Indoor Grow, Advice Welcomed. Hey all, basically i have just started my first indoor grow and i thought i would share my up's and downs with the entire community :D The Setup The system is a basic ring drip system which for the start has had the rings removed as they were too wide to get any water (or nutes) to my little girls. The light being used is a 600w Growlush HPS and i chose the biggest reflector i could get my hands on. Plants are growing in hydroton medium. Nutes For the first part i am using a 50% Rating: 5

[tristan1986]

Having issues with uploading but here we go! :dance:

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are those things flowering already?

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[Divestoned]

are those things flowering already?

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HEHE yea they are. look's good so far.

[tristan1986]

Yeah it certainly looks like he took the clones a bit too late.
Apparently there were basically no hairs on it before the cutting was taken although whilst in a small cloning box with lights the hairs have grown dramatically lol

[tristan1986]

Quick note,
The 4th smaller plant is Mazar or Mazzar. Not sure how to spell it.

[filo6942]

I wonder what the veterans here would think about changing your light schedual to 24/0 to help put those guys back into VEG.

[Divestoned]

Me? I would say 18-6 is fine becouse plant's concentrate on root growth during the night cycle.

Dive:stoned:

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Me? I would say 18-6 is fine becouse plant's concentrate on root growth during the night cycle.

Dive:stoned:

i'm not disagreeing with you dive, that's how i veg my ladies. i did however read in a this book i have on the subject that plants under 24/0 grow 25% faster.

i don't know how true this is, but it would be interesting to run an experiment on this!


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[Divestoned]

I have of course tried it ...and saw no vast improvement.I'm not saying it's wrong...just that it never showed improved growth for me.
I also have seen that the night cycle is great for root growth...meaning,you should give them a dark cycle.


Dive:stoned: