New Dude + 1st Time Grow Log

[Zoidberg]

Don't worry, I'll be keeping this one going until harvest. It's great to get people's opinions and advice, plus it helps me by keeping a record of where I'm at. Still waiting for my budbox to arrive (tomorrow hopefully....) and I'll be posting pics then. At the moment, Chuck Norris is kicking total ass. It's taking well to the nutes! Cheers for all your help and comments so far, it's greatly appreciated.

[Zoidberg]

Well, I got my tent on Friday and began the long process of setting it up. I had read one review of a growtent by a guy who claimed to have put it up in 15 minutes whilst stoned. I realise now that this was a lie. It took me hours to get everything set up. It's really a 2 person job. Anyway, below are pics of the tent and the set-up.

It's great to have a tent where I can control everything but the downside is - it's frickin' huge! Notice in the picture of the tent, I am outside the room taking the photo so I've had to move everything else out of that room! The girlfriend is not impressed with this but what can I do! I realise now that I will definitely need a cool-tube for this type of set-up as it does get rather warm in the tent even with the fans and extractors working. For the time being, I have the extractor fan on the top of the tent because I have nothing to suspend it with inside. It's a noisy mofo so that'll have to go on the inside soon enough.

The funny thing is, it's really an overkill set-up for my 3 plants but I plan to grow 10 or so Northern Lights in there starting mid-November. Anyway, what do you dudes think? Am I missing anything in my setup?

Cheers, Z

[jamstigator]

I'd do like you said, put the fan inside, the filter outside, and get (or make) a cooltube. But looks pretty rockin' to me! Never seen one of these grow tents in action before. Looking forward to you kicking ass with it!

[Zoidberg]

Cheers man. Just wondering, why would you put the filter outside? I've only ever seen people's setups with it inside. Can't wait til the tent sees some flowering action! I'm really gonna fill the tent up in future grows Well, I'll try anyway.

[Zoidberg]

Hey there, just a quick update. Today is day 27. The plants have been coming along nicely in the past week or so. I've had a bit of lower leaf yellowing but apart from that all is good. I've ordered a cool tube so I'm going to wait until that gets here to post more pics. I also ordered some PH uppers/downers for my water because I recently bought a really good PH tester and discovered my tap water has a very high PH. I think a nice flush is in order just to be sure that I don't have PH lock-out once the stuff arrives.

Sorry, nothing too exciting. I just want to keep this thread up to date because I'm using it as a reference for myself! Pictures soon!

Cheers,

Z

[sth]

Is the light still close to the plants? They still look burned to me, dude.

[Zoidberg]

The light is about 2 feet above the plants. I don't think they're being burned because the top leaves are fine, it's only the bottom leaves that are yellowing. Temps are kept around 29 degrees when the lights are on. Either way, the cool tube should be able to sort it out if they are burned.

[hudson88]

Hey zoidberg, things are looking good, like the tent, i wanted one but being a cheapskate made my own! Kinda funny your 3 little ones in such a big space ha ha but i'm sure you'll have it looking like a jungle soon enuff!

[Zoidberg]

Sooooooon! Nah, when I get back from my hols in mid November, I'm getting started on a big crop of northern lights. It does look a bit ridiculous now though! Complete overkill

[Zoidberg]

Yes, today is the day I got my cool tube. Took quite a while to wire everything up and have optimal conditions but I got there in the end. I believe I can stop screwing around now! Anyway, pics are below, today is day 31 of veg, still a bit small so I might wait another week/a few more inches to throw them into flower (wanted to wait until they showed sex). They seem to be doing well although I noticed a few rough, bright yellow, brittle edges on the leaves of one plant so I gave it a precautionary flush. Soil Ph is 6.8 and everything seems good Let me know if you have any thoughts or comments