Doco's Hut

[doco]

Thanks Shov. Ya, they are nice and healthy now but it wasn't always so. They were quite stunted for several weeks from over watering them when they were seedlings and I'm glad they've come along. Just shows how resilient cannabis is.

I like the light setup you have for your cabinet. How are the T8's compared to the T5's? I'm wondering if I can get away with T8's for the cloning section of the cab I'm putting together?

[dusto2k3]

Doco, I've been using the regular 4' (2 bulbs, 1 cool, 1 warm)shop lights for cloning. They are working fine. I was iffy on putting the clones right under the t5 cuz its pretty strong.

[Shovelhandle]

T-8 34 watts are a good economical light source. Great for starting seeds or clones. My 4' 2 lamp T8 fixtures have the german 98% ref. aluminized reflectors. Lots of light from them! I have six of these fixtures, I only use one for growing right now, right on the top of the grow area.

Shov

[doco]

I'm gonna start another thread for the clone/mother cabinet cause I don't wanna hijack my own thread lol. But I did get a 2' 2 bulb T8 today for the clones. They are cool white and about 4200 K (same as the MH bulb I'm vegging with now in the hydrohut). If I think I need to later, I'll get some 6500 K bulbs. The cab is only 36" wide so this is the largest I could get to fit. I'm only doing like 4 or 5 clones at a time and it will be in a aero cloner so only about a week in the cloner before heading for the vegging hut.

[doco]

OK with the Troublemaker now in the mother cab, I rearranged the hut to maximize light penetration for the remaining 6 plants, installed the carbon scrubber, switched to the HPS bulb and and set timers to 12/12 last night.

Looks like a lot better light penetration with the HPS lamp. It's 12,000 - 15,000 more lumens than the MH conversion bulb I used for vegging so I've got high hopes for these girls.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!! I'm off to the family gathering....

[doco]

Starting to stretch out some - the C-99 especially has really spread herself out with the side branching and she is going from being the smallest to the tallest of the three started from seed. The clones are starting to put out many more random hairs and the natives are showing a few here and there.

Not much to show in the pics so here's a shot of my fan/scrubber setup and my light with my legal Medical Recommendation on top (just in case).

Group shot of the girls - check out the C-99 in the center and how she's spread all out.

[dusto2k3]

doco, how'd you acquire that cooltube?

[doco]

I got it from Maryland Hydroponics for only $60 - best deal on cooltubes Ive seen. I like it so much I just got another one too - next grow I may use two 400w lights in the hut. Here's a link: http://www.mdhydro.com/ht-reflectors.html

I got your email - thanks for the party invite! Woot!!! I'll bring you some Growth Excel too.

[Pasofol]

I got it from Maryland Hydroponics for only $60 - best deal on cooltubes Ive seen. I like it so much I just got another one too - next grow I may use two 400w lights in the hut. Here's a link: http://www.mdhydro.com/ht-reflectors.html

I'd say the cool tube is coming up as a penny for me, lol.

[Pasofol]

I'd say the cool tube is coming up as a penny for me, lol.

Well seems once I add to chart, its 59.01.