MY 1st closet grow

[blinkykush]

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUGGEST THINGS,and thanks for droppin in, as some of you know i had to work out some sprouting problems that i was having well I purchased some lock tweezers like jewelers use and it helped me to plant my germinated seeds a lot mor affectivly. ok here it is:

I'm using a 8 bulb t5(40k lumens) to veg, i love this light it seems to work very well. I will be growing 7 bubbilicious plants, I had 15 but killed my other 8 so i will continue with these guys and i have 10 bubba kush seeds for the next grow.

the 5 largest sprouts are 4 days old and 2 of the others got a late start sprouting. I have a 400 hps and a 250 hps that i am gonna replace the t5 with when i go to 12/12. I plan on air cooling my 2 lights from attic air intake/outtake thus not involving my ambient air and just independantly exausting that with a carbon soke on the end for stankyness lol.

here are some pics, ITS NOT THAT GREAT TO LOOK AT NOW but I will keep updates regularly some reason spell check wont work so those of you that are gramatical freaks forgive me,lol

 

[blinkykush]

the pics hahah oops lol

 

[blinkykush]

few more pics:

 

[caddypimpin]

man nice set-up. Lookin good

 

[blinkykush]

thanks man its been a lot of work, but i have to say being new and having this site goes hand in hand....so much great info and good peeps help.

 

[blinkykush]

I am germinating 5 bubba kush's to add to the grow. I have heard that the kush is a slow veger and a great flowerer, but i worry about them being a bit behind the bubb....but we gotta have variety I cant wait to get these babies under the hps in a few weeks..........

 

[cheetah2007]

well, best of luck man Cheers!!!

 

[caddypimpin]

yeah i like your setup, you will have a great crop, just started my summer hobbie a few weeks ago

 

[blinkykush]

thank you guys for the response, yeah its great to have RIU lets us all communicate and relate with one another with a passion. ok enough mushy talk,lol I am gonna update my pics often. I just watered the guys today, they are looking great thus far.

Was wondering can i germinate and start some kush with the current bubbilicious, even though they would be a week and 1/2 behind? thanks guys.

 

[caddypimpin]

they are under the same light??? Im pretty sure it wont make a huge difference.. as long as they all on a veg cycle and you turn them all to flower around the same time... the week old ones maybe a tad bigger and what not

 

[blinkykush]

yeah they will be under the same veg light. I just started germinating 5 of the 15 kush seeds that i have and will get them planted and in the grow room as soon as I can.

 

[sTOKEd]

Hey is that a picture of you in your avatar?

Please don't take this the wrong way but if it is..do you think it's a good idea to have a picture of you as your avatar when you're posting picture on this site?

Just lookin out for ya!

 

[blinkykush]

no I respect that, thanks for looking out. but yeah thats me I figured if there is somebody in the world that could locate me from a pic of my car and I with no numbers,plates,addresses then i deserve to get nabbed,lol and they can have my 7 personal plants too. If anyone was to recognize me...Wait a minute good point bro i am changing that bitch LOL, even though i own my own business(no boss) wouldnt want some hater who knows me in town and recognizes my wip from town tippin johnny law off...Thanks man

 

[blinkykush]

can anybody help me out, i have two hps lights a 400 and a 250, I would have just bought 1 600 but these two lights where an old friends that thought he wanted to grow and paid for the 2 lights but never even started,lol (NO IDEA) so i got them and hung onto them, now a year later I am putting them to use. I have an inline 4'' fan going into the wall resting on my top closet rack, i plan on air cooling both lights with this fan wall to wall using attic air. I am having doubts that this 170 cfm fan will do the job with both lights. QUESTION, do you guys think i will be ok cooling the 2 lights enough (or) do i need to put the 250 aside and use just the 400? Not to mention i really want to use both obviously all light will help, and moving to a 6'' fan isnt really an option b/c the fixture is already 4'' duct compatible thanks for any help you can give me.........

 

[sTOKEd]

how big is the closet?

I would have thought for any closet, a 400w would be plenty.

I guess if you have 3000 lumens or more per square foot of grow space, you're fine.

and with a 400w HPS you want to be able to change the air in your grow room 3-5 times a minute. To calculate your room size, multiply Width by Length by Height, this will give you the CFM rating required for one room change per minute. Times that by 3 at a minimum and you have the minimum required CFM rating you need.

 

[blinkykush]

well my closet is 5'x4'.......and the height of the ceiling is 12 feet(I hang the lights at 6'), huge closet! i cut it off to make it 5ft with wood board. well using your calculations i need a 240cfm. I will have a 170 on the lights exaust. and i have right now a 6'' 440cfm bringing cool 70 degree ac air into the closet, and plan to install ambient room individual exaust with a carbon sok. I mean i might be lagging on the cfm's for the reflectors, but i am gonna have a lot of cool air coming in for the room.

 

[blinkykush]

they are both nice, would like to use them both...

 

[tryintogrow]

looks bad ass, did you get that light (t5) set up as a whole?? i saw one a local hydro store and the price wasnt too bad....lol having two lights and not knowing which to use is a problem i would like to have...use the big one IMO ?? either way baller set up. wish i had a closet to work with again

 

[caddypimpin]

yeah those lights look awesome... Blinky, i just started some seeds about two weeks after my first plant sprouted so we are in the same boat, should be fine tho... Yeah, did all thatcome with the light??? i have a hps buld but nothing to make it light up sadly just dont have the cash money, do you know where and how much that costs?

 

[blinkykush]

Thanks guys for the props, Tryintogrow I got my t5 at a local hydro shop on sale but it was still kind of costly 285.00. I love it though, and it took me 4 years to get my own place and start growing so that closet will happen for you. What up caddy, yeah i had the 2 lights in storage when i got them about 4 years ago. They both didnt come with the hoods i just picked those up...they just came with a medi reflector and ballasts/bulbs from a company called P.L. lighting. I have decided to go ahead with both hps lights when 12/12 comes around. i am gonna move the 6'' inline fan bringing in the AC to the top to use on both hoods. seeing how the hoods are already equipped for 4'' ducting and a 4'' fan i am going to use a 4'' to 6'' reductor and run the duct from the 6'' fan through the 2 hoods and back into the wall which i am pretty sure runs up to attic. then we will just use the inline 4'' fan to bring in fresh air for ambient grow room and exaust that independently with a fan and a carbon sock i have laying around. SO STAY TUNED THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME COOL TRANSFORMATIONS AHEAD.