New fellar. Hey guys!

[Figong]

Yeah. That's a real good idea. Would you say it's more important to have the tent for the flowering stage ? I like the tent idea. It's much easier for me than trying to set up a room to hang shit. Plus it makes venting all that much easier!

It's up to you, depending on your space and how much you want to work with.. hung panda film works lovely with custom frames that could also go up, and be taken down in a few hours tops should you need to do so. As long as it's leak-proof for lighting, you're golden. Pre-done pop up tents are lovely depending on what you're doing, space constraints, etc. They also have 12x12x8 tents that you can fully walk in, and link together for insane expansion too - some of it's a bit overkill unless you're mass producing.

 

[DrKingGreen]

Yeah. That's a real good idea. Would you say it's more important to have the tent for the flowering stage ? I like the tent idea. It's much easier for me than trying to set up a room to hang shit. Plus it makes venting all that much easier!

If the top part of your tent doesn't have a section for clones, I would definitely only use your tent for flowering only. Reason being that after a couple weeks of veg and flower it will be much more painful to loose plants due to bugs, light leaks, or other circumstances that you have been working with for an extended period of time vs losing some plants that have just been vegging for a couple of weeks. Having a perfectly controlled environment during flower will also ensure bigger and better buds. Controlling your environment will be easier in the tent

 

[Figong]

If the top part of your tent doesn't have a section for clones, I would definitely only use your tent for flowering only. Reason being that after a couple weeks of veg and flower it will be much more painful to loose plants due to bugs, light leaks, or other circumstances that you have been working with for an extended period of time vs losing some plants that have just been vegging for a couple of weeks. Having a perfectly controlled environment during flower will also ensure bigger and better buds. Controlling your environment will be easier in the tent

Agreed on all counts.

 

[c4ulater]

I just looked up and saw a DIY Clone Machine . Just 100% water based system. Looks legit and guy says it works. I love DIY's.

Anyways- Yeah sounds good for the flowering only tent. I'm cool with it. Now how bad would it to veg with my CFL's if I'm only working with so much space? I know CFL growing has had ton of success rate. But it wouldn't toss it off too much if I did CFL to 600wMH ? Or I could just stop being a bitch and buy another light set up w/o bulb and just use my HPS bulb .

 

[c4ulater]

If the top part of your tent doesn't have a section for clones, I would definitely only use your tent for flowering only. Reason being that after a couple weeks of veg and flower it will be much more painful to loose plants due to bugs, light leaks, or other circumstances that you have been working with for an extended period of time vs losing some plants that have just been vegging for a couple of weeks. Having a perfectly controlled environment during flower will also ensure bigger and better buds. Controlling your environment will be easier in the tent

No sectioned off parts in this tent. Though this tent is BIG (to me) it's not big enough for sectioned out areas. However, I'm sure anythings possible. But I don't like the idea of sharing one space for multiple things. I would like to have everything sectioned off even if it's in different rooms. I don't care.

I mostly got the tent for the easy set up + air circulation + perfect environment. I see people using t5's on clones / vegging in one 'book shelf like" station. Am I understanding this wrong?

 

[DrKingGreen]

If I were you, I would use your mh for veg, then switch to an hps for flower. Your floro's will be good for your clones and seedlings. Not too much light on those clones though, they don't need it until they root.

 

[Figong]

You can veg with T5/HOT5 as well, that shouldn't be an issue but you will see less growth than if you were to use bulbs with more of a blue spectrum to them for that phase.

 

[c4ulater]

Wait a second - Do I have it backwards? Thought HPS was for Veg and MH was for Flowering?

Edit : SHIT I do have it backwards. Fucking noob. Lmao ... I'll switch it out after it turns off........ God damn it..

 

[DrKingGreen]

Wait a second - Do I have it backwards? Thought HPS was for Veg and MH was for Flowering?

Edit : SHIT I do have it backwards. Fucking noob. Lmao ... I'll switch it out after it turns off........ God damn it..

I wasn't going to say anything earlier... Just thought you wrote it wrong lol. At least that got sorted out early

 

[c4ulater]

Haha should have - correct me! I wont be butt hurt I'm here to make friendZ !

 

[Figong]

Wait a second - Do I have it backwards? Thought HPS was for Veg and MH was for Flowering?

Edit : SHIT I do have it backwards. Fucking noob. Lmao ... I'll switch it out after it turns off........ God damn it..

D'oh, I too thought you were just speed-typing and transposed the words.. I should have pointed it out as well - that's my bad.

 

[Figong]

Haha should have - correct me! I wont be butt hurt I'm here to make friendZ !

You need a forum avatar pic soon

 

[c4ulater]

I don't have anything cool :B I'll get one z00n enough! Btw ; taking pics is a risk of being caught? ? People always talk about that shit.

 

[Figong]

I don't have anything cool :B I'll get one z00n enough! Btw ; taking pics is a risk of being caught? ? People always talk about that shit.

Only if your camera stamps the pics w/GPS coords and you don't strip the EXIF data.. other than that, they'd have to spot you by picture.. or run your picture against a criminal database if you had a record... check mine out over there:

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nothing incriminating at all, and I just grow hydroponic lettuce and tomatoes.. all anyone needs to know

 

[c4ulater]

Teehee Thanks. Only reason why I held off on taking pictures. Not to mention my plants look sad. Feel kind'a embarrassed on how iffy they're doing

 

[Figong]

Teehee Thanks. Only reason why I held off on taking pictures. Not to mention my plants look sad. Feel kind'a embarrassed on how iffy they're doing

Pics help us diagnose, unless you truly think you have it under control.. put down the pride and ask for help if you really feel you need it. We've had people upload pics 2 weeks after problems started, and they were hitting the plants with everything they had nute-wise to work out the 'problem'.. when the problem was pH. When pH got corrected, the nutes hit and it was a multi-tox death. Something I feel you're more than smart enough to avoid, but is a good example.

 

[c4ulater]

I hear ya. I just read a lot about all sorts of deficiencies. But still - I'll need help. I'll take pictures tomorrow when the lights come back on. Switch out the bulbs. So I'll be on the right one !
Just started a big bucket of water to let it sit with an air bubble-r . Not sure what the purpose of that is for but everyone said to do that? Plus it sounds nice and relaxing so i don't mind if it actually doesn't do anything.

I can't wait to get my pH pen so I can really target what's going on. I'm holding off on nutes 'till I figure out whats wrong. I kept throwing nutes at them regardless of the sad look hoping it was that they just needed food.

 

[Figong]

I hear ya. I just read a lot about all sorts of deficiencies. But still - I'll need help. I'll take pictures tomorrow when the lights come back on. Switch out the bulbs. So I'll be on the right one !
Just started a big bucket of water to let it sit with an air bubble-r . Not sure what the purpose of that is for but everyone said to do that? Plus it sounds nice and relaxing so i don't mind if it actually doesn't do anything.

I can't wait to get my pH pen so I can really target what's going on. I'm holding off on nutes 'till I figure out whats wrong. I kept throwing nutes at them regardless of the sad look hoping it was that they just needed food.

Are you getting ready to start bubbleponics? If not, an air bubbler in a bucket of water will help aerate it and is good to help if you're letting it sit 24 hours to remove chlorine.. who gave you that tip, or where did you read it - and in what context, out of curiosity?

 

[c4ulater]

Read it in the Organic section. I was asking about R/O Filters and the OP was saying it wasn't worth it. I'm running good tap water anyways - so he just told me to do this process and I should be okay. Yet again - I will not know what the ph is yet. Errrr

Edit : I wanted to use rain water - but it hasnt been raining here that much to collect. However - I'll be happy when the rain season comes Free water!

 

[Figong]

Read it in the Organic section. I was asking about R/O Filters and the OP was saying it wasn't worth it. I'm running good tap water anyways - so he just told me to do this process and I should be okay. Yet again - I will not know what the ph is yet. Errrr

That'll help with chlorine for city/public water.. that's about it - the pH meter is the final answer in all things, and RO is well worth it unless you're just growing 2 plants. If you're growing 2-3 plants, and that's all you ever plan... you can sneak by with a Brita water pitcher.