Dee's Area51 LED Multi-Strain Grow

Hello everyone and welcome to my very first grow. I have been awaiting an opportunity to grow for many years now and the time has finally arrived. This setup is the result of months worth of research and planning and was finally completed just a couple of weeks ago. I'm looking forward to documenting this grow for the benefit of both myself and (hopefully) my fellow novice growers of the RIU community.


So here is a run down of how this is going down:
- Tent: 4x4x8 Gorilla Grow Tent
- Lights: 2 Area51 SGS-160's
- Air Circulation: 6" 3-speed Max Fan for exaust and two 6" passive intakes.
- Medium: 2:1 FFOF:FFLW mix, added perlite, and 1 cup/cu. ft. of dolomite lime.
- Nutrients/Supplements: Jack's Classic Duo, Dyna Gro Protekt, Botanicare Aquashield, and Dyna Gro Neem Oil


The stains I will be running are:
- 1 Dinafem Power Kush
- 2 Female seeds Iced Widow
- 2 Female seeds Pure Ak
- 1 Female seeds Bubblegummer
- 1 Northern Lights x Chronic freebie from Sea of seeds


The plan is to veg the girls out (20/4 schedule) for exactly 31 days and to flower until they are ripe and ready. On day 18 of veg I topped the plants directly above the third node. I will veg them out for an additional 13 days before flipping to 12/12.


As previously stated, this will be my very first grow. Although I have spent countless hours on these forums reading and following the journals of some great growers, I know some lessons must be learned first-hand through experience. With that being said, I'm confident this will be a grow worth watching so go ahead and follow along. I'm open to any advice and questions.
 

PSUAGRO.

Well-Known Member
Nice lighting choice!...........everything seems good to me except you need some air circulating within the tent(tower fan/etc.) which I don't see in the pics^^it's vital!

good luck grower
 
Nice lighting choice!...........everything seems good to me except you need some air circulating within the tent(tower fan/etc.) which I don't see in the pics^^it's vital!

good luck grower
Thanks, the lights have been great so far. The plants seem to love them.

I do have a small fan in there. I had taken it out for some reason before taking those pictures. Oscillating fan on the way.

Take care,
Dee
 

djwimbo

Well-Known Member
Don't "bro" me, but I'll be your bra... here for support.

I am jealous of the space, and fond of those lights. Keep it goin!
 
Don't "bro" me, but I'll be your bra... here for support.

I am jealous of the space, and fond of those lights. Keep it goin!
Thanks for following along, I appreciate the support. No frequent "bro" pm's or things of the such from me lol.

Your grow is going excellent by the way. Been lurking your grow for quite a while now. Enjoy that upcoming harvest!

Nice looking setup Dee. Just wondering what size and type of pots you are using?
Hey, thanks. Seems I forgot to include that info. I'm using Smart Pots. There are six 3 gallon pots and one 5 gallon pot. I had originally planted 8 seeds in hopes of keeping 6 plants for the grow. 7/8 turned out great and I couldn't bring myself to picking a healthy one to kill. Only had 6 of the 3 gallon pots so I threw one in a 5 gallon.

Take it easy all,
Dee
 
Yaaa buddy! I swear them boys at A51 are shittin on 'em.. The lamps end up being a value.. So far so good!
Can't say enough about these lights so far. Amazing how cool these bad boys run. Growing in a tent in my garage during the summer would be nearly impossible with HIDs.

I think the results you and other RIU members have achieved with A51 lights speak for themselves.
 
Hey everyone, just a little update.

All the plants have responded very well to the topping. Growth seemed to be stalled no longer than 24hrs before they returned back to their vigorous selves. I also removed everything at the first node of each plant in hopes of achieving the 4 dominant cola look. So far so good.

Yesterday marked the plants first taste of some of the Jack's All-Purpose 20-20-20. I fed them at 1/4 tsp/gal and they seem to be loving it. I have also included 1/4 tsp/gal of Protekt for every watering so far. The stems on these things are bulking up nicely! :blsmoke:

Take it easy,
Dee
 

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wicked og

Member
Nicce man plants man hey a question I'm planing on getting some area 51 lights the same u got I'm in a 3x3 area would one be enough? Or 2 is better? I'm thinking only 4 plants with some lst n topping any advice on seleccting some led woulb be great
 
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