(1st grow) indoor t5/soil/auto (mephisto - tyrone special)

gold lion · Oct 14, 2016

got it all the way up to 40 rh. that little thing is sweet

bf80255 · Oct 14, 2016

gold lion said:
to add to my closet of mini machines I saw this little humidifier at the best buy checkout xD any clue if it'll harm the bulbs/ballast? throws off a tiny amount of moisture but have it in front of the fan so the moisture isn't accumulating anywhere

also: pics of the little seedlings. the beast, the runt, n the middle child xD

not really necessary seeing as your space isnt closed off and its a smaller unit but it could help them a bit during these initial weeks. keep an eye out just to be safe, if youve got drops of water accumulating up in the tube area of that t-5 it could very well cause them to blow out on you.

yeah its probably too small to make much of a difference.

gold lion · Oct 14, 2016

bf80255 said:
not really necessary seeing as your space isnt closed off and its a smaller unit but it could help them a bit during these initial weeks. keep an eye out just to be safe, if youve got drops of water accumulating up in the tube area of that t-5 it could very well cause them to blow out on you.

yeah its probably too small to make much of a difference.

nice, yeah I was surprised it made a small difference in rh even with it being unsealed and everything. no water drops that I could see, and while I know it's almost completely pointless it IS helping keep the humidity in the 35-40 range rather than 30. amazing lol.

gold lion · Oct 17, 2016

seedling update, 8 days from throwing the seeds in the soil.

still three very different sizes xD the bigger one is just damn excited to grow lol

calliandra · Oct 17, 2016

gold lion said:
seedling update, 8 days from throwing the seeds in the soil.

still three very different sizes xD the bigger one is just damn excited to grow lol

hey I have a hunch you'll really love this grow!
I've got a Mephisto (sour Stomper) going at the mo, and she's breathtaking!
Enjoy! :bigjoint:

bf80255 · Oct 17, 2016

gold lion said:
seedling update, 8 days from throwing the seeds in the soil.

still three very different sizes xD the bigger one is just damn excited to grow lol

there a couple of beautiful little seedlings my man.
theyre probably just different phenos, no worries

variation in seeds is fun! its like playing the lotto

gold lion · Oct 17, 2016

bf80255 said:
there a couple of beautiful little seedlings my man.
theyre probably just different phenos, no worries variation in seeds is fun! its like playing the lotto

thanks

yeah they oughta love it, conditions are beaaaauuutiful. stays between 75-82 degrees, humidity at 40, air is nicely circulated, etc. spoiling them for sure except for their first feeding of filtered tap water today as im out of distilled water. poor guys - if they explode and die at least I'll know why xD

gold lion · Oct 20, 2016

update on the babies - all lookin fine

whitebb2727 · Oct 20, 2016

T5 can grow some bud. The ones on the right were 3 foot. The outer ones were mephisto and the center dinafem.
Mephisto has great autos. 432 watt t5.

gold lion · Oct 20, 2016

whitebb2727 said:
T5 can grow some bud. The ones on the right were 3 foot. The outer ones were mephisto and the center dinafem.
Mephisto has great autos. 432 watt t5.
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holy fuck xD I've got like 100 less watts but if I can grow anything like that I'll be tickled. nice work man.

whitebb2727 · Oct 20, 2016

gold lion said:
holy fuck xD I've got like 100 less watts but if I can grow anything like that I'll be tickled. nice work man.

Mine is a durolux model. I also have a six bulb model and it will come close to the eight bulb.

I also run mixed spectrum. I run a mix of agromax bulbs including the 10,000kelvin finishing bulb with added UVA.

Keep the plants happy and the yield will follow.

Two things grow bigger autos. Bigger pots and running veg nutes the whole time. I use 15 inch pots that hold almost five gallons.

gold lion · Oct 20, 2016

whitebb2727 said:
Mine is a durolux model. I also have a six bulb model and it will come close to the eight bulb.

I also run mixed spectrum. I run a mix of agromax bulbs including the 10,000kelvin finishing bulb with added UVA.

Keep the plants happy and the yield will follow.

Two things grow bigger autos. Bigger pots and running veg nutes the whole time. I use 15 inch pots that hold almost five gallons.

6 bulbs and have only 6500k in them right now, could do any configuration of that and 2900k bulbs as well tho - what and when would you suggest swapping?

whitebb2727 · Oct 20, 2016

gold lion said:
6 bulbs and have only 6500k in them right now, could do any configuration of that and 2900k bulbs as well tho - what and when would you suggest swapping?

If running the standard 6500 and 3000k bulbs a 50/50 mix from start to finish is good. All 6500 from start to finish works.

I use a mix of agromax. 2-pure par, 2-bloom, 2-veg, 1-10,000k+uva. I don't remember what the eighth bulb is. I will have to look as I did a change a while back.

For your first run the all blue will work.

VenomGrower6990 · Oct 20, 2016

whitebb2727 said:
If running the standard 6500 and 3000k bulbs a 50/50 mix from start to finish is good.

This is what i did with my current Strawberry Cake grow in the cabinet. working well.

whitebb2727 · Oct 20, 2016

One of the best t5 growers here says the GE 4200k is the best for yield from start to finish.

gold lion · Oct 20, 2016

whitebb2727 said:
One of the best t5 growers here says the GE 4200k is the best for yield from start to finish.

once these bulbs are done i'll go with those then, thanks. and i'll swap the bulbs tomorrow to mix ^

would you recommend 24/0, 20/4, or 18/6? different times?

whitebb2727 · Oct 20, 2016

gold lion said:
once these bulbs are done i'll go with those then, thanks. and i'll swap the bulbs tomorrow to mix ^

would you recommend 24/0, 20/4, or 18/6? different times?

for autos I run 19/5 and photos I veg at 18/6.

gold lion · Oct 20, 2016

ooo 19/5. any harm in switching 24/0 to 19/5? meant to do either 18/6 or 20/4 from the start but never set up the timer.

whitebb2727 · Oct 20, 2016

gold lion said:
ooo 19/5. any harm in switching 24/0 to 19/5? meant to do either 18/6 or 20/4 from the start but never set up the timer.

No harm in changing it.

I've tried everything from 18/6 to 24/0 Around 19/5 seems to be the sweet spot.

gold lion · Oct 21, 2016

got half 2900k/half 6500k bulbs in there now and set to 19/5

thanks for the advice, and the big excitement is i can set up my second grow area now that the inspection is finished

tomorrow should be fun - unboxing new light, setting up tent, mixing soil, planting seeds, etc.

funny how busy i'll be, but when coworkers ask what i did for the weekend it'll just be 'oh not much, just watched some football' xD

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