4x8 Bed - HLG LED - Organic - Exotic's Grow

Hey guys figured I'd make a post about one of my indoor beds. Comments are more than welcome, helps me pass time.

Equipment
4x8 Tent
8in AC Infinity filter
8in AC Infinity fan with temp and RH controller
24 inch box fan
2 6inch clip fans
2 HLG 600 RSpec
50 pint dehumidifier

The soil
Mix is coots mix.
4x8 bed 24 inches deep.
Rocks on the bottom layer for drainage, then mulch to help keep me from ripping the tent when shoveling and mixing.
Then soil and amendments

Strains currently being run are Mind Flayer and Don Mega F2 both bred by Solfire Gardens. Don mega from seed and MF from clones.

Clones are ready so those and the germinated seeds are going into solo cups

Wow this looks awesome!
How’s the 4x8 temps in flower with those two hlg 600r’s?

paintnick said:

Wow this looks awesome!
How’s the 4x8 temps in flower with those two hlg 600r’s?

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Humidity will wreck havoc if not kept in check. Im talking high 90's and water dripping. Hence the big dehumidifier. Keep rh at about 60.
My grow area is a constant 65 degrees so heat isn't much of an issue. With no ac being used I average 78-82 f.

After a few weeks the don mega have nearly all shown sex and been planted in the finished bed with the mind flayer clones. Out of 12 seeds i had 2 which never popped and out of the ten that did I had 7 females. The three which had to be removed were already planted so now I have some gaps in the trellis but it is what it is

Topdressed about one cup per plant with fish meal. Stretched my net across and maxed out the lights. Spend one week of weaving and switch to flower. Before doing so im going to cover the top of the soil in perlite and hang some pest traps to eliminate the gnats before they get stuck to any of the buds when they form.

I happened to be planning out something a lot like what you're doing. What did you put under your bed for the water that drains out the bottom? How did that work out for you?

shwamp said:

I happened to be planning out something a lot like what you're doing. What did you put under your bed for the water that drains out the bottom? How did that work out for you?

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Just the rocks like the picture shows and then I just have a good watering sense and don't have any issues with excess water

Nice! I do a Hugel kulture bed thats half full of wood. Good stuff!

Also gotta have worms

I am the worst about updates and pictures. This is a slow time of the year for me so I'll document my next run.

Here are some photos of the Don Mega some time before chop and after a month of cure.

Replanted the large bed and started a clover top cover.

Working on the irrigation system now.

Front row is Creature Panic by Solfire Gardens.
Back row is Bubba Pupil by Katsu.

Under the coffee filter is where I feed my worms their general meal and sprinkle other remnants throughout the soil.

Everyone looks droopy due to lights just turning on. The two Creature Panic to the left have been topped. Everyone else needs to catch up yet. Net coming soon.

ExoticKangaroo said:

Replanted the large bed and started a clover top cover.
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Working on the irrigation system now.

Front row is Creature Panic by Solfire Gardens.
Back row is Bubba Pupil by Katsu.

Under the coffee filter is where I feed my worms their general meal and sprinkle other remnants throughout the soil.

Everyone looks droopy due to lights just turning on. The two Creature Panic to the left have been topped. Everyone else needs to catch up yet. Net coming soon.

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Very good idea, now l want one, lol. Looks so small considering actual size. Cant wait to see thes girls all grown up.

Southernontariogrower said:

Very good idea, now l want one, lol. Looks so small considering actual size. Cant wait to see thes girls all grown up.

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I have a couple of these beds. I started it because I didn't want to mix nutes and always add stuff and have to water daily. Id say its a success.

Im really working on my organization right now.
Need to learn proper defoliation and lolipopping. Right now I get lots of larf and branches on the soil.

Only one way to learn though. Each time is better and better. As with most things.

Here's one of my cleaner runs in my 4x6

Last run l did 1 in a 15g smartpot. Would of done a few things different if l did it again. Always learn something. What light for 4x6? Or lights?

Southernontariogrower said:

Last run l did 1 in a 15g smartpot. Would of done a few things different if l did it again. Always learn something. What light for 4x6? Or lights?

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Same strain, same soil, 10 gallon smart pots. Thats where I decided to make the switch. I was watering daily.
Anyway my 4x6 is using the same TSL 2000's from this picture from Mars Hydro. For what its worth they've been more than worth it. But ill be updating them this next run.

11 days since my last photo update.

The two Creature Panic I topped earlier have been topped again and LST. Ive held off on training anyone else to try and let them catch up. Not ideal and I think I should have topped them all.

Irrigation system is really giving me issues but I have it somewhat working. I want to have it done before a net is in and hard to work under.

Been slowly cleaning up the lower canopy and will take clones in a week and probably flip shortly after. I want to be able to use my HLGs at full power but need to be conscious of my height restraints.

Worms are doing spectacular and may be as much fun as general gardening. I enjoy checking on my worms everyday. They eat a lot more than I expected and have moved through the whole bed. I can grab soil from anywhere and find worms.

Also found a four leaf clover today. Pretty nice update.

I think this is gonna be a very poor run. I really should have thought about how vastly different these strains grow. Ill have to flip soon due to the two tall Creature Panics.

Broke a branch today as well.

Need to get my dehumidifier installed soon. Rh is at 75 average.

Never had a run like this. Really disappointed about how things are going so far. Thats the way she goes I suppose. Learning lesson.

Flipped to flower 3 days ago.

Found one clone growing from some lower growth I trimmed and just threw on the bed. Gonna let it go for fun. Where there's a will there's a way type of deal.

Stretched a net over em. Accidentally bought plastic and was going to get a fabric net but was too lazy and needed to get height control started now.

The Bubba Pupil plants are tiny in comparison and is really going to limit my run. I want to keep the strain around but clearly it needs to be run by itself. I was only able to top one and LST another.

The Creature Panics are growing like all Solfires gear so I expect a huge stretch and massive yield. Next run will be 8 creature panic in this bed.

Topdressed with 10 cups of bio fish and 8 cups of seabird guano and watered in healthily. Plants perked up right away and turned nice and deep green. Should be enough to see em through flower.