Okay so this is my first big grow.
I recently purchased 20 rooted Russian Kush clones and 10 BC Big Budd clones that were not rooted yet.
My grow room is not fully setup yet so Ill start with what I have now and then Ill describe what I hope to have in 2 weeks.
The clones are on an elevated table about 5 ft. tall.
Currently I have my clones under 2 48" shoplights with 2 fluoro tubes in each one.
One cool white and one Gro-Lux bulb in each of the shoplights.
The gro-lux tube is supposedly a blue-red balance for anyone unfamiliar with them.
The shoplights are positioned to the right and left of a 3 socket circular tracklighting fixture that I already have in my spare bedroom.
I have 3 CFLs in the 3 sockets of that fixture.
I also have a lamp with a CFL positioned on one side of the table close to the russian kush clones.
On the other side I have the 10 BC Big Budd clones in my Aztec humidity dome.
Right now I have no exhaust setup.
The clones are in a full bedroom I haven't partitioned anything off yet so exhaust is not a huge issue just yet.
I have a regular house fan rotating around them just for air circulation.
I have a sensor from a thermostat close to the plants to monitor the temp. and humidity.
There is a cool mist humidifier in the room I plug it in now and then when I need to adjust humidity.
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Now I also have another shop light with 3 bulbs but it needs to be wired and I'm a shitty electrician haha.
This weekend I will be purchasing and setting up a 1000w Metal Halide bulb that will be in an air cooled tube ballast.
Not long after that I will be purchasing a 1000w HPS bulb that will also been in an air cooled tube ballast.
My plan is to have a 3 stage grow room.
1 for clones.
Another for my girls in their veg stage and my mother plants.
And of course the 3rd for the flowering stage.
Of course going from my current setup (a table and some lights) to a fully operational, 3 stage perpetual grow room is going to be a lot of work :]
Along with the MH bulb I will be picking up some other supplies to start work on setting up the partitions and what not as well as an LED board and my exhaust/intake equipment.
Now obviously my hope is to be somewhat self sufficient and be able to pull a harvest every 4 weeks or so by keeping my own mother plants and rooting my own clones so that once I clear out space in the flower room I can fill it with plants waiting in my veg room.
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Okay so I think I explained all the setup I have planned.
The russian kush have been rooted for a little over a week and are looking beautiful.
Sadly the BC Big Budds were sort of thrust upon me without much warning so I didn't have a crucial piece of equipment, a PH tester.
As a result I've had some problems with yellowing of leaves and lost at least 1 of the 10 so far.
The leaves on all but one have some yellowing, mostly the big fan leaves, the new growth on 8 of them seems fine.
Also at the time I did not have the humidity dome so they were in the room with the others which run about 60-70% humidity.
Humidity in the dome usually runs from 85-95%
Since then I have gotten a hold of a good PH tester and they seem to be stabilized.
My good friend suggested I may want to abandon the idea of flowering them right away and use the survivors as mother plants.
The only nutrients I am giving them so far is 3 drops of SuperThrive mixed in with their water.
Im hoping to hold them back from stretching until I get my MH bulb once I have that all setup Ill start with my nute schedule.
I will be using DNF base nutes 2-part formula.
I actually have some pics on my camera but I can't find my damn USB cable lol.
It's just the generic cable so i should be able to borrow one today or tomorrow and get some pics up for everybody :]
Any comments, questions, or friendly suggestions are more than welcome.
This is the first grow that I have attempted with more than 5 plants and I plan for it to be a lot more sophisticated than my previous grows so I could use all the help I can get.
Thanks for reading folks :]
I recently purchased 20 rooted Russian Kush clones and 10 BC Big Budd clones that were not rooted yet.
My grow room is not fully setup yet so Ill start with what I have now and then Ill describe what I hope to have in 2 weeks.
The clones are on an elevated table about 5 ft. tall.
Currently I have my clones under 2 48" shoplights with 2 fluoro tubes in each one.
One cool white and one Gro-Lux bulb in each of the shoplights.
The gro-lux tube is supposedly a blue-red balance for anyone unfamiliar with them.
The shoplights are positioned to the right and left of a 3 socket circular tracklighting fixture that I already have in my spare bedroom.
I have 3 CFLs in the 3 sockets of that fixture.
I also have a lamp with a CFL positioned on one side of the table close to the russian kush clones.
On the other side I have the 10 BC Big Budd clones in my Aztec humidity dome.
Right now I have no exhaust setup.
The clones are in a full bedroom I haven't partitioned anything off yet so exhaust is not a huge issue just yet.
I have a regular house fan rotating around them just for air circulation.
I have a sensor from a thermostat close to the plants to monitor the temp. and humidity.
There is a cool mist humidifier in the room I plug it in now and then when I need to adjust humidity.
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Now I also have another shop light with 3 bulbs but it needs to be wired and I'm a shitty electrician haha.
This weekend I will be purchasing and setting up a 1000w Metal Halide bulb that will be in an air cooled tube ballast.
Not long after that I will be purchasing a 1000w HPS bulb that will also been in an air cooled tube ballast.
My plan is to have a 3 stage grow room.
1 for clones.
Another for my girls in their veg stage and my mother plants.
And of course the 3rd for the flowering stage.
Of course going from my current setup (a table and some lights) to a fully operational, 3 stage perpetual grow room is going to be a lot of work :]
Along with the MH bulb I will be picking up some other supplies to start work on setting up the partitions and what not as well as an LED board and my exhaust/intake equipment.
Now obviously my hope is to be somewhat self sufficient and be able to pull a harvest every 4 weeks or so by keeping my own mother plants and rooting my own clones so that once I clear out space in the flower room I can fill it with plants waiting in my veg room.
---------------------
Okay so I think I explained all the setup I have planned.
The russian kush have been rooted for a little over a week and are looking beautiful.
Sadly the BC Big Budds were sort of thrust upon me without much warning so I didn't have a crucial piece of equipment, a PH tester.
As a result I've had some problems with yellowing of leaves and lost at least 1 of the 10 so far.
The leaves on all but one have some yellowing, mostly the big fan leaves, the new growth on 8 of them seems fine.
Also at the time I did not have the humidity dome so they were in the room with the others which run about 60-70% humidity.
Humidity in the dome usually runs from 85-95%
Since then I have gotten a hold of a good PH tester and they seem to be stabilized.
My good friend suggested I may want to abandon the idea of flowering them right away and use the survivors as mother plants.
The only nutrients I am giving them so far is 3 drops of SuperThrive mixed in with their water.
Im hoping to hold them back from stretching until I get my MH bulb once I have that all setup Ill start with my nute schedule.
I will be using DNF base nutes 2-part formula.
I actually have some pics on my camera but I can't find my damn USB cable lol.
It's just the generic cable so i should be able to borrow one today or tomorrow and get some pics up for everybody :]
Any comments, questions, or friendly suggestions are more than welcome.
This is the first grow that I have attempted with more than 5 plants and I plan for it to be a lot more sophisticated than my previous grows so I could use all the help I can get.
Thanks for reading folks :]