First Time Indoor Grower (4000W Basement Setup)

southsacboy916 said:

Indeed it is... this will be my third year in a row growing it outdoors. Its always one of my favorites every year. Ima take clones off of the seeds once I sex em n ill do some indoors on the next cycle.

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Kool deal I had it a few years ago I should have never got rid of it. I had got the seeds from a buddy the strain came from detroit
but the seeds I got hermied plants a lot but man it grew some rock hard fist buds and the one plant I had had a top cola that dried at two ounces the inside was albino it was so dense.

So its time for an update. A few things have changed since my original post. First of all i purchased a 550gph submersible pump, water hosing, and a watering wand so now all i have to do to feed/water is drop the pump in my 20 gal res and water with the wand rather than filling up a watering can and pouring it over each one like i was doing. also i took the smaller 20 blue dream clones and moved those outside because my room was getting too crowded... so ill use those for outdoor. so now im down to 60 plants inside. 20 blue dream, 20 gods gift, and 20 smaller gsc. i flipped them over to flower on 4/25 so things should start to get more interesting from here on out. Here are some pics, dont forget to lemme know what u think. All questions and comments are welcomed. Also if anyone got any pics of their plants grown in coco id love to see em. Also i added some pics below that show a lil more of the actual setup and equipment i got in there. also the pic of the smaller plants was taken on 4/3 just so u can see wat they looked like a month ago when i originally transplanted them.

4/29


Setup/equipment


4/3


Seeds for outdoor crop, pic taken on 4/23 (these along with the 20 blue dream clones i just took out of the flowering room will make up my outdoor)


So what do ya think?

edit: oh and our electricity bill went up to $290 when it is normally in the range of $80-100 before. So it only went up $190 with everything running on 18/6. Now that ive switched to 12/12 bill should go down a lil bit.

Looking good! Can't wait to see what they look like in about 2-3 weeks.

Thanks bro... and ya I can't wait either. Hopefully in two months time ill be choppin some gods gift then followed by the blue dream and gsc. But thanks again for stoppin by. Gotta run up to the hydro shop to grab some ph down n swap out co2 tanks. My uncle got a 50lb co2 tank that I'm goin to be gettin off him next week so I don't have to fill up so often. I've been busy but ill try to keep the updates coming as things progress.

Nicely put together bro!!!!! Have u ever thought about a co2 burner. Ur area looks pretty good size it just seems like u will eat alot of co2 real quick. Moving fiftes all the time will get real old real quick other than that i'm really excitied to see how this goes.

A co2 burner is definitely on the list of things to grab in the future... my plan was to get thru this run with the tank n use the profits to get a co2 generator. Seeing how this is my first indoor run I figured I didn't want to come out of pocket too much all at once until I get the hang of this indoor stuff. But ya fillin the co2 has already been a hassle but I'm gonna have to stick it out for this run cuz I don't have the space to work in there will all the plants so ill have to wait til the room is empty before I do any modifications like that. Thanks for stoppin by again. I know its not all that exciting til there some nice colas formed but it won't be too long. But I gotta get goin, time to go feed them bitches...

southsacboy916 said:

A co2 burner is definitely on the list of things to grab in the future... my plan was to get thru this run with the tank n use the profits to get a co2 generator. Seeing how this is my first indoor run I figured I didn't want to come out of pocket too much all at once until I get the hang of this indoor stuff. But ya fillin the co2 has already been a hassle but I'm gonna have to stick it out for this run cuz I don't have the space to work in there will all the plants so ill have to wait til the room is empty before I do any modifications like that. Thanks for stoppin by again. I know its not all that exciting til there some nice colas formed but it won't be too long. But I gotta get goin, time to go feed them bitches...

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the nice colas will come in time and its not cheap to buy new equipment and i wouldnt even screw with craigslist always buy new ur heading in the rite direction no doubt. i guess i feel for ya man i used to run a twenty pound tank and it would last four days on the controller and five without controller and running at like 2cc for 12 hours a day and as a average i would spend a lil over 200 a cycle but like u said one good crop and u can score it besides u will end up making some mods to ur room anyway good stuff!!!!!!!

Coming along nicely!

That's one fat nug!!! And ya I'm sure my modifications to my room will never end, us stoners r never quite satisfied... I already have a couple in mind that are gonna have to wait. I just need to get one run under my belt to recoup my money spent beforr I go crazy adding a bunch of shit.

And thanks cp! Yours is fillin out real nice as well even after u defoliated that bitch. I've been followin ur grow as well just normally too lazy to post. But keep up the good work.

well i guess its time for an update since ive been slackin on it... i just see em everyday so it never looks like much has changed to me so i dont feel the need for an update normally. but everything is chuggin along good. i hooked up my a/c and got it ready to be plugged in whenever/if necessary. I believe it was 4/25 that i switched over to flower so that would make this what day 18 of flower, but its only been about 10 days since the first pistils appeared. The blue dream have the most crystals so far but the gods gift has the strongest smell, a real deep grape smell. the gsc is coming a long the slowest and i expect those to finish last. they are just starting to pack on some crystals. oh and me and my buddy went to this hydro tradeshow in lotus, ca and we came home with a cool little stack of nutes which are pictured below. the ones in the picture are all mine, my boy actually got twice as much as that since he brought his gf wit him. that lucky bastard also won the 1000w hps setup at the raffle. but enough rambling, here are some pics... not many i know but i am extremely lazy when it doesnt come to gardening. lemme know wat u think...

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5/10/2013



blue dream:


gsc:


godsgift:


free samples:


sorry for the shitty quality on the closeups but im takin the pics wit my s3.

Damn, man. That room is fillin' out, eh? lol Lookin' good. And grats on the free goodies.

Thanks man... ya its fillin out pretty good. I'm not too happy with the uneven canopy but that will be fixed next run. Next run I'm goin to be scrogging and i will drop the plant number from 15 per 1000w to 9 per for a total of 36. Also I will be switchin to smart pots, buying two 4x8 trays and lining them with those coco mats. Oh and I also think I'm going to switch to all metal halides. Right now I have one and the blue dreams that are under that light have much bigger, frostier nugs than the blue dreams under the hps. I mean its a pretty noticeable difference and everything else is the same as far as feedings go and all. Plus mhs run a lot cooler but I still am debating, guess ill wait til they're all the way done before I decide. Whats your guys' opinion on mh vs hps for flowering? Like I said this is my first indoor grow so I have no prior experience on this matter so any input would be nice.

Looking good!!!!!! to be honest to run both would be best dual spectrum and 600's would be the best.


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southsacboy916 said:

Thanks man... ya its fillin out pretty good. I'm not too happy with the uneven canopy but that will be fixed next run. Next run I'm goin to be scrogging and i will drop the plant number from 15 per 1000w to 9 per for a total of 36. Also I will be switchin to smart pots, buying two 4x8 trays and lining them with those coco mats. Oh and I also think I'm going to switch to all metal halides. Right now I have one and the blue dreams that are under that light have much bigger, frostier nugs than the blue dreams under the hps. I mean its a pretty noticeable difference and everything else is the same as far as feedings go and all. Plus mhs run a lot cooler but I still am debating, guess ill wait til they're all the way done before I decide. Whats your guys' opinion on mh vs hps for flowering? Like I said this is my first indoor grow so I have no prior experience on this matter so any input would be nice.

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HPS for flower. You're room looks like a jungle. Hopefully you dont get any bugs or its gonna be a PIA to get in there!!

I wouldnt put more than 6 under a 1k for scrogging. If you run 9 i dont think you're going to like the results.

Not a single bug yet, got my fingers crossed... but its not hard to get in there I can move em all around the plants only take up like a 8 x 8 foot area n the room is like 10 x 12 so I got at least two feet on all sides to where I could move em if I had to to get up in there. Just curious as to why you say no more han 6 per, I'm in 2 gal pots u think that's still too many? And also u said hps for flower n I know that's wat everyone says but I was really lookin for people who have done side by sides. If u have then I'd love for u to go into further detail as it to how it went. As of right now the plants under the mh in my room are outperforming the ones under hps so was just curious if anyone else had similar results.

I have a feeling later in flowering you will notice a difference in density between the mh and the hps. I've never done a side-by-side...just my prediction.

Looks amazing in there SSB! I don't have any input to add. Just wanted to stop in and see what you were up to!

g00sEgg said:

I have a feeling later in flowering you will notice a difference in density between the mh and the hps. I've never done a side-by-side...just my prediction.

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I've also heard that before... I think that's y some people will run mh up until the last three weeks n then switch to hps maybe...?

Wat up ABM! Thanks for stoppin by again. But I gotta get goin time to go do some work. Got a lot of stuff to do for outdoor. I put up the fence to keep the dog out yesterday n today I gotta rototill. Will probably be plantin in a couple days or so. All the clones and seeds for outdoor have already been outside hardening off for 2 weeks so they're ready to be planted as soon as I'm done with everything. Probably will be in the ground by tomorrow night.

Sweet! Just got part of the carport up and all seeds that I am going to run for the season and out soaking up sun. I have 2 plants that I am shooting for 2# each on. Everything else will be cream on the top.

Jealous that you have to go to work.. Lost my job this week due to bad internet. (worked from home)