It's official, I now grow.

Now, since I have obtained my medical marijuana prescription I want to learn the skill of growing, and I don't want to pay ridiculous prices at co-ops. Here is my setup, all advice is highly appreciated, thanks!

DR120 4x4x7
400 hps
exhaust
muffler
switchable ballast (mh and hps)
Digital temperature/humidity reader
old school thermostat
digital ph reader
Foxfarm soil/nutes

Some bag seed that sprouted last week and a few that sprouted today. I will probably pick up a clone tomorrow, just to have a known strain. Temps stay between 68 and 73, light is approximately 15 inches away from cups. I set the light schedule at 18/6 but am thinking of keeping it at 12/12, i don't want to consume a lot of energy.

I could be wrong, but I think you should probably sprout and veg those for a while under a less powerful light. Flourecents work well. Small sprouts with small roots cant hang with that much light

ibuildthings said:

I could be wrong, but I think you should probably sprout and veg those for a while under a less powerful light. Flourecents work well. Small sprouts with small roots cant hang with that much light

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I wish I could get some t5's but I am completely wiped out of the money I saved for this.

You'll be fine vegging with that light, but maybe for future grows consider getting a MH to use for the veg stage and maybe even just some normal compact floros in the short term. Running at 12/12 will switch them over to flower, so you want to keep it at 18/6 (or 20/4 or 24/0 depending on who you ask) for a bit to let the plant veg. If you plan on keeping them in those cups, the maybe you should be just going 12/12 right away with no veg period; but since it seems like your only doing a few plants I figure you're planning on letting them get a big bigger, so you'll have to move them into larger pots eventually.

ObieOnce said:

You'll be fine vegging with that light, but maybe for future grows consider getting a MH to use for the veg stage and maybe even just some normal compact floros in the short term. Running at 12/12 will switch them over to flower, so you want to keep it at 18/6 (or 20/4 or 24/0 depending on who you ask) for a bit to let the plant veg. If you plan on keeping them in those cups, the maybe you should be just going 12/12 right away with no veg period; but since it seems like your only doing a few plants I figure you're planning on letting them get a big bigger, so you'll have to move them into larger pots eventually.

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Yeah, I'll get an mh for my next grow. Since this is my first grow i will transplant them into a 1.5g in a few weeks, depends how fast they grow. Thanks for the feedback.

you put your tent outside..?

EyezofSnake said:

you put your tent outside..?

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yes, too many things to move around in the garage, plus winter time is coming soon where i live. There really is not any difference whether it's indoor or outdoor.