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canadianpothead

canadianpothead

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Hey everyone just ordered a starter grow kit coming soon, includes a mars II 700 led light, mars hydro grow tent (3x3), pro filter 45s 150 cm 4” flange, stealth fan, light grip light hanger, timer, fan speed controller and ducting. I will be growing four plants in this tent, I will update as my tent arrives. Feel free to comment with any experience you have with any these or any help✋️
 
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bankheadstoner

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canadianpothead said:
Hey everyone just ordered a starter grow kit coming soon, includes a mars II 700 led light, mars hydro grow rent (3x3), pro filter 45s 150 cm 4” flange, stealth fan, light grip light hanger, timer, fan speed controller and ducting. I will be growing four plants in this tent, I will update as my tent arrives. Feel free to comment and experience you have with any these or any help✋️
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What kinda seeds regular or feminized and what strain
 
canadianpothead

canadianpothead

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I have 4 cheese fem from native seed company one appears to have cracked so I’ll prob go to the store and get some more
 
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canadianpothead said:
I have 4 cheese fem from native seed company one appears to have cracked so I’ll prob go to the store and get some more
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Sounds like you have everything you will need and I hope you using fox farm soil . But try to stay tf away from their nutrients . Smh you lucky to be able to just go to a store and buy seeds . I'd try gorilla glue#4 if I was you . At least that's a strain I'd love to grow but I'm going to put gg#4 , durban Poison and granddaddy purple in nto my tent rotation next month. What nutes and soil you using
 
canadianpothead

canadianpothead

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bankheadstoner said:
Sounds like you have everything you will need and I hope you using fox farm soil . But try to stay tf away from their nutrients . Smh you lucky to be able to just go to a store and buy seeds . I'd try gorilla glue#4 if I was you . At least that's a strain I'd love to grow but I'm going to put gg#4 , durban Poison and granddaddy purple in nto my tent rotation next month. What nutes and soil you using
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Haven’t figured out what soil, I picked up some canna veg nutrients might go back and get they’re whole line. Yeah there’s a store that sells them in town. Got lots of different company’s. I will post pics when things start happening just preparing right now!!!
 
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canadianpothead said:
Haven’t figured out what soil, I picked up some canna veg nutrients might go back and get they’re whole line. Yeah there’s a store that sells them in town. Got lots of different company’s. I will post pics when things start happening just preparing right now!!!
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I want to try canna nutrients but they are to high but I heard they are amazing . Good luck you got the right idea
 
Redman87

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I did my first grow in a 3x3 tent last year. All I can say is be carful about bringing in unwanted bugs it was aphids that got in on me. I’m currently fighting some spider mites at the moment. I got some botanigard maxx and forbid on the way. Got some fatty acids knocking them down right now I feel like I can still win the battle because plants are still really small at the moment.
 
veni vidi vici

veni vidi vici

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I just did my first two grows in the last year and learned quite a bit.
-The seedling stage can be a pain if you aren't cautious and careful
-I got two different random spider mite attacks that I must have brought in from outside. I had to use two different pesticides to get rid of them cause they stopped responding the first one. I tried sticking to the most organic ones I could find.
-Don't procrastinate. If something needs to be done get it done, one problem can easily turn into ten if not taken care of. I slacked off on transplanting them cause I was busy with school and my plants got slightly root bound.
-I also had deficiency problems when I was in flowering. I think I vegged for too long and wasn't expecting to use as much liquid nutes as I thought. I vegged for almost 3 months lol
Its definitely a learning experiment, but its a fun one at that. Don't be afraid to be patient and leave them be good luck man
 
canadianpothead

canadianpothead

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Yeah I was recommended canna nutes so I just went with him glad I picked right. Yeah I was going to look into preventive measures for bugs I’ve heard neem oil works still researching that, I want to control the bugs before they begin. Luckily I always save my bag seed and been sprouting little guys for awhile now so I’ve got that down. Where you not giving enough bites during flower ? Yeah can’t wait first real setup
 
veni vidi vici

veni vidi vici

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I think so man I just had a couple different problems at once and it started to worry me during the flowering, but my plants were very forgiving. I think it would have been different had I not vegged them for so long and did not prune very much besides topping/LST.
 
drsaltzman

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Welcome CPH.
3x3 is a great starter tent.
I don't do blurples but I see plenty of people growing nice bud with them. Especially In a compact space.
Do yourself a favor. Don't buy the whole line of anything.
The more moving parts, the more that can go wrong. You're a first timer. Keep it simple.
There are no shortcuts or sure things.
Learn how to grow with the basics.
Once you got that down, you can add later. You may not even want/need to.
A soil like Roots 707 or Foxfarm OF, a bloom and flower nute of your choice, some CalMag.
That's it. Don't even need the CalMag if your nutes provide it. Oh, and a PH meter comes in handy. Most times the soil will buffer but occasionally you need to adjust it.
You can and will grow good bud with just those ... and patience.
Less is more with this plant. That's the best advice I've gotten and still give.
 
canadianpothead

canadianpothead

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Plan on letting the ladies grow as they want or will you use any technique?
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I was thinking of maybe a scrog or some type of technique not sure yet which one I’ll be growing 4 plants in a 3x3 any recommendations?

drsaltzman said:
Welcome CPH.
3x3 is a great starter tent.
I don't do blurples but I see plenty of people growing nice bud with them. Especially In a compact space.
Do yourself a favor. Don't buy the whole line of anything.
The more moving parts, the more that can go wrong. You're a first timer. Keep it simple.
There are no shortcuts or sure things.
Learn how to grow with the basics.
Once you got that down, you can add later. You may not even want/need to.
A soil like Roots 707 or Foxfarm OF, a bloom and flower nute of your choice, some CalMag.
That's it. Don't even need the CalMag if your nutes provide it. Oh, and a PH meter comes in handy. Most times the soil will buffer but occasionally you need to adjust it.
You can and will grow good bud with just those ... and patience.
Less is more with this plant. That's the best advice I've gotten and still give.
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By whole line I meant the flower nutes, I do have some flower mutes but they’re at least two years old I don’t know if they are good still? Yeah there’s a headship that sells some soil prob get it from there. Yeah I was going to get ph testers for soil and water. Can’t wait to get started
 
Redman87

Redman87

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My experience with my 3x3 tent is scrog is alittle hard to pull off. What I did was FIM it once it had its 5th node. Then once it started to branch out I spread it out with stiff pieces of wire. That I bent to push the branches away from each other. So that the light could still get Abit deeper. The reason I decided on this over scrog is because I liked to water with at least 30%run off and flush with clean water ever 3or 4th time stops build up of salts and lock outs. I found out about this in my first go. It’s nice to be able to take the pots right out of the tent. That way you can inspect your babies better and it’s easier to give them some defoliation around first and third week of bloom.

Also my opinion is get your self a decent ph meter and figure out
How to calibrate it. Then just ph your water before you feed. If your using bought soil I wouldn’t worry about ph ing your run off. I like using sunshine mix 4.
 
canadianpothead

canadianpothead

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Redman87 said:
My experience with my 3x3 tent is scrog is alittle hard to pull off. What I did was FIM it once it had its 5th node. Then once it started to branch out I spread it out with stiff pieces of wire. That I bent to push the branches away from each other. So that the light could still get Abit deeper. The reason I decided on this over scrog is because I liked to water with at least 30%run off and flush with clean water ever 3or 4th time stops build up of salts and lock outs. I found out about this in my first go. It’s nice to be able to take the pots right out of the tent. That way you can inspect your babies better and it’s easier to give them some defoliation around first and third week of bloom.

Also my opinion is get your self a decent ph meter and figure out
How to calibrate it. Then just ph your water before you feed. If your using bought soil I wouldn’t worry about ph ing your run off. I like using sunshine mix 4.
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Ok how many plants did u grow in you’re 3x3, yeah I’ve seen that technique seems like something I would do. Not completely sure what training I’ll be doing. Also wondering about venting, more worried about winter as I was planing on venting direct outside
 
LitRookie7414

LitRookie7414

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I grew in coco my first time an I use GH flora trio with calmag an kept a ph meter an everything turned out fine. I’m trying out dwc now with the same nutes just replaced calmag with hydroguard and they seem to be doing fine.
Take a look if you’d like. Tell me what you think as well. Good Luck :bigjoint:

Link:
https://www.rollitup.org/t/1st-time-dwc.966608/
 
Redman87

Redman87

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In the 3x3 I grew 5 then the got to big I put one outside. With only 4 plant I’d just vent it to another room in the winter if you got the carbon filter. That’s what I was doing
 
drsaltzman

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Redman87 said:
In the 3x3 I grew 5 then the got to big I put one outside. With only 4 plant I’d just vent it to another room in the winter if you got the carbon filter. That’s what I was doing
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4 is doable.
3 plants would grow more to their potential. And be easier.
Especially for his first time.
 
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