Bigdaddeh
New Member
Hi gang. First post here and I have to say this forum has been a wealth of info for me. Thanks for being here!
A bit of info first.
4x4 grow tent
250w MH supplemented with 4 T5's running horizontally around the tent. (yes, I know the hood is under powered but I'm upgrading to 600w hood, hopefully within a week, right at flowering time)
Growing 12 GDPs (I know it's a bit crowded but cant bring myself to cull any of my babies... yet. I'll bite the bullet and probably pull 3 out and turn them into moms soon. Light penetration is still pretty good since I have the side t5's going.)
Media is a mix of Fox Farms (FF) Ocean Forrest (OF) (had 30-40% perlite mixed in) and ReadyGro Aeration, 2.5g pots.
Nutes are FF Big Bloom (BB) and Grow Big (no tiger bloom yet of course)
Using PH'd RO water.
Runoff PH testing in 6.3 - 6.8 range.
24/0 lighting schedule
Temps running between 76 - 79 on average, RH averaging around 40-45.
Supercropped only the top. Nice even canopy.
Edited: Just adding that this is my first grow.
I had an issue where my girls showed signs of N toxicity (dark green leaves, new growth was a bit twisty, stems were a bit weak, a bit of clawing here n there.). My mistake was giving them grow big too soon since growing in FF OF I flushed with 2-3x pot size with RO water. This was a week ago and they seem to be recovering extremely well but I'm right at the 4 week veg mark. Cell structure has recovered so the stems are where they need to be strength wise. Leaves are still too dark and honestly I'm not sure if they will lighten back up again. Anyone? They have gotten a bit lighter but I'm not sure if them lightening back up will be a good indicator of them using the extra N that was there.
Since the plants cut their N uptake in early flowering my plan is to let them veg for 1-2 more weeks to allow them to use the stored N before switching to flower, feeding only water or at most give them half dose of BB 1x/week. I'm thinking 1 more week only. What do you guys think?
A bit of a followup question since I'm changing my hood from the 250w to 600w... I know I should switch ASAP, but my funds are tight. Would I cut my yield even more by waiting to upgrade til 2 weeks into flower or should I be eating Ramen noodles and upgrade right at flower?
I appreciate any input gang. And yes, I know I'm going to have people hopping up and down telling me I have too many plants in there lol. Feel free to give me suggestions on maximizing total yield by cutting down to x number of plants (assuming 600w AND the 54w T5's supplementing. I'm loving the side penetration from the T5's.
Thanks in advance. Here's a couple of pix.
A bit of info first.
4x4 grow tent
250w MH supplemented with 4 T5's running horizontally around the tent. (yes, I know the hood is under powered but I'm upgrading to 600w hood, hopefully within a week, right at flowering time)
Growing 12 GDPs (I know it's a bit crowded but cant bring myself to cull any of my babies... yet. I'll bite the bullet and probably pull 3 out and turn them into moms soon. Light penetration is still pretty good since I have the side t5's going.)
Media is a mix of Fox Farms (FF) Ocean Forrest (OF) (had 30-40% perlite mixed in) and ReadyGro Aeration, 2.5g pots.
Nutes are FF Big Bloom (BB) and Grow Big (no tiger bloom yet of course)
Using PH'd RO water.
Runoff PH testing in 6.3 - 6.8 range.
24/0 lighting schedule
Temps running between 76 - 79 on average, RH averaging around 40-45.
Supercropped only the top. Nice even canopy.
Edited: Just adding that this is my first grow.
I had an issue where my girls showed signs of N toxicity (dark green leaves, new growth was a bit twisty, stems were a bit weak, a bit of clawing here n there.). My mistake was giving them grow big too soon since growing in FF OF I flushed with 2-3x pot size with RO water. This was a week ago and they seem to be recovering extremely well but I'm right at the 4 week veg mark. Cell structure has recovered so the stems are where they need to be strength wise. Leaves are still too dark and honestly I'm not sure if they will lighten back up again. Anyone? They have gotten a bit lighter but I'm not sure if them lightening back up will be a good indicator of them using the extra N that was there.
Since the plants cut their N uptake in early flowering my plan is to let them veg for 1-2 more weeks to allow them to use the stored N before switching to flower, feeding only water or at most give them half dose of BB 1x/week. I'm thinking 1 more week only. What do you guys think?
A bit of a followup question since I'm changing my hood from the 250w to 600w... I know I should switch ASAP, but my funds are tight. Would I cut my yield even more by waiting to upgrade til 2 weeks into flower or should I be eating Ramen noodles and upgrade right at flower?
I appreciate any input gang. And yes, I know I'm going to have people hopping up and down telling me I have too many plants in there lol. Feel free to give me suggestions on maximizing total yield by cutting down to x number of plants (assuming 600w AND the 54w T5's supplementing. I'm loving the side penetration from the T5's.
Thanks in advance. Here's a couple of pix.