bluedreambaby
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Hey all- long time lurker and 2nd time poster here.
So my first grow is wrapping up relatively well considering I did just about EVERYTHING wrong- I stretched them, burned them, starved them, under lit them, moved them, and in spite of it, they're turning out beautifully. Hopefully I've learned enough to not screw up round two. Quite as badly, anyway.
My current six lovelies are in a 7x2 space lit by a 400w hps, in 1g bags with a soil less mix of mostly peat moss and perlite, being fed with general hydro nutes. Yup. On about day 40 of flowering, things are looking good (for what they've been through) and will be beginning molasses water and then flushing for about 2-3 weeks, and hopefully they'll be ready to come down by day 70. My avatar is one of them.
Here's what I'd like to do next time: I'd like to expand to a 7x7 space, or at the very least a 6x6, and double my light to two 400w hps. Herein lies the first problem. I was looking at a chart that says a 400w will cover roughly a 4x4' space, so it would follow that two 400w lamps should have no problem in a 7x7 or for sure a 6x6 space. But then I was looking a couple other charts and did some math, and found out that 800 total watts is nowhere near where it needs to be in terms of kilowatts per square foot or lumens either.
Can someone tell me if my 2 400w hps idea will work, and if it won't, what would you suggest?
I'd like to have 20-25 girls total, and I've picked out four or five strains that will create a staggered finish- there should constantly be 5 girls finishing between about 50 days after 12/12 to about 75 days, ensuring a constant supply and creating extra space for the larger, longer flowering varieties as I go along. And ensuring I don't have to trim all this shit all at once. Here's the second problem. I have no idea if you can put that many plants in a space that size.
The six I have now in the 7x2 space are about 3-31/2' tall, a bit spindly (yay for stretching), were allowed to veg long enough to show definite preflowers (no forcing) and have never been pruned at all. They seem packed in tight, but they don't seem to mind, I don't think.
This time, I'd like to grow them in much the same way, except in 3g bags, or maybe square pots. I'd like to grow in organic soil with organic liquid nutes developed for soil- I'm drooling over the stuff from Roots Organics. I like the idea of letting them veg til they show gender on their own (even though these will be feminized seeds), and I'd like to try topping them once, maybe twice.
So there's the second question- will 20-25 plants grown in this manner, fit into my space- keeping in mind about 5 will be leaving the room every week from about day 50?
Ok. Holy buckets batman, first post is a monster. Ima shut up now, and save some questions for later. Way to hang in, if anyone is still here lolz and thanks in advance for your wisdom.
So my first grow is wrapping up relatively well considering I did just about EVERYTHING wrong- I stretched them, burned them, starved them, under lit them, moved them, and in spite of it, they're turning out beautifully. Hopefully I've learned enough to not screw up round two. Quite as badly, anyway.
My current six lovelies are in a 7x2 space lit by a 400w hps, in 1g bags with a soil less mix of mostly peat moss and perlite, being fed with general hydro nutes. Yup. On about day 40 of flowering, things are looking good (for what they've been through) and will be beginning molasses water and then flushing for about 2-3 weeks, and hopefully they'll be ready to come down by day 70. My avatar is one of them.
Here's what I'd like to do next time: I'd like to expand to a 7x7 space, or at the very least a 6x6, and double my light to two 400w hps. Herein lies the first problem. I was looking at a chart that says a 400w will cover roughly a 4x4' space, so it would follow that two 400w lamps should have no problem in a 7x7 or for sure a 6x6 space. But then I was looking a couple other charts and did some math, and found out that 800 total watts is nowhere near where it needs to be in terms of kilowatts per square foot or lumens either.
Can someone tell me if my 2 400w hps idea will work, and if it won't, what would you suggest?
I'd like to have 20-25 girls total, and I've picked out four or five strains that will create a staggered finish- there should constantly be 5 girls finishing between about 50 days after 12/12 to about 75 days, ensuring a constant supply and creating extra space for the larger, longer flowering varieties as I go along. And ensuring I don't have to trim all this shit all at once. Here's the second problem. I have no idea if you can put that many plants in a space that size.
The six I have now in the 7x2 space are about 3-31/2' tall, a bit spindly (yay for stretching), were allowed to veg long enough to show definite preflowers (no forcing) and have never been pruned at all. They seem packed in tight, but they don't seem to mind, I don't think.
This time, I'd like to grow them in much the same way, except in 3g bags, or maybe square pots. I'd like to grow in organic soil with organic liquid nutes developed for soil- I'm drooling over the stuff from Roots Organics. I like the idea of letting them veg til they show gender on their own (even though these will be feminized seeds), and I'd like to try topping them once, maybe twice.
So there's the second question- will 20-25 plants grown in this manner, fit into my space- keeping in mind about 5 will be leaving the room every week from about day 50?
Ok. Holy buckets batman, first post is a monster. Ima shut up now, and save some questions for later. Way to hang in, if anyone is still here lolz and thanks in advance for your wisdom.
