--tech209'z 400w hps 8sq'z closet SOG hindu kush log--

here they are at 1 month and 2 weeks .. trying to clone using the water method we'll see how that goes..tryn to hold the flowerin till feb 8 when i order the hps light but this sunday ill be pickin up everything for my bubblers so ill keep you posted on that as for temps and humidity wise my temps dont break into high 70s and the humidity level balances out 50-60% and havent watered them for a week already but ill do so this week .....

Those look good! you could get away with flowering them now for a couple weeks without your HPS, just to conserve space. your yeild should not suffer

tech209 said:

hey econo...tnx for the visit man....well heres the deal my grow closet is about 5 foot long and about 2 foot long and its 6 foot tall cant decide on which light to go for ....lookin to pull at least 1/2-1 pound .....so im in a dilema either go just switch back and so a soil type sea of green....or about 6-8 dwc 5 gal buckets what do you suggest......oh btw plants right now are about 1 1/2-2 inchs tall

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are you going to be able to vent out heat from that closet. no matter what lights you use (cept led) it is gonna get hot. being a closet grower you're prolly looking to keep things on the DL and unless you can install ventilation (intake van and exhaust) you're going to have a tough time managing temps in the closet with the door closed. If you can leave the door open when the lights on and allow plenty of air to get in you should be fine.

For lighting, consider where you will put you ballast if you consider HID lights. The ballast gets pretty hot and I wouldn't recommend putting it in the closet b/c you'll already be putting plenty of heat in there with a bulb. Good places are in the ceiling or hidden in the room.

To do a 5x2 area you're looking at 400 watt hps at least. Esp for the yields you have in mind. The light won't be able to reach the entire 5 feet so you'll either want a light mover ($200+ some places or DIY) or add CFLs to the outside and rotate the plants a lot

I'm a DWC grower and have seen other good success. I doubt you can fit 8 5gallon buckets in 5' and still have room for plants that will bring in a P. Either go SOG DWC with big totes/trays or just good old dirt in pots.

It can get spendy and if you're on a budget make sure to put money towards a light before anything else. If you want to pull a P you won't do it on crap lights. Spend the few hundred bucks extra and be amazed

If you're on a budget check out the CFL subforum and look into the Buds For Less CFL Grow Book. You can get it at most Barnes and Noble stores

McKush said:

are you going to be able to vent out heat from that closet. no matter what lights you use (cept led) it is gonna get hot. being a closet grower you're prolly looking to keep things on the DL and unless you can install ventilation (intake van and exhaust) you're going to have a tough time managing temps in the closet with the door closed. If you can leave the door open when the lights on and allow plenty of air to get in you should be fine.

For lighting, consider where you will put you ballast if you consider HID lights. The ballast gets pretty hot and I wouldn't recommend putting it in the closet b/c you'll already be putting plenty of heat in there with a bulb. Good places are in the ceiling or hidden in the room.

To do a 5x2 area you're looking at 400 watt hps at least. Esp for the yields you have in mind. The light won't be able to reach the entire 5 feet so you'll either want a light mover ($200+ some places or DIY) or add CFLs to the outside and rotate the plants a lot

I'm a DWC grower and have seen other good success. I doubt you can fit 8 5gallon buckets in 5' and still have room for plants that will bring in a P. Either go SOG DWC with big totes/trays or just good old dirt in pots.

It can get spendy and if you're on a budget make sure to put money towards a light before anything else. If you want to pull a P you won't do it on crap lights. Spend the few hundred bucks extra and be amazed

If you're on a budget check out the CFL subforum and look into the Buds For Less CFL Grow Book. You can get it at most Barnes and Noble stores

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thanx for the great input....as for the heat in the room no problem glad i dont live with parents,friends,family,ect......i got my own place with my gurl plus my house is way in the back corner another good plus is slum lanlords...the live about 200 miles from me.....the closet is in the room and most of the time the door stay a crack open and on top of that my bathroom is really close the closet n latley it has been cold as hell so ijust leave the bathroom door open with the window open n a fan blowing all the cool air into my room and closet...trust me cold as hell man now ................................... now onto the lighting i did make my choice and i will be going with a 400w hps from insidesun.com they have one on special for 99.00 plus shippin comes out to a total of 128.00 which is about 30 bucks cheaper than htgsupply and on top of my closet is some cabinet space so the ballast is going up there and ill crack those cabinet doors open a bit to be on the safe side....................................ok after going back and forth my plans is 2-dwc 5 gal buckets and 2-mother plants which are in soil im pretty sure now with this kind of set up i should be able to pull off some good yields ................was thinkin of just going with a sog of soil plants but been readin that dwc is pretty amazining when it comes down to yields but please some one correct me if i am wrong about this.......ill be taking a trip to the hydro store tomm to purchase everything except the light and ill be buying the light on feb 8 cuz i got the rent and bills to pay ...... also heard that hydro gets some pretty potent buds rather than soil...........

hey man! those are lookin mighty healthy!!! Great job bro!!!

E.F.

econofarmer said:

hey man! those are lookin mighty healthy!!! Great job bro!!!

E.F.

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thanx ef ...fuck man im so fucken confused i keep going back and forth back and forth, ebb n flow or dwc ebb or dwc .....im just thinkin of doing a SOG setup n soil in my closet since its longer and i can make good use with my 400w like that but im not ruling out dwc yet........

whats dwc ebb?

JayDRO said:

whats dwc ebb?

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no i was meaning either ebb n flow or dwc...couldnt make up my mind on which one to go with.....

Hey tech209,
I'm a total noobie, but i've been doing a lot of reading. What i'm finding is that you get increased growth velocity with hydro, but the buds are not necessarily more potent. Some have said that organic buds taste better as well. Anybody else heard this?

209? where you from?

nothing beats soil!!! dont care what any one says!

Went to this new hydroponics store and wow it was like a toysrus for me ....picked up a cloning get and some plugs to get started ....and they have promix #4 their but want 40.00 for that big bag and they have black gold soil for 9.99 so imma go for the black gold in a couple weeks where their ready for transplant....heres a couple of pics of my homemade cloning dome .......

That looks great man!

looks tight man!!

koo thnx guys for the hit up.....cloned about 30 cuttings and temp stays at 79 degrees and 93% humidity keep u guys updated on how they do wish me luck......

i get excited just looking at all the clones!!! =D

good job man

lookin sweet. so your going soil with the grow on the clones?

right now im leanin to black gold soil

I use Black gold with GH flora nova grow and bloom. they go together like bread and ganja butter.