Where to start..
I have my tent setup now. Its a 4'9" x 4'9" x 7'. I have 2 - 600 watt high pressure sodium's in it, inline cooled by a 450 cfm fan. Using the numbers off the bulbs I should be pushing around 7360 lumens a square foot, I'm sure its somewhat less than that but it should be okay. I'm using a can filter for odor control on a 450 cfm fan.
I still have some things to do such as getting a couple dust/light proof filters for my exhausts and intakes, getting a better fan solution for the inside of my tent and getting a solution to get the plants up there closer to the lights but so far so good.
The plants are 4 pure power by g13 seeds. Its an Indica-dominant hybrid that I got for free from attitude a few years ago and I have had good success with it. The flowering time for these is around 7ish weeks.
They have been vegging for 6 weeks under t5's. I am running the Earth Juice line of nutes (Catalyst, Microblast, Grow, Hi-Brix Molasses, Bloom, and Hygrozyme which is not the earth juice line) on the schedule recommended in the nute comparison thread in the general growing section. I mix the nutes in a cone bottom tank, heat it to 85 degrees and run an air stone in it for 24-48 hours. I add the Hygrozyme right before I water the plants.
The soil is Pro-Mix BX. I mix in 1.25 cups of lime and about 3/4 a cup of all purpose bat guano per 5 gallons of soil. They were planted in 1.5 gallon pots for 5 weeks. They were a little root bound, I will be transplanting them a little sooner next time. They are in about 8 gallons of soil now. I have added Great White to the first water in after each transplant. I will most likely be flipping to flower at the next feeding depending on how quickly they acclimate to my tent and the new HID's.
I am open to any and all constructive criticism or suggestions.
I have my tent setup now. Its a 4'9" x 4'9" x 7'. I have 2 - 600 watt high pressure sodium's in it, inline cooled by a 450 cfm fan. Using the numbers off the bulbs I should be pushing around 7360 lumens a square foot, I'm sure its somewhat less than that but it should be okay. I'm using a can filter for odor control on a 450 cfm fan.
I still have some things to do such as getting a couple dust/light proof filters for my exhausts and intakes, getting a better fan solution for the inside of my tent and getting a solution to get the plants up there closer to the lights but so far so good.
The plants are 4 pure power by g13 seeds. Its an Indica-dominant hybrid that I got for free from attitude a few years ago and I have had good success with it. The flowering time for these is around 7ish weeks.
They have been vegging for 6 weeks under t5's. I am running the Earth Juice line of nutes (Catalyst, Microblast, Grow, Hi-Brix Molasses, Bloom, and Hygrozyme which is not the earth juice line) on the schedule recommended in the nute comparison thread in the general growing section. I mix the nutes in a cone bottom tank, heat it to 85 degrees and run an air stone in it for 24-48 hours. I add the Hygrozyme right before I water the plants.
The soil is Pro-Mix BX. I mix in 1.25 cups of lime and about 3/4 a cup of all purpose bat guano per 5 gallons of soil. They were planted in 1.5 gallon pots for 5 weeks. They were a little root bound, I will be transplanting them a little sooner next time. They are in about 8 gallons of soil now. I have added Great White to the first water in after each transplant. I will most likely be flipping to flower at the next feeding depending on how quickly they acclimate to my tent and the new HID's.
I am open to any and all constructive criticism or suggestions.
