Multi-strain grow. how can i be better?

[Thorhax]

My soil is a mix of roots organics potting soil, fox farm ocean forrest, and coco coir.

Currently using these nutrients:
fox farm: grow big, big bloom, tiger bloom
superthrive
nectar for the gods Aphrodite's extraction (i love this stuff)
general hydroponics amor si
advanced nutrients liquid carboload
extreme gardening: mykos and azos

Veg room: temp 77day/73night. 24hrs on 192w 6500k 8 bulb T5 fluorescent covering 26"x28" room

Two indie skunk (middle front and back left), two L.S.D.(front left and back right), one super lemon haze(back middle) and one THC Bomb (front right)
two clones on the left are Hawaiian skunk haze the the other is strawberry blue

Flower tent:
81-84 day/ 73-75 night temps, 45-50% humidity during day and 65-73% during the night time. the lighting includes five 65w 2700K CFLs, one 270w LED panel in the middle, two LED ufos in 4'9''x4'9''x6'7'' tent.

I currently have 1 of the following strains 25 days into flowering:
strawberry blue
, L.S.D.
, super lemon haze ,
Hawaiian skunk haze
, and indie skunk

i just added two more strawberry blue, one liberty haze, and one pineapple chunk.

I just ordered a Chinese 400w COB LED to add to my lighting even though everything is growing awesome. hopefully it puts these girls into overdrive.

ANY ADVICE IS WELCOMED

 

[Thorhax]

bump

 

[Blindnslow]

After the FF do any of those additives have cal/mag in it? if not you will probably need some around 1/2 way through flowering(watch for brown spots). At Least that's been my experience on certain strains. I get bigger yields with it.. Just looked it up.. nope.... I'd get some cal/mag unless you put bone meal in the medium.. I also use molasses every 4th watering.. until the end then every other watering the last 2 weeks..

 

[Thorhax]

After the FF do any of those additives have cal/mag in it? if not you will probably need some around 1/2 way through flowering(watch for brown spots). At Least that's been my experience on certain strains. I get bigger yields with it.. Just looked it up.. nope.... I'd get some cal/mag unless you put bone meal in the medium.. I also use molasses every 4th watering.. until the end then every other watering the last 2 weeks..

because i do not have any brown spots, I'm assuming there is some sort of cal/mag in there somewhere, however i do not supplement it specifically. ill totally look into it though, cause bigger yields sounds very nice

 

[Thorhax]

bump

 

[rocknratm]

just keep the plants healthy. looks really good

 

[bu$hleaguer]

I like your soil mix. Haven't used roots organics soil before but since ocean forest and happy frog are kind of hot, I've wanted to go your route. How do you like it so far, any signs of good growth/bad growth or any thoughts?

 

[SpaaaceCowboy]

Imo, if you want to improve.....throw that tent in the garbage, and replace it with a cardboard box....

Real simple, and I think everyone knows : Cardboard boxes = bigger yields.

 

[Extacie]

get humidity down in the flower room, especially during the dark period. Don't want mold, that's for sure!

 

[prosperian]

No secret to multi-strain grows except staggered harvesting to your preferred ripeness. Looks like you're off to a good start. Plants look good.

I run a similar grow and use roots organics exclusively, led (area51-160), and similar closet at 2X3. I yield 2.25-3 zips per plant with 4-5 count, five gal containers. Tight squeeze but they fit.

Veg for 4-8 weeks depending on what I'm doing. Hope that helps, PM if you have any specific questions. I add water to my cooked RO soil to harvest, easy peasy. Little molasses around 5th week flower.

 

[Thorhax]

I like your soil mix. Haven't used roots organics soil before but since ocean forest and happy frog are kind of hot, I've wanted to go your route. How do you like it so far, any signs of good growth/bad growth or any thoughts?

My soil mix is doing awesome. I do think that ocean Forrest and roots are to hot for seedlings but happy frog should be fine (not as much organic food I think) however I mix both roots and ocean forest then cut it with coco coir. Since coco can hold 22% air when it is saturated the roots have a constant supply of oxygen. The roots has lots and lots of drainage, more than I like so I mix the ocean forest which holds water pretty well. Both soils have a bunch of nice organic food in them so a lot of ferts are not necessary during veg. I have to water the flower room (all 5 gals) every other day and the veg room (all 3 gals) every third day.

 

[Thorhax]

get humidity down in the flower room, especially during the dark period. Don't want mold, that's for sure!

I put a fan on one of the intake holes and it pushes air into the tent and circulates it pretty well. I don't know another way to control it while keeping the tent sealed during lights off. Any ideas?

 

[Thorhax]

No secret to multi-strain grows except staggered harvesting to your preferred ripeness. Looks like you're off to a good start. Plants look good.

I run a similar grow and use roots organics exclusively, led (area51-160), and similar closet at 2X3. I yield 2.25-3 zips per plant with 4-5 count, five gal containers. Tight squeeze but they fit.

Veg for 4-8 weeks depending on what I'm doing. Hope that helps, PM if you have any specific questions. I add water to my cooked RO soil to harvest, easy peasy. Little molasses around 5th week flower.

I have some questions

What are the specs and info of your light?

How far do you hang it from your canopy?

What strains are you growing?

If you could generalize, when does most of your weight pack on your buds?

Sorry for the bombardment, just very curious.

 

[Thorhax]

I will post updated photos on Thursday or Friday with the new light set up

 

[Extacie]

Is it pushing it in from outside? If so then you should probably be good, they just need fresh air from outside.. But other cheap ways to lower humidity would be "damp-rid" I keep them in the room sometimes throughout the winter in case of an un-expected power outage .http://www.amazon.com/DampRid-FG50T-Hi-Capacity-Moisture-Absorber/dp/B0029EGUNG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1400684329&sr=8-3&keywords=damp+rid

Best of luck man.

 

[prosperian]

I have some questions

What are the specs and info of your light?

How far do you hang it from your canopy?

What strains are you growing?

If you could generalize, when does most of your weight pack on your buds?

Sorry for the bombardment, just very curious.

I run the panel at 18" above canopy.

My strains: Pineapple Exp, Ak47, White Lavender, Diesel, Blue OG, Og18, Sour Kush.

Weight packs on around 8-10 weeks.

Specs on my light are similar to below. I'm running a SGS160 this is a new RW150

RW-150 LED Grow Light

Unit Size: 12" wide, 18" long, 2.75" thick

Power Source: 36x Cree XTE Cool White 5700-6200k + 36x Cree XPE Red

Electrical Consumption: 100w Veg Mode; 155w Flowering Mode

Recommended flowering footprint:
Minimum: 24"x24" Maximum: 36"x36" Optimal: 24"x30"

Recommended veg footprint: Up to 36"x36" in 100w veg mode.

Cooling: Finned Aluminum Heat Sinks + (2) 120mm 73cfm/10dba ball bearing fans.

Operating temperature: 77F - 86F / 25C - 30C (generally operates a few degrees higher than ambient temps) We recommend that you keep your grow room between 70°F and 77°F.

80° Degree secondary Optics

Limited Lifetime Warranty

http://a51led.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=192

 

[Thorhax]

I run the panel at 18" above canopy.

My strains: Pineapple Exp, Ak47, White Lavender, Diesel, Blue OG, Og18, Sour Kush.

Weight packs on around 8-10 weeks.

Specs on my light are similar to below. I'm running a SGS160 this is a new RW150

RW-150 LED Grow Light

Unit Size: 12" wide, 18" long, 2.75" thick

Power Source: 36x Cree XTE Cool White 5700-6200k + 36x Cree XPE Red

Electrical Consumption: 100w Veg Mode; 155w Flowering Mode

Recommended flowering footprint:
Minimum: 24"x24" Maximum: 36"x36" Optimal: 24"x30"

Recommended veg footprint: Up to 36"x36" in 100w veg mode.

Cooling: Finned Aluminum Heat Sinks + (2) 120mm 73cfm/10dba ball bearing fans.

Operating temperature: 77F - 86F / 25C - 30C (generally operates a few degrees higher than ambient temps) We recommend that you keep your grow room between 70°F and 77°F.

80° Degree secondary Optics

Limited Lifetime Warranty

http://a51led.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=192

I hear that your grow light is the best as far as spectrum for plants go. But I'm loving my new 400w COB from china. Maybe it's just in my head but all the plants look perky and happy, and they love that I was able to bring my temp down to 79 in the day. (CFLs are useless in my opinion now, to hot for little light, I was using 65w ers) I have all four of my panels 2 feet away from most of the canopy. Strawberry blue shot.

Next post when I have more time I'll take individual shot out of the purple light Monday evening probably.

 

[Thorhax]

Is it pushing it in from outside? If so then you should probably be good, they just need fresh air from outside.. But other cheap ways to lower humidity would be "damp-rid" I keep them in the room sometimes throughout the winter in case of an un-expected power outage .http://www.amazon.com/DampRid-FG50T-Hi-Capacity-Moisture-Absorber/dp/B0029EGUNG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1400684329&sr=8-3&keywords=damp rid

Best of luck man.

Yes it is. And I'm keeping the humidity down to 58% at night! which is better than what t was haha. What % do those tubs keep the rooms you put them in?