Griff79
Member
Hi,
This is my first grow and I have to tell you that I am having so much fun!! Here is the low down on what I have done so far. I have to tell you that I have no idea what I'm doing. I am just reading on different internet sites, watching YouTube, I read Jorge Cervantes book and have a buddy coaching me a little.
My room is 10 x 12, ceiling 10' insulated, I installed a 2 ton mini split, running 6 xtrasun digital ballasts, 6 old school cool tubes duct with an 8" max fan with pulleys to raise and lower as needed, there is another 8" fan duct to the outside to bring in fresh air as needed.
I started with 12 Colorado Pinkberry as clones I got from a friend, potted them in 1 gal smart pots using Happy Frog for about 6 weeks. Then transferred them to 7 gal smart pots again with Happy Frog for another 6 weeks. 24 hrs under Metal Halide, I used the basic A&B and Cal Mag for 2 watering and then 1-2 watering with plain water, repeat as necessary. I ph the water to about 5.6. The temps during veg were kept between 70-85 deg depending on how cold it was outside. Humidity was low throughout the entire veg not going above 25%
I made 4 tables out of 2 x 4 and plywood with casters to roll the plants on and sometimes rotated them around the room. I tried to keep things very simple, very simple. Water, basic nutes, light, roughly the correct temp range, I know the humidity was low but I thought it would hold down some problems so I didn't try and add humidity.
At about 9 weeks I lollipop them. From what I understand I cleaned off the bottom 1/3, a couple I went to town on, some medium and some less
At 12 weeks I flipped them to flower 12/12 and swapped out the MH for HPS. At this point they were about 5 feet tall and I was worried I would run out of ceiling space so it was time to get these girls flowering. They are 1.5 weeks in and have stretched about 1.5 feet. I made a 4 trellis out of PVC and lashed it to the tables so I could still move the plants around. This has proved invaluable, the damn girls are so big it's like a jungle in there.
So that is all for now. I have tons of questions, comments and ideas I want to share with you guys. Most of this has gone great. I know I could do better but for my very first run nothing major has gone haywire. Here is a little video. I welcome any comments or advice.
Thanks,
Griff
This is my first grow and I have to tell you that I am having so much fun!! Here is the low down on what I have done so far. I have to tell you that I have no idea what I'm doing. I am just reading on different internet sites, watching YouTube, I read Jorge Cervantes book and have a buddy coaching me a little.
My room is 10 x 12, ceiling 10' insulated, I installed a 2 ton mini split, running 6 xtrasun digital ballasts, 6 old school cool tubes duct with an 8" max fan with pulleys to raise and lower as needed, there is another 8" fan duct to the outside to bring in fresh air as needed.
I started with 12 Colorado Pinkberry as clones I got from a friend, potted them in 1 gal smart pots using Happy Frog for about 6 weeks. Then transferred them to 7 gal smart pots again with Happy Frog for another 6 weeks. 24 hrs under Metal Halide, I used the basic A&B and Cal Mag for 2 watering and then 1-2 watering with plain water, repeat as necessary. I ph the water to about 5.6. The temps during veg were kept between 70-85 deg depending on how cold it was outside. Humidity was low throughout the entire veg not going above 25%
I made 4 tables out of 2 x 4 and plywood with casters to roll the plants on and sometimes rotated them around the room. I tried to keep things very simple, very simple. Water, basic nutes, light, roughly the correct temp range, I know the humidity was low but I thought it would hold down some problems so I didn't try and add humidity.
At about 9 weeks I lollipop them. From what I understand I cleaned off the bottom 1/3, a couple I went to town on, some medium and some less
At 12 weeks I flipped them to flower 12/12 and swapped out the MH for HPS. At this point they were about 5 feet tall and I was worried I would run out of ceiling space so it was time to get these girls flowering. They are 1.5 weeks in and have stretched about 1.5 feet. I made a 4 trellis out of PVC and lashed it to the tables so I could still move the plants around. This has proved invaluable, the damn girls are so big it's like a jungle in there.
So that is all for now. I have tons of questions, comments and ideas I want to share with you guys. Most of this has gone great. I know I could do better but for my very first run nothing major has gone haywire. Here is a little video. I welcome any comments or advice.
Thanks,
Griff
