advice for NOOB GROW?

[tokenbrownguy]

So this is my first grow...nothing simple. Two ww ladies, under a 250 watt hps. MG soil, PhD water as needed ( mostly every three days, sometimes I can push to four days). I had some heat issues early on, and have recently experianced noot burn, which I hope is resolving. They were started from seeds, approx 4 weeks ago. I have the two oscilating fans, the 250 hps, I have the t12 fixture, but not in use, as well as the ghetto cfl fixture, also not in use...cheap, effective thus far...any helpful ideas, or constructive critism?

 

[amrcngror]

did u mean (WW) white widow? under a 250w hps?

 

[tokenbrownguy]

Yes, is that not appropriate?

 

[Bwpz]

did u mean (WW) white widow? under a 250w hps?

Yeah, that's what he said lol

 

[amrcngror]

thats sweet dude thats EXACTLY what my last grow was and this current grow im doing now, i have a 250w hps 8 ww about week anda half old right now from seed, was just kinda shoked to see someone doin the exact same thing im doin, last grow i used MG soil too lol how nuts hey? but this grow i switched to fox farm happy frog soil , ill give u any advice u need bro

 

[tokenbrownguy]

thats sweet dude thats EXACTLY what my last grow was and this current grow im doing now, i have a 250w hps 8 ww about week anda half old right now from seed, was just kinda shoked to see someone doin the exact same thing im doin, last grow i used MG soil too lol how nuts hey? but this grow i switched to fox farm happy frog soil , ill give u any advice u need bro

Thanks dude...for some reason, the other posts made me feel like an idiot, or something...iafter EVERYTHING I read and researched, my head was SWIRLING...so I decided to KISS...keep it simple, stupid...I too am planning on FF next time as well...this is awesome...I feel good about my grow. Thanks, bro.

 

[tokenbrownguy]

Any idea on how and when to work the cfl and t12 lights into the mix?

 

[Bwpz]

Any idea on how and when to work the cfl and t12 lights into the mix?

What spectrum are they? You could use them now if you wanted, wouldn't hurt as long as heat didn't become an issue.

 

[amrcngror]

hell yea man, even with the MG soil last time with 6 ww and one ice i yielded like just over a qp, i like ww it doesnt stink as bad as some strains and on one of my ww plants yielded 25grams by itself (i keep my plants bout 3ft or lil under) i feel ya i was researching and reading on this site for days i kno what u mean by you head swirling lol there so much to it so thats what i did my first time was keep it simple, then after the first run i upgraded alot lol

 

[amrcngror]

i used my 250w hps threw the whole thing from begining to end no cfl's or flours just plain ol hps whole way, didnt seem to hurt anything, hope this helps

 

[tokenbrownguy]

They are both for vegging...blue spectrum, no?...I'm kinda having trouble thinking of a set up for them that would allow me to adjust all lights, as needed...so that all levels of the ladies are bathed in light...would it be inappropriate to incorporate the cfls and then switch from the 24/0 cycle to say...an 18/4 cycle, if convenient for me.

 

[gopherbuddah]

Grow's looking nice. Way to keep it simple.

 

[tokenbrownguy]

i used my 250w hps threw the whole thing from begining to end no cfl's or flours just plain ol hps whole way, didnt seem to hurt anything, hope this helps

Did the ladies veg without much stretching? I've read that hps can be used throughout, but more of the blue spectrum is ideal as it doesn't promote stretching like the hps has a tendancy to.

 

[tokenbrownguy]

Grow's looking nice. Way to keep it simple.

Thanks, man...I appreciate comments like this, especially from a mod as urself.

 

[amrcngror]

well my first run i used the hps on 24/0 for 3 weeks then 4th week of veg i bumped it down to 18/6 for a week then 12/12 when they were bout ten inches to a foot tall ( i built a grow box thats only like 65 inches high so i gotta keepem kinda short)

 

[Bwpz]

Thanks, man...I appreciate comments like this, especially from a mod as urself.

In the end do whatever's most convenient for you, but you could use those CFL's and the tubes the whole grow if you wanted.

 

[amrcngror]

Did the ladies veg without much stretching? I've read that hps can be used throughout, but more of the blue spectrum is ideal as it doesn't promote stretching like the hps has a tendancy to.

oh no there wasnt any stretching i kept the light kinda close but not so close that they were gettin burnt, your ladies are looking good too by the way

 

[amrcngror]

In the end do whatever's most convenient for you, but you could use those CFL's and the tubes the whole grow if you wanted.

yea you totally could, im not saying use the hps the whole way, do what is convenient for your set up but im just saying thats what i did and i had no problems

 

[tokenbrownguy]

well my first run i used the hps on 24/0 for 3 weeks then 4th week of veg i bumped it down to 18/6 for a week then 12/12 when they were bout ten inches to a foot tall ( i built a grow box thats only like 65 inches high so i gotta keepem kinild? Like maybe a zip each...maybe?.da short)

Duh...18/6... I think earlier I wrote 18/4...what a stoner!...ya think if I veg them until they are say, 15 in or maybe 17 in Max, i d yield decent?

 

[Bwpz]

If I were you I'd of used the tubes and the CFL's for Veg then use the HPS for flowerin, maybe alongisde the CFL's and take the tubes out.