Here's a few pics of my overly basic "room".
2'x3'x7' 250w HPS with a homemade cool tube, 4" inline fan, scrubber, and a few other fans./QUOTE]
If you seen what I started off with you'd be well proud of your set up loll
Loving your shelves - no grow room is complete without themsomething I'm lacking distinctively currently...
How did you make your cool tube? - I was considering this, but then gave up and just bought one lol
My one critique - It's a positive negative, and in the spirit of Txchillies suggestion of suggesting something - you have the room to go much much bigger, and with your HPS you can grow some noice danky bitches!
Bigger pots will give you better yields. Even if you keep your plants trim and small, your buds will be massive and rock hard. Because the roots will be that much bigger, as will your trunks, ergo much more nutrient uptake
I've seen it. It's true!
Otherwise lovin it mateKeep growing!
Hey BC, things are going pretty well
That is awesome...we have the same setup
. I think we'll still be growing bigger buds with crap bulbs versus CFLs hehe. I still love my CFLs though! Am going to have the smaller vegging plants on the outskirts of the HID and will probably hang the 200w CFL there.
Awww alright
. Will put up some pics....along with my newly arrived tent!Sounds incredibly delicious...what is the advertised THC content?My Strawberry Cheesecake only just germed
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I don't mind if the 12/12 makes them smaller...as long as it isn't due to deficiency. The seedlings were yellowing right after their first set of true leaves...and when I transplanted, saw that there were tons of dry pockets in the starter mix after I had just watered. Pretty shitty mix. Realize that vegging them out would make them a little bigger, but then it's not 12/12 from seed! Was inspired by this thread by del66666: https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/416589-12-12-seed-thread.html. He has some pretty amazing results...with 12/12 the plants end up with one massive cola...he pulls 2-3 ounces on average from each plant in 7 liter pots and they measure between 24-32 inches. He averages around 11 weeks with some plants, seed to harvest.I think going straight to 12/12 will make them smaller... If you have them on 24/7 or even 18/6 (which I've just started doing) for a week or two before hand they'll be getting that much more lumen power than just the 12 hrs per day.
I've been running my veggers for 24/7 the whole time and only last week decided that I should let them sleep - with the theory in mind, that children grow more when they sleep lol AND I seem to notice my bud growing more during it's sleep period. it seems to be working well too as they're responding positively. A more natural way, I think, recreating spring time. Whereas the flower box is autumn
The trouble is, you need a second space to have a different light schedule, so no sense trying if you have only one space...
One suggestion for you - I'm growing my seedlings out in my aero pot which you've seen - this is just on my kitchen side... you could do this too for a few weeks just to let them grow a little before flowering, if you don't have the second space that is
I want to get around to trying that Blueberry soon... I did some Blueberry Cheese and that was awesome! Prob my fave yield yet even. I'll be sticking around to see how blue they turn at end
Just did a fresh update too if you wanna check some more recent bud porn
Starting to look frosty Mo! How have the roots been doing??
Aye I hear ya.
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I'm glad I inspired you! Many people inspired me to grow, and it feels awesome to do it in turn. Thanks for posting and feel free to throw up some pics
Almost forgot to tell you...your grow space is the shit!
So basically the Sea-of-Green technique, but with seeds rather than clones
Right now I'm torn between the two lol....maybe will do the 12/12 with only the CFLs in the bin...have 6.5 feet (almost 2 meters) to work with in the tent! Didn't realize how huge this thing is. Alright, I'm going to stop talking and take some picsSo basically the Sea-of-Green technique, but with seeds rather than clones
A highly successful technique if mastered for sure. I have this other mate ( I know a lot of growers LoL) who swears by this too, his difference is he uses auto's. I can't be arsed with them as they're not as strong, not as high yielding as photoperiods and all the pissing around with having to make seeds with rodelization and cordial silver solutions LoL Much easier to make a clone or twelve haha
I haven't tried a sea of green yet as I've still got my mind set on trying to go hydro and to get my ladies as big as possible. But I will try it one day. Maybe once I move house.... I don't know yet what the scene's gonna be like, shed-wise lol
. Then I will stop by your update lol
Here's what I think, lady J...Right now I'm torn between the two lol....maybe will do the 12/12 with only the CFLs in the bin...have 6.5 feet (almost 2 meters) to work with in the tent! Didn't realize how huge this thing is. Alright, I'm going to stop talking and take some pics
How much more satisfying can that get! haha
I think Del has inspired a lot of us. I discovered the 12/12 thread just after my failed first grow, (insert moment of silence here for the victims). I found Del's thread and fell in love with this method. I have yet to try any other. In just over a year and perhaps 5 staggered runs of 1-3 plants each run, I've gotten things pretty much dialed in. It has become "set it and forget it" growing.
You've gotta love the ease of a perpetual grow with 12/12. My closet has the same dimensions as yours and I can't imagine a more efficient method in terms of time, energy, and effort. I also like that my plants top out at 24-28" with an acceptable yield.
