250w HPS Small Tent Grow

Lurkkone

Member
Eyyyyyy :bigjoint:
What I have here is a small stealth/ experiment grow, I have grown a little bit before, starting off with cheap setups and with cfls. Last time I was growing three lemon kush plants under about 3 6500k cfls per plant to start off with then when switched to flower 2500k, veg was pretty good with cfls, but the yeild wasnt that good.. When I was growing with cfls I really wanted to switch to HPS lights because obviously, they're a lot better, but they can get pretty expensive. I took a break after my last grow and took everything down, then I came across a $100 HPS light at my local hydro store and couldn't pass it up, I eventually got a small tent because I jus wanted to grow some personal smoke and see how it turned out,and then i got some inline fans, some ducting, nutrients (general Hydroponics Go Box) , PH kit, temp/hygro, and some Fox Farms Ocean forest soil and Im thinking I could have a decent grow. This grow is kind of just an experiment (its bag seed) until the seeds I ordered come in the mail and it takes forever down here.

What I'm growing in is a 1'4" x 1'4" x 3'11" GrowLab tent with,
-Mini Sunburst All-in-One Full Spectrum 250w HPS
- a HydroFarm 4in. Inline fan with 165 cfm pulling air out of the tent
- a four inch booster fan putting air into the tent


My plant right now is 3 weeks and two days old. It's on a 18/6 light schedule and
I just started feeding it with nutrients yesterday because i read that the soil I'm using (Fox Farms Ocean Forest) should keep my plant fed for 3-4 weeks. I noticed The first two leaves started yellowing yesterday so I figured it was time to start using nutrients, I put in about half the strength that it said too because this is basically my first time feeding and mixing nutes so im kinda scared. I used the nutrients it said to use on the go box chart on week 3 (Late Bloom), plus the optional Bio Marine because I read that the plants really like that shit ( Didn't use Diamond black , any suggestions on that ?). So when I checked my (hopefully girl) today it seemed like it really liked what I fed it because most of the leaves were, perky besides the bottom ones, and the new tops and growths were a lot bigger. I live in AZ so it gets pretty hot and in the day time for a couple of hours, the temps get up to about 85F and get down to 70F when its sleeping in the night, is that bad? If so what can I do to change that? also a lil bit more info on her is that I top her about a week ago,the tops came in well and the side growths from the node right below the node where the new tops are has caught up with the new tops, so im hoping im going to have four tops. My plants getting pretty bushy, at about 14 days from sprout I was noticing side growths already and now the side growths in all of the mainstem nodes are getting pretty bushy and big

But anyways,
I'm just looking to get any tips and advice
and I also want to see what you guys think of my grow because Im still a beginner and Im all about learning more so please leave me some advice or feedback.

Here are some pics of it starting at about 7 Days, to 14, to today. I will get better pictures tomorrow when the lights are back on.
PEAAAAAACE (;

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herbivore69

Well-Known Member
Eyyyyyy :bigjoint:
What I have here is a small stealth/ experiment grow, I have grown a little bit before, starting off with cheap setups and with cfls. Last time I was growing three lemon kush plants under about 3 6500k cfls per plant to start off with then when switched to flower 2500k, veg was pretty good with cfls, but the yeild wasnt that good.. When I was growing with cfls I really wanted to switch to HPS lights because obviously, they're a lot better, but they can get pretty expensive. I took a break after my last grow and took everything down, then I came across a $100 HPS light at my local hydro store and couldn't pass it up, I eventually got a small tent because I jus wanted to grow some personal smoke and see how it turned out,and then i got some inline fans, some ducting, nutrients (general Hydroponics Go Box) , PH kit, temp/hygro, and some Fox Farms Ocean forest soil and Im thinking I could have a decent grow. This grow is kind of just an experiment (its bag seed) until the seeds I ordered come in the mail and it takes forever down here.

What I'm growing in is a 1'4" x 1'4" x 3'11" GrowLab tent with,
-Mini Sunburst All-in-One Full Spectrum 250w HPS
- a HydroFarm 4in. Inline fan with 165 cfm pulling air out of the tent
- a four inch booster fan putting air into the tent


My plant right now is 3 weeks and two days old. It's on a 18/6 light schedule and
I just started feeding it with nutrients yesterday because i read that the soil I'm using (Fox Farms Ocean Forest) should keep my plant fed for 3-4 weeks. I noticed The first two leaves started yellowing yesterday so I figured it was time to start using nutrients, I put in about half the strength that it said too because this is basically my first time feeding and mixing nutes so im kinda scared. I used the nutrients it said to use on the go box chart on week 3 (Late Bloom), plus the optional Bio Marine because I read that the plants really like that shit ( Didn't use Diamond black , any suggestions on that ?). So when I checked my (hopefully girl) today it seemed like it really liked what I fed it because most of the leaves were, perky besides the bottom ones, and the new tops and growths were a lot bigger. I live in AZ so it gets pretty hot and in the day time for a couple of hours, the temps get up to about 85F and get down to 70F when its sleeping in the night, is that bad? If so what can I do to change that? also a lil bit more info on her is that I top her about a week ago,the tops came in well and the side growths from the node right below the node where the new tops are has caught up with the new tops, so im hoping im going to have four tops. My plants getting pretty bushy, at about 14 days from sprout I was noticing side growths already and now the side growths in all of the mainstem nodes are getting pretty bushy and big

But anyways,
I'm just looking to get any tips and advice
and I also want to see what you guys think of my grow because Im still a beginner and Im all about learning more so please leave me some advice or feedback.

Here are some pics of it starting at about 7 Days, to 14, to today. I will get better pictures tomorrow when the lights are back on.
PEAAAAAACE (;

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Hey man sounds like ur in real good shape. 85 high and 70 for a low is very nice IMO. Keep up the updates cause I wanna watch this one from start to finish! -Herbi
 

Lurkkone

Member
Hey man sounds like ur in real good shape. 85 high and 70 for a low is very nice IMO. Keep up the updates cause I wanna watch this one from start to finish! -Herbi
Hell yeah thats what I like to hear, i was getting kinda scared with it getting up to 85 and everything, I jus wasnt sure if it was too high or not. and will do Im gonna be posting pics shortly of it now, thanks for the reply and thanks for checkin it out. advice and more info is always needed here !
 

Lurkkone

Member
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I think she's getting pretty bushy !
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If you look closely at the bottom of the pic youll see a leaf thats pretty messed up,its got yellow spots with brown outlines and the leaves crispy. any ideas on what that is?? I think its leaf burn because the inline fan im running thats pulling air out is pretty strong so it pulls the front of my tent in and i think the reflective material burnt the leaves but im not sure ! but aside from that the tops came in really good and they're getting alot bigger and im noticing sidegrowths are getting big !
 

Lurkkone

Member
Oh and the new tops are starting to get alot of trichomes on the new leaf growths, can males get this as well? I can't wait to sex this plant and find out what im working with !
 

herbivore69

Well-Known Member
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I think she's getting pretty bushy !
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If you look closely at the bottom of the pic youll see a leaf thats pretty messed up,its got yellow spots with brown outlines and the leaves crispy. any ideas on what that is?? I think its leaf burn because the inline fan im running thats pulling air out is pretty strong so it pulls the front of my tent in and i think the reflective material burnt the leaves but im not sure ! but aside from that the tops came in really good and they're getting alot bigger and im noticing sidegrowths are getting big !
Daaaaaamn those are some bushy dank plants u got there! Nice n lush green. Cant wait to see those babies blow up
 
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