400w in a tent, Ultimate ScROG and perpetual SoG

matthebrute

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Hey RIU :)

This is my 3rd actual grow, havent done it right yet so lets hope third time is a charm.

a little history, my first grow was 4x bagseed outdoor this past summer, ended up with 4 females did a few things wrong but still walked away with 6 Oz dry. Decided to try my hand at indoor growing, started with a cardboard box and some CFL did alot of things wrong but learned alot as i went. recently i had the oppertunity to invest in a 32x32 grow tent and a 400w HID and some beans from the Attitude (lucky 7's promo) my girls are under the HPS right now, going to get a small yeild in a few weeks but nothing great.

ok now that the history is over on with the grow.

Equipment
400w HPS/MH digital ballast w/ aircooled hood
32x32" grow tent
DIY dresser cab
PH test kit
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Beans
Dutch Passion Frisian Dew Feminized
BIG BUDDHA Blue Cheese Feminized
Dinafem Seeds OG Kush
World of Seeds Medical Collection Northern Lights x Big Bud Feminized
T H Seeds MK Ultra Feminized
Delicious Seeds Fruity Chronic Juice Feminized
Eva Seeds Veneno (poison) Feminized
G13 Labs Blueberry Gum Feminized
Emerald Triangle Seeds Bubba 76
Kannabia Seeds Auto Mikromachine Feminized
Kannabia Seeds Auto Hobbit Feminized
Dinafem Seeds Cheese
Nutrients
im trying my hand at organic, i will be using FF happy frog fert 3-4-3 along with leechates and worm castings from a vermicomposting bin i made. i do have some MG chem ferts in case shit gets heavy but want to avoid using them.
Medium
from my medium im am going with a pro mix soiless mix, happy frog nutes, perilite and a pich of garden lime for cal mag and PH reasons.
The plan
i got my beans in from the attitude 2 days ago, was going to wait but got impatient and same day popped a blue cheese, frisian dew and the auto hobbit in the paper towel, all 3 beans popped and i just put them in the soil today
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I will be vegging under CFL and flowering under the HPS, this way i can have a veg and flower cab up and running at the same time. my light schedule is 12/12 for flower and 18/6 for vegg. i do have a few more things i need to buy but for right now i should be good to get started.

The ultimate ScROG
i have a 10gal tote that will fit into my veg cab, once the seedlings are ready for transplant I will place them in thier final growing containers. The blue cheese is going to go into the tote with a screen on top, i will LST around the top rim of the tote untill the screen in filled then put it into the flower cab, i estimate 3 month veg time for this project.

SoG/perpetual
for the SoG/perpetual portion of this grow I do not plan on keeping a mother but i do plan on taking clones, basicly just a rotation @ about 8" tall i will take 2 clones from a blue cheese and a dew, 2 weeks later i will do this again untill i have about 8 plants vegging, then as one set hits the flower cab i will take clones from them and into flower, ultimatly i want to harverst 2 plants 1 BC and 1 dew every 2 weeks.

heres a few more pics and a couple of my current plants, you can also check out my current grow in my sig :) hope to have some followers and meet some new friends along the way, ENJOY!!

As always i am welcome to any and all friendly suggestions and comments, please for the sake of this being a friendly thread dont come on here and be a TWAT, troll go back under your bridge and lets just keep this a fun and friendly thread where we can all learn from each other :)
 

francy420

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Looking good bro. Love to see a well thought out plan, instead of just jumping in. Your gonna love the soil less mix. All I can say about the soil less is make sure to use a lower ph going in, like 5.8. Just like hydro. That's a lot of strains you got there. Try not to do too many different strains at one time. Sometimes it can get overwhelming, and crazy. And have fun, and good luck. I wasn't really happy with my product until my third, or forth grow. So hopefully this is you time. :)
 

matthebrute

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thanks for the kind words man :)

my PH is about 6.8-7.0 wich is what i thought was the correct PH for a soil grow.

im only going to start off with the 3 strains for now 1 of wich is the auto so it shouldnt be too bad. after the auto is done and im getting decent yeilds with the other 2 ill probally start the blueberry gum or the OG kush not sure wich.

thanks for stopping in hope to hear from you as the grow progresses :)
 

francy420

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Well your not actually growing in soil. Hence the "soil less" mix. I use Sunshine mix #4. Which is nothing but peat moss, lime, and perlite. I am not sure if the pro mix has nutes added or not. I know some do have nutes in them. Since it is a soil less mix it will act differently than conventional soil. Lower ph, and you are responsible for all food. Unless the pro mix has nutes. This is the only real difference from soil. When I first started using a soil less mix I thought it was crazy going down to 5.8, but it works, and is what you are supposed to do. I have never had a problem. Been using it a while now.
 

matthebrute

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this is what im using like you said peat moss, perilite and limestone

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im not going to mess with it right now, but if i need to adjust the PH how do i bring it down?
 

Chummerbum

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hey buddy i'm sub'd. im stoked you're doing a journal on the lucky 7. can't wait to see what you get so i know what to expect when i grow them out
 

matthebrute

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hey buddy i'm sub'd. im stoked you're doing a journal on the lucky 7. can't wait to see what you get so i know what to expect when i grow them out
glad to have you along man :)

right now just have 1 of the lucky 7 (not even sure if it was one of the promo or a UFO) right now but if all goes well here in the weeks to come i will be getting some of the others going for sure :)

maybe ill astart a poll on the top 3 i want to grow and let yall decide wich on to do next!!
 

Chummerbum

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sounds great bro. i saw that you were doing the dinfem og kush and that was what i was most interested in anyway
 

matthebrute

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sounds great bro. i saw that you were doing the dinfem og kush and that was what i was most interested in anyway
yeah that is one of my top 3 choices, the auto hobbit wasnt even on the top of the list it is just a auto so i figured what the hell. it will either be the OG kush or the blueberry gum next :)
 

matthebrute

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subd! looks good! I like the light rig I was about to start drawing mine up for my dresser cab but dont need to now!
this looks good so far man!

great glad i could help man. the sockets i used i got at home depot, they were about 2 bucks each. the frame is a piece of strapping and the wire is heavy grade contractors wire stripped down. i like the sockets because they were SOOOOO easy to wire, you just unscrew the cap on top put the wires in thier place and screw the cap back down on them, they have small pins that pierce the outer sheathing of the wire and make contact.

if you go with the thro away pan hood like i did get a couple PC fans to exaust the heat to the top where you have more fans exausting the heat cuz that many CFL is HOT!!! and the pan just retains the heat, i had to cut holes in the top to vent it a bit.
 

hppy2balive

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Sub'd on this one too Matt! Glad u got a new thread! 90 something pages is CRAZY !!! LOL Also saw ur discussion with ur smoking selection, and ur collection of glass! I got alot of pieces, vapes, bongs, etc i will upload a pic on my page tomorrow! so follow me til I harvest!
 

matthebrute

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Sub'd on this one too Matt! Glad u got a new thread! 90 something pages is CRAZY !!! LOL Also saw ur discussion with ur smoking selection, and ur collection of glass! I got alot of pieces, vapes, bongs, etc i will upload a pic on my page tomorrow! so follow me til I harvest!
ill be with ya for this harvest and probs the next one too :) glad you could stop over
 

matthebrute

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hopefully, ill have some pics up tomorow nothing great happening today. all 3 beans are just working thier way into the soil and should pop up tomorow or next day.
 

perkele

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the second picture, the one with the cfl arrangement looks killer, love it, I guess it's like a sun in miniature when plugged in, nice, I want to subscribe as well, first I need to see how :)
 
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