Rook07
Active Member
Hey there. Rookie here.
Back in 2007 I researched many hours here on RIU and geared up for a first grow which never happened. After coming across a 10 year old bag of feminized seeds which germinated I'm playing catch up with information and equipment which have definitely advanced some.
Any advice is welcome.
The equipment that has been in storage:
So far I've surprisingly and successfully germinated 2 ancient seeds by paper towel / double plates. The taproots were noticable so rushed out to find soil before the big box stores closed. Ended up splitting a bag of Miracle Grow Seed Starting Soil between two 10 inch pots.
Both have been under the T8's for around 2 1/2 weeks until 2 days ago when they were switched to the 600w MH. Definitely heat scorched them before moving the light up. It looks like nute burn but I'm not positive because it happened directly after they switched from CFLs to HID and the taller of the pair got it worse. They now have 2 fans blowing across the tops and I'm looking into setting up the ducting with a real inline fan to cool the hood and ditching the booster fan. I also see that MH conversion bulbs are no longer recommended.
What do you guys think would be good next steps to start on? Much appreciated
Back in 2007 I researched many hours here on RIU and geared up for a first grow which never happened. After coming across a 10 year old bag of feminized seeds which germinated I'm playing catch up with information and equipment which have definitely advanced some.
Any advice is welcome.
The equipment that has been in storage:
Mostly all from HTG
6" air cooled hood
600w Growbright MH conversion bulb
600w Growbright HPS
600 watt digital ballast Not firing bulbs. Replaced with 600w SG HPS magnetic ballast
T8 shop light with two 32w 6500k bulbs
5 inch duct booster fan + 2 boxes 5 inch flexible tubing
6" air cooled hood
600w Growbright MH conversion bulb
600w Growbright HPS
600 watt digital ballast Not firing bulbs. Replaced with 600w SG HPS magnetic ballast
T8 shop light with two 32w 6500k bulbs
5 inch duct booster fan + 2 boxes 5 inch flexible tubing
So far I've surprisingly and successfully germinated 2 ancient seeds by paper towel / double plates. The taproots were noticable so rushed out to find soil before the big box stores closed. Ended up splitting a bag of Miracle Grow Seed Starting Soil between two 10 inch pots.
Both have been under the T8's for around 2 1/2 weeks until 2 days ago when they were switched to the 600w MH. Definitely heat scorched them before moving the light up. It looks like nute burn but I'm not positive because it happened directly after they switched from CFLs to HID and the taller of the pair got it worse. They now have 2 fans blowing across the tops and I'm looking into setting up the ducting with a real inline fan to cool the hood and ditching the booster fan. I also see that MH conversion bulbs are no longer recommended.
What do you guys think would be good next steps to start on? Much appreciated
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