AsianKatie's First Grow (Indoor)

Gygax1974

Gygax1974

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asiankatie said:
This is true.

Im gonna be gone this weekend. so i want to set them up for at least a night or so with the HPS before i leave to make sure the timer's working okay etc. Which would mean i would be doing it tonight.

So, tonight i need a 2nd extension cord. I ordered one from online but i need one now so ill go buy one and return it when the other one arrives. sneaky but desprite times call for desprite measures.

I need a fan

and.. how high should i make the HPS from the plants? just barely above the big one? 1 in? 2 in?

I dont want the little ones stretching more than they have to.

HELP
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Unless it's heat cooled 1-2 inches will kill all the plants in about an evening. Try 1.5 feet to 2 feet. Unfortunately if you grow from seed and unstable seeds at that you get tons of variety. Next time I would clone so you know they are all the same and all female. Good luck
 
asiankatie

asiankatie

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wait whats heat cooled? 1 -2 feet?

yeah see i dont know anything about hPS this is my first time using it so please tell me
 
Gygax1974

Gygax1974

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some of the HPS hoods are air cooled meaning they have some sort of fan to cool them. Like a cool tube or something similar. HPS gets hot compared to CFLs and floros etc. Plus I seem to recall you are in a closet, with no ventilation so the temps will soar. I would say around 2 feet with an oscillating fan blowing between plants and light, 2 feet is a bit much but with you away it needs to be pretty high since you can't monitor. When you get home you can put it at about 18 inches and see if that's good for them. And then move them down til you hit a good distance.
 
Micheal Kelso

Micheal Kelso

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HPS get pretty hot you're going to want some distance between it and your plants. I think he meant is it an air cooled hood or just a reflector on it or what?

It sounds like even if you have the air cooled hood you don't have it hooked up with air fittings so yea.. like 2 feet above your plants.

Do you have the batwing? Or just post a pic of your HPS...
 

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Gygax1974

Gygax1974

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Sorry MikeK is right I was talking about an air cooled hood, and 2 feet since you won't be there to see them react to the heat.
 
asiankatie

asiankatie

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kay here i just took a quick pic i want to get this setup asap.

i want to see it working on 1 night before i leave. so i want to set up tonight but the waterchange will have to wait till tomorrow. you think thats okay?
 

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nowstopwhining

nowstopwhining

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asiankatie said:
kay here i just took a quick pic i want to get this setup asap.

i want to see it working on 1 night before i leave. so i want to set up tonight but the waterchange will have to wait till tomorrow. you think thats okay?
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hey I see asaincutie...I mean katie :roll:
 
Grimvega

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thats what ive been trying to say... katies no typical grower... plants aren't the only things in the picture that look good. very nice job though katie, youre doing great from my point of view. -vega
 
Micheal Kelso

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Do you have flowering nutes? - it will be fine to switch the res over tomorrow if you are changing the lights tonight - it really shouldn't make a difference of just one night or day or whatever you want to call it.
 
asiankatie

asiankatie

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Micheal Kelso said:
Do you have flowering nutes? - it will be fine to switch the res over tomorrow if you are changing the lights tonight - it really shouldn't make a difference of just one night or day or whatever you want to call it.
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sweet yeah i do have flowering nutes. what do i want the ppm @ for flowering?
 
asiankatie

asiankatie

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ok so i have now plugged in an occilating fan, the fan has a built in timer how awesome is that shit!

its 6:49 im going to aim to start hte darkness @ 7pm hps all set up, and closet doors closed. turn on @ 7am i hope i set this digi timer right.

I wish i had an analog timer instead, too confusing with the digital.

THe fan is working awesome i wish i had gotten that all along it rules. I got a 13amp extension cord of which i will be plugging the hps into on its own while the fan and the bubbler are in their own. ^_____^

ill post pics
 
nowstopwhining

nowstopwhining

Too many brownies
asiankatie said:
ok so i have now plugged in an occilating fan, the fan has a built in timer how awesome is that shit!

its 6:49 im going to aim to start hte darkness @ 7pm hps all set up, and closet doors closed. turn on @ 7am i hope i set this digi timer right.

I wish i had an analog timer instead, too confusing with the digital.

THe fan is working awesome i wish i had gotten that all along it rules. I got a 13amp extension cord of which i will be plugging the hps into on its own while the fan and the bubbler are in their own. ^_____^

ill post pics
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I like the analogs...its alot faster and simpler. Plus if you wanted to you could have it turn on and off multiple times in one day alot easier.
 
asiankatie

asiankatie

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ahhh oh my god that fan is WONDERFUL! the little ones are seemingly appriciating it. there is a small ammount of light in there from the light on the fan.. should i have the fan off while its dark period. its like the slightest hint of blue moonlight looking light in there but should that be off? i set it only to be on 2 hours after the light is off. standing in there in the dark you can kind of see the light from the kitchen halo-ing around the rims of the closet doors but its not letting any actually into the closet. i think it will be alright. im also putting a sign above the lightswitch for the front door which is right outside the closet. (do not turn on after 7pm)

you can kinda see in these pictures where about the light is in comparison to the plants but i will take an exact measurement tomorrow. how the light is hanging is so rigged though lol ill have to take a picture tomorrow, for now it is night night time for the ladies SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
 

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bongspit

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asiankatie said:
ahhh oh my god that fan is WONDERFUL! the little ones are seemingly appriciating it. there is a small ammount of light in there from the light on the fan.. should i have the fan off while its dark period. its like the slightest hint of blue moonlight looking light in there but should that be off? i set it only to be on 2 hours after the light is off. standing in there in the dark you can kind of see the light from the kitchen halo-ing around the rims of the closet doors but its not letting any actually into the closet. i think it will be alright. im also putting a sign above the lightswitch for the front door which is right outside the closet. (do not turn on after 7pm)

you can kinda see in these pictures where about the light is in comparison to the plants but i will take an exact measurement tomorrow. how the light is hanging is so rigged though lol ill have to take a picture tomorrow, for now it is night night time for the ladies SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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I had the same thing with light on my fan and I put a piece of duct tape over the light...watching the mr green vid on youtube he says absolutly no light at all...he grows some some killer weed...:blsmoke:
 
asiankatie

asiankatie

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okay ill do that for tonight, i didnt know so it was on last night. dang i went in there this morning and it STINKS! :) its so pretty like a sunset.

SO!

DAY 1 of Flowering has now COMENSED! (sp?)

weehoo!

and ill do a res change today.

STILL NO ONE HAS ANSWERED, WHAT SHOULD MY PPM BE FOR FLOWERING?
 
dankie

dankie

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Grats on flowering, and I'm glad your not blowing circuits. Hope the water change goes well, and keep the pictures coming!
 
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