jjerome
Active Member
Here it is from a tenderfoot having just completed his first indoor grow.
Once I was legal in my state I did some research on what it would take for a small indoor grow. For six plants I ended up with a four foot, eight tube, T-5 fixture for veg and a six hundred-watt hps cool tube for flowering. Hooked up a four inch in-line fan (the turbine type) and vented it outside. It was on a timer that was set for thirty minutes on then thirty minutes off during the lighting period. And just to keep it simple I went with pro mix #four and used general hydroponics flora series micro, grow and bloom. During flowering I added kool bloom and late flower the kool bloom ripening formula, both from GH. Though you may be tempted to "help" your plants by adding more than the recommended dose of nutes, don't do it. There is a possibility of killing your your plants. I started out checking the water pH with color type test kit. Once I started to use nutes it changed the color of the water and so I couldn’t use that test kit any longer and get accurate results. I ended up purchasing a blue lab ph test pen. If you can swing it you really should get one. Proper water ph cannot be stressed enough when trying to grow healthy plants. After a few weeks the trouble started. First the plants got some sort of fly. They were in early veg so I killed them using sevin liquid. Then all was well till the spider mites showed up on the scene. It was very early flower at the time and I was bumm’in. After some research (ain’t the Internet great?) I bought some azamax and sprayed the plants down till they were dripping wet and that seemed to solve the problem. Then a nanner problem popped up during late flower so it was back to the Internet for a fix. Ended up having to harvest two of the nanner plants a little early and the other one I was able to manage by just plucking them off. You will want to get a small microscope for checking trichomes. The kind they sell at the hydro shop will do the job. By following the wisdom of others and by keeping it simple (you can get more complicated once you have a grow or two under you belt.) I was able to harvest, dry and cure enough medicine to last easily a year. So, Don’t get too discouraged when problems arise hang in there. Your time and patience will be rewarded. Incidentally, I still get a kick out of it when I look at my stash…Happy Trails.
Once I was legal in my state I did some research on what it would take for a small indoor grow. For six plants I ended up with a four foot, eight tube, T-5 fixture for veg and a six hundred-watt hps cool tube for flowering. Hooked up a four inch in-line fan (the turbine type) and vented it outside. It was on a timer that was set for thirty minutes on then thirty minutes off during the lighting period. And just to keep it simple I went with pro mix #four and used general hydroponics flora series micro, grow and bloom. During flowering I added kool bloom and late flower the kool bloom ripening formula, both from GH. Though you may be tempted to "help" your plants by adding more than the recommended dose of nutes, don't do it. There is a possibility of killing your your plants. I started out checking the water pH with color type test kit. Once I started to use nutes it changed the color of the water and so I couldn’t use that test kit any longer and get accurate results. I ended up purchasing a blue lab ph test pen. If you can swing it you really should get one. Proper water ph cannot be stressed enough when trying to grow healthy plants. After a few weeks the trouble started. First the plants got some sort of fly. They were in early veg so I killed them using sevin liquid. Then all was well till the spider mites showed up on the scene. It was very early flower at the time and I was bumm’in. After some research (ain’t the Internet great?) I bought some azamax and sprayed the plants down till they were dripping wet and that seemed to solve the problem. Then a nanner problem popped up during late flower so it was back to the Internet for a fix. Ended up having to harvest two of the nanner plants a little early and the other one I was able to manage by just plucking them off. You will want to get a small microscope for checking trichomes. The kind they sell at the hydro shop will do the job. By following the wisdom of others and by keeping it simple (you can get more complicated once you have a grow or two under you belt.) I was able to harvest, dry and cure enough medicine to last easily a year. So, Don’t get too discouraged when problems arise hang in there. Your time and patience will be rewarded. Incidentally, I still get a kick out of it when I look at my stash…Happy Trails.
