First Grow Questions

garrett.burn

garrett.burn

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Hey guys I have a few questions about my grow that I'm hoping someone could help me with.

Okay, so I'm growing a few THC Bomb seeds under a 400 watt metal halide. My soil is made up of 1 part perlite 1 part peat moss and 2 parts organic top soil. I am running my light on a 18/6 light cycle.
So now to my questions....What should I get in regards to nutrients? Also when my light is on the temp peaks at 81. Is this okay? Is the light cycle I'm running okay or do I need to switch to 24/0? This is my second grow and my first indoor grow. My grow before this was one outside plant and it ended up being a male. So I'm hoping this grow will give me a little hope. Anyway thanks anyone for the help.

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mr2shim

mr2shim

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81 is fine. My tent is almost always between 79-86 with the light on. Stick with 18/6. 24/0 I think is a waste of power.
 
sincitygrowJB

sincitygrowJB

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garrett.burn said:
Hey guys I have a few questions about my grow that I'm hoping someone could help me with.

Okay, so I'm growing a few THC Bomb seeds under a 400 watt metal halide. My soil is made up of 1 part perlite 1 part peat moss and 2 parts organic top soil. I am running my light on a 18/6 light cycle.
So now to my questions....What should I get in regards to nutrients? Also when my light is on the temp peaks at 81. Is this okay? Is the light cycle I'm running okay or do I need to switch to 24/0? This is my second grow and my first indoor grow. My grow before this was one outside plant and it ended up being a male. So I'm hoping this grow will give me a little hope. Anyway thanks anyone for the help.

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ok 81 is ok but dont let it get any higher then 85 in your grow space ideal temp should be around 78 or below. 18/6 is ok so is 24 hours of lighting its what ever you like really for your light cycle. As far as nutrients I use recipe for success starter kit by technaflora i love it easy as hell works great but now im using subcool super soil recipe not going back to nutrents hope ths helps you later bro!!! JB
 
tharoomman

tharoomman

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garrett.burn said:
Hey guys I have a few questions about my grow that I'm hoping someone could help me with.

Okay, so I'm growing a few THC Bomb seeds under a 400 watt metal halide. My soil is made up of 1 part perlite 1 part peat moss and 2 parts organic top soil. I am running my light on a 18/6 light cycle.
So now to my questions....What should I get in regards to nutrients? Also when my light is on the temp peaks at 81. Is this okay? Is the light cycle I'm running okay or do I need to switch to 24/0? This is my second grow and my first indoor grow. My grow before this was one outside plant and it ended up being a male. So I'm hoping this grow will give me a little hope. Anyway thanks anyone for the help.

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Fox Farm for nutes, all the way. Their reputation speaks for itself.
 
garrett.burn

garrett.burn

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Haha I'm new at this so expect to lol quite a few times lol. I think I will order some online because I do not know of a hydro store anywhere around me. Do I need soil nutes or liquid or both? And is distilled water really better for your plant? I have 5 plants in a 3x3x6 box, will that be too many for a 400 watt MH? Thanks for all the help!
 
mr2shim

mr2shim

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I'm iffy about using distilled water or tap water. My first grow in hydro I used 0 ppm distilled water, this grow I'm using tap and this grow looks better and will probably yield more. 5 plants is a lot honesty. If they're regular seed that's fine but if they're feminized seeds I wouldn't grow more than 3.
 
garrett.burn

garrett.burn

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This is going to sound stupid but is there a simple way to explain how to grow in hydro. And they're not feminized, that why I did 5 because I figured I'd probably get 1 to 2 males.
 
mr2shim

mr2shim

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garrett.burn said:
This is going to sound stupid but is there a simple way to explain how to grow in hydro. And they're not feminized, that why I did 5 because I figured I'd probably get 1 to 2 males.
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In short, read. There's so much information about hydroponics I'd only be telling you half of it. Google cannabis hydroponics and start reading. BUT what hydro is is fairly simple.

Instead of using soil as a growing medium you use something else, generally hydroton(clay pebbles). the plant is seeded in that and the roots grow towards a reservoir which contains a water nutrient mixture. DWC(deep water culture) and waterfarm are probably the two most popular methods of growing in hydro.
 
garrett.burn

garrett.burn

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Okay, thanks for the info. I have read a lot on google but every site makes it seem more complicated than it should be. Im wondering if I were put the DWC mixture in the bottom of a small child pool and put the plant in a container in the hydroton? Because it seems to me like this should work but the Google pages I have looked on have complicated hydro systems....or maybe its just complicated to me lol my friends call me slo-mo as a joke because I'm a little slow haha
 
mr2shim

mr2shim

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garrett.burn said:
Okay, thanks for the info. I have read a lot on google but every site makes it seem more complicated than it should be. Im wondering if I were put the DWC mixture in the bottom of a small child pool and put the plant in a container in the hydroton? Because it seems to me like this should work but the Google pages I have looked on have complicated hydro systems....or maybe its just complicated to me lol my friends call me slo-mo as a joke because I'm a little slow haha
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No.. THAT is a bad idea. The thing with hydro, the water needs to be below 70 degrees AND in darkness or you WILL get root rot which WILL kill your plant in a matter of days. I don't really like tote DWC because the plastic doesn't completely block out light.
 
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