psychoholica
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Ok so not quite my first grow, when I was in college a longggg time ago I grew a few Z's in a phototron but this is for sure my first real attempt.
Notes: Stealth was important for me so I was thinking of a cabinet or tent system. I was going to go Gorilla Tent but then a quick look on craigslist and I found the perfect cab at a great price. What I got was pretty much a Supercloset 2.0 kit but without the lower cloning room. It came with a 600watt full spectrum bulb, digital ballast, pumps, pots etc.. all included. It also came with a nice AquaEurope water chiller which made the deal that much sweeter.
Other details- I live in SoCal near the beach so I have great ambient temperature and relatively low humidity. Winter its 65/55 at ~60% usually. The closet will me in my garage which now as of today has excellent ventilation. Tomorrow Amazon will deliver me a reverse osmosis water filter which I've been wanting a while for my aquarium as well. Other good news, I have access to clones with my medical card so I think conditions are going to be great for growing.
Im hoping tomorrow to head out in the morning, get some clones and get started!
So here is question #1, the kit came with a nutrient recipe which seems pretty consistent with what I had seen researching earlier. After transplanting im planning a 3 day "transplanting stage" with SugarDaddy, Root 66 and a foliage spritz of Thrive Alive B-1 Green. The question, I've heard running the water 15 mins every 4 hours...but ive also heard as high as 8 hours. Anyone with this setup have a recommendation? I was planning 18/6 light cycle through veg, my other question was upping the wattage. The ballast goes from 400-600+ watt, when do you all bump up the power? Start at 400 correct?
I'll put some photos up as soon as there's plants in the cab!
Thanks for any feedback!
Notes: Stealth was important for me so I was thinking of a cabinet or tent system. I was going to go Gorilla Tent but then a quick look on craigslist and I found the perfect cab at a great price. What I got was pretty much a Supercloset 2.0 kit but without the lower cloning room. It came with a 600watt full spectrum bulb, digital ballast, pumps, pots etc.. all included. It also came with a nice AquaEurope water chiller which made the deal that much sweeter.
Other details- I live in SoCal near the beach so I have great ambient temperature and relatively low humidity. Winter its 65/55 at ~60% usually. The closet will me in my garage which now as of today has excellent ventilation. Tomorrow Amazon will deliver me a reverse osmosis water filter which I've been wanting a while for my aquarium as well. Other good news, I have access to clones with my medical card so I think conditions are going to be great for growing.
Im hoping tomorrow to head out in the morning, get some clones and get started!
So here is question #1, the kit came with a nutrient recipe which seems pretty consistent with what I had seen researching earlier. After transplanting im planning a 3 day "transplanting stage" with SugarDaddy, Root 66 and a foliage spritz of Thrive Alive B-1 Green. The question, I've heard running the water 15 mins every 4 hours...but ive also heard as high as 8 hours. Anyone with this setup have a recommendation? I was planning 18/6 light cycle through veg, my other question was upping the wattage. The ballast goes from 400-600+ watt, when do you all bump up the power? Start at 400 correct?
I'll put some photos up as soon as there's plants in the cab!
Thanks for any feedback!