First Post - First Grow - First Journal - Any Suggestions Appreciated

What's up people....Been checking out the site and like all the the comments, suggestions, and help....

Here's what I have going right now and would really appreciate any advice and help...


SETUP

I have my grow separated into 3 sections.

- Section 1 is my cloning section with T5 fluorescent.
-Right next to it, I have a 400w I'm using to veg. Also have a carbon filter that sucks the air through the light and up and out of a vent in the ceiling. Also have ozone in the ducting.
- I made a 3 1/2 by 8 foot box I made for flowering. The height inside from the floor to the light is 5 ft. In here I put up (3) 600's with a charcoal filter on one end with the fan sucking the air through the lights and out the other end and up through the vent with it a separate ozone inside the ducting behind the fan. In here I have a CO2 controller one one end with the CO2 being pumped in from the other end.

- I put up all of the ballasts outside of the box and am running the 600's inside the flowering room using 220 and the 400 with the fluorescent are running on 110.

PROBLEM #1 - With the 3 lights going, the room heats up to 104 * plus...I turned off 1 of the lights and the temperature went into the low 90's....I had (2) 6inch fans in there and added those small A/C units which brought the temperature down to 87....I took out 1 of the lights and switched the remaining 2 to cover the most space. Now the temperature is in the high 80's, so I brought in a bigger fan and it brought it down to 85. Any suggestions on bringing the temperature down some more?


GROW

- 24 Master Kushes started from clones. They're at 20-22 inches right now all under the 600's - 24 hour light
-Soil Mix ---- 40% Fox Farm Soil 40% Sunshine Mix #1...20% Perlite
- Fertilizing 3 times and straight water on the 4th.
- Also got 8 seeds under the fluorescent, 4 of which have sprouted.


Here's my plan, I know I don't have room to flower all 24 so I'm planning on flowering 14-16 of them under 12/12 and putting the other 8-10 under the 400 to veg out some more. 2 of those under the 400 will be mothers later. I'll move the seeds under the 400 when they're ready and will move them all to flower when the room frees up and in the mean time will have new clones and seeds ready to go under the 400...


QUESTIONS

- One of my biggest problems is the heat. I don't want to run a small A/C unit all the time and have to keep filling with water every 7 hours. Any better ideas?
- How many should I put to flower to get the most out of my girls?
Today I noticed a small white fly type of thing and I checked around it looks like a white fly. I'm planning on ordering some ladybugs. Any comments on this or better suggestions?
- I check the leaves and under the leaves and today I noticed white stuff. So I check it out with a microscope and it doesn't look like it's a pest or anything but it's also got a glow to it. Is this normal?
- Are 2 lights enough for this flowering room?

Below is a diagram of my grow area. The first is how I had it and the second is when I took out 1 of the lights. Comments would be great.

I'll post of some pictures of my girls when I get a chance. But please feel free to throw out any suggestions or comments.

Thanks,

Also, I know this gets put out there a lot, but what kind of yield should I expect?

hi there

3 600s is alot of light for that space, I would get a light rail a stick a 1000 on it but thats just me.

do you have a intake fan, where are you getting the intake air from?

I think with that much light you are gonna need a big exhaust fan

you might wanna get a fan controller, you basicly wire you fans in set the fans to a idle speed, and set your desired temp they work very well

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Nice setup, you might want to run your 600's horizontal with your room. You'll push the air out more efficiently than with all those bends. You also might want to lower it from 3 lights to 2. That is a lot of light for that space. Maybe use the 3rd one to add in veg room. During veg they would love the extra light.

I would definately top your girls in the flower room, during flower a plant can increase in size 2-3 times. I flowered my GDP at 12" and at day 55 of flower she's 32" tall. My Casey Jones girls were flowered at about 16" and they are now about 36" tall. I say give the girls at least a 1'x1' space if you can. They will grow and with that much light, you don't want to burn your girls.

For the bugs, you can get a soil drench or a spray. I use SNS spray, all organic and smells good! I recommend taking care of those pest right away.

If anything I recommend getting root stimulants and beneficial stuff to get your roots going. The stronger the roots the faster they grow, bigger yield, and better nutrient and water uptake. Another thing you can add is something like Botanicare Silica Blast. This helps the plant grow in harsh conditions like cold, heat, etc. It really helps the plant stay healthy until she really has roots to take up enough nutes for good growth.

Can't wait for the pics! Good luck!

Nice setup you have going . That whit stuff might be powdery mildew . Any pics of your setup and plants?

How did this turn out? pics ?