My First Grow

bossOC

Active Member
Let me start by saying I went to a friends house and saw his grow rooms so I decided to grow my own. I researched for about a month on what I was going to be able to do in my house.
My setup is as follows:
4x8x8 tent with reflective interior
2x1000w HPS in Cooltube Reflectors w/470cfm fan
1xCharcoal scrubber about the size of a CAN66 with it's own 470cfm fan
1x6" Clip-on Fan (Pretty much useless only reaches plants in the first half of the tent)
1x19" oscillating fan that I decided to get after a week of running the Clip on

I have included pics of my setup and my plants on their 4rd day of 18/6 cycle in 4 gallon pots of 3:1 Supersoil to Vermiculite.
I have 13 White Widow Clones.

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bossOC

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I added 2 ExHale CO2 bags because I wanted to see if they helped and I didn't want to invest on an expensive CO2 setup on my first grow. At 31 bucks a piece I didn't think it would hurt anything to try the bags. I started using organic nutrients somehow I was convinced by the rasta dude at a local hydro store to use them instead of "foxfarm chemicals". He sold me 1 bottle of Earth Juice catalyst, 1 bottle of Sugar Peak Veg, and a bag of Kelp. He gave me instructions on how to use them and said he would give the rest when I was ready to flower. Cool informational guy.

I have included pics of the plants and the exhale bags. Plus a pic of a Thermo/Humidity meter I bought at walmart for 7 bucks which shows me the high/low for the day.

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wheels619

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damn a lot of money u spent on ur first grow. a lot of people stop growing after the first or second try. looks like a bangin setup tho. goodluck.
 

Frito Bandito420

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looks good. my first grow consisted of stuff mom had laying around.. now that im grown me and mom are in it together and we split it. keep up the good work man. btw how far is your light away from your plants?
 

wheels619

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1000 bucks is a lot for a first grow. lol. i started out in a flood table with three clones with craigslist light and ballast in my bedroom closet. lmao. 200 bucks total.
 

bossOC

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I was going to go 4x4x8 but my friend has 2 whole bedrooms setup. And my other friends went with me to buy the equipment and convinced me to go 4x8x8 and when I was at the garden store the worker offered me 2 complete setups for 1400, only thing was some of the items were used for 1 grow so I bought them anyways. When he delivered he gave me new bulbs and ballasts. I sold 1 setup to a friend for 700.
 

bossOC

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Seems like they've grown quite a bit but the pics don't do them justice those ExHale bags must be doing their job.


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bossOC

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Well they are into their first week of flowering. I also took one of them to be a mother before I flipped them. I made a DIY Aerocloner, some cutting were taken from mother but still waiting for roots.
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bossOC

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Also having small issues with humidity. Need to find a dehumidifier soon currently using DampRid but it is not fixing it to the level I want. On another note also ordered Purple Power Plant Fem seeds which should arrive soon.
 

bossOC

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Well here is 2 pics of the tent opened up to show all 12 girls currently starting week 2 of 12/12.
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This is a close up of the Pistils.
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This a shot of all my bottles of Earth Juice and some Ph Up and Down etc
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