Noob Here Looking for Some Knowledge. 24-GC Grow

MrGreen187

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So guys, i've prolly spent 100 hours just reading stuff on this forum and i gotta say it's helped a ton!!
Me and my girl are doing a 24 Green Crack grow under 4 600watt full spectrum HPS, we have another week or so of veg, then we'll be flipping. Yes, i said it right we are vegging under 600 watts HPS-full spectrum bulbs.
Just installed a little fan intake running up the side wall that u can see so we gPhoto_7777C54F-CCA6-7004-E4E3-5EAC0929DB3C.jpget some fresh CO2 and air in here. Gonna prolly put another passive one just above that one. We are vegging with Humboldt 3-part line, along with Verde, CalMag, Vita Boost Pro and Nuts(humic), Great White!! and Rapid Start root accelerator. Then with bloom we are going to be running the new Sensi-2 part Ph perfect, Big Up(Humboldt), Hygrozyme, big bud, bud candy, tiny bit of Carbo Load to make up for the few carbs that are lacking from the Bud Candy product. Overdrive and final phase to finish them off. Goona drop the 4th light this afternoon, to get these babies a lil separated and get more light to em.
I do PH with every water to make sure my mix is good to go. Makes me feel like a scientist!!:lol:
I just picked up a $200 dehumidifier also, cuz during Bloom this room sweats like a jungle
Everything seems to be going pretty well, behind the pic i have a 6 ft vertical carbon filter, with a foot wide exhaust. I mean this thing is massive!! Takes like 2-3 people to carry it.
But over all i'm trying everything i can to upgrade the environment first and foremost.
My GF and her sis did a run in this same spot last cycle and they took to many shortcuts, and got a really low grow. No intake, no dehumidifier (water was pouring down the plastic wall sheet we have up behind the pic. Ran the same 3-part Nute like from Humboldt all the way through veg and bloom(didn't change anything). Didn't knock the bottom branches, so there was a ton of popcorn with their yield. Out of 35(yes i said that right) 35 in this space they pulled only 3lbs and like 3lbs of popcorn.
I'm making sure that doesn't happen again, any tips from anyone that wants to help a dude out. BTW, this is my first official grow by myself, even though i have been around grows for like the past decade, so i do have a bit of knowledge on how thing should be run.

Any tips would be much appreciated!! Thanks guys for all the help and knowledge so far. :bigjoint:
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
That is one sick looking grow. Must of cost a pretty penny. What are your temps in that room? Humidity? Are you thinking of doing any type of training? LST, ScROG, etc...

edit: Didn't see all of the writing under the picture. I am using a phone right now lol. Anyways everything seems to be moving along smoothly. Keep it up. I am subbed, so if you need any ideas or just help diagnosing any problems that arise, I will give what I can.
 

MrGreen187

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Right now the temps are in the mid to low 80's. We have a wall AC unit on the right u can't see in the pic to help with the heat. Humidity right now is about 48%. I think only like 3 baby leaves from the clones have only fallen off so far, so i think thats a good sign i'm doing the right things.
 

MrGreen187

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Posting the bottom partion of my first thread just in case you guys can't see it:

Just installed a little fan intake running up the side wall that u can see so we get some fresh CO2 and air in here. Gonna prolly put another passive one just above that one. We are vegging with Humboldt 3-part line, along with Verde, CalMag, Vita Boost Pro and Nuts(humic), Great White!! and Rapid Start root accelerator. Then with bloom we are going to be running the new Sensi-2 part Ph perfect, Big Up(Humboldt), Hygrozyme, big bud, bud candy, tiny bit of Carbo Load to make up for the few carbs that are lacking from the Bud Candy product. Overdrive and final phase to finish them off.
I do PH with every water to make sure my mix is good to go. Makes me feel like a scientist!!:lol:
I just picked up a $200 dehumidifier also, cuz during Bloom this room sweats like a jungle
Everything seems to be going pretty well, behind the pic i have a 6 ft vertical carbon filter, with a foot wide exhaust. I mean this thing is massive!! Takes like 2-3 people to carry it.
But over all i'm trying everything i can to upgrade the environment first and foremost.
My GF and her sis did a run in this same spot last cycle and they took to many shortcuts, and got a really low grow. No intake, no dehumidifier (water was pouring down the plastic wall sheet we have up behind the pic. Ran the same 3-part Nute like from Humboldt all the way through veg and bloom(didn't change anything). Didn't knock the bottom branches, so there was a ton of popcorn with their yield. Out of 35(yes i said that right) 35 in this space they pulled only 3lbs and like 3lbs of popcorn.
I'm making sure that doesn't happen again, any tips from anyone that wants to help a dude out. BTW, this is my first official grow by myself, even though i have been around grows for like the past decade, so i do have a bit of knowledge on how thing should be run.

Any tips would be much appreciated!! Thanks guys for all the help and knowledge so far.
 

Mrgreenfinger

Active Member
yo man...looking pretty insane......nice setup.......plants looking healthy.......what u needing help with....lol..........looks like ure sorted at the mo......just dont go mental with the nuits
 

MrGreen187

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Thanks guys, i'm surprising myself to be honest. I'm just looking for any tips on uping my environment level, to get it just right. So any extra tips would be awesome.
 

Mrgreenfinger

Active Member
well a general standard or rule of thumb ya might say is during vegging aim for a humidity range of 60-75% during the day and 55-65% in night cycle with temps at 24-28C day and 15-18c night. flowering, humdity 45%-55% day ( encourages more resin production to protect leaves from drying out ) similar at night though personally i go down to 30-35%, and temps of 23-27C night and 14-17C at night......am from uk m8 so dont use degrees F.
 

MrGreen187

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Ok, maybe i'll throw a humidifier in there to up it a bit. Will a humidifier raise the room temp at all. I just built the fan intake, so that should help to lower the room a few degrees. So with the intake and a humidifier i'm thinking it'll about even itself out. Or should i not even worry about a little household room humidifier raising the temp at all?
 

Mrgreenfinger

Active Member
hard to say, stick it in and monitor it over a few hours, remember that as the plants grow bigger they will naturally release excess water through there leaves raising the humidity, humidty is affected by room temps to as the hotter it gets the more the humidty will rise, everything looks great......really. so leave it as it is and let the plants aclimitise to there environment. u seem to have a lot more knowledge than u think...lol.....start a grow thread m8 i'd like to see how awsome they turn out
 

MrGreen187

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Ya, the last cycle i wasn't involved in, but they and we still have a massive carbon filter with a 1ft exhaust, but they had no intake, so it was pulling air the air and CO2 out without replenishing anything so there grow was all jacked up. Good buds, but only like barely 3 lbs with 35 plants. So i'm trying to get my enviro on lock down, so it doesn't happen with my grow. You should have seen it, with no intake, water was literally running down a 10 x 15 plastic door sheet in the room, it was a freaking jungle in there, so i built an intake u see in the pick and gonna do another one (passive) just above the one now. And hopefully the nice dehumidifier i picked up and will crank on during bloom will help out big time this run.
I'm taking no shortcuts, and trying to do things right, from the start.
Much love and thanks for the props.
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
I was just about to ask what you meant by taking c02 in and exhausting it out? You can really just use a basic recipe of active yeast + Sugar+ water. Once the yeast activates it has a chemical reaction with the sugar result in a ferment producing c02. Its actually quite easy. With that big of a room you would need quite a bit of bottles but it sure the hell beats out buying a c02 tank, regulator, etc... If you need the measurments let me know. I can dig up one of the c02 threads... All in all great stuff so far man. c02 is really the only thing I can see you can add to optimize your growth. Everything else you seem to have under control.
 
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