Growlab60 250w MH/HPS

Blkchev

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New to indoor & tent growing, my brother and I just bought some tents. I got the GL60 & he bought the GL120.

I will be setting up gl60 this week using a 250w MH/HPS light, Sun System 2 switchable hood, 4" filter, 4" ecoplus duct booster, (2) 6" fans.

Buying clones from my local cannabis club, 3-4 plants.


(2) super grape ape & (2) headband

1gl pots
fox farm nutes
4 weeks Veg
8 weeks Flowering
and hopefully everything will come out ok..
 

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lukey boii

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looks good so far mate, keep the updates coming through. check mine out its called "lukey boii's 250w scrog grow", let me no wat u think. peace out:)
 

Blkchev

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Finally have my tent setup. Two clones from the local cannabis club and one cutting I cut from my grape ape plant to start off. My trainwreck clone I think has powder mildew already. Transplanted clones into a party cup so i can get a nice root ball then i'm going to transplant them into a 1gl after two weeks.
I started running them under 24 hrs of light for a few day's then going to start 18/6.
GL60.jpgGL60 250W MH & HPS.jpg(New Clone)Grand Daddy.jpg(New Clone) Train Wreck.jpgTrainWreck & GrandDaddyPurp.jpgGrape Ape Clone 3 days old.jpg
 

Blkchev

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First week into veg. Everything is stable now environment wise, my granddaddy & trainwreck are doing so so. I had to figure out how close I needed to have my light. Now that I have moved the plants closer to the light they seem to be growing now, rather then just staying alive lol.

I tried out the LST method because I had small nodes on the lower half of my granddaddy that wasnt really getting much light. The trainwreck is really growing slow with small nodes as well. I'm going to be getting another granddaddy today and see if it was the light being to far away thats why they wasnt really growing fast. I also started a clone I cut from my grape ape plant that I have growing in my brother's tent. I planted the cutting in soil so I want to see if it will root, It's been 3 days now and it's still alive so I hope it will root in a week. I have it sitting in my tent on top of my light so it's getting indirect light 18/6 keeping the soil moist and misting it every day.
 

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Blkchev

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Ten days into veg now, the plants are doing a little better now that I have lowered the light and started the LST method. It's really works good and fast to new lower growth. I've been doing some reading on other threads trying to learn more and become a better grower. I found out that I may a gnat problem. I saw one or two flying around in my tent. I believe it was from the old dirt I put in my cups. It was some fox farm that I had from last season, it was kinda dry in the bag so I thought wetting it alot in the begining would help but from what I've been reading the dirt probably lost some it's nute contents and has larvae starting to form in the soil. I read that adding a little peroxide to your water will help protect your plants from bugs and diesease and kill the larvae. So I need to let my soil dry up all the way, flush them with ph water and add a little peroxide and superthrive and transplnat them in new soil and never use old dry soil again. A lesson learned, also start using peroxide in my watering routine to protect my plants. I think my trainwreck plant has a fugus problem or starving for oxygen because it's yellowish color. My new clone cutting that I cut from my grape ape plant that's in my brothers tent is still doing good. Stuck it in some fox farm soil, no rooting powder or gel just stuck the cutting in some ph water and superthrive and after a few hrs I decided to place it in a cup of soil. I placed it in my tent on top of my light so it wouldnt get direct light but still have some mh lighting and it's been 5 days now and it's still alive so I decided to place it under the light with the other plants hope it's ready. I started a stealthy clone cab. Picked up a tray, dome, heating pad, rooting powder and jiffey peat pellets also using some super thrive in the ph water. I got the cutting's from my brother's 600W hps grow tent. He had a few plants that needed to be topped so why not learning to clone while we are learning to indoor grow. It's just been one day so I hope it work's out.
 

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Blkchev

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I think my girls is starting to look alot better my granddaddy is always looking good to me. I'm going to start paying better attention to my ph watering, I'm still trying to get them that nice green foilage color.

My cutting I had on top of my light I checked to see if it had rooted by now and it wasnt rooted so I recut it and added some hormone rooting to it and stuck it in a jeffy pellet and placed it under the dome with the rest of the clones. I probably should have left it since it was still alive but I wanted to check it and get that old dirt out my tent Ol well. My clones in my dome are still alive and still standing up, not wilting so thats a good sign atleast. Till next time. happy 420
 

Blkchev

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Day 16 of veg, a few changes made new growth update. I was worried and not liking how my girls were growing. Like my title always say's (newbie to indoor).

New to this whole indoor lighting replaca game and how you really need enough lumens to have a nice growth rate. My 250W MH keeps my girls short, compact making alot of new growing internodes grow close together not like it's a bad thing but there growing really slow and small kinda weird looking. I had a defiency at first, I think it's gone my girls are looking alot better. I was reading up on the difference between MH /HPS because I wanted to see better, faster results. So I changed to my HPS and I have to say yes it is a true difference. Now I see what they mean when they say HPS stretchs the plant and MH keeps it compact.

It's been 24 hrs now since they were under HPS and my girls have now starting to grow like I'm use to seeing plant's grow. I think by me changing the light when i did is going to turn out alright. I'm looking to veg for atleast 30-31 days(a month) or how ever long my girl needs time to develope her full bushy look and flower for 2 months or until nice and sweet looking hard and nice.

The MH allowed my girls to grow alot of new foliage and gave them that nice green foliage color and kept there internodes close together. Now that I have change it to the HPS there starting to stretch and I can really enjoy LSTing my girls and have a nice bush and get alot out of her.
 

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Blkchev

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Update~ The clones have rooted; 10 days of misting,lighting and keeping them warm under the humidity dome I finally see roots. Now it's time to put them in party cups with some fox farm soil for a week, keeping them under the dome and low lighting so they can fully root and delvelope a nice rootball. Then there going into 1 or 2 gl pots for 2 weeks of veg.
 

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Blkchev

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Day 20 of veg 6 days under HPS from switching from MH. I guess I will be using the HPS for veg / flowering now that I see the difference. I like the MH but I like how the HPS stretches the plant to the height you need in a short time. The last two weeks of flowering I will change back to the MH so the nugs can get tight and hard. I wish I knew the difference between MH/HPS from the beginning, I feel like I waisted fifteen days of veg with the MH. Well things are going good for now, my clones have rooted, transplanted them into party cups and my babbies are growing everynight. I'm a happy camper. Until next time happy 420
 

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Blkchev

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Day 26 of veg my girls are doing better than ever, my clones have fully rooted and started growing and my trainwreck is growing like its on steroids. I'm ready to start flowering soon . I dont have much room and the trainwreck is taking over. I'm trying to let my grand dad catch up some but I dont think it's going to make it, the longer i give it the more bushier the trainwreck gets. So 4-5 more days and I will see what has progress by then. I'm going to transplant the trainwreck into a bigger pot before I start flowering so it can grow tall and make some nice nugs.
 

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Blkchev

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My clones I think have turned for the worst, I dont know if it's a boy or what's going on. Can some one let me know what they think. I cut cutting from a clone plant that was in full veg about four weeks old vegged under 600W HPS. I use rooting powder and jeffey pellets and 75w flourescent light nder a humidity dome for 10 days later I saw roots. Place them in cup of FF soil sat them in my tent on top of my 250W HPS for 2 days then brought them down so they can get direct light. They have been on 18/6 with the rest of my girls since they been in the tent. I fed them and water them, things have been going great until I saw these things. They look different from my other plants that are 28 days old.
 

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lukey boii

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My clones I think have turned for the worst, I dont know if it's a boy or what's going on. Can some one let me know what they think. I cut cutting from a clone plant that was in full veg about four weeks old vegged under 600W HPS. I use rooting powder and jeffey pellets and 75w flourescent light nder a humidity dome for 10 days later I saw roots. Place them in cup of FF soil sat them in my tent on top of my 250W HPS for 2 days then brought them down so they can get direct light. They have been on 18/6 with the rest of my girls since they been in the tent. I fed them and water them, things have been going great until I saw these things. They look different from my other plants that are 28 days old.
First shots a bit blurry to see anything, second one is clear but i cant really see anything to resemble a male, do u no the sex of the plant it was taken from?? Also if ur really unsure than just chuck it on 12/12 and see wat happens, if its a male toss it, if its a fem than chuck her back into veg on 18/6. Im no expert at all but this is wat id do, good luck to ya:)
 

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Thanks alot for the info. I stuck them outside under my humidity dome, since where on 12/12 outside and they grew bigger and i guess there not male because there showing more females signs now. They came off a female clone plant, they were new cutting's and i didnt understand how they grew and developed. But now I see, I'm going to put them back in my tent after i spray them for bugs. Thanks for checking out my post. I will post new pics tomorrow.
 

Blkchev

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Once again I will be the first to admit I'm a newbie @ growing. My cutting's that I cloned and was unsure about there sex has turned out to be female's and growing better than ever. I didnt know what they were at first so I stuck them outside since outside is on 12/12 for a few days. Put them under a humidity dome so they can stay kinda warm but still have sun light and after a few days what I thought was male's are not a male's there female's, thats just how they grow . I wanted them out my tent incase they were males and didnt want them to pollinate my girl's. Also thanks to the R.I.U forum people that also came by and read my post and shared there info I much appreciate your help and advise. I transplanted them into 1 gallon's pot I'm limited on space I'm only in a 2x2x6, I also transplanted my other girl's into 3 gallons last night there doing good also. I have some type of deficiency on my trainwreck and gdp, I believe it's my ph levels. I have a meter so I dont now what's wrong. I think It's a N problem if not a ph problem. Well there still alive and I'm planing on starting 12/12 in a week or 2, by then my new clones should have grew a bit taller. I'm not going to LST them I will just let them grow regular and just worry aout the tops.
 

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Started 12/12 last monday after flowering for 31 days, 6 days into flowering and things are looking good, white hairs are showing and there growing faster every other day. I went shopping and picked up some nutrients. Fox Farm grow big and big bloom, koolbloom liquid, & a few free samples of soul synthetics amino aide & bontanicare sweets. I still need to get a bottle of cannazym, dark energy and a bag of koolbloom dry. I trimed a few inside fan leaves and lower branches they seem to really like there new trim. I was trying to grow 4 babies inside my 2x2x6 but it looks like that not going to work out so well. 2 plants in 3 gal /2 plants in 1 gal. I LST the one's in 3gal and let the other two in the 1 gal grow regular. My trainwreck is growing nice and bushy and taking up more room than planed so I going to give 1 of my plants that I just cloned and put on 12/12 to my brother. Most likely it will be tha grape ape. I cloned a OG Kush and stuck it out side for a week after it rooted, it grew nice and tall fast so now that it's on 12/12 with my other's It's looking nice and growing wonderful almost better than my other's that I grew inside. I think I will try that way again and see how it's work's out. Sticking rooted clones inside party cups with soil outside under a humidity dome until there touching the top of the humidity dome then transplant them and bring them inside. It just seemed to give it a more thicker stalk and gave it that natural green look. Well now that I have some good nute's and it's 12/12 time I'm more anxious than ever. I'm ready to see and smell some sweet buds. lol Until next time~Keep It Lit
 

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Blkchev

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Starting the third week, 15 days into bloom and things are looking wonderful. I like how my babies are turning out all except one, my granddaddy didnt do so well. It's growth was stunted and it stayed that way oh well. My trainwreck is big and bushy and my westside og kush is the best to me by far. I think I over LST my trainwreck because It made alt of tops but it reduced the size of my buds lesson learned. My og kush buds are ging to be alot bigger and it's budding way faster than all the rest. I also started another round of clones and should be transplanting them into party cups this week.

Until next time~ keep it lit
 

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Blkchev

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Day 30 of flowering week 9, things are looking good and smelling wonderful. I had to elimnate my granddaddy purp and take her out the tent, between the trainwreck growing bushy and the og kush growing tall there just wasnt enough room. The grandaddy got rootbound and wasnt growing much anymore so that was really one of the reason to elimnate her, oh well you cant win them all. My trainwreck is going to yiel alot and my og kush is going to give me some nice hard nugs I cant wait . I think I will start flushing them next week. The white hairs are starting to turn amber and they are full of crystals very sticky icky.

Well untill next time Kip It Lit.
 

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Blkchev

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Day 44 flowering, things are looking and smelling wonderful and full of crystals my hairs are about 50-60% amber very sticky. I only have 16 days left of flowering, I will start flushing my girls on there next watering cycle. My OG kush should yield around a oz and a half, it has some big dense buds and my trainwreck should yield around 3 oz's if not more,it has some nice size buds and alot of them including a bunch of popcorn buds. I'm so stoked and love my setup.

Until Next Time~ Keep It Lit
 

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