400 MH/HPS Veggie Grow

Hey all,


I've had my whole setup for growing just sitting in a storage unit, because as of my current living situation I am unable to grow.

I got bored and decided to set it up here, but for a vegetable garden.

As of right now I've just got various lettuce growing in it, but will soon be adding some hot peppers and tomatoes.

I am currently using a 400 HPS ballast with a vented reflector hood and a Sunmaster 400W MH conversion bulb.

I have a bunch of seedlings in small cups of dirt, but some will eventually be moved to my aeroponic tub.

Soil is Fox Farm Ocean Forrest, no nutes yet, and im using distilled water.

The temperature usually stays in the mid-upper 70's and low 30% humidity.














What do you guys think? Is my temp/humidity gonna be a problem?

should be fine. i have about 40 different plants growing under my hps. i want an effin rocket!!! that would be so badass.

sittinherebored said:

should be fine. i have about 40 different plants growing under my hps. i want an effin rocket!!! that would be so badass.

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Haha dude there pretty awesome, i have 8 different rockets, there just kinda like oversized fireworks.

Plants look better everyday, cant wait to get my aeroponic setup going

cool im gonna do some gardening shit too this spring/summer,im gonna start them under my weed grow light first lol

if i wasnt lazy and didnt have a prepaid phone i would post a pic of my bigass garden in my room. why are you going aeroponic? you could have soo many more and bigger plants in dirt

sittinherebored said:

if i wasnt lazy and didnt have a prepaid phone i would post a pic of my bigass garden in my room. why are you going aeroponic? you could have soo many more and bigger plants in dirt

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Im using these to test out various growing techniques and hone them in so when I can finally grow pot again I can know what works best for me.

Some will be transplanted into larger pots with soil, and some will probably end up in the aero.

i did hydro and soil when i started my garden. i ended up just going with soil

sittinherebored said:

i did hydro and soil when i started my garden. i ended up just going with soil

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I agree & think hydro is great for starting the plants and getting them strong. I started out with a very simple ebb&flow system for organic basil & beefsteak tomatoes and now they're both at least 9 inches & very strong. Along with some big max pumpkin seeds whose roots are amazingly thick after only 2 days.. they're all going outside to a small garden.

Cheers & REP.

i have striped tomato plants in dixie cups with stems over 1cm thick with potting soil. dirt is always the best to me. hydro is just more fun because you have to do more work

sittinherebored said:

i have striped tomato plants in dixie cups with stems over 1cm thick with potting soil. dirt is always the best to me. hydro is just more fun because you have to do more work

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You know what, thats true. Im starting to reconsider my hydro plans for now. Im prob just gonna stick with dirt, and mabey do organic. Who knows

no offense bro, but who really gives a crap about lettuce , if u were growing what u should be growing, i would say your temp. is good, humidity up around 40 to 45%. good luck with the veg grow.

Jobo said:

You know what, thats true. Im starting to reconsider my hydro plans for now. Im prob just gonna stick with dirt, and mabey do organic. Who knows

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ive never seen any reason to grow organic

sittinherebored said:

ive never seen any reason to grow organic

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From what i understand, organic bud tastes better and perhaps looks better, but thats just what i heard.


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I also have a single raddish going just for the hell of it. It was just barely poking out of the ground yesterday and now it almost half an inch. Gotta love that 400w MH.

Transplant coming soon too, the roots look awesome

radishes do that. they grow REALLY fast. makes for nice lil snacks in like 25 days

There 2 weeks old today!

Transplanted a few, and will continue to transplant as I get more pots.

newb33 said:

no offense bro, but who really gives a crap about lettuce , if u were growing what u should be growing, i would say your temp. is good, humidity up around 40 to 45%. good luck with the veg grow.

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aww come on man lettuce is soo good you can make killer salads .....if you get bigg enough leafs ...lettuce wraps....salad burritos aww man gotta love lettuce

theres lots of people out there that grow different things..some grow lettuce, some grow weed , hell i like growing crystaline structures from time to time . gl luck with your lettuce and radish ...shit maybe one day you will grow some weed ..but till then grow big at whatever ..

tkufoS said:

theres lots of people out there that grow different things..some grow lettuce, some grow weed , hell i like growing crystaline structures from time to time . gl luck with your lettuce and radish ...shit maybe one day you will grow some weed ..but till then grow big at whatever ..

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This is just until I move to a location where i can grow some MJ.


Update pics:

awww pics didnt come up for me

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