2000W*Hydro & Soil*CGE*FLOWERING*

Isaid'Ello

Active Member
This is my first indoor grow. I've had a few successful low maintenance outdoor grows and figured I'd move it inside. I hope the community will give there advice as I am very open.

So Here are my specs.

Room: 11x10x8
Lights: (1) 1000W MH for veg, (2) 1000W HPS for flower
Hydro System: 12 site Ebb & Grow flood and drain bucket system with 55 gal. reservoir, RO water
Soil: Fox Farms Ocean Forest
Ventilation: 6" Active Air, Hydro Hut Goblin charcoal filter
Nutrients: Technaflora's BC line following the 'Recipe for Success'
Genetics: G13 White Widow (fem.), Greenhouse Big Bang (fem.), G13 Power Skunk, Bagseed

I germinated in paper towels about 16 days ago. 7 White Widow, 7 Big Bang. 2 Power skunk and some various bagseed were germinated over the past 10 days or so. The seeds were put int a Rapid Rooter tray after they cracked. The original 14 were placed under some floros. It wasn't really enough light and I had some other issues. I ended up losing about 5 days of growth but got most of it sorted out. All of the seedlings get transplanted into there medium once roots show through rooting plugs. One of the White Widow seedlings stressed real bad and mutated. I plan on vegging for around 6 weeks then spread the pots out for flowering.


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So that is where I started and this is where I am at now.
I think I have every thing dialed in. My original plan was to do a CGE. I wanted to be economic about it so I patiently searched and waited on Craigslist and Ebay and got killer deals on everything I needed. I also placed a huge order with the grow shop (mostly nutes). So here is a list of additions to the setup;​

6,500 BTU air conditioner​

50 pint dehumidifier​

mother/clone closet with (8) 48" 40w 6,500k 10,000 lumen flouros.​

6" Active Air 400 cfm in line fan​

Co2 With electric solenoid and regulator​

And some bushy ass babies​

I took 28 clones and had 99% of them rooted. I kept 4 Big Bang and 2 Widows as mothers. I also germed 1 PPP and 1 Purple Lady. I only had one of each and they're femmed so I am shooting for mothers. We'll see how it goes. The main room has been at 12/12 for about 7 days now. The Big Bang have exploded. The Widows are healthy but don't seem as robust. I know they are not typically giants. Although next time I think I will only run one strain at a time. Or at least not two very different strains. Big is a feeder and Widow is more sensitive so lesson learned. On with the show!!​

CO2 Setup​







The Ceiling. You can see the fan and filter. I split the 6" line into to 4" and placed each at floor level to help with circulation under they canopy. This should avoid any settling of co2 as well. I need to run to home depot and get a couple more feet of 4" though. You can also see the dehumidifier which cost a whooping $20 USD from CL!! The white fan you can see in the left was hurting the a/c behind it so it came out and temps dropped 4 degrees to a perfect and rock steady 85 degrees.





My a/c that broke the bank at $25 USD!!!!
All digital with a remote (that is pointless and I don't use.........but still)​











So that's aboout it. Let me know what you guys think.​
 

doobie91

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Hey how much are you expecting to yield, I have a similar setup going with white widow skunk#1 and majority kush....16 plants al together 2000w hps air cooled
 

Isaid'Ello

Active Member
Hey how much are you expecting to yield, I have a similar setup going with white widow skunk#1 and majority kush....16 plants al together 2000w hps air cooled

Thanks for stopping in Doobie. I am used to OD yields so I am not quite sure. I vegged to hell out of mine. Like 6 weeks. I would like to see 2+ per plant but I'll be happy if each puts out on oz as long as it is stellar smoke.
 

Revolution101

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neeed to see some bud shots man! I'm just a little ways into week four too so stop by and compare. I'll be putting up new pics tonight.
 

Isaid'Ello

Active Member
Thanks for stopping by Revolution. I'll head over to your in just a few.

UPDATE: I had a few minor issues with pH and over fert but got them settled out. I dropped my PPM to 1340 and the girls are happy for it. Now that I have stopped trying to fight my pH down it has stabilized and doesn't spike over 5.9 for like two days!!! So sweet! They are finishing up their stretching and really putting their energy into flowering. My tallest WW is just under 45". Trich production has picked up too. The BB is gonna be a yieleder I think, and smells like joly ranchers!!! The widow isn't going to yield as much but I think some real qulity will come off of them. I can't quite put my finger on the smell. It's a rotten sweet kinda but not like skunk IDK. On with the show....

PPP from seed aimed at being a mother



Purple Lady from seed for mother as well



Big Bang mother from clone



White Widow mother from clone



The lowest branch on the topped Big Bang



Big Bang main colas





Random bud shots















Cluster shot of the Widow



A shot of the topped Big Bang



The 45 incher!!

 

Revolution101

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nice lookin plants. How many days into flower are they? I'm on day 24 tonight when the lights come on. I'll take some pics and compare, put my bic up next to my buds so we can see how big they are for real and such. Yours are looking great though, I'm guessing about the same or a bit further along than mine.
 

Isaid'Ello

Active Member
Lights on tonight will be day 22 for me. I may be a little further just because I vegged for 6 weeks. They were showin slight preflowers when I switched them. Look forward to the update bro.
 

Revolution101

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yeah only veggged for about 2 weeks no preflowers when I went in. those are beautiful for day 22. I always seem to underestimate what a plant will do when I look at them this young.
 

Isaid'Ello

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yeah only veggged for about 2 weeks no preflowers when I went in. those are beautiful for day 22. I always seem to underestimate what a plant will do when I look at them this young.

Thanks for the kind wors. Yeah, it is amazing how many factors go into the plants outcome. You and I are still neck and neck. What are your flowering times?
 

Revolution101

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Oh, I'm not exactly posotive. I'm pretty sure the hydro's for me won't go more than 9 weeks max. However a couple of the assorted soil plants look like they could go longer. My hydro is all blackberry kush and the soil are big bud, duckfoot, grapefruit, and another blackberry.
 

Isaid'Ello

Active Member
Oh, I'm not exactly posotive. I'm pretty sure the hydro's for me won't go more than 9 weeks max. However a couple of the assorted soil plants look like they could go longer. My hydro is all blackberry kush and the soil are big bud, duckfoot, grapefruit, and another blackberry.
Yeah, we should finish up right at the same time then. It will be interesting to see the comparison.
 
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