Bagseed grow, 12-12 from seed under a 400hps in a tent!

I'm about 2 weeks in. So far everything's going good.

400 watt hps in a cool tube reflector. It's a 6" tube but I've got two 4" reducers since my ducts and fans are 4"
A 4" 190 cfm exhaust fan pulling air in though a carbon filter before it blows out a window.
A 90 cfm intake fan. I also have an aluminum vent in one of the tents flaps to allow the positive/negative air pressure regulate.

Plants are in 5 gallon DWC each. Started out with 4, narrowed it down two the best two. The Bigger one is for sure a female, just waiting on the other to show sex.

Ppm is averaging 900 and Ph is around 6

As far as nutrients go I'm using General Hydroponics FloraMicro, FloraGro, FloraBloom, FloraBlend, Liquid KoolBloom, RapidStar, and Floralicious Plus



Feel free to comment and give me advise, I can use all the help I can get!

These pics are from when I was checking for balls and pistils. First few are male, the rest were female

Update

Just more pictures, everything is still looking pretty good. Need to add another fan this week though.
I'll post some macro shots in a few

Well these aren't exactly macro shots, but close ups at the least lol.

Update
Day 35 or so

I changed some things around, like shortening ducts and reducing bends, in my tent that ended up bringing down the temps. Need to get a better fan.

Hey,
Sounds like you have organized your setup well. Definitely think you need to pay attention to heat and airflow when using tents.
Curious why you are using so many additives beyond the General Hydroponics Gro,Micro and Bloom. They are pretty complete. Think most of the rest is unnecessary. Am I wrong?
Anyhow, I am not trying to tell your business- I am not that experienced myself just trying to learn.

Good luck with it, mate.

pope creek said:

Hey,
Curious why you are using so many additives beyond the General Hydroponics Gro,Micro and Bloom. They are pretty complete. Think most of the rest is unnecessary. Am I wrong?
Anyhow, I am not trying to tell your business- I am not that experienced myself just trying to learn.

Good luck with it, mate.

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I'm honestly not sure if they need the extra or not. I bought a General Hydroponics Flora Series starter kit to try out and it came with the extra stuff. In the mixing guide it calls for everything so I've just been using it to see what it does.

Fair enough.
Got to say though, growing gets more complex by the minute and I'm not sure it need be.
Scanning grow journals I am seeing such complex feeding routines and so many products and additives.
I am convinced the majority is snake oil and marketing.
You do need the correct feeding regime. It needs to be complete if growing soil-less, but beyond a grow, micro and bloom, what is the other stuff actually doing?
The temptation is to over-manage and over-garden.
I truly believe less is more. Create a healthy environment, provide a decent diet and leave it alone.
important things are; temperature, air flow, light and basic nutrition.
I ran a good indoor grow for years without anything beyond a well-designed room, a 3 component feed system and a PH tester.
Never checked ppms (coz you dont let your res get stale), never added stuff just kept thing cool and airy and left alone.

Also I notice your plants are a little droopy. Happiest plant are all sprung and upstanding.
Curious about your light cycle and how often you water....

Lights are 12 hours on, 12 hours off, and I change my res out at least once a week unless the water drops down to a certain point, or the ppm starts to drop. I have been wondering about the drooping though. I may cut out the extra nutrients to see if there's any effect. Or just cut them out on one of them to see if there is a difference at all. Any and all advice is appreciated

Good Idea to cut back a couple and see if it helps.

Good luck.

I moved the lights up a little and the leaves perked back up I guess I had it too close

Awesome.

Pics from day 45

Everything is going great. I chopped down the other plant as it was under preforming and hadn't showed sex. The remaining plant is getting pretty thick and flourishing with the extra space. I also switched over to the Lucas formula