DillWeed's 2009 summer grow journal: Two Lbs. or Bust! (2x1000 watt HPS in grow tent)

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Day 7:
June 8, 2009

Still no luck on the two White Rhino plants. I'm starting to worry that I am going to have to do without that strain this time, which is too bad because I was really looking forward to trying it. Oh well, I guess two more White Widow plants will make it into the flower room. The good news is that all 20 of the other kids have all shed their seeds and all have leaves now.

PS- Sorry for the delay on this update. I couldn't get to a computer last night but will be back with another update and possibly some new pics later tonight. :leaf:
 
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Day 8:
June 9, 2009

Well, just as I suspected, the White Rhino seeds didn't take so they were officially sent to marijuana heaven (aka the toilet) today. That sucks, but the good news is that I now have potentially 20 healthy plants and only need 16 of them for this project. I managed to snap a few photos today (attached below as usual) and you can see them starting to really pop up. I think I may lower the lights a few inches tomorrow though to further help prevent stretching. What do you all think?
 

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bigjesse1922 said:
If it isn't very warm on your hand, it isn't very warm on your plants :-)
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You are correct, sir. It's only about 75 degrees at plant level so a few more inches shouldn't hurt. As long as it is below 80 it's all good. My humidity is now up in the mid 40's as well. It was 45% last I checked. Much better than the 37% it has been most of the past week. :bigjoint:
 
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Day 9:
June 10, 2009

Nothing major to report here. All of the kids leaves are growing at about an average rate and other than one of the Great White Shark plants not really opening up its first set of leaves everything is copacetic. I should have some more pics up for you all tomorrow.
 
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Day 10:
June 11, 2009

All of the kids are now starting to grow their second set of leaves and the odd Great White Shark has finally opened up. A few of the plants looked like they were starting to stretch just a bit so I lowered the lights a little bit more to accommodate them.

PS- I tried to log in and update this last night as usual, but the site was down for me. Does that normally happen from time to time or is it just me?
 
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DillWeed said:
Day 10:
June 11, 2009

All of the kids are now starting to grow their second set of leaves and the odd Great White Shark has finally opened up. A few of the plants looked like they were starting to stretch just a bit so I lowered the lights a little bit more to accommodate them.

PS- I tried to log in and update this last night as usual, but the site was down for me. Does that normally happen from time to time or is it just me?
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No it happens all the time to me too.

I am about done with this site to be honest, if it doesn't change soon.

The last two times I have tried to update, I have been 10-15 minutes into a massive update and in the middle of uploading pics or posting the info, the server goes down.

The worst thing is, there is no flow of information as to what is happening from RIU. Its like they think, "Hey, these fuckin stoners can just try back later, and when it works, it works."
 
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Day 11:
June 12, 2009

A little bit more development in the last day or so and the stretching issue seems to have stopped with all but one or two plants. I will just simply bury the stretched out stems with more soil when I repot to fix the issue. Anyway, some new pics for you guys...
 

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Dill,

Your babies look great. Mine are a few days further a long. I have a quick question though. My temps with my one light on in a 12ftx12ftx8ft tall spare bedroom are at 85 degrees. My light is in an air cooled hood by hydrofarm and the hot air is being sucked off the bulb using a 680 cfm inline fan. The room also has AC coming down from a vent in the ceiling and I am still having trouble getting my temps down.

What has me even more worried is when turning on my other light for flower, my 2x1000 watters are heating up my room to a crazy 95 degrees F!
So how are you cooling your room and what else do u think i should do?

I have the ac from the ceiling, a 1300 cfm blower fan circulating air in the room to cool it down, a 680 cfm inline fan sucking air off the bulbs set up like this: light--->ducting--->light--->ducting--->680 cfm fan--->ducting that runs through a hole in the door and up into the attic.

I have no idea what else to do. The windows arent compatible with ac window units or portable ac units. Any ideas would be helpful if you could explain how you cool you room or have any ideas for me.

Thanks bro and good luck with everything. it looks great and super clean and organized
 
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Day 12:
June 13, 2009

More leaves starting to pop up here and there and it looks like the stretching problem is mostly under control now. More pics coming either tomorrow or the next day. They will be repotted very soon as well. Just waiting for the roots to show themselves.
 
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sow217 said:
Dill,

Your babies look great. Mine are a few days further a long. I have a quick question though. My temps with my one light on in a 12ftx12ftx8ft tall spare bedroom are at 85 degrees. My light is in an air cooled hood by hydrofarm and the hot air is being sucked off the bulb using a 680 cfm inline fan. The room also has AC coming down from a vent in the ceiling and I am still having trouble getting my temps down.

What has me even more worried is when turning on my other light for flower, my 2x1000 watters are heating up my room to a crazy 95 degrees F!
So how are you cooling your room and what else do u think i should do?

I have the ac from the ceiling, a 1300 cfm blower fan circulating air in the room to cool it down, a 680 cfm inline fan sucking air off the bulbs set up like this: light--->ducting--->light--->ducting--->680 cfm fan--->ducting that runs through a hole in the door and up into the attic.

I have no idea what else to do. The windows arent compatible with ac window units or portable ac units. Any ideas would be helpful if you could explain how you cool you room or have any ideas for me.

Thanks bro and good luck with everything. it looks great and super clean and organized
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Thanks for the kind words, friend!

However, if you are unable to add more AC to your room and you already have them being exhausted at such a high rate, then I have no idea how you can get your temps down. There should be a few threads on that subject in the "Indoor Growing" section of the forum though. I am just fortunate enough to have an AC unit in the window right next to my intake fan though. Without that it would be far too hot to grow in my tent. bongsmilie
 
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hey ma man. starting another grow already? your all over the place man. just tried to +rep u but RIU wont allow me bc of the massive rep overload i gave u last time :D fear not, i will be sure to spread some more around and i already got a few +reps lined up for ya- for finishing up last grow, starting this new one, and doing this grow all from Greenhouse, my fav seed co :) i just caught this thread today- i got a lot of reading to do. Plus, I got my Arjans Ultra Haze and just started on a second, hopefully full journal today. If you ever change your mind about growing sativas, i got that AUH1 for ya that i would be happy sending u. you can show us all a step by step guide on how you grow it and i would follow you by the word. good luck on this grow! (as if u need it)
 
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Day 17:
June 18, 2009

Forgive me for my absence these past few days, but I have been incredibly busy with some personal things and haven't been online at all. Anyway, new pics are attached below for your viewing pleasure.

To combat the stretching problem I lowered the lights to a mere 18 inches above the plants and to combat the high temperatures, I added ducting to the intake fan and have it blowing right towards the plants.

Even with the lights so close to the canopy, the temperature is still a mere 76 degrees. The humidity has also risen to around 40-45% which is good enough for me. Tomorrow I will be repotting the plants into 2 gallon pots, throwing in one of my 1000 watt HPS lights, setting the light schedule to 18/6 and will be giving them their first taste of nutes. It will be the most important day for my young plants as of yet. We're about halfway through with the vegging phase now. You've got to love growing!
 

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bigjesse1922 said:
Dill, why go HPS now?

Why not finish the veg with mh?
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I should have worded that a bit differently, my bad!

The MH lights will remain in the tent in addition to me adding one of my 1000 watt HPS lights. The reason for this is that once they are in the 2 gallon pots the MH lights alone cannot cover the entire floorspace of that tent. It also helps to start giving them some new spectrum when you change the light schedule as to make them think they are actually outside in the real sun. :bigjoint:
 
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