my first 400 watt grow

thank you. the 3 bag seed plants will be getting their first feeding besides just water in a couple days. they need it, it they get better kool, if not oh well. i'll be using grow 50% pro grow, not sure might use some liquid karma also. my first time using botanicare nutes.

pix. sorry some suck

a new toy that will be added to my grow or maybe take over or soil idk yet. i'll have to see how it goes, when i run it in my grow. any advice on water farms?
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i watered all my plants today. i added some grow, karma, and sweet to the water. 50% grow, 25% karma and sweet, of recommended on bottle.

Go google a place called planthydroponiclighting I got my 450cfm inline fan with 5 year warranty for 69. It keeps my 400w pretty cool but I use a portable ac for perfect temps.

nice thank you. my temps are good now that it's cold as hell here. i mean we only got like almost 2 feet of snow in the last couple days. and people wonder why i hate NY!!! to much damn snow. i got my light little over a foot away from my plants now i think im going to soak 2 cali big bud seeds tonight to put in my new starter plugs to test the water farm out.

not looking so good with the mg,coir mix

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my nutes and ph meter showed up today

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how much you pay for all this?

nutes were $40 for all with shipping, and ph and ppm meter were about $15 each i think with shipping. not sure where the recite is at. did i over pay? yesterday was the first time i gave those test plants any nutes. still waiting on my seeds from attitude. ive been waiting about 2 weeks sence they shipped my seeds.

the bag seeds plants are starting to look a little better. looks like my botanicare nutes showed up just in the nic of time to save them. i just hope they didnt get to stressed from the temps and little water from being busy. i think i have it dialed in now for the most part. i think lol.

i'm thinking about transplanting the 4 little ones to bigger pots with ff happy frog soil. i'm not sure what size to go up to. i could do 2lt bottle with top cut off, 8 quart pots, 12 quart pots. i have all ready and willing to take care of my baby. and i cant wait to try out the ff happy frog soil. hydro shop said it ready out of the bag, right into pot. so that what my plan is, after i figure out what pot to put them in. any suggestions?

i moved the 4 plants from their 8oz cups to 8 quart pot. i added some water and very little nutes to the outside part of ff soil. just grow and karma to help with the transplant. wont give any nutes for a couple weeks now i hope. not sure how long the ff soil will care the plants. most likely going to toss the bag seed plants, they dont look good and there isnt much room on the shelf i have in my closet. i will be building a shelf, for going all hydro after this grow. first water farm will be rotated in when roots start to come out of starter plug. i will be buying RO water till i buy a RO setup for my house. i like the 2 ppm from the ro i have now, its a hell of alot better then the 547 ppm from my tap. and i hope that help with the ph swings also.

hopefuly the smaller plants start looking better now that they have been transplanted into ff happy frog soil. they look a little little green to me. larger plants will be getting small amount of nutes, they are in a mg, verm, and coir mix.

their growing so fast lol. i love to watch them grow over time.

What up brah? Looks like you ran into a lot of the same problems I had when I first started out. Those duct boosters are worthless unless combined with a bigger inline fan. I know because I tried the same thing before getting my 530 CFM inline fan. Good move on buying the new hood that will make a huge difference with your heat issues especially in the summer months.

Keep up the good work brah and you'll get there.

Peace.

thank you. and hell yea i need a bigger inline. i added a 160 to the intake of the hood to help out. i think i mite buy a 6" 530cfm off of ebay for $100. ive been looking at it for a couple weeks now. by itself it would still move more air then my two 160cfm lowe's inline fans. money is an issue unenjoyment dont pay shit.

I hear ya man, I'm in the same boat. It sounds like you are looking at the same one I got.

Grow on man.

this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/6-INCH-INLINE-FAN-SCRUBBER-vortex-hydroponics-hps-grow-/390271499322?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5addfe7c3a#ht_5763wt_905

just some pix of my babys. they have growth from the nodes on all plants. i just love how they dont stretch like crazy using a 400 watt mh compared to using T8. and like most ladies they the to be photographed. damn camera whores lol

No mine is different but basically the same. That's black and mine is silver. Yours was 2 dollars cheaper too. I think you'll be happy with that purchase.