My first grow

AlaskaRob

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spent months researching through all the garbage and conflicting internet "truths" about growing, and what was needed, to make sure I did it right. I cut some corners on a couple things, but made sure new equipment and the best tech was involved.
I'm within a week of flipping the lights over to flower, after battling heat issues from outside the tent for a couple weeks. I will have been in beg for about 6 weeks at the time I flip. Just filling last little bit of canopy now.
Here's what I got going:

-60x60x80 grow tent (its off brand, but i did love the price point and it works well without light leaks.
-630w dual-bulb cmh, started with one bulb for first 2 weeks, have been using both bulbs now for a few weeks. 4200k
-AC Infinity T6 inline fan, 4-layer 6" ducting, and 6" carbon filter (all inside the tent along ceiling) The controller is set to turn on to regulate temp to 76°, and monitors humidity levels. I did not set the controller for control of humidity below 64% as I have a hard time keeping humidity up to 50 already.
-Root Pouch brand 3 gallon pots
-18" oscillating fan
-Canna Coco medium
-Humidifier with humistat set to 50%, yet it struggles to keep 35% since fan is almost always on when lights on.
-Canna Nutrients: Coco A & B, Rhizotonic, Cannazym, and Botanicare CalMag+


My questions are:
Did I do it right?
I know ambient temps outside of the tent are 73°, and my fans keep the temp inside the room around 75-77. Keeps pulling out the humidity tho.
How can I keep the humidity up better if fans constantly pull it all out?
What nutrient numbers do I need for bloom, and then what's a good number to shoot for with P/K and what stage of bloom cycle should I be using these?
 

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spent months researching through all the garbage and conflicting internet "truths" about growing, and what was needed, to make sure I did it right. I cut some corners on a couple things, but made sure new equipment and the best tech was involved.
I'm within a week of flipping the lights over to flower, after battling heat issues from outside the tent for a couple weeks. I will have been in beg for about 6 weeks at the time I flip. Just filling last little bit of canopy now.
Here's what I got going:

-60x60x80 grow tent (its off brand, but i did love the price point and it works well without light leaks.
-630w dual-bulb cmh, started with one bulb for first 2 weeks, have been using both bulbs now for a few weeks. 4200k
-AC Infinity T6 inline fan, 4-layer 6" ducting, and 6" carbon filter (all inside the tent along ceiling) The controller is set to turn on to regulate temp to 76°, and monitors humidity levels. I did not set the controller for control of humidity below 64% as I have a hard time keeping humidity up to 50 already.
-Root Pouch brand 3 gallon pots
-18" oscillating fan
-Canna Coco medium
-Humidifier with humistat set to 50%, yet it struggles to keep 35% since fan is almost always on when lights on.
-Canna Nutrients: Coco A & B, Rhizotonic, Cannazym, and Botanicare CalMag+


My questions are:
Did I do it right?
I know ambient temps outside of the tent are 73°, and my fans keep the temp inside the room around 75-77. Keeps pulling out the humidity tho.
How can I keep the humidity up better if fans constantly pull it all out?
What nutrient numbers do I need for bloom, and then what's a good number to shoot for with P/K and what stage of bloom cycle should I be using these?


Your temps should be around 80 at the canopy top. If you don't have fan speed controllers for each fan, you'll want to get them. To warm your tent, run the reflector fan slower and use it as a heater. This will also increase the humidity. Use a fan controller on the tent fan to slow the amount of flow. This will also help warm up the tent, and raise humidity levels. If you're still not where you want to be, get yourself an ultrasonic cool-mist humidifier. You can get used ones for less than $10 if you look around.

If all else fails, your plants will still grow fine with low humidity. They'll just uptake more water.

And finally, during veg you want to shoot for 50% the or higher. And during flower, below 50%.
 
Even a couple bowls of water in the tent will raise the rh, especially if you use a small fan to blow across the surface.
 
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