NJSkaPunk
Active Member
Hey there RollItUp. Been using this site as a great reference for getting my own little setup going. There have been a lot of useful tips I've picked up here, so I figured I owed the site another "study" into indoor growing. This is my first ever grow. My materials are as follows:
I have two plants going right now; a feminized Emerald Triangle Bubba 76 and a feminized Samsara El Alquimista (both freebies from Attitude). I figured if I'm going to be messing anything up, better to do it on freebies instead of the White Widow
.
I started germinating the seeds on 8/23 and by 8/25 I was planting them in the pots they will be grown in (to avoid transplant shock). They sprouted on 8/28.
So as of today they have been above soil for nine days. I haven't given them anything besides ph-treated water and light on an 18/6 schedule. I have been keeping the light roughly a foot above the plants. Luckily for me, my tent is right beside my a/c unit and has been keeping the tent at 75 degrees F consistently. The humidity stays at about 35% with the light on and close to 50% with it off. I use passive intake on both sides of the tent and that works well with my exhaust fan (which runs 24/7). The oscillating tower fan is for air circulation and I feel that it is more than enough for a 2'x2' tent.
So here come the questions: How long should I wait before giving the nutes? Some people start them right away, most say to wait 2-4 weeks. I don't plan on going nute crazy to begin with, probably starting with a 1/4 concentration.
Also, how often do you think I SHOULD be watering them? I have been watering them every two days to start but decided to skip watering yesterday and they actually look a little less droopy. Every four days sound good?
And scrogging. Is there going to be a significant difference in result from using a scrog method to just leaving them be? I wouldn't say I'm too lazy to try it but I would certainly like to skip anything that isn't going to make a huge difference in the end.
Don't worry, I'm not going to ask about yield though I do want to ask if anyone has tried these two strains before? Since they were freebies my gut tells me they are going to be crap. The world wide web doesn't seem to have a lot of info on these two specific strains.
Other than that, maybe just any tips you more experienced growers have accumulated throughout the years would be much appreciated. I'm sure I'm missing some sort of technique that would be of tremendous help.
Sorry if the end of this post is mostly rambling. This blunt is almost finished.
Thanks for reading guys.
- Secret Jardin DR60 II Grow Tent
- 250w HPS MH Grow Light Digital Ballast Kit
- Fox Farms Ocean Forest and Happy Frog soils in a 50/50 mix
- PH treated distilled water (probably overkill)
- Plastic 2-gallon pots
- GrowBright 6 Inch Inline Hydroponic Air Carbon Filter
- Oscillating tower fan
- Fox Farm Grow Big, Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom, Cha Ching, Beastie Bloomz and Open Sesame Nutrients
- LEDwholesalers GYO2402 6-Inch 240 CFM Air Duct Inline Hydroponic Booster Fan (for exhaust)
- Acu Rite Indoor Humidity Monitor
- 6 inch aluminum ducting
I have two plants going right now; a feminized Emerald Triangle Bubba 76 and a feminized Samsara El Alquimista (both freebies from Attitude). I figured if I'm going to be messing anything up, better to do it on freebies instead of the White Widow
. I started germinating the seeds on 8/23 and by 8/25 I was planting them in the pots they will be grown in (to avoid transplant shock). They sprouted on 8/28.
So as of today they have been above soil for nine days. I haven't given them anything besides ph-treated water and light on an 18/6 schedule. I have been keeping the light roughly a foot above the plants. Luckily for me, my tent is right beside my a/c unit and has been keeping the tent at 75 degrees F consistently. The humidity stays at about 35% with the light on and close to 50% with it off. I use passive intake on both sides of the tent and that works well with my exhaust fan (which runs 24/7). The oscillating tower fan is for air circulation and I feel that it is more than enough for a 2'x2' tent.
So here come the questions: How long should I wait before giving the nutes? Some people start them right away, most say to wait 2-4 weeks. I don't plan on going nute crazy to begin with, probably starting with a 1/4 concentration.
Also, how often do you think I SHOULD be watering them? I have been watering them every two days to start but decided to skip watering yesterday and they actually look a little less droopy. Every four days sound good?
And scrogging. Is there going to be a significant difference in result from using a scrog method to just leaving them be? I wouldn't say I'm too lazy to try it but I would certainly like to skip anything that isn't going to make a huge difference in the end.
Don't worry, I'm not going to ask about yield though I do want to ask if anyone has tried these two strains before? Since they were freebies my gut tells me they are going to be crap. The world wide web doesn't seem to have a lot of info on these two specific strains.
Other than that, maybe just any tips you more experienced growers have accumulated throughout the years would be much appreciated. I'm sure I'm missing some sort of technique that would be of tremendous help.
Sorry if the end of this post is mostly rambling. This blunt is almost finished.
Thanks for reading guys.
