phdtje
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Re: 1st Grow/BigBud AutoFlower
Nice budget setup man.
I also can advise not to save too much money on the nutes. Get a good price/quality nutrient, sometimes a one component (including everything) can be very good and not too expensive. I have to say Advanced nutrients probably being one of the best but it's also being one of the most expensive.
You cant get good yield without enough nutes considering the amount of light, the alternative is having really big containers and well pre fertilized soil.
Often seedlings can take more nutrients dissolved in soil than clones. Clones have more catching up to do for mostly root structure.
My golden rule about nutrients is: Not to overfeed them during veg and preflower ( 1st stage flowering ), and not to underfeed them during main flower production till ripening ( about middle period of flowering ). Last 2 to 3 weeks i give only water.
oh yeah may consider getting a cheap hood for the lamp, setting it up horizontally, any not too small hood will do.
edit:
Just reading back, is it still the 75W HPS + 42W CFL setup? A 400W up to just 600W would do good i think, that's if you can cool the 600W.
But think of a high W HPS or MH lamp as a heater, running in winter is definitely more efficient, during the night when it's cold also. Heat yield of a HPS/MH is much higher than for example an electric heater which often runs at least at 1000W.
Nice budget setup man.
I also can advise not to save too much money on the nutes. Get a good price/quality nutrient, sometimes a one component (including everything) can be very good and not too expensive. I have to say Advanced nutrients probably being one of the best but it's also being one of the most expensive.
You cant get good yield without enough nutes considering the amount of light, the alternative is having really big containers and well pre fertilized soil.
Often seedlings can take more nutrients dissolved in soil than clones. Clones have more catching up to do for mostly root structure.
My golden rule about nutrients is: Not to overfeed them during veg and preflower ( 1st stage flowering ), and not to underfeed them during main flower production till ripening ( about middle period of flowering ). Last 2 to 3 weeks i give only water.
oh yeah may consider getting a cheap hood for the lamp, setting it up horizontally, any not too small hood will do.
edit:
Just reading back, is it still the 75W HPS + 42W CFL setup? A 400W up to just 600W would do good i think, that's if you can cool the 600W.
But think of a high W HPS or MH lamp as a heater, running in winter is definitely more efficient, during the night when it's cold also. Heat yield of a HPS/MH is much higher than for example an electric heater which often runs at least at 1000W.
. The second is a pic of my whole set up from above, (the hps light screws with my camera). And that last pic is the biggest of the 3. As of those pictures they are 15 days from first coming above soil.
