JD's first indoor/hydro grow '09

[jd2005_17]

Hello all, long time visitor first time poster. This will be only my second grow. The first was really just a practice grow outdoors, didnt really know what i was doing but i sure did learn alot along the way.

This time around I will be doing a hydro grow with homemade DWC buckets. I purchased everything I needed to get started and the day has finally come.

The seeds im using are from some good nugs a friend had. I have germinated six seeds and have planted them in temporary plastic containers.

Everything in my setup was purchased seperately from ebay or other sources.
I Have:
a 2'x4'x5' grow tent
400watt HPS/MH with a six inch air cooled reflector
6" can fan for the reflector
small fan for air circulation

Im waiting to see how the temperature rises to add any more intake/exhaust fans.

Ill be posting pictures later today or tomorrow.

 

[jd2005_17]

Here are some pics of the setup, the babies and the nutes.

 

[flyfishinrock]

pics arent working, click here to see how to.......I wanna see!!!!

 

[Dr. 215]

Set up sounds legit! Click that link that fly sent you and upload the pics through the site so we can help you out. Fly can give you some great hydro support.

 

[jd2005_17]

Thanks flyfishin, I had a feeling I did soomething wrong.
here ya go.

the nutes

the setup

the babies(not quite above ground just yet)

 

[NoLogo]

nice setup JD! may i ask which brand grow tent you are using? and what your opinion of it is, any light leaks or low quality parts?

 

[jd2005_17]

Im not sure of the brand but it was one of the cheaper tents on ebay. It does leak light from the zippers a lil, and it has a strong plastic odor but hopefully it wont be toxic to my plants. only time will tell

 

[four20friend]

nice nute and light combo.

 

[jd2005_17]

Thanks four20friend.

Does anyone happen to know if I can use the FF with the chemical fertilizer?

 

[Be Irie]

That looks like my old tent from HTG, but my zippers didn't start leaking until some use. The seams were starting to pull out. Luckly it was inside a closet. Yes, you can use the big Bloom and the grow big at the same time. Hope you are not thinking of nuteing them yet, they are way to young. Give them a few weeks unless they ask for it. Good luck to ya...

 

[jd2005_17]

Irie- Thanks for clearing that up for me, and no im not giving them any nutes until they're ready.

Well as of yesterday they popped their little heads above ground. I fired up the MH in the tent but the temps rose to 92f even with the front open, so the babies are currently inthe garage under two 23watt cfl's until the other fans i had to order arrive.

Pics

 

[Stizz1e]

your going to want to cover those clear containers your using with some duct tape or something...roots dont like light. Unless they arent going to be in them to long, cause if your transplanting in like a week I wouldnt worry about it. other wise make'em not clear.

 

[jd2005_17]

Stizzle- Ya I plan to transfer them into bigger pots in a day or two so I figured they would be ok.

I'll post pics again after I transplant.

 

[jd2005_17]

So I transplanted the three healthiest into their permanent pots, now its time to wait until I can take clones and see which are females.

Some pics.

Group shot

close ups

This one came from different seed

 

[pan4gold49]

JD good start.

I like the setup.

Pan4

 

[jd2005_17]

Thanks Pan4.

Update:

Im always hearing stories about so many people having bad experiences with Miracle Grow products, and noone seems to promote using them. So Ive decided to start a little experiment.

The three plants that were transplanted first are in MG potting mix. The three that were transplanted last are in a potting soil from Wal-Mart called Hyponex which has no nutrients. We'll see if the MG lives up to its rep.

Now for pics:
Its day five for the, hopefully, ladies.

The three in MG soil

The three in Hyponex

Group shot. Top-MG Bottom-HX

Thats all for now, let me know what you think.

 

[jd2005_17]

Update:
Well its day 7 for the babies, the second set of leaves is coming in nicely on all of them. They are all about 2" tall now and there isnt any noticeable difference between the two soils yet.

I dont think ive told you my new plan for this grow. Im going to be flowering all six plants when they reach about 6-8" in height. Once they reach the third or fourth week of flowering im going to take about ten clones for the hydro setup.

So my first harvest will be what's left of the Mothers, and my second will be the hydro grow.

As far as the setup is concerned, I have finally put the plants in the tent full time. The temps are the only thing that concern me. Right now it stays between 82-86f with all fans running. Other than that everything is going great, Ill post pics with the next update.

Let me know if you see any flaws in my plan. out

 

[jd2005_17]

Oh I forgot to metion that I will be using the HPS throughout the whole grow.

 

[pan4gold49]

JD looking good.

I hope you have better luck with MG than I did. After about the second week my plants were showing nute burn and I had to trans plant to soil I got at Lowes.

Pan4

 

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