WalterGamer8

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Like the title says this is my first journal and this grow is my second grow ever
last grow i did was around a year and it went pretty average but i wasn't happy with the results so i took a break from growing marijewana. Anyways a couple weeks ago I thought to give it another try so here i am

I'm going to put some pics of my setup and my plants and stuff and what im using and stuff
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My grow room/closet is pretty messy but im too lazy to clean it but basically I have a two 5 gallon pots and 1 gal pot. I have one seedling so far that sprouted and for the other two pots im having couple getting seeds to sprout/I planted 2 more seeds in the pots today and hoping for a sprout

I also have a humidifier and a heat mat under the pots. And I mist the closet with a mister a couple times a day.
The temps are usually 83 degress but when i put on my ac it goes anywhere form 70 to 80, right now its at 78. And my humidity goes from anywhere from 40 to 58 percent.

the seeds im using are auto "BCN CRITICAL XXL AUTOFLOWER" and I have them on 18/6 light. Its pretty hard having to stay up 18 hours a day to turn the lights off and then having to only sleep for 5 hours to be up to turn the lights on.

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its kinda hard to see but heres a pic of my seedling that sprouted. It sprouted 4 days ago and I havent watered her yet/im planning on watering her tomorrow
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heres a pic of my setup. I'm using a 600w hps light and I have a fun but its turned off and I have a carbon filter but it's turned off/Im probably going to turn it on tomorrow.





Anyways I am using
ffof soil
two 5 gal pots one 1 gal pot
bcn critical xxl auto

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I also have this Mychoriza and recharge that my cat gave to me. I didn't use the recharge yet at all because I don't know how to use it. But i did use some of the mychoriza, I sprinkled some near the seedling and sprayed it with a little water.

I am also planning on using some prescription blend nutes when my plant gets a little bit older, maybe when its 3 weeks-1 month

anyways I really hope the 2 seeds i planted in the 2 pots sprout because its really annoying trying to get seeds to sprout in those pots they keep dying.

anyways i hope my plants dont die and i hope the seeds sprout and I hope the people that read this journal think its very based
ill try my best to update and any help is very appreciated
 
New setup. Feels good to have a legit big place to grow now.

two seedlings in two different 5 gal pots
1 seedling in a 1 gal
1 seedling in a solo cup for the heck of it

all around a week old. Didn’t water them yet planning to water all 4 tomorrow

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All plants are a little older 2 weeks. Will start using prescription blend nutrients at 1/2 half strength (because autos so i will use 1/2 strength) when they reach 1 month.

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That is not the colour of a 600watt HPS.

It's aburple light and a 600watt HPS will heat the small room no end regardless of the AC.

You need to think about extra venting if you plan a 600watt HPS for that spece.
 
That is not the colour of a 600watt HPS.

It's aburple light and a 600watt HPS will heat the small room no end regardless of the AC.

You need to think about extra venting if you plan a 600watt HPS for that spece.
When I ordered it on amazon it said 600w HPS light. And yeah you are correct at it heating the room a lot, without the ac on it can reach temps 88 degrees. With the ac on it can reach 78-80. I leave my ac on for 12 hours a day, cant afford to keep it on 24 hour. I also have a fan on 24/7 in the tent but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. I have a carbon filter with outtake fan leading out of the tent. What extra venting would you recommend?
Any help is appreciated
the heat is stunting my plants its making me sad
 
When using HPS it is best to have an intake and outake.

Have you measured that room to work out the transfer rate to replenish with fresh clean air?

As for that light, it is not a 600HPS. Wrong colour, it's a cheap Chinese LED. Not HPS and if you bought it as an HPS you have the wrong item.
 
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update



all plants are a month old now autolfowers. The big one is doing good going to start using nutes on the big one tomorrow.
 
That's ur colour on 600hps so so so much heat

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Sorry for taking a while to reply.


yeah it is a lot of heat. It’s pretty hard to deal with. I have a fan running in my tent 24 hours. I also keep the AC on 16 hours a day. With the ac on the temps get 79 degrees And 46 humid. When i have my ac off the temps get 84 to 88 degrees with 56 humidity.


nice plants by the way
 
When using HPS it is best to have an intake and outake.

Have you measured that room to work out the transfer rate to replenish with fresh clean air?

As for that light, it is not a 600HPS. Wrong colour, it's a cheap Chinese LED. Not HPS and if you bought it as an HPS you have the wrong item.
Sorry for taking a while to reply


yeah I bought it on amazon a year or two ago it said it was 600w hps so I guess it’s the wrong item.

what do you mean about measuring the room?

i have the tent next to my bed in my bedroom and I have a fan running on in it 24 hours and I have a outtake ventilation leading out the tent
 
Sorry for taking a while to reply


yeah I bought it on amazon a year or two ago it said it was 600w hps so I guess it’s the wrong item.

what do you mean about measuring the room?

i have the tent next to my bed in my bedroom and I have a fan running on in it 24 hours and I have a outtake ventilation leading out the tent
@WalterGamer8 just came across your journal, how has the garden been doing lately? If you have any questions feel free to tag me in a post and I’ll try to get back and answer.

I can clarify about measuring your room for the fan.... inline fans are rated by CFM (cubic feet of air moved per min) so you can calculate the volume of your tent by multiplying the LxWxH, and then you will know how many exchanges of air you get per min.

for example: a tent that is 4ft x 4ft x 6ft = 96 cubic feet. If you have a 600CFM fan, you exchange your tent air about 6 times per min.

NOTE: fan ratings are done with no ducting or filterS attached. These will drastically lower your CFM so in practice you get lower rates of air exchange.
 
My one and a half month auto auto flower girl below. Watered her with my nutes for the first time and she’s doing a lot better now. She was stressed out from heat in the beginning of the grow but everything is going fine now.
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Below is my 3 week old auto. I used to have a bigger plant in the same pot as her but it turned out to be male and I had to
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Below is my 1.5 month auto, the bigger plant. And my 3 week old auto on the top the smaller plant. Grew these two in a one gal for fun. They’re doing very well especially


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Another pic of the smaller plant in the one gal
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@WalterGamer8 just came across your journal, how has the garden been doing lately? If you have any questions feel free to tag me in a post and I’ll try to get back and answer.

I can clarify about measuring your room for the fan.... inline fans are rated by CFM (cubic feet of air moved per min) so you can calculate the volume of your tent by multiplying the LxWxH, and then you will know how many exchanges of air you get per min.

for example: a tent that is 4ft x 4ft x 6ft = 96 cubic feet. If you have a 600CFM fan, you exchange your tent air about 6 times per min.

NOTE: fan ratings are done with no ducting or filterS attached. These will drastically lower your CFM so in practice you get lower rates of air exchange.
Hey! Appreciate you popping in here. Just posted an update, my plants are doing a lot better now than they were before. They started off with a rough start but doing good now.

Did some calculating, my tent is 4ft x 4ft x 6.6 ft = 105.6 cubic feet. Looked at my fan and it's 200 cm and I also have a booster fan which is 100 cm so 300 cm.
 
Shocked at how well the plants are doing. this is my second ever grow. First ever grow I did ended up a disaster. This one doing better compared to the first.

There are 4 auto flowers in the tent currently
2 are flowering
Other 2 are vegging
24/h of light on all day
73-77 degree temps
55-65 humidity
Watering with nutes once a week with prescription blend nutrients at 1/3 strength
Also Water with tap water I leave out in the sun for 24h

plant 1:
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Did lst on her. My first time ever doing lst. She’s in a 5 gal pot. 3rd week of flower.

plant 2:
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Vegging and growing out nicely. Also in 5 gal. Didn’t do any lst on her just letter her grow out naturally. Tried to lst her when she was a couple weeks old and she didn’t take it well.

plants 3 and 4:
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grew two plants in a one gal for fun as an experiment. One is vegging very well. And the smaller one is flowering. Smaller one is week 4 of flower and getting very frosty
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