Small 250 Watt Grow Please Help a Newbie

[CharlieMopps]

I'd go with 2 or 3 gallon pots.

It's going to get very thick in that tent with 6 plants, so the 2-gallon pots would help keep them a bit smaller.


3-gallon will grow bigger plants, but if it gets too crowded you'll be at higher risk for mold.

Be sure to go with the FFOF soil on this transplant, or another quality soil. I like to add at least 25% perlite to it to help keep it from compacting and improve drainage. You can use it straight out of the bag, but I like the extra perlite. If nothing else, it makes flushing easier and more effective.

Listen to this guy.^^^ He knows his voodoo.

 

[Myzz617]

what a shitty ratio bro 6 broads out of 20 or almost 7 broads still well at least things are looking good and your getting experience. Keep it up..

 

[Setting Sun]

Listen to this guy.^^^ He knows his voodoo.

the ladies like to chat and always know best. I continue to work on my listening skills

thanks Charlie

what a shitty ratio bro 6 broads out of 20 or almost 7 broads still well at least things are looking good and your getting experience. Keep it up..

Not that bad actually. It's a 50/50 thing.

I usually won't plant any less than 6 reg seeds though.

 

[chillgarden]

Setting Sun,
.....(edit) ha, just re-read your post on page one. 2700 CFLs in addition to your 250wt....!!!

Troublesome, looking good brotha. This is an inspiration!

 

[Troublesome]

Mr. Sun- Im not sure what FFOF soil is?? Is this something that i will have to get at a grow shop?? I havent located the closest one yet. But if need be ill go id like to know where is anyways.

SlowPuffer- Hey thanks alot man i def. welcome all your knowledge and advice 12-14oz every 10 weeks!! WOW maybe u could steer me in doing something like that...

ChillGarden- Thank you for the kind words bro makes feel good to hear my hard work shows

 

[Setting Sun]

FFOF = Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting soil.

You won't usually find it outside of hydro shops or maybe a really well-stocked nursery.

If you can't get that, do you have an OSH nearby? They have a soil called Sunland Organic that is very good and only $10 a bag. Sunland makes the OSH labeled potting soils too, but don't get those, the one they make under their own label is far better.

If you can't find FFOF or the Sunland, call around and see what you come up with and then post it here and we can check it out.

 

[Troublesome]

Thanks Mr. Sun Ill be doing all my transplant friday night when i get off and ill be getting all materials to do so friday during the day Oh by the way im fairly certain that im going to be getting a 600 watt very soon i might even even just throw it in this grow just for a final bang Someone i know doesnt use it any more and they are very trusted by me and i showed them my work and they told me its as good as mine as long as i have the room... OH IV GOT PLENTY OF ROOM So im thinking ill have to build a new space. Im just going to do it out of plywood this time to hell with this plastic its for the birds lol. Mr. Sun... What should my dimentions be?????????????? Ill have all the fixins for this 600, exaust, and if i want to set it up iv got a fuzzy logic controller too. Not sure if i want to go hydro just yet because im a little concerned about the difficulty level??? And a huge carbon filter...which will be needed if ill be using that 600

 

[Troublesome]

Temps and rh are at 71 degrees and 50% rh that pretty much where it stays it goes up and down but not much at all, a few degrees here n there

 

[Myzz617]

I would holler @ FPF (fryingpanflyer) The beast he has built from plywood OMFG amazing. Hes into hydro as well has tried quite a few diff methods. Get a fan controller a 6 inch or 8 inch inline fan carbon filter an inline duct fan or two and the rest is small stuff. What size if the room you have to work with?

 

[Troublesome]

about 12ft wide 14ft deep and about 6 ft tall. Iv got more than enough room to do whatever. Ill look this guy up man thanks MYZZ

 

[Setting Sun]

To keep things at 50w per sq ft, which is good intensity, a 600w will cover 3.5 x 3.5'.

IMO, you could build it 4 x 4' to make it a little roomier and still get good results.

 

[Troublesome]

 

[Troublesome]

Ill be going to pick my 600 watter up like monday

 

[Troublesome]

I also located and got directions to my nearest grow shop

 

[Setting Sun]

Great job on the LST!

They're lookin' great!

Try to get them in bigger pots with some good soil soon, so that you avoid transplant shock later in the bloom cycle.

 

[Troublesome]

im doin that tomorrow night. im going to get some fox farms soil tomorrow morning with a bag of perlite 3 gallon pots. If i remember correctly i know that they have 3 gallon thick black plastic bags which would be nice

 

[Setting Sun]

sounds like a plan bro,

the ladies should be very happy

Those grow bags work fine but make it harder to LST because they're not as easy to tie things to. There's a thread here somewhere on how to do it.

 

[Troublesome]

I dont think im going to go with the bags i think im just going to try to find some nice pots

 

[Setting Sun]

cool, always good for future grows

 

[DJMattz0r]

Lookin good bro! So you are going to be changing to a 600W HPS?