PouceBlack
420 Member
Howdy!
This is my first journal (and first post) here. I want to make sure I document my grows better so here I go.
I've started growing in my closet 3 years ago after getting a 2x4 tent, filters and fans, and this is now 6th grow. So far it's been fairly well, I've mostly fought stretching in my 5' high tent and temperature problems in the summer. Last grow was my worst, with a spider mites infestation that I've never entirely gotten rid of. I took a few months break after this to recover, lol, but now I'm back.
Rough start. I germinated 6 seeds of 4 different strains. I used the paper towel method, which I never do, and being an idiot I forgot about it and went on vacations for a few days. I came back with germinated seeds with 3-4" long roots in a very dry towel. Planted them all in coco and most were looking real bad. In the end, only 2 survived, of the same strain; chemdog #4. Being an idiot, bis, I forgot about them again so they grew in the same pot for a while by the window sill, stretching and not looking well. Transplanted in coco + perlite in 1gal soft pots and put them under 50W CFL until I clean up the tent. They stretched a bit under that light but not too much, finally cleaned up the tent so now they're both under a 160W Quantum Board.
320W of QB in a 2x4 (in a closet) makes for a very hot setup but with 4 fans it's not too bad (30C under light, 20C under dark). After a week in the tent I topped them at 4 nodes. I usually top at 3 but I guess I wanted to try something different.
My main challenge in my setup is to keep them short because of the 5' limit of the tent, as well as keeping the temperature in control as the exhaust is in the same room, and the tent is snuggly inside a 2x4 closet. I will probably transplant in 5gal in the next 2-3 days, switch to flower within 7-10 days and setup a scrog net in the meantime.
So:
Space: 2'x4' tent (5' height) in a closet
Strains: 2x Chemdog #4 by BlimBurn
Lights: 2x160W HLG Quantum Boards
Soil: Coco Coir + 30% perlite
Pot size: 1gal, switching to 5gal within 2-3 days
Nutes: Canna Coco A+B, CannyZym, H&G Roots Excelurator, Cal+Mag
Other: SCROG net incoming
This is my first journal (and first post) here. I want to make sure I document my grows better so here I go.
I've started growing in my closet 3 years ago after getting a 2x4 tent, filters and fans, and this is now 6th grow. So far it's been fairly well, I've mostly fought stretching in my 5' high tent and temperature problems in the summer. Last grow was my worst, with a spider mites infestation that I've never entirely gotten rid of. I took a few months break after this to recover, lol, but now I'm back.
Rough start. I germinated 6 seeds of 4 different strains. I used the paper towel method, which I never do, and being an idiot I forgot about it and went on vacations for a few days. I came back with germinated seeds with 3-4" long roots in a very dry towel. Planted them all in coco and most were looking real bad. In the end, only 2 survived, of the same strain; chemdog #4. Being an idiot, bis, I forgot about them again so they grew in the same pot for a while by the window sill, stretching and not looking well. Transplanted in coco + perlite in 1gal soft pots and put them under 50W CFL until I clean up the tent. They stretched a bit under that light but not too much, finally cleaned up the tent so now they're both under a 160W Quantum Board.
320W of QB in a 2x4 (in a closet) makes for a very hot setup but with 4 fans it's not too bad (30C under light, 20C under dark). After a week in the tent I topped them at 4 nodes. I usually top at 3 but I guess I wanted to try something different.
My main challenge in my setup is to keep them short because of the 5' limit of the tent, as well as keeping the temperature in control as the exhaust is in the same room, and the tent is snuggly inside a 2x4 closet. I will probably transplant in 5gal in the next 2-3 days, switch to flower within 7-10 days and setup a scrog net in the meantime.
So:
Space: 2'x4' tent (5' height) in a closet
Strains: 2x Chemdog #4 by BlimBurn
Lights: 2x160W HLG Quantum Boards
Soil: Coco Coir + 30% perlite
Pot size: 1gal, switching to 5gal within 2-3 days
Nutes: Canna Coco A+B, CannyZym, H&G Roots Excelurator, Cal+Mag
Other: SCROG net incoming
