Brett Blaze
Well-Known Member
I am starting my second journal very early this time. I guess I'm making up for starting my first journal late. Dano's White Widow Grow Journal
For this grow I am changing from the 2 x 2 grow closet to a 4 x 4 tent. The Super Closet worked well and I am sure using ScrOG technique it would produce 50% more. The total of my first grow came to 4 oz in 4 sq ft. With ScrOG I estimate 6 oz which is still half of what I want. I live in a desert city and travel for business so I am trying to provide one year's worth of product with one grow during the winter and holiday season. I also want to do both a Sativa and Indica strain. Total needed would be 12 oz (6 oz each strain).
I am also changing to DWC with a 5 gal bucket per plant because I want to insure I don't have to worry about water levels while a travel. My trips are generally less that 4 days total per trip. Towards the end of the first grow I came home to a dry tub after 3 days. I considered soil this time but even if I set up a auto watering system it would be too risky.
As mentioned I am in the early stages and still have items in my cart ready to purchase. Knowing the single most expensive item is the lighting I want to use my existing Kind LED K3 XL300 LED and pair with another to provide a growing area of 4 x 2.5 ft in the back area of the tent. This would limit me to 2 plants. Doable if I can get a minimum of 1 gram per watt or 1.6 oz per sq ft.
First question to the more experienced:
Any comments or suggestions using the 2 Kind LEDs versus replacing with all new lighting. Each Kind covers a 2' x 2.5' area. Going with new lighting would cover the entire 4 x 4 area and allow for 4 plants. I am not against spending $1000 or more for new lighting but if I can get 12 oz with the two Kind LEDs and two plants I can save $600 to $1000. The new lighting needs to be two lamps to allow me to adjust the height over each strain while having two plants of each strain on the sides of the tent. I will be planting Cinderella 99 and Kosher Kush. The Cinderella 99 is a very short sativa strain and the Kosher Kush is actually a tall indica. In a perfect world these two would end up being the same height but as we know growing is no where near a perfect world. Each have the same flowering period.
If I select new lighting, I would like two LEDs that would cover an area of 2' x 4' each. I am considering two HLG 320 Watt XL V2 R-Spec QB Kits for $970 or two Electric Sky 300 V2 for $1400. I am pretty handy with electronics so no problem with the QB kit. But if I can achieve the 12 oz goal with only adding another Kind LED and having only two plants then there's no need to drop $1000 on new lights.
I encourage light option recommendations from the experienced growers.
Here are PAR comparisons. The Electric Sky provides 50% plus more PAR as the Kind LEDs and QBs. But can I still get 12 oz with the Kind LEDs and only two plants?
Other items:
VIVOSUN 48"x48"x80"
Kind LED K3 Series 2 XL300 LED X 2 or new lighting
iPower 6 Inch 350 CFM Exhaust Fan, Inline Carbon Filter and Ducting
VIVOSUN 6 Inch Clip on Oscillating Fan
Deep Water Culture (DWC) Hydroponic Bucket 5 Gallon, 6 inch
Air Pumps and Air Stones
Hydroponic Grow Rocks
Set up will begin next weekend or as soon as I get the light situation confirmed. I want to begin germination in early October.
For this grow I am changing from the 2 x 2 grow closet to a 4 x 4 tent. The Super Closet worked well and I am sure using ScrOG technique it would produce 50% more. The total of my first grow came to 4 oz in 4 sq ft. With ScrOG I estimate 6 oz which is still half of what I want. I live in a desert city and travel for business so I am trying to provide one year's worth of product with one grow during the winter and holiday season. I also want to do both a Sativa and Indica strain. Total needed would be 12 oz (6 oz each strain).
I am also changing to DWC with a 5 gal bucket per plant because I want to insure I don't have to worry about water levels while a travel. My trips are generally less that 4 days total per trip. Towards the end of the first grow I came home to a dry tub after 3 days. I considered soil this time but even if I set up a auto watering system it would be too risky.
As mentioned I am in the early stages and still have items in my cart ready to purchase. Knowing the single most expensive item is the lighting I want to use my existing Kind LED K3 XL300 LED and pair with another to provide a growing area of 4 x 2.5 ft in the back area of the tent. This would limit me to 2 plants. Doable if I can get a minimum of 1 gram per watt or 1.6 oz per sq ft.
First question to the more experienced:
Any comments or suggestions using the 2 Kind LEDs versus replacing with all new lighting. Each Kind covers a 2' x 2.5' area. Going with new lighting would cover the entire 4 x 4 area and allow for 4 plants. I am not against spending $1000 or more for new lighting but if I can get 12 oz with the two Kind LEDs and two plants I can save $600 to $1000. The new lighting needs to be two lamps to allow me to adjust the height over each strain while having two plants of each strain on the sides of the tent. I will be planting Cinderella 99 and Kosher Kush. The Cinderella 99 is a very short sativa strain and the Kosher Kush is actually a tall indica. In a perfect world these two would end up being the same height but as we know growing is no where near a perfect world. Each have the same flowering period.
If I select new lighting, I would like two LEDs that would cover an area of 2' x 4' each. I am considering two HLG 320 Watt XL V2 R-Spec QB Kits for $970 or two Electric Sky 300 V2 for $1400. I am pretty handy with electronics so no problem with the QB kit. But if I can achieve the 12 oz goal with only adding another Kind LED and having only two plants then there's no need to drop $1000 on new lights.
I encourage light option recommendations from the experienced growers.
Here are PAR comparisons. The Electric Sky provides 50% plus more PAR as the Kind LEDs and QBs. But can I still get 12 oz with the Kind LEDs and only two plants?
Other items:
VIVOSUN 48"x48"x80"
Kind LED K3 Series 2 XL300 LED X 2 or new lighting
iPower 6 Inch 350 CFM Exhaust Fan, Inline Carbon Filter and Ducting
VIVOSUN 6 Inch Clip on Oscillating Fan
Deep Water Culture (DWC) Hydroponic Bucket 5 Gallon, 6 inch
Air Pumps and Air Stones
Hydroponic Grow Rocks
Set up will begin next weekend or as soon as I get the light situation confirmed. I want to begin germination in early October.