My FIRST grow GO HYDRO (PICTURES)

oh yeah forgot to mention the fans... you can get SMALL inline fans (which is really all you need since the cool tube is what ? 2 cubic feet? haha) for 39 dollars a piece... all this should keep your environment nice and comfy for your new girls =)

the key to having a good setup on a student budget is to be smart about it, keep all the heat in a small area so you dont have to spend gobs of money on ventillation.

Cannabassador said:

Sounds about right to me chief!

If I wasn't on kind of a tight budget
I might do something like this...

put one of these cool tubes inside of regular enclosed light housing(glass on the bottom with 2 holes for intake and exhaust) with a curved reflector... run the light to a remote ballast, and run 2 inline fans through the cool tube getting rid of most of the heat before it even enters the grow area..

You can get a cool-tube for a 400watt system (complete with remote ballast) for around 300 dollars on the net...

then you could probably build a housing with some stuff from home depot for around 40 bucks (for the reflector and to help contain any of the heat that radiated from the cool tube)

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didnt know you could fit one of those cooltubes into another reflector! But still that seems way over my budget, max i wanna pay is $250 total..

so i got about 30 grams off the first half of the plant, im growing the smaller one till i stop seeing new growth (i.e. new white pistils, and light green growth)

Just cleaned out the rez and bumped up the nutes again, ppm prolly close to 1900 if not more

Bought my friends HPS system last night, for $250 and an 8th, i got a 600watt Hortilux Hps bulb (brand new), Sun System reflector with diamond spreader, and some sort of ballast, just plugged it in and it looks fucking awesome, like a god damn sun is in my room.

The other plants are still vegging under random light cycle. (its on when im awake, and off when i go to sleep, not consistent at all) and i dont think i can grow them under fluros much longer, they need way more light!

ill post pics in a sec...

as promised....

Whoo 600w yeah, now ya talking!
How big's the space your going to be putting that baby in?

Mammath said:

Whoo 600w yeah, now ya talking!
How big's the space your going to be putting that baby in?

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hell yeah! im so excited to see what kind of difference an hps really has

its a skinny space but heres the dimensions >>>>>>> 3 ft 7 inches Left to Right x 1 ft 8 inches Back to Front x 8 ft Tall <<<<<<<

So how many watts per sq ft is that?? Is it sufficient? Will it give optimum light for 4 plants??


Heres some pics of what the light looks like hung up in its space. I will be using the T5, Full spectrum, to finish vegging these plants, then on over to the soon-to-be flower chamber. In the meantime, flowering girl will remain in the cab and veggies will have to rely on cfls.

My buddy who sold me the hps kit told me im doing it all wrong and cant have any reflective surfaces reflecting the hps bulb back at it, or it will fry the bulb and possibly burn my house down. Hes coming over tomorrow so we can finish setting up the flower chamber, STAY TUNED~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

motif said:

hell yeah! im so excited to see what kind of difference an hps really has

its a skinny space but heres the dimensions >>>>>>> 3 ft 7 inches Left to Right x 1 ft 8 inches Back to Front x 8 ft Tall <<<<<<<

So how many watts per sq ft is that?? Is it sufficient? Will it give optimum light for 4 plants??


i got bored and started moving my plants around for shits and giggles. Heres some pics of what the light looks like hung up in its space.

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That's sufficient all right. Works out to be about 90w per sq ft. About the same as my current cab. Twice as much as you need. Good thing you got plenty of height so you can keep them away from the heat of the lamp and any hot spots. This lighting is going to improve your grows dramatically. oh yeah.

Mammath said:

That's sufficient all right. Works out to be about 90w per sq ft. About the same as my current cab. Twice as much as you need. Good thing you got plenty of height so you can keep them away from the heat of the lamp and any hot spots. This lighting is going to improve your grows dramatically. oh yeah.

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i cant wait

Looking good, I wanna grow with hydroponics. Just not sure what medium to use and what ratio.

k fixed the hps and got everything in order right now, just need to get two black tarps to seal off the corner. I think im gonna use the hps to veg my other plants at the same time im flowering my half cut girl. Currently not even using the T5 or the cab.

gave the flower girl some new nutes (strongest dose yet) way beyond the recommended amount. Ill prolly be giving her a flush sometime next week using Botanicare Sweet and MagiCal for the first 3-4 days, then ph'd water after that

quality pictures

Starting my FLUSH today.

First 3 days will be nothing but 2.5 ml of MagiCal (2-0-0) and 40 ml of Botanicare Sweet per gallon.

Last 4 days will be strait pH'd water.

ah fuck it, im chopping her tonight, shes already fried chicken, i cant stand to watch her wilt anymore

Wow very nice looking, cant wait till mine are that big, and ready to bud.

wow two days and the buds are already crispy, into the jars they go..... Weight was 16.62 grams, im hoping some moisture will be regained from the stems and add some weight

The main thing motif is the amount of new stuff you've learnt along the way that you can apply to the next grow.
Plus the satisfaction of knowing you grew this stuff yourself, and there's nothing like smoking your own

thx guys, im closing this thread now. see ya around