First Grow! : CFL/HPS 8 Plants

[DKskater75]

Well, techniquely this isn't my first... I have two growing at the moment, but they were given to me to take care of. I'm not even sure of the strains, but they will be ready to harvest in a few weeks. As for now, I plan on starting 8 new plants in a Homebox XS (homebox.net) that I just purchased. As for the lights, I have two 65w CFL flood lights for veggin and a 400w HPS for flowering. I have two Northern Lights that just sprouted this morning (ordered 10 from the doc last week), and have a bunch more seeds coming (hopefully). I keep hearing all of this talk about the doc gone bad. Anyways the strains I ordered were Purple Wreck, California Indica, and Feminized Skywalker. I will be starting those also as soon as they arrive!


Here are just a few pics of the veg setup and the two NL just sprouted.

 

[Hayduke]

Nice to see you started your journal, I will be looking forward to your success!

 

[DKskater75]

Haha thanks Hayduke. I will be looking forward to having some success, I hope. Anyway, just a few new pics here. Like I said I have two plants flowering at the moment that are unknown to me. If anyone wants to venture a guess at the strains, feel free to comment. Although I apologize for the shitty camera phone pics, it's all I have right now. I'm pretty sure one of the plants is indica dominant and the other sativa...

 

[DKskater75]

So I went in to check on the sprouts today and find the temp up around 90 with only a 20% humidity. Although I guess that was to be expected with the outside temp getting up around 105. Anyways, that encouraged me to go out a get a humidifier, along with a few extra fans. I got a pretty decent humidifier for 30 bucks and a couple clip on fans at 10 a piece. I got the humidity stable at around 50% now which dropped the temp down closer to 80.

 

[Hayduke]

Well temps and humidity looks good! You must be pretty far inland for temps and humidity that high. I assume the Bay is the gay bay jk! Your bigger girls look good too!

 

[DKskater75]

Yes, I am about an hour from the "gay bay" lol. It was hot as hell out here yesterday.

 

[Hayduke]

yeah it was over 90 here yesterday, September is the hottest here, but as the "crow flies" I am really only 5 miles from the ocean, so we get some marine layer most nights, and we have had Huge thunderheads over the mountains with the monsoonal flow. Soon the Santa Ana winds will make it bone dry, and the fires will come back. Hope not though.

Stay cool!

 

[DKskater75]

Yeah, I'm hoping it will cool off here within the next month or so. Hopefully it won't be as hot when it's time for these to start flowering. I'm still a bit worried about the temp inside the tent at night since I have to have it completley sealed up so light wont get to the flowering plants. I left the fans running, but don't know how much that helps without any ventilation. I haven't monitored the temps in there yet, I'll be able to check once the lights come on here in a minute.

 

[DKskater75]

Well, this is what I was afraid of. I went in an opened the tent to find the temp up to 96, and the max hit over 100 during the night. I opened things up and within 15 minutes the temp has dropped back down to 85. However, I have no idea what to do about the temp inside during the night. I can't leave the humidifier on, as the humidity would climb way too high, and like I said I doubt the fans are helping much at all. If anyone has any ideas PLEASE let me know.

 

[camaro630hp]

good start

il b watching

 

[DKskater75]

good start

il b watching

Thanks! Glad to see we have more than one lol. I think I will go out and search for some sort of exhaust fan/blower for the tent today.

 

[camaro630hp]

i know of sum great computer fans
if ur intersted

Thanks! Glad to see we have more than one lol. I think I will go out and search for some sort of exhaust fan/blower for the tent today.

 

[DKskater75]

Well, that would have been nice, but I already went out and picked up a bathroom exhaust fan. It's a Nutone, 80 CFM, cost me about 60 bucks. I was worried about it being too big, but it fit nicely in the upper left corner, still leaving enough room for the lights. It uses 4" ducting which fit perfectly out through the hole in the top of the tent. I zipped everything up to test it out and it brought the temp down around 80. I can even leave the humidifier on now and it still provides plenty of ventilation. So I think I'm all set up now, just need the rest of my seeds! Any other suggestions, feel free to comment.

 

[camaro630hp]

dose it work good?

Well, that would have been nice, but I already went out and picked up a bathroom exhaust fan. It's a Nutone, 80 CFM, cost me about 60 bucks. I was worried about it being too big, but it fit nicely in the upper left corner, still leaving enough room for the lights. It uses 4" ducting which fit perfectly out through the hole in the top of the tent. I zipped everything up to test it out and it brought the temp down around 80. I can even leave the humidifier on now and it still provides plenty of ventilation. So I think I'm all set up now, just need the rest of my seeds! Any other suggestions, feel free to comment.

 

[DKskater75]

Yes, it works very well. The temp inside the tent while it was all closed up was in the high 90's this morning. It's at 81 now.

 

[camaro630hp]

dam good 2 here
glad it worked

Yes, it works very well. The temp inside the tent while it was all closed up was in the high 90's this morning. It's at 81 now.

 

[DKskater75]

Thanks! Me too. Now as long as the doc comes through with my seeds I'll be ready to go.

 

[paperfetti]

nice setup..the grow boxes come with the mylar in there like that?..or is that extra??

 

[iamthatguy]

Hey did you feel the earth quake the other day?

Another recommendation for bringing the temps down that I use is to freeze a liter bottle of water and put it in the tent next to the fan blowing air in. I have 2 bottles that I rotate every 12 hours. It brings the temps down about 4-10 degrees.

 

[DKskater75]

nice setup..the grow boxes come with the mylar in there like that?..or is that extra??

Yes, the grow box comes lined with mylar. You can get one on eBay for $99. They're great and real easy to setup.

Hey did you feel the earth quake the other day?

Another recommendation for bringing the temps down that I use is to freeze a liter bottle of water and put it in the tent next to the fan blowing air in. I have 2 bottles that I rotate every 12 hours. It brings the temps down about 4-10 degrees.

Yes I felt that it was huge! Biggest one I can remember since 89'. Where are you at? Anyways thanks for the idea with the frozen water bottles, I'll have to try that out!