New 1600 Watt Grow Room

[Stix87]

yeah imo its abit bit to much light for seedlings even fluros are great for raising seedlings then hit them with a bigger light once they are established. yeah there the right nutes ya need i guess they write that on there so you dont use it on soil

[Badseed77]

Growing in coco is hydroponics , all hydroponics basically means is you feed the plant with a mineral nutrient solutions, in water and grow without soil in an inert medium .

 

Make sure you take temps at the pots so you know you are not cooking your seedlings .

 

Have fun .

[Mr Jane]

Thanks Badseed, that had me pretty confused, I thought hydroponics meant you actually had to be using a hydroponic unit, rookie mistake.

 

Stix I changed over to my 600 mh, it's the smallest globe i have handy, I can already see the little green tops coming through so it must be doing a good job.

 

Could one of you fellers explain my nutrient instructions for me though? The label instructs 15ml per 10L, I would rather mix up in liter soloutions for now, is this possible if I scale it down? So 1L would need around .7ml? Sorry for all the questions guys, I've searched around here and other sites but some things I just can't seem to find a clear answer for.

[Naycha]

You can mix up any amount you like. That strength scaled down would be 1.5mL per L but .7mL would probably be better anyway particularly this young. It is preferable to measure your nutrient solution with an EC meter though so you actually know what they are getting.

 

Naycha

[Mr Jane]

Ha, I'm glad you're onto in Naycha, I was never good at maths. I don't have an EC meter right now, but I'll put it on the list. To be safe I just mixed a 1ml soloution.

 

My little lads are up to day 5 now, I watered them with the nutes day 3. They're still under the single 600w light, when's a good time to give them more light?

 

Here are a couple of pics for you guys, they look healthy and strong, but I think I may have planted the two on the left end a little shallow, In time i might have a problem with them falling over, any thoughts/ideas on this one?

[iTiC]

Nice variety you've got there El, and yeah I'm a total noob, this is my first indoor. Would maybe trying 4 plants in my space be a bit better?

 

G'day Frazz, good pick . Thanks for your helpful tips, I'm a bit worried about the warmer weather approaching, but like you said it can be moderated. What kind of a room are you using to grow?

So its all about surface area, Power (watts) and root mass.

Training a plant allows the plant to send out shoots to fill a canopy. The plant takes care of surface area.

The other limiting factors are how powerful the light is and how large the rootmass can become.

Being able to get in a trim and train the plant to increace surface area is really valuable.

Unless you want to do a SOG, then there would be an optimum number of clones per/m².

Perhaps someone here already knows what that is.

GL

[87..BUD..00]

ice-block sticks next to plant to hold them up .. an mate plz be carefull with nute untill 3 or 4th set of nodes ....

good luck mate from 87..bud..00

[Mr Jane]

Thanks iTiC, very useful knowledge there. It is still on my mind to maybe scrog, but I think it might be a bit difficult to get into my room if I use a net, so instead i might try LST for this grow, I'll keep 4 of the 6 in there at this stage. Do you know if there are calculators to work the clone/m2 theory?

 

G'day 87 Bud, thats a clever soloution thanks, and yeah i will back off them a bit untill then i think now!

[merl1n]

Hi Mr Jane,

Yr SCROG net doesnt need to fill your whole space. Some ppl use a trailer net stretched out to fill the whole space and that is a pain in the ass to navigate around.

But placing a piece of fencing netting over the area you intend to fill works just as well. I have heard of fellas using heavy gauge steel mesh placed on bricks as a SCROG net but one bloke his mesh fell off the bricks and snapped stems, where fencing mesh has a lot less weight and you can bend it down so it supports its own weight, like legs over the pots.

My SCROG net now is a purpose built steel frame with adjustable legs. I use the fencing netting welded to the frame. I have enough room to move around the room and reach all parts of the plant. It works a treat.

 

Merl1n

[Mr Jane]

Thanks Merl1n, that thought had crossed my mind, I wasn't sure if I was just cleverly half-assing ideas though:p Do you think you could put a pic up of your frames if you get a spare chance? That would be great!