Indoor First Grow 2x4 Tent 600 W HPS

[fakula]

giggity!!!! let the good times roll!!

 

[Mrbubbles87]

Girls are loving the new light, temps around 80 at okay level and humidity is around 50%. Tried to find epsom salt and molasses today. Couldn't find epsom salt. I did find some in the bath section but it had additives like eucalyptus. I did pick up some molasses but not sure if its the right stuff. Here's a pic...

 

[Mrbubbles87]

Okay based on some research it sounds like this molasses will work. From what i've found i should be adding 1tsp per gallon once per week thru veg and then 1tblspn per gallon per week until flush. Thinking at around 1.5 weeks i'm going to give them small feeding. I'm planning on mixing 1/4tsp of Big Bloom per gal and 1/4 tsp of mollasses per gal. I'm going to aerate it with an air stone for 24 hrs first. Do you guys think it would be a good idea to feed them this soon or wait longer?

 

[Mrbubbles87]

Here's my water aerator and nutrient station lol...

I am also switching them to a 18/6 light schedule tonight and I increased my light to 75% so I'm running 450 watts at approximately 3 feet above my plants.

 

[fakula]

ehhhhhh you could run it with your normal feedings but at lower doses I would reckon, then up it as you would up the nutes, I got my epsom salts in a pharmacy so maybe try that?? but if your fine with the molasses then that's sound, ill keep track and see how the ladies take it, might go and get myself some then, your light situation is perfect, bring it down an inch ever couple of days until they meet you half way and are about 15inches apart, you'll be flying it by then happy growing man

 

[Mrbubbles87]

Here's a feeding schedule I found for Fox Farm Trio with Autos. There is also tons of other info as well. This is probably the best post I've found for autos so far. I'm thinking of doing my first feeding tomorrow or the following day depending on how much my soil dries up. Today is day 10 from when they were first planted. I'm going to water them each with about 2 cups of aerated water with 1/2tsp of molasses and 1/2tsp big bloom per gallon. Think ill be okay feeding this soon at this small of a dosage or should I wait longer?

I have seen a few questions on this as well as had a few directly asked to me about these products. Since there was a demand on the knowledge i figured i would share what i use and how much and when.

Currently i am using my own teas, BUT i still have the on standby. When it comes to products you have to know one thing these are not organic, but they do have organic compounds in them. You have to be careful with the use of them as they WILL burn the piss out of your plants. With that said lets get into the meat and potatoes of this.

Right now Fox Farms sells a wide variety of cannc friendly ferts, soils, and mixes that suit any need of the grower. It leaves you with several questions as to what to use, how much and when. i hope to simplify this for you after you read this info. i have tried a few of their products other than the trio but i have to say hands down that if used right as well as routinely fed your plants will get huge. There is Grow Big, Big Bloom, and Tiger Bloom that form the main trio, they offer it in both soil and hydro applications. So they cover both sides of the spectrum here. So you hydro guys are not left out of this as the levels i use for the soil are THE same as i used for Hydro back in the day. Im sure that i could have pushed it a little further in the hydro setup.

Most autos do not need fed until they sex, most of them make it to this point before they ever need any type of feeding other than the pH water. Usually you see the need for feed at or around 2 weeks of life. You will see the Cotyledons begin to yellow and this is usually the first sign for food. At this point most begin to add nutes to their feedings to heal the plant as well as make it grow. I how ever push them a little bit when it comes to the stuff. I have grown out several autos and have learned from them what they like and when they like it and most important can handle it.

As you grow out your own autos you will see that they need a specific treatment from one strain to the next, even one pheno to the next. As we know autos are not real stable at this time but are getting close to it. I see this happening in the near future though.

So if you would like to super charge your autos this is what I do. But remember that this is my feed schedule to my conditions as well as soil amendments. SO if you know you have a hot soil ease up on the mix to make sure you dont burn and if your soil is plain compo you can get a little brave but less is more here.

The back of most of the bottles say 2teaspoons for regular feed and 3 for heavy feeding. I never use the 3teaspoon regimen. 2tsp is ideal for a 1/4 part break down.

Week
1 pH water only

1.5 add in Big Bloom to the mix at 1/2 tea spoon

2 1/2tsp Grow Big 1/2 tsp Big Bloom

2.5 3/4 tsp of grow big

3 1tsp grow big and 1/2 Tiger bloom 1/2 tea spoon Big Bloom

3.5 1/2 tsp Grow Big 1/2tsp Tiger bloom

4 1tsp Tiger bloom 1/2 tsp Grow Big

4.5 Clean pH'ed water to clear out salt build up

5 2tsp tiger bloom 1/2 grow big

5.5 1 Teaspoon Grow Big

6 Begin Flush for the final weeks. At this point i can flush for a week before i begin to see yellowing of the fans.

I like to leave enough time to get all the salts out of there before the harvest. This stuff WILL salt up on you and cause build up and lock out.

Hope this helps some of you out there and remember this may vary to your application. This is just MY feed schedule.

http://www.autoflower.org/f5/fds-guide-growing-hefty-autos-small-places-206.html

 

[Mrbubbles87]

The girls are looking great! Ill post pics up tonight. I've got my heat issues under control now but my exhaust is loud. I've got the fan itself in a stealth box I made but the air coming out of the 6in tubing is loud. It makes almost a whistling noise. I've looked for leaks and I can't find any. I'm not sure what else I can do to quiet it down besides buying a hundred dollar exhaust muffler. Ideas anyone?

 

[Mrbubbles87]

After some research I came up with an idea to get rid of the howling/whistling noise from my exhaust. It's basically a diffuser just like in your bong lol. I took a 1 gal ice cream bucket. Cut a 6in hole in the lid with scissors. Wedged my 6in exhaust tube through the lid. Then I drilled holes all over the sides of the bucket. I may also add a tub or box to put the icecream into to create a double diffuser effect. I haven't decided yet thought. Here's a few pics....

Also you'll notice a 10in fan in this pic. It's been getting pretty hot under the stairs. I am now using an active intake with a 4in duct fan to bring cooler air in. I'm diffusing the hot air under the stairs and then exhausting the air in the stairs with the 10in fan in the corner. Ghetto I know but something to keep the damn whistling down while I save for my inline fan/carbon scrubber

And finally the girls...

 

[Mrbubbles87]

Update Day 12:


Not much to update. Everything is looking great. Temps are still creeping up to 84 but mostly around 80. I've got my MH 2ft above the plants at 300w still. I also gave them 2 cups of water each. Still haven't gotten rid of the bagseed plants. Pretty sure I've found a good home for them. The tallest one is already starting to smell skunky on the leaves so I can't imaging what my Autos will be like Anyways here's the pics...

The Group

Critical Jack

Berry Ryder 1

Berry Ryder 2

Berry Ryder 3

Blue Cheese

Mazar

Bagseed 1

Bagseed 2

Bagseed 3

Bagseed 4

 

[fakula]

nice work dude, wouldn't worry about temps getting higher for u now, if you have it under control which it seem you do then you'll fly through it!!!