First real indoor grow! 600w HPS Licensed Medical Grow

Hello there,

I'll start by saying that I am a Licensed MMJ card holder and member of a Collective... and now the grow!

I'll be posting images of my first real indoor grow and extractions made if and when successful. Just put a few in flower and have a few more vegging. Any negative comments will be greatly appreciated...btw the three Blue Dream pictured in flower were vegged outside. :)

Equipment:
-4X4 Gorilla Grow Tent
-6" Hyper Fan
-Duct silencer
-6"x16" Phresh Filter
-Box Fan
-Phantom Dimmable Digital Ballast
-600w Medium Adjust-a-Wing
-Readygro Aeration coco and perlite
-1, 2 and tall 5.5 Gallon pots with holes drilled
-2 5 gallon DWC buckets with holes drilled... j/k :D
-EcoAir 4 Air pump

Hydro Nutes: (the Blue Dream is in soil... no nutes will be added)
-GH (pre-Monsanto) FloraBloom, FloraMicro, FloraNova, PH Up and Down
-Superthrive, Silica Blast, 35% H2O2, Epsom Salts, CalMag

I plan to have 2-4 plants in 5.5 gallon tall pots and 2 in 5 gallon DWC buckets probably getting bigger buckets later.

Here's the setup:

Filter with duct leading to fan and silencer.
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600w HPS with Adjust-a-wing to Phantom digital dimmable ballast connected to Hydrofarm one outlet grounded timer (not shown) plugged into wall.
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Box fan hung with SunGrips in the corner.
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Temp says 87.6 but the plants fell cool so IDK. Other pic is of the intake... there is two of these contraptions.
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Here's the three Blue Dream. They've been tied down since this pic... will update later. Through these inside for earlier harvest. These plants have been fighting the bugs pretty good despite the bite marks... bugs don't even like Blue Dream. :l
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and a couple veg pics.
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Thanks for looking, ME!

All 2ft T5 grown except Asian Fantasy that was outdoor.

Fresh and upside down sorry... Purple no 1 and Purple Durban
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Dried Purple Durban
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Fresh, Whole plant water extraction... Purple no1 and Cookie Monster
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Previous test results of water extraction... Asian Fantasy 81.6% THC... those liars.
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Gotta show my credentials... tee hee BD

If possible check the PAR (Photosynthetic Active Radiation) at the plant main plant canopy if you have a light meter and the temp at the leaves. Optimal photosynthesis will take place when the highest par footprint is over the canopy mixed with canopy temps around 74-78. Other than temp, I'd say things are looking pretty spot on - keep on keepin' on.

Here's some pics of the ladies after being tied down
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Stem pic...
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and one more intake pic.
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Thanks for the reminder.
My free light meter is off the charts (not the best measure, I know) and the infrared says 78 F on avg. at the canopy.
I've also measured the distance so that the plants are in the 2 ft. optimum light zone.

Nice grow Guesticle!


That full melt looks nice and greasy terp-a-licious!

Thank you!

The melt smelled just like lemonade, tasted more like kush. The pic was taken shortly after pocket curing; it did cake eventually. Still da bomb!

The ladies are growing.
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Here's a branch I broke whilst training... the plant didn't seem to mind.
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Some more veg pics... cracked a few GG #4 seeds.
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I was having bacteria problems so hopefully this cooler with frozen ice packs and a little bleach will help. I also changed the feed a little in the buckets, trying to figure out the problem. If not then I'll ditch the DWC buckets for now. I covered the EcoPump 4 with a bucket to help with noise. Also, the pump is on a bucket that is on vibration pads; can't hear it vibrating in the kitchen anymore!
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Sweet grow. Yeah with dwc def keep those temp down. I love dwc but don't even attempt in the summer. Just too much work battling water temp. In winter it is no problem obviously. Looks killer though.

Thanks for the feedback.

I foil taped the buckets after reading some of Rumpleforeskin's threads. He says he gets no problems with roots, bacteria or algae without using a chiller in 80+F room. My bacteria problem could be from the water (tap less than 50ppm), nutes, lack of oxygen, and/or high temps. The water is running at 76F with no signs of bacteria for two days now... I know it wants to come back though.

Pure dry sift and bubble hash joint...
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A few shots of last harvest (Purple Durban) with tiny trichome covered leaf...
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Day 14 of flower...
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Some sort of caterpillar. They like to eat pieces of the leaves and some hang off the stem sticking straight out.
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Week 3 Flower Blue Dream... the frost is coming!
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Veg pics. 6" Hyper Fan attached to 6"-4" reducers with a 4x12 carbon filter and duct silencer. Upgraded to 400w MH dimmed to 75%. The DWC Sour Diesel was transplanted into coco and seems to be growing finally.
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Thanks for looking!

The ladies got a bout of spider mites so I took them outside and sprayed under the leaves with a hose. Three days later I sprayed again. I also squashed them manually and rubbed the leaf undersides where I could. Applied Azamax to the soil and haven't seen anymore caterpillars. Hoping the trichomes will help keep the bugs at bay. I think there are ornamental plants outside that are infested with mites. Going to tackle those plants soon with insecticides.
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A couple clones at 11 days rooted with drop-a-gallon Superthrive and PH'd water.
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Killing the mites by hand seems to be helping... a little. Did a three day dark period to try to slow them down... helped a little.
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Clone with roots at 8 days.
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Wiping the leaves by hand everyday seems to be keeping the mite population to a minimum. Will be harvesting in two weeks; hopefully the buds are mite and caterpillar free!... and mold free.

On a side note.
The two plants that were stressed the most have the best buds. One plant had a branch broken early in its life and bugs were using the wound as a home. I later split the man branch down the middle on accident whilst training. I covered the split with tape for a few days to shield from the light and the plant just kept growing.

The other plant was a clone that had a deep gash. The main stem was basically 1/4 to 1/2 the size it should have been. The plant could barely hold itself up. The wound almost fully healed over now and the plant is comparable in size despite the slower growth early on. This plant has the nicest buds

The last plant was attacked by the spider mites more which, I think, is why the plants buds are smaller.

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Originally Posted by Guesticle

Some sort of caterpillar. They like to eat pieces of the leaves and some hang off the stem sticking straight out.
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Looks like inchworms. If u got that many mites they WILL get to the buds. treat or toss

YJ

Harvested the BD early do to the mites...
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And here's round 2. The official hydro grow. Plan on putting plants in every few weeks to try to perpetually harvest. Currently have Ghost OG(back left)at two weeks, Dream Queen(front right), Chiesel(back right)at two weeks, and Sour Diesel.
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Also replaced the box fan with two clip-on fans. There was too much air circulation with the box fan.
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Sprayed and drenched the coco of the new plants with azamax and sprayed the tent with bug spray.

Here's some of the buds from the Mitey Blue Dream... Harvested a QP.
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Will update the grow again but probably not as much. This round is going good so far. Been bombing and spraying. At least I know what's being used!

Here's something I found amusing...
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