key2life
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Hey folks, key2hwy here. First post! :icon_smile:
I've been doing a lot of reading, here and at other forums, and I think I might know enough to ask a question or two at this juncture. When I decided to try my hand at this growing thing, almost 40 years to the date of my first toke, I had no idea how involved this was going to become - and how fast! I have never grown before, and I haven't smoked in 15 years or more. I think I may be at that point where I'm just confusing myself with all the information, and need to reach out to more experienced heads and hands.
MP seems to have the smoothest vibe of the forums that I've seen, and the people here seem to be incredibly generous with their time, creativity, and expertise.
I have a 3.5 x 4.5 foot closet space with no vertical issues (9 ft). I've painted it white and installed a 600 W dimmable MH/HPS light with a 6" exhaust fan pulling through a homemade carbon filter, and a 4" intake fan coming off the duct work under the house. The closet is in an unused bedroom, which is air conditioned. I have light proofed the closet and tweaked out the temperature issues, I think - at least for this time of year. My closest neighbors are over 100 yards away, so I think I'm OK on smell issues. My town is only 1100 people and I'm not in the city limits. Almost no one comes to my house except the bug man 4 times a year - and he's expendable.
I was determined to do an organic soil SCROG using White Widow x Big Bud, but am now wondering if I shouldn't just try and get a grow under my belt first. I've made the screen, 2.5 x 4 ft, but am wondering if it's just one more thing to worry about on my first grow. I really like the idea of it, though.
The major question I have that I can't find a "definitive" answer to (although I'm sure it's here) is this: Can I properly light seedlings with this 600W light set on MH and dimmed down to 300W without burning them up? And, if I can, how high should the light be from the seedlings? Can I scrim the light to "tamp it down" a bit? (Buying T5 equipment for the seedlings just isn't happening right now.)
Also, if anyone has an opinion on whether it's smart to do a SCROG on the first grow or not, I'm all ears. I was gong to do 3 plants, but could I do 4 plants under this screen?
Last one - for this post, at least: Does anyone have any advice on organic nutes? Bat guano vs. Gen Hydro vs. Earth Juice, etc, etc? Is it one of those things where it's not so much the wand, but the magician? I'm a careful guy, and I make my own very good beer and grow pretty good roses, so I can follow a process. I also know something is going to go wrong somewhere along the way - just want to to minimize it.
Thanks in advance to all who might help a wannabe out. I will post a grow journal - if and when my seeds show up and I tie up some of these loose ends.
Thanks again,
Key
I've been doing a lot of reading, here and at other forums, and I think I might know enough to ask a question or two at this juncture. When I decided to try my hand at this growing thing, almost 40 years to the date of my first toke, I had no idea how involved this was going to become - and how fast! I have never grown before, and I haven't smoked in 15 years or more. I think I may be at that point where I'm just confusing myself with all the information, and need to reach out to more experienced heads and hands.
MP seems to have the smoothest vibe of the forums that I've seen, and the people here seem to be incredibly generous with their time, creativity, and expertise.
I have a 3.5 x 4.5 foot closet space with no vertical issues (9 ft). I've painted it white and installed a 600 W dimmable MH/HPS light with a 6" exhaust fan pulling through a homemade carbon filter, and a 4" intake fan coming off the duct work under the house. The closet is in an unused bedroom, which is air conditioned. I have light proofed the closet and tweaked out the temperature issues, I think - at least for this time of year. My closest neighbors are over 100 yards away, so I think I'm OK on smell issues. My town is only 1100 people and I'm not in the city limits. Almost no one comes to my house except the bug man 4 times a year - and he's expendable.
I was determined to do an organic soil SCROG using White Widow x Big Bud, but am now wondering if I shouldn't just try and get a grow under my belt first. I've made the screen, 2.5 x 4 ft, but am wondering if it's just one more thing to worry about on my first grow. I really like the idea of it, though.
The major question I have that I can't find a "definitive" answer to (although I'm sure it's here) is this: Can I properly light seedlings with this 600W light set on MH and dimmed down to 300W without burning them up? And, if I can, how high should the light be from the seedlings? Can I scrim the light to "tamp it down" a bit? (Buying T5 equipment for the seedlings just isn't happening right now.)
Also, if anyone has an opinion on whether it's smart to do a SCROG on the first grow or not, I'm all ears. I was gong to do 3 plants, but could I do 4 plants under this screen?
Last one - for this post, at least: Does anyone have any advice on organic nutes? Bat guano vs. Gen Hydro vs. Earth Juice, etc, etc? Is it one of those things where it's not so much the wand, but the magician? I'm a careful guy, and I make my own very good beer and grow pretty good roses, so I can follow a process. I also know something is going to go wrong somewhere along the way - just want to to minimize it.
Thanks in advance to all who might help a wannabe out. I will post a grow journal - if and when my seeds show up and I tie up some of these loose ends.
Thanks again,
Key