Bignstrange's 4x4 800W COB LED Grow Tent - Promix - New Grower - Drop In!

[bignstrange]

Nightly updates friends and strangers;

10152017

Psycho WW Day 15

Jewel BC Day 14

Angel WW Day 13

Moira BC Day 13

Alecxks BC Day 13

Even the soil kind of has a smile on it's face .

No heat mat at night anymore, fans never off for more than an hour at night now, extraction fan on at low during night, booster on during day lately has been how I'm rolling.

I think a little more heat off of these leds would be good for this stage but the conditions will be perfect for flower so I'm pretty happy, I don't mind waiting an extra week in veg for ideal flowering conditions .

See y'all tomorrow! Happy Monday!

 

[HortiShorti]

Nightly updates friends and strangers;

10152017

Psycho WW Day 15

Jewel BC Day 14

Angel WW Day 13

Moira BC Day 13

Alecxks BC Day 13

Even the soil kind of has a smile on it's face .

No heat mat at night anymore, fans never off for more than an hour at night now, extraction fan on at low during night, booster on during day lately has been how I'm rolling.

I think a little more heat off of these leds would be good for this stage but the conditions will be perfect for flower so I'm pretty happy, I don't mind waiting an extra week in veg for ideal flowering conditions .

See y'all tomorrow! Happy Monday!

Aw look at them, they all look so happy and green They must really love the promix! Would you say promix is worth the $?

 

[KingJoe83]

Shit I'll bring my rig on the mean time .

 

[bignstrange]

Aw look at them, they all look so happy and green They must really love the promix! Would you say promix is worth the $?

Hey Shorti!

They do look like happy little bamboo plants or something eh? I just think of Bob Ross, a happy little tree here and oo what's that? Oh well just slap another happy tree right there lol I can and have watched that guy paint for hours XD

Well up here in the great white North promix is super cheap XD I bought my bales for around 35 bucks and added a 10 dollar bag of vermiculite to each bale! I doubt I'll even make it through the first bale(108L+20L of vermiculite) on this grow and I'll be filling 5 10 gallon monster pots!

As an alternative to soil, for the price, I'll take pro mix any day. Dries out quick, holds moisture and air in the medium well, pretty clean, and versatile!

All that being said inthink I might switch to coco next round XD im just super jealous of the growth rates I'm seeing in some other journals around here, and it might be more tailored to my particular parenting style, try and test I suppose!

As you can tell I just woke up based on my long winded response, medicating will begin once I get my first coffee in my hand! XD

And good morning everyone .

 

[bignstrange]

Shit I'll bring my rig on the mean time .

And good looking out man, I'll have to grab more torch fuel! XD .

 

[Doggie Daddy]

You'd be very pleased with coco. Especially with how meticulous you are. Just feed em what they want when they ask and everyone is happy! Looking good!

 

[bignstrange]

You'd be very pleased with coco. Especially with how meticulous you are. Just feed em what they want when they ask and everyone is happy! Looking good!

I think it's a bit more my style, for sure, promix will serve me well until I decide to change it up! I'm currently trying to get another tent, so maybe I'll do coco in one and promix in the other just to see how they do side by side! All the nutes get PhD the same so I doubt it would be too confusing XD

 

[bignstrange]

Alright alright Alright,


Morning update!

10 16 17

Plants aren't drying out as fast since I've been maintaining a slightly lower temp, I'm wondering if I'm giving them too much water at this point, I'd like them to dry out every 2 days, but it looks like it'll be 3 or 4, makes sense as I doubled the water. Well see how quickly they dry up, I might water plain water and og tea at a lower quantity next time so that the roots get more replenished oxygen and eat up the rest of the nutes in the soil, get a chance to speed up growth then start the feed, water schedule after that.

On that note I'm counting today as day 1 of Veg, for pictures I'll continue to note the day from seed unless y'all want it otherwise!

Psycho WW Day 16

Jewel BC Day 15

Angel WW Day 14

Moira BC Day 14

Alecxks BC Day 14

And just our temps n rh over the last 2 days for reference, this is with an extraction fan on at all times be it the booster or the inline

Little chilly at night, those temp swings could be to blame for slow growth as well, oh well they're happy and I'm in it for the long haul so I'll just twist another up and pass it along .

 

[bignstrange]

This is the slightly aggressive feed chart my nute schedule is based off of. I won't be using everything on this sheet, I hand wrote my schedule but y'all probably couldn't read that so I'll just put this up

Feel free to ask what's what, again I'm not using everything, but I can certainly let you know what something is!

Massive bloom formula alone raises ppm by 400 so well have some fun in flower kiddos .

 

[Infested Herb]

Mind if I just squeeze myself into this journal? Since this journal has a bunch of growers in here already hehe

I'm a new grower, not experienced, But I can already tell that I'll be learning lots of stuff by just following and reading this journal!
if its okay i'll be asking some (beginner) questions now and then (;

Pce and may the herbs be with you!

 

[bignstrange]

Mind if I just squeeze myself into this journal? Since this journal has a bunch of growers in here already hehe

I'm a new grower, not experienced, But I can already tell that I'll be learning lots of stuff by just following and reading this journal!
if its okay i'll be asking some (beginner) questions now and then (;

Pce and may the herbs be with you!

Hey IH!

Glad you made it over here! Of course were happy to have you, the more the merrier!

Everyone's welcome in this thread, feel free to link your journal as well!

And ask as many questions as you can, if I don't have the answer I'm sure another one of these fine ladies and gentlemen will sort us out! I'd love nothing more than for this thread to have all the info new growers like you and I would need to grow some decent quality meds at home!

Thanks for jumping in, make yourself at home, I'll offer you some pineapple express hash, I learned from KJ to always invite people to desert .

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[bignstrange]

Just checked on the girls; I've still been playing with light height and bumped it up just a bit this morning and when I just checked them I found them praying to the light! It's the first time I've actually understood that term lol

This is after I pushed the newest fan leaves down in some light training to let light to the ones coming out

I think those lights are a bit much for seedlings in heinsight, I'm considering getting a viparspectra light for vegging in the other tent I put together. It has a lot of blue, where most other led panels are geared towards reds, and it's available in Canada without having to ship across borders or anything. Been holding off on that one, because I'm trying to find just the right fit for what I want to do.


Anyways I'm rambling, I might have celebrated 420 more than once, so lifted KJ . .

 

[Stupidface]

I've been pleased with my viparspectra light, but take a look at the meizhi's before pulling the trigger. They also have separate switches for grow and bloom and last time i checked were cheaper that the viparspectras.

 

[bignstrange]

I've been pleased with my viparspectra light, but take a look at the meizhi's before pulling the trigger. They also have separate switches for grow and bloom and last time i checked were cheaper that the viparspectras.

I'll check them out, I've kinda been going back and forth, I know the Meizhis have good reviews too, I've just seen more people using vipar.

I was also thinking of getting the v450 so I can move it to a bigger tent for veg when the time comes, and have a seperate tent for mothers along with flowering tents.. trying to keep the long game in mind lol

Well see i suppose time will tell, usually all my purchases are impulsive and all this research gets flushed anyways . .

 

[Blazin Waffle]

I'll check them out, I've kinda been going back and forth, I know the Meizhis have good reviews too, I've just seen more people using vipar.

I was also thinking of getting the v450 so I can move it to a bigger tent for veg when the time comes, and have a seperate tent for mothers along with flowering tents.. trying to keep the long game in mind lol

Well see i suppose time will tell, usually all my purchases are impulsive and all this research gets flushed anyways . .

Check out growant too. They're a sponsor on here. They have some sponsored grows going as we speak. Some really cool shit!!

 

[bignstrange]

Check out growant too. They're a sponsor on here. They have some sponsored grows going as we speak. Some really cool shit!!

I know! I really wish I could purchase one of Gees units but for a number of reasons I won't go into, I dont currently purchase anything and import it over the border :/

Hopefully in the future I'll find a way around this, But for right now I've been having to source all my equipment and genetics domestically really limits my options for buying equipment, it's kind of sad, there's a lot of companies I would like to give the business to

 

[bignstrange]

I actually really wanted two of the 85 watt units for my veg/mother tent but it's that dang border. It would be a perfect set up!

I hope for a world without these limitations one day!

 

[bignstrange]

Alright folks nightly Update!

10 16 2017

So as I mentioned I've been playing with these lights, between yesterday and today I bumped them up 2 inches back up to 34". I feel like these lights are more useful further away so I'll run them at 34 tomorrow and see if growth picks up a bit, and keep adjusting until I find that sweet spot.

Other than that I'm just brainstorming affordable ways to get more tents going! I want to grow some peppermint kush so bad, I have a bunch of different seeds waiting around to join the party .

Psycho WW Day 16

Jewel BC Day 15

^^is that self protection from light or just a bit of sativa characteristic showing up in the leaf already?^^ or is that just how they grow? Either way lights moved up .

Angel WW Day 14

Moira BC Day 14

Alecxks BC Day 14

Seems they are drinking at different rates though I'm sure that fan evaporation has something do with it, I try to position the pots so that they all dry out as evenly as possible but it looks like these ladies are gunna make me work for it and feed at different times .

Well see how dry they are in the morning, that's all folks!

G'night .

 

[bignstrange]

Almost forgot a pic of them after I tucked them in!

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bed time sesh

 

[Blazin Waffle]

Looking good brother. Funky little leaves, looks like nothing to worry about
Good night!