re: Doc Bud - High Brix Q&A With Pictures
Hey Doc,
Its been a while since I last checked in and as always I am impressed.. I follow a lot of growers on the net and your buds are top notch.. Only a very short few produce the quality I see here.. that champagne looks OUTMAZING!!!
I still have some time before I can grow so I am still in research mode and the only thing I am certain of is that I am going the High Brix route, but as far as genetics I am still undecided.. I am not in Cali so I will be relying on Seed companies. Do you have any suggestions??
I am taking my environment very serious.. I plan on running a 4000 watt flower room and I want to be able to maintain temp control down to the degree... Do you think that would be possible in a 10X10 tent or when I move should I search for a home that I can build out my own flower room?? I will have a environment controller, portable ac unit, air cooled hoods, and plenty of air movement.
I am also at a toss up in my veg room.. I dont know if I want to LED, T5 or 600 or 1000 watters.. Do you got a take??
Hey! Thanks for the kind words.
Seeds: hit and miss for me. I've bought seeds 4 times total. I was only happy once. I ordered "fem" seeds once and got half males. Another time I ordered 3 different strains and they all looked the same, like some dude had a big seeded bud and just put those into packs and BS'd the names.
So.....hopefully someone with some better experience can chime in and help you out.
RE: setting up a good room.
The larger the better. High ceilings are especially good.
I recommend not using a tent, unless you can control the temperature in the room the tent is in. They have no insulation, so it's very hard to stabilize the environment in the tent if it differs much from the exterior environment.
I much prefer an insulated box, but I recognize that's not possible for everyone. I grow in 12x12x12 insulated boxes.
As far as veg lighting, I would use a T5. I have 3, all four foot 8 bulb types. I put two flowering spectrum bulbs along with the six blue-veg spectrum.
I do NOT recommend LED's for your situation. I've seen all kinds of trouble when plants go from LED to HPS. Changing spectrum dramatically like that stresses them in weird ways. I hang with a few serious pro's and none of them use LED's and no one they know use 'em.
They're great for hobby growers and coping with heat issues, but if you really want to maximize indoor growing, the HID is still where it's at, couples with a T5 very well too.