Smkn is Back and Rarin' To Grow

Okay so my dumb ass was not thinking straight.Whatever posessed me to think i could easily set up a 4ft x 8ft x 7ft8in h grow tent in a 5ft x 10ft area.I can do it but not alone,so i will have to call a buddy over today lmao

On a good note have 42 babies growing now,2 still to lose seed husk and 1 OH that has not popped up yet,great results for 45 beans soaked 4 days ago.

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after frustration and dogged determination and a few spliffs the tent is up.Anyone buying a 4ftW x 8ftL x 7ft8in H tent make sure you have lots of space to set up and help from a friend if possible.Doing by yourself in 5ftw x10ft L area is a freakin challenge but doable.The tent is heavy duty material and was a great buy for $200 canadian bran new and delivered.

Will set up the lights and exhaust tonight.The tent set up bagged me out lol

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got the light and exhaust fan hung up,need to get some more duct.The fan is exhausted right outside.I have another exhaust fan that will go on low and draw in fresh air from another window…while the seedlings are growing i will have time to make a divider for a veg and clone chamber,by dividing the tent into 4ft x6ft flower chemaber and a 2ft x 4ft veg and clone chambers…the right hand side of tent has a side zipper and will allow access to the chamber without disturbing the flower chamber.will post pics when i do it…i also have another 8000w of led on the way,and will be ordering another 1000w mh/hps light in the near future.

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So after a quick germ rate and popping up.the seedlings went stunted.turns out my humidity in the apartment is 40%,grabbed a cool air mister and 24hrs later they all have new growth.so i am going to make a mini greenhouse for them until the root systems are established…

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Received 6 clones 2 Sour Tangi, 2 Gorrilla Glue and 2 Raskal’s OG Kush…I just ordered an 8in exhaust fan for better heat control in the tent.Going to make a greenhouse in the tent for now to keep the heat down and bring the humidity up.will use a 4in exhaust fan to bring fresh air into it and help with the temps.Tent is at 30c with 40% humidity.Also have a double fan blowing over the plants and have another cool mister coming tonight to bring up the humidity.

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i set up rack in my grow tent with the led lights going,have temps of 25c with 55-60% humidity the seedlings are really taking off and throwing out some big leaves…I just received 2 8in inline fans to go with the 2 4in ones.Going to use the 2 8in and 1 4in to exhaust that will be a 1080 cubic ft/min and should bring down the temps to run the 1000w MH/HPS and use 1 4in inline fan to pull freshair from a window in,with the fall temps arriving that will help with temps more to and i have a cool mister if needed to bring up humidity and will be transplanting to fabric pots which will help bring up the humidity…Tried running the 1000w MH/HPS with one 4in exhausting and one pulling in fresh air but the temp was 33c and humidity was 35-40% which was no good…i will be transplanting my 6 clones tomorrow and take pics of them after they are in their fabric pots.

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They look like a bunch of little birds with their wings out!

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Theres probablly 25 plants out of 41 throwing out big leaves like that.excited to see how they are going to take off

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They will blow up haha! Did you give them myco or anything?

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I am using the Pro-mix seedling soil is has myco in it.

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I also have Pro-Mix organic fertilizer and i bought
some stinky organic soil enhancer

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Thats what im using (pro mix) and great white. Next time I want to soak my seeds in kelp water to see if theres a difference.

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13 days from germinating seeds and they are really taking off now.

I took some pics out of the tent for a better look at them.MWxCB ,OH,SDSLxGSN,HC all growing uniformed and looking lovely

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Going to install the 2 8in exhaust fans in the tent this weekend and fire up the 1000w MH/HPS currently running the equivelent of 3000w in LED and have another 8000w equivelent of LED arriving at the end of the week…Also looking to convert a 6ftx6ftx8ft h closet into a 2nd grow room for seedlings,clones and veg and use the 4ftx8ft tent as as a flower room running 2 1000w mh/hps and use the 11000w equivelent of LEDS in the closet room…the grow tent will have 2 8in exhaust fans @ 420cfm at light level and 1 4in @ 240cfm at plant level exhausting and 1 4in bringing in fresh cool air from a window.should be able to manage the heat.

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Anyone wanting to use fabric pots.My dollar store has fabric bags equal to 7gallon pots for 35cent ea and bags equal to 3gallon pots for 25cents each.

cheap alternative to the cost of buying fabric pots.

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Having an old wall unit i do not use i quickly turned it into a seed and cutting humidome.i lined the wall unit in silver reflective windshield guard and then layed 4mil poly over it,i have a small cool mister if more humidity is required.Its ghetto but cost me nothing and will do what it needs to.its given me the motivation to grab thin lexxan and mount silver mylar on one side of the lexxan and make a permanent seed and clone chamber box that will have 2 chambers that will be 3ft l x 2ft w x1.5ft h and use led strip lights to save space.

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Now that’s thinking outside the box!! :+1: :sunglasses:

Now you HAVE to give the dollar store bags a go - you know - for science! :laughing:
I’d like to see how they hold up.

Cheers
G

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@Gpaw thanks bro ,i plan on trying the dollar store fabric bags vs the Vivosun fabric pots i bought at 4x the cost. I also have 50 each of 1,3 & 5 gallon square poly bags that are black bags on the inside and a white bag on the outside with vent and drain holes to try to…back in the old days of OG i bought 30gallon bags of premier super promix,i would cut the bags in half for 2 15gallon bags and punch lots of holes in the bottom for drainage,i placed them on the rich black soil in bullrush patches at the lake,the roots would blow through the 15gallon bags and into the black damp soil,that in turn let them take water and nutrients from the decayed bullrushes and soil and the 15 gallon bag would act as the air root area,worked great for me.

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5 minutes running the cool mister and the chamber is nice and humid now

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Hard to believe 2weeks ago these were seeds soaking in water.they are in the tent under 3000w equivelant of LED light temp 24c humidity 55% and just got notice from Canada Post that my 8000w equivelant LED lights should be at my door Thursday.Which will come in handy as i have another flat of seedlings in the ghetto dome😁

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