Hi all AF community. First grow, inherited a whole bunch of equipment that a good friend bought, then divorce and life stopped him from even setting it up, so I've done ton's of reading and learning and this is what I have setup.
-4x8x8 Secret Jardin tent
-2x Air cooler hoods with 1000w HPS bulbs.
-2x 600w/750w/1000w ballasts
-Carbon scrubbed hooked up to fan to light hoods exhausted out my chimney stack, 6" duct all the way along
-4x 4 foot T5 HO bulbs positioned in the corners of the tent for side lighting.
-Passive intake keeping temps under light at a steady 78F.
It came with seeds too, Pyramid Auto Feminized New York City, so I germed them and planted last night, 10 seeds in 5gal pots, drilled holes in the bottom, drip trays underneath, organic hardware store soil, made pH 6.5 tap water, treated with fish water conditioner to remove chloramine. The lights are about 2 feet above the buckets right now, should I go closer for the seedling. With the air cooled lights, I get no heat from the lights. I can place my hand directly under the light and feel no heat at all.
Currently set for 19/5 lighting schedule, T5's coming on about 15mins before the HPS's. I wired the HPS's to a new 220v breaker and the HO's and fan are wired to their own 120v breaker, proper gauge wire, etc, so should be good there.
Does everything seem good, and anyone have any experience with the strain I'm going with. They are mostly sativa from what I can tell via google, so would they grow a bit taller? Is 10 plants good for the size and lights?
I was thinking of keeping the lights at 600w and close for the seedling for now to keep power usage down, then maybe boost up to 750w when they start to get bigger, 1000w for flowering or something like that? Help bulb length by running them lower and my power bill. lol.
Any idea on the potential yield of this strain? Can I do some decent LST with this strain? I have a bunch of different nut's too, I'll post them when I go through that box. lol.
Excited to see some sprouts and get any info. Thanks.
-4x8x8 Secret Jardin tent
-2x Air cooler hoods with 1000w HPS bulbs.
-2x 600w/750w/1000w ballasts
-Carbon scrubbed hooked up to fan to light hoods exhausted out my chimney stack, 6" duct all the way along
-4x 4 foot T5 HO bulbs positioned in the corners of the tent for side lighting.
-Passive intake keeping temps under light at a steady 78F.
It came with seeds too, Pyramid Auto Feminized New York City, so I germed them and planted last night, 10 seeds in 5gal pots, drilled holes in the bottom, drip trays underneath, organic hardware store soil, made pH 6.5 tap water, treated with fish water conditioner to remove chloramine. The lights are about 2 feet above the buckets right now, should I go closer for the seedling. With the air cooled lights, I get no heat from the lights. I can place my hand directly under the light and feel no heat at all.
Currently set for 19/5 lighting schedule, T5's coming on about 15mins before the HPS's. I wired the HPS's to a new 220v breaker and the HO's and fan are wired to their own 120v breaker, proper gauge wire, etc, so should be good there.
Does everything seem good, and anyone have any experience with the strain I'm going with. They are mostly sativa from what I can tell via google, so would they grow a bit taller? Is 10 plants good for the size and lights?
I was thinking of keeping the lights at 600w and close for the seedling for now to keep power usage down, then maybe boost up to 750w when they start to get bigger, 1000w for flowering or something like that? Help bulb length by running them lower and my power bill. lol.
Any idea on the potential yield of this strain? Can I do some decent LST with this strain? I have a bunch of different nut's too, I'll post them when I go through that box. lol.
Excited to see some sprouts and get any info. Thanks.
