Indoor First grow - Green-o-Matic 600w HPS/MH

[BigM]

Hello everybody!

So, time has finally come to start my first cannabis grow. Although I am a complete newbie to the world of cannabis growing; I have done my fair share of growing previously, mostly exotic plants.

The choice of strain is Green-o-Matic from Greenhouse Seed Company.

I'm not quite sure why I choose this strain, but it seemed pretty forgiving and fast from seed to flower.

The reason that I've chosen AF is because of speed, and mostly, I dont pay for my electrical bill, so why not make the most of my light and have it running 24/7 instead of 12/12?

Im growing in soil and Im using some basic nutrients wich name I cannot seem to recall for the moment. One for flowering and one for veg, anyhow.

My grow area is 1m2 and to that im using 600w MH until flowering begins, then switching to HPS. The light is in a cooltube as well.

Question; how far from should I have the light? Currently at about 100-120cm above plants.

Im going with 25 seeds. I planted them directly in soil, in 6litr pots, wich is about 1.8gallon I think. SoG style, in other words.

23/ out of 25 have sprouted, the first one starting to show about 2 days ago.

If anyone helps me how to, I d be more than happy to upload some pics during the grow.

My goal is to get around 300g out of this grow, wich is roughly 12g per plant.

Does this seems reasonable to you, considering my setup?

Any tips and tricks appreciated.

Regards, BigM

 

[BigM]

Day 4 or 5, not quite sure. The plants seems to be growing good at 24 hours of MH.

Regarding the distance of the light, I'd be happy to get some input of that.


Also, when can I start the feeding?

 

[BigSm0]

Sea of green is not my first choice but always been interested. To me it seems like a lot of extra work and cramped plants always seem to have problems.

Sorry to be a downer, I'm sure it will be a great grow.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

I'm using 600w mh in my grow right now (also first time). I have had the light as close as 10 inches, currently it's at about 18 inches. Here is a chart I found along the way that has been of some help

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Day 4 or 5, not quite sure. The plants seems to be growing good at 24 hours of MH.

Regarding the distance of the light, I'd be happy to get some input of that.


Also, when can I start the feeding?
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You can do the old hand test too. Hold your hand under the light and the closest you can get your hand without it feeling hot, that's the distance you can put your light. Also the closer the light the better is what I've been told, but I think my plants ended up super bushy because of this.

 

[BigM]

A little update. Most plants seems to be doing fine. Dont know if I have 2 phenos, but some seems to be growing slower than others.

The leafs may seem a bit too lightgreen; something to worry about?

Started light feeding at 1/4th.

 

[BigM]

Thinking of adding in a other 600w hps cooltube. Temps wont be a problem and my electricity is Free, so...

Thought on that; too much light?

 

[Dudeski]

Is that a 4x4 area? 2 seems like a lot

 

[Dudeski]

@budelee , any thoughts?

 

[BigM]

1x1m wich would be around 4x4 feet roughly, I think.

Could go for a other 400w or something as well. Just want to get up the yield/m2 as high as possible.

Could just start another tent, but I'd like to finish this one first.