New Grower Setting up a 4x4

[brian247]

Hey how are you guys, I have been collecting everything I need to start up my grow and finally have just started to germinate some seeds today (strawberry og, power lock, purple tribble-fem, and gorilla glue). I have a 4x4 tent, small rotating fan, 4" hurricane inline fan, carbon filter{for later in the grow},the soil, nutes, lights (have one thrown together cob led I built using a mars hydro light, and also have two mars hydro 300w's just to start up the veg; I will be building a light for the tent in the next week or two.), ph test kit, air stone to have fresh water. I will have to get a dehumidifier for later in the grow to keep the humidity down(may not be needed as it may dry out as we go further into the fall season). Anything stick out to you guys for what else I need? I will have the venting, lighting and plant pots set in next day or two (have some time to spare since I am popping the seeds). What type of lighting would you guys recommend for seedlings? My first grow I was lucky enough to be gifted a few teens so I did not come across the issue of have too harsh of a light on them;

 

[Proph]

Congrats man! Set up sounds nice! Seedling dont need much light. So depending on the kelvin (k) of the cob, it might be better to start with that than with the mars. Then you have to consider coverage. If you're staring 4-6 seedling the single cob may not cover them all well enough. So you have a few things to think about. But either will work fine. As far as whats missing or a suggestion.. Patience.. Lots of patience. Lol. Keep extra on hand! Good luck on your grow! Are you going to start a grow journal?

 

[brian247]

The cobs I have rn are citizen 1212 80cree 4000k I believe; and patience is tough sometimes hahaha. I'll def start a journal because I want as much input as possible because I know there will be something you guys notice that I dont haha.

 

[bushmasterar15]

So far sounds like your off to a good start. For lighting if your going to run the cobs the starting point is 30" away from seedling.

 

[brian247]

Quick question in reguards to ventalation; would I need both a intake and a out-take fan or just an out-take?

 

[iampepe]

Quick question in reguards to ventalation; would I need both a intake and a out-take fan or just an out-take?

Hello and welcome to AFN
I use just one fan to pull out, works fine for me. I see some folks do both, not sure why thou.

Happy Growing!

 

[brian247]

Thats what I was thinking, so should i mount the inline fan on the outside or inside (either way it can pull/push the air out of the tent); also since I am in an apartment building I was wondering how I can tell how much I can draw from the wall without having to reset it on the breaker box, I can definitely take a picture of my box and the plugs in my room if that would help figure some things out with this issue haha; I checked for the amps but there were a few different things describing the amount of amps so I would have to take a picture unless y'all know the part I should look out for in the description.

 

[brian247]

I rebuilt up a mars hydro 300w (130w or so from wall) and have 4 citizen 1212 cobs running on it, how far would I need to place these from freshly planted seedlings? and great news guys, every single seed popped and is doing well, the two purple tribble seeds popped quicker than all the rest but heres the strain rundown; purple tribble, powerlock, gorilla glue, and strawberry og/ strawnanna (this one and gorilla glue are not seeds sourced from a company, just was lucky enough to come across one seed when handling some trimming of a buddies)