Help With Indoor Grow !?!?

[Maaaaurice]

Hey guys I'm new to the forum I have a few question I was hoping you guys would help me out with. Okay so yesterday I finished my new grow room setup and got my clones delivered by a dispensers the strains are
(Gorilla glue # 4, sky walker og, platinum bubba, and jack herer) there about 18-20 days old they said ..This is my first time growing. My setup is 5x5x6.5 Apollo grow tent, 1,000 watt mh Apollo dimmed to 75%
(for veg and then I'll switch to hps for flower) only light I have not able to switch, 6 inch ventech exhale fan and carbon filter I have pictures of everything. Okay so the problems that I'm have are I have duct going from my house ac unit pushing cold air into tent temperatures in tent stay perfect when I have the air on but when I turn it off the temps jump to the 85's the only problem is my apartment is super cold now due to running the air in there all the time is there any other suggestions or ac or something else I can buy instead of connecting it to my house ac unit? Next thing I would like to ask will be, is my setup good is there anything I should improve or change that will make it even better. Final question will be when should I start giving my babies nutrients I included a picture of what nutrients I have I planted the clones into red solo cups from rockwool (rooted clones) into fox farm ocean forest I've heared that it's packed with nutrients and you shouldnt have to feed plants nutrients for good 2 weeks and you might burn plants if you do is that true if not when should I start feeding I've only gave them ph balanced water so far when I transplanted. Thank you guys for the help!!

 

[Atom420kid]

Good looking room to me... I'm not the best advisor on anything but I've had good luck the first month or so with just adding straight distilled or ro water to my ocean forest but it is a hot soil for young vegetation... I use happy frog the first month and ocean forest after that... General hydroponics is a pretty solid feed that is common in several setups just use it with caution. Your plants will tell you if the soil isn't feeding them... The idea with organic is to feed the soil not the plant so I try and stay within an organic nutrient feed. There's several threads to help understand organics if you choose that route. I started with a book called total tlo gardening by the rev and it helped a lot. The air issue is trickier... I use my apt ac and force air from it with an inline fan. I keep my a/c on all the time tho. You can get a portable ac unit and let that cool your tent tho. Or close your vents in the apt when it's cold so they only air the tent... That's just all going to depend on what works for you. Hope ya get some dank buds

 

[3N1GM4]

Looks to me like your ducting might not be secure around where it is supposed to attach to your ballast, you should have the ducting attached tightly with zip ties to make a good seal. When your fan and filter is hooked up and woking correctly it should suck in the walls of your tent creating a sort of vacuum and it should keep your tent at the perfect temp by itself, no ac should be needed if the filter system is working correctly.

 

[Maaaaurice]

Looks to me like your ducting might not be secure around where it is supposed to attach to your ballast, you should have the ducting attached tightly with zip ties to make a good seal. When your fan and filter is hooked up and woking correctly it should suck in the walls of your tent creating a sort of vacuum and it should keep your tent at the perfect temp by itself, no ac should be needed if the filter system is working correctly.

Yeah it creates a strong suction when I open the tent it expandes back up

 

[3N1GM4]

In that case, how many cfm is your fan? For a 1000w mh in that size tent you should have a 400cfm exaust fan and a 200cfm intake fan.

 

[Maaaaurice]

In that case, how many cfm is your fan? For a 1000w mh in that size tent you should have a 400cfm exaust fan and a 200cfm intake fan.

It's a 6" 440 cfm Don't have an intake right now due to money but that's why I was using the ac with ducts as an intake

 

[Maaaaurice]

Also how far should I keep the lights from my rooted clones since it's a 1000 watt mh at 75% it's about 3 ft away right now

 

[gardnguyahoy]

Did they really hook it up with GG4? Lol i wonder if its a legit cut. That strain is pretty elite and rare. Hats off to you if you ended up with a cut!

Watch node spacing and growth. If theres too much stem between nodes try putting it a little closer. But dont get too close and burn foilage!

 

[kbellfoy]

If your growing organic then yes it's feed your soil. Have a good read in the organic section on this site about caps bennies, EWC, AACT etc.. They do work wonders for your soil and plants. There is a lot of fab info on here....so I recommend read read then read some more. Can't wait to see the GG4 grow up. Much love :)

 

[3N1GM4]

Adding a 200 cfm intake should take care of the heat issue. A computer fan will work in a pinch if you are strapped for cash.