stereo_archetype said:

Hey everyone, I was lurking for a month reading everyone's helpful posts, so I decided to create an account and introduce myself. I got laid off 4 months ago in July and felt wicked restless; some people get good at video games during unemployment, I decided to start growing cannabis indoors in soil

I popped my first blue dream beans from colorado seed incorporated on August 17, and they just hit day 28 of the 12/12 photoperiod today in my downstairs 2.3' x 2.3 ' x 5.25 ' spider farmer tent. I got super excited watching these ladies sprout, and spent money I probably shouldn't have as an unemployed man on more grow gear. As of today, I've got:

• 2.3' x 2.3 ' x 5.25 ' tent with a mars hydro fc-e3000 LED, vivosun humidifier, exhaust fan, clip fan, and desk fan running 24/7, with 2 flowering blue dream ladies hitting day 28 today (pics with fabric pots)
• 2x2x4' tent with GXi220 LED, vivosun humidifer, clip fan, desk fan, and c02 exhale grow bag because the GXi gets much warmer in that small tent and I cant afford to get an exhaust fan installed yet (pics with plastic pots, currently hitting day 5 of flower)
• an SF1000 LED light hanging in my closet as a little seedling starting area (closet pics with seedlings - dirty bird genetics sugar rim fem photo, and 4 DNA genetics white widow fem photos -- day 3 of sprout)
• I also have a little baby bonsai plant that I was originally going to throw out months ago because of space issues, but I kept her in her little pot to see what would happen and I'm very pleasantly surprised.

For nutrients, I've been sticking to the following:

• in veg Ive been running the General Hydroponics silica, cal mag, flora trio series, pH down, and occasionally followed up with Recharge tea.
• In flower, I've been running cal mag, flora trio series, Humboldt's Sweet & Sticky, and pH down.

I went a little overboard and got hyperfixated on the magic of growing and learning, and I am already running out of space since there is no way I will be able to grow all the seedlings I've sprouted, and my tents are both in flower. But, I'm having a ball and am loving the community spirit I find in these forums. If you more experience peeps have any suggestions I'm all ears!

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stereo_archetype said:

Hey everyone, I was lurking for a month reading everyone's helpful posts, so I decided to create an account and introduce myself. I got laid off 4 months ago in July and felt wicked restless; some people get good at video games during unemployment, I decided to start growing cannabis indoors in soil

I popped my first blue dream beans from colorado seed incorporated on August 17, and they just hit day 28 of the 12/12 photoperiod today in my downstairs 2.3' x 2.3 ' x 5.25 ' spider farmer tent. I got super excited watching these ladies sprout, and spent money I probably shouldn't have as an unemployed man on more grow gear. As of today, I've got:

• 2.3' x 2.3 ' x 5.25 ' tent with a mars hydro fc-e3000 LED, vivosun humidifier, exhaust fan, clip fan, and desk fan running 24/7, with 2 flowering blue dream ladies hitting day 28 today (pics with fabric pots)
• 2x2x4' tent with GXi220 LED, vivosun humidifer, clip fan, desk fan, and c02 exhale grow bag because the GXi gets much warmer in that small tent and I cant afford to get an exhaust fan installed yet (pics with plastic pots, currently hitting day 5 of flower)
• an SF1000 LED light hanging in my closet as a little seedling starting area (closet pics with seedlings - dirty bird genetics sugar rim fem photo, and 4 DNA genetics white widow fem photos -- day 3 of sprout)
• I also have a little baby bonsai plant that I was originally going to throw out months ago because of space issues, but I kept her in her little pot to see what would happen and I'm very pleasantly surprised.

For nutrients, I've been sticking to the following:

• in veg Ive been running the General Hydroponics silica, cal mag, flora trio series, pH down, and occasionally followed up with Recharge tea.
• In flower, I've been running cal mag, flora trio series, Humboldt's Sweet & Sticky, and pH down.

I went a little overboard and got hyperfixated on the magic of growing and learning, and I am already running out of space since there is no way I will be able to grow all the seedlings I've sprouted, and my tents are both in flower. But, I'm having a ball and am loving the community spirit I find in these forums. If you more experience peeps have any suggestions I'm all ears!

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Merkle said:

Hey stereo_archetype, welcome to the forum! It looks like you really are doing very well and your ladies look great! My only suggestion would be to get into LST or SCROGGING. I will not bore you with all the information regarding these two ways of training your plants as there is a ton of information out there. I will say that it will dramatically increase your bud sites which will increase your overall harvest. Keep us updated. Happy trails…

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Merkle said:

Hey stereo_archetype, welcome to the forum! It looks like you really are doing very well and your ladies look great! My only suggestion would be to get into LST or SCROGGING. I will not bore you with all the information regarding these two ways of training your plants as there is a ton of information out there. I will say that it will dramatically increase your bud sites which will increase your overall harvest. Keep us updated. Happy trails…

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Florida_Mike said:

Welcome to the farm! Great job so far. Only thing I'd suggest is to lose the domes once they break ground.

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Crazyformes said:

Welcome to the world of never having enough space. I have personally set up 8 tents, I have 6 more...no room to set them up. I have retired and have taken on the hobby of growing weed. Good luck to you. What are you going to do once you get re-employed....

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stereo_archetype said:

Right on, thank you Florida Mike! how important is humidity though for seedlings? I'm in the denver area so relative humidity (outside of my humidifier-controlled tents) can sometimes drop as low as 28% according to my little portable hygrometer. Will my seedlings suffer any with the domes completely off even during nighttime? I dont want to put them inside my tents because I am using them both for flowering

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