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WA state medical patient with RA and wanting to do a real grow for almost a decade. Helped a few friends with their grows and trim sessions over the years and also attempted a few outdoor hidden grows with little success (bad weather, theft, pests/animals). Finally decided to save up and do it properly now that I have space indoors. I have been lurking /r/microgrowery for over a year now and have learned a lot and want to thank you all for everything you do. I also want to thank the YouTubers Growing With Mr.Tight, JustinTime2Grow, and medgrower1 for also being excellent resources. Now onto the details:

 

    Equipment

Gorilla Grow Tent 4x4

2x 600w MH / HPS lights for a total of 1200w. 75w per sq. ft.

400 CPM 6in In-Line Fan

Phresh Filter 400 CFM

Hygrometer

TDS Meter

Infrared Thermometer

Grow Room Glasses

 

    Plants

Blue Dream - DJ Short x Santa Cruz Haze. 80% Sativa / 20% Indica. 7-8 week flower cycle

Boy Scout Cookies - Girl Scout Cookies Thin Mint x Pre-98 Bubba Kush. 60% Indica / 40% Sativa. 8 week flower cycle.

Darth Vader Haze - 4-way Black Haze Black Cross. 100% Sativa. 9-10 week flower cycle.

Grand Daddy Purple - Big Bud x Purple Urkle. Indicia Dominant. 8-9 week flower cycle.

 

    Grow Medium and Feed

5 gal Smart Pots

Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil

Fox Farm Trio

18-6 Lighting cycle for veg. full 1200w of MH.

Using tap water and PH Down (is around 8.0 right out of the tap). I let the water sit for at least a few hours to let any chemicals leech out into the air and bring it closer to room temp.

 

The GDP went in almost a full day later. It was a younger clone and I was worried about the transplanting shocking it, but turned out fine. One of my MH bulbs had bits of broken glass in the outer part and didn't work so I had to wait on a replacement arrived on day 6. Also I ordered the wrong size Phresh filter and am waiting for the refund to process so I can get the right size. Temps have been hovering around 80F ambient with the lights on and 40% RH.
Temp minimum during dark cycle is 68-70F and humidity maxed out around 85% RH.

First watering with nutrients will be as soon as the soil dries a bit more (still damp at knuckle deep). Will be doing a half strength of the Big Bloom for the first feed likely tomorrow morning an hour or so after the lights kick on.

I eventually want to get an 8x4 to use as a flower tent and have the 4x4 as a veg tent to set up a perpetual grow. I am also seriously looking at the GrowBlu lights for veg when I do this, the results I am seeing from the guys on YouTube using them just looks amazing. I also want to switch over to en Ebb and Flow type system instead of soil when I do that, but that is something I need to look into much more.

I'd recommend picking up a humidity meter and one of these. 45-55% is the right spot for a guitar if I remember right - the D'addario system maintains quite well right around 50% anytime I check the case.

When you aren't playing it keep the guitar in the case with the packets. You can probably find ways to do it for cheaper but this is a super easy way. I'm still on my first set of those humidity packets and I got them in December. Keep the case closed when the guitar is out so they'll last longer.

For acoustic guitars especially keeping proper humidity is a big deal. I neglected this for a while and just happen to be lucky to live in a place where the humidity is mostly in the right range. However if we have an extra dry/rainy few days the ambient humidity can swing from 30-80% and I definitely notice the effect on the guitars if I leave them out. An old roommate of mine had a guitar that was totally f'ed up from not being humidified properly.

If you have any issues with your guitar, give it a week or so in an environment w/ the proper humidity. That may resolve the issues without you taking an unnecessary trip to a repair shop.

Yea that's exactly what I do. The leaves that aren't intertwined with bud. Like the leaves that just come from the stem without bud. Maybe even a few really huge leaves that are easy to pluck off. When my bud dries the leaves kinda curl up around it. For some reason this really kept the smell. People say that wet trimming is easier but I felt that the dry trimming was much easier. Stems snap better, dried bud moves better for detailed trimming, and I wasn't trimming much of the wet hairs/product since the bud became more compact.

My only additional suggestion would be to grab yourself some cheap hygrometer for your jars. Like this and tape them on the inside of your jars. This will give you a sense of the humidity in your jars. More accuracy versus just guessing. You don't really need one for each jar. I picked up 4 of them for about 8 jars. You can move these around to get an idea. If the meters read 70% or greater your bud isn't dry enough to cure. Leave the bud out for an hour or two, put back in jars for a while and check again. If the meter reads between 65-70% just remove the tops of the jars for about 15 minutes. Once the bud hits 60-65% you are actively curing.

Also, great article on grow weed easy about all of this. It's what I used as a guide.

This one? 12.99 USA right now

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