First Time Grower Thanks To High Times Dope Cup! And I have no idea where to start!

Not when they are in an air cooled reflector. Then, they create very little heat inside the tent as it is all sucked out by the fan.

As I said:

Thanks for all the advice and tips. didn’t realize as a new member I could only make so many post before I’m locked out of the post lol. So I wasn’t ignoring yall.

I ran some of the numbers by my wife and she put me out with the tent lol. Well actually she just made me stay within the budget so I’m going with a low budget setup. And if I need a better light I will get one for the next grow.
So for now I ordered the 36 x 36 x 63 tent a 4" cfm inline fan, roleadro 600w led with uv&ir, 5 5gal fabric pots and a ph reader. Also picked up foxfarm soil. Forgot to order the carbon filter doing that in a min.
Thanks again any more tips or advice will be appreciated.

Anytime that is way we are all here to learn and succeed. Your set up will grow healthy plants. Did you get a pH pen and tds pen? What kind of Foxfarm soil did you decide on?

I did get ph pen and already have a tds pen. The Fox soil is ocean forest. Do you add coco? I been looking at videos and reading and one guy said he puts coco at the bottom to give the roots room to breath and it gives the buds a sweet taste? Any advice on getting the soil ready in the pots or just simply use the foxfarm?

Instead of coco, I added perlite to help aerate the soil. FFOF has some in it but I added 8 quarts to 1 bag of soil. You should also look into a small bag of seed starting soil to start your plants as the Ocean Forest can be a little too nutrient rich for young plants.

Did you see my pics are those to young? Or you saying for the next grow I should start with a seed starting soil? The small ones in the pic should I get seed starting soil and a small pot for them before putting them in the 5 gal pot?

Oops, I thought you were just starting out. I’m watching so many threads that I lose track. From the pics, they look established enough that they should be ok in the FFOF. They should be close transplant. I wait until I see roots poking out of the bottom.

Do you add the perlite at the bottom of the pot or just mix it in the soil?

I mixed it in. Are you going to grow in fabric pots?

Yea the 5 gal

The fabric pots will air prune your roots and as long as the pots aren’t sitting in water, you should be fine. This is just my opinion and I’m by no means an expert.

i live in las vegas and the humidity in my tent is only 16% and its 81 degrees should i add a humidifier?

@SmokeOne. With your humidity that low it can cause issues. Should be up closer to 50-60 % for younger plants. I would yes. Put one in. Afraid I don’t have a suggestion for brand or style but some of the others might I’m sure. Peace. :v:

I’m excited for you the tent looks great! Make sure the fan is making the plants move a little with its breeze. You may also want to lower it a little. Are you going to trans plant soon?

I use a humidifier like the one below. I chose one with a mechanical off and on so I could put it on a timer. I only had to use it during the early part of my grow. I found as the plants got larger they produced enough humidity. If you keep one in the tent make sure everyone it does not blow on the plants or your carbon filter.

Thank you and yes i hope to transfer today just waiting on my fabric pots. And up early this morning bout to get a humidifier and another timer. Should my fans run 24/7

I ran my fans 24/7 once they began to flower. I wanted to keep air moving so I did not have an issue with mold.

Being that we purchased these on a hope and a prayer while toasted out our minds im not even sure how old these plants are. Is this the flowering stage or are they still considered seedlings?

They have a ways to go before they are ready to start flowering. I would run 18/6 for a 3-5 weeks before flipping to 12/12. Let them get accustom to their new home and owners.

Download and read this it will help a lot. Robert’s Grow Bible

Also search the web for ā€œgrow weed easyā€. Lots of good info there too.

Yea i have read the grow bible lol i think that was one of the first pieces of advice from this forum good read i saved it probably should read it again. Question since these are clones would they still be autos?