Hey everyone!
I see there are a lot of indoor growers on this site. Im gearing up for another indoor grow, with the main goal to have two or three types going indefinately indoors. I would like to pick everyones brains and compare my previous experiences with other peoples to see if we can get a general idea of what types do best indoors and under what kind of lighting and setup.
Last year I grew a range of superhots and hots under a 600w HPS. I used promix soil ammended with blood/bone/kelp meals, greensand, lime with 15% EWC and 15% perilite in 3 gallon containers. I used two large oscillating fans blowing from different directions to help with pollination as well as hand pollinating on some, although I have to admit I got lazy on the hand pollinating. To be honest, I got lazy on upkeep as well so that could be a factor too.
I had one plant each of red, yellow, and chocolate bhut, a carribean red, Butch T, and Fatalli.
The carribean red was by far the show stopper, it produced prolifically and it couldnt be stopped! Fruit after fruit after fruit set .. continually. The yellow bhut was next, but was significantly less.... The chocolate bhut produce less still. The fatalli, and butch T produced none or maybe a single small pod even though they were 3-4' tall and around 2-3' wide or better. All the plants were about 3'-4' tall and around 3' wide +/-.
From this experience it seems the main two problems growing indoors is lighting, space limitations, and fruit set. Fruit set being the biggest problem in my case. I have more then enough lighting at my disposal... a 600w HPS/MH, a 400w HPS/MH, a 4' x 6 bulb T5 unit and two 4'x4 bulb T5 units - so in my particular case my main obsticles are space constraints and most importantly... fruit set!
Im guessing the main problem was my light source at the time. Although I was using a 600 ... I had ALL those plants crammed under it. Im thinking I would have had better results if I had used that light for a single plant in a 5 gallon container... or maybe two plants tops. This go around, Im considering dedicating my 400w HPS to a single plant in a 5-7 gallon container and seeing how it does.
So how has indoor growing worked for you? Ild like to hear everyones experiences and I think this thread could serve as a good source of information if we all share.
Usefull information that would be helpfull to provide:
1. Lighting type and wattage
2. Growing space
3. What strains
4. What size pots
5. Which strains produced the best? Which were problematic?
6. What size did the plants reach?
7. Soil or hydro?
8. Light schedule?
Ild really appreciate any and all input from anyone that has grown indoors... or anyone at all for that matter! Any information would be great!
Thanks in advance and hope you all have a spicy holiday season.
I see there are a lot of indoor growers on this site. Im gearing up for another indoor grow, with the main goal to have two or three types going indefinately indoors. I would like to pick everyones brains and compare my previous experiences with other peoples to see if we can get a general idea of what types do best indoors and under what kind of lighting and setup.
Last year I grew a range of superhots and hots under a 600w HPS. I used promix soil ammended with blood/bone/kelp meals, greensand, lime with 15% EWC and 15% perilite in 3 gallon containers. I used two large oscillating fans blowing from different directions to help with pollination as well as hand pollinating on some, although I have to admit I got lazy on the hand pollinating. To be honest, I got lazy on upkeep as well so that could be a factor too.
I had one plant each of red, yellow, and chocolate bhut, a carribean red, Butch T, and Fatalli.
The carribean red was by far the show stopper, it produced prolifically and it couldnt be stopped! Fruit after fruit after fruit set .. continually. The yellow bhut was next, but was significantly less.... The chocolate bhut produce less still. The fatalli, and butch T produced none or maybe a single small pod even though they were 3-4' tall and around 2-3' wide or better. All the plants were about 3'-4' tall and around 3' wide +/-.
From this experience it seems the main two problems growing indoors is lighting, space limitations, and fruit set. Fruit set being the biggest problem in my case. I have more then enough lighting at my disposal... a 600w HPS/MH, a 400w HPS/MH, a 4' x 6 bulb T5 unit and two 4'x4 bulb T5 units - so in my particular case my main obsticles are space constraints and most importantly... fruit set!
Im guessing the main problem was my light source at the time. Although I was using a 600 ... I had ALL those plants crammed under it. Im thinking I would have had better results if I had used that light for a single plant in a 5 gallon container... or maybe two plants tops. This go around, Im considering dedicating my 400w HPS to a single plant in a 5-7 gallon container and seeing how it does.
So how has indoor growing worked for you? Ild like to hear everyones experiences and I think this thread could serve as a good source of information if we all share.
Usefull information that would be helpfull to provide:
1. Lighting type and wattage
2. Growing space
3. What strains
4. What size pots
5. Which strains produced the best? Which were problematic?
6. What size did the plants reach?
7. Soil or hydro?
8. Light schedule?
Ild really appreciate any and all input from anyone that has grown indoors... or anyone at all for that matter! Any information would be great!
Thanks in advance and hope you all have a spicy holiday season.
