First grow failed. Set up help.

[Yofie]

First grow in a 3'x3'x5' grow tent, soil,. clone plants. 300w Led. First grow has been a bust. My lights are too low so I have light burn. Now I'm battling spider mites. I've tried, spraying them, Azamax. the bleach/water spray. DiatomaceousEarth I'm about to harvest and I thought I'd try Dr Doom. wait a few days harvest and do a bud wash. I'm not sure I want to smoke it but I was thinking butter. Thoughts anyone? Also, I'm thinking of going with a 3x3x 72" or even 80" tall tent for next time. My ceiling is 88".I'm not sure how much clearance I need from tent top to ceiling. Also I will add another 300w light (LED Visparspectrum) Would it be best to just buy a 600w and use just the one?. I'd like to see about 6 oz. total. Is that possible for this size and how many plants can I fit. I now have 2 in the 3x3 seems like I could maybe fit another. Any comments, suggestions are very much appreciated.

[Canuck147]

Welcome Yofie you'll get lots of help on this forum. What you are setting up is exactly what I've been using for 2 years now.

To start with your tent will have enough clearance - even if you're venting from the top of the tent with a six inch hose, should be enough room.

Your clone brought in the mites. Buy bagged soil - fabric pots - and most important quality genetic seeds. You want buds buds and more buds them use Foliar Essence - spray it on every five days - you'll be surprised what it does during your whole grow.

I only grow autoflowers - 4 plants in 3 gallon pots fill it nicely. I'll post a pic I took earlier today for you.

Buy two separate lights - if you have a couple slow pokes or shortys then you can adjust to have one light a bit lower.

Don't use soil with time released nutrients.

Have your fabric pots on risers so all the roots can air prune themselves.

Most autoflowers I grow go from seed to harvest in 90 days.

Good luck growing - and buy good quality seeds

[Yofie]

thank you so much. what is your average yield? With the two 300w lights do you keep them 12"-18" from plant or 18-24?

[Canuck147]

Start at 24 inches and down to 16-18 after the pistils start shooting up - usually within 30 odd days pistils start.
Average yield so far this year is about 100 grams per plant.

[Greengringo]

Hey yofie I'm with Canuck on this one..I aswell have the same set-up he pretty well covered everything including foiliar spray except I haven't tried auto I prefer photos I'll eventually will try autos.lots of help here

[Yofie]

ty for commenting. I think I'm going to try the auto seeds next time. I'm really learning a lot here.

[Canuck147]

Here's a couple of group photos - one in the tent the other outside where I do all my feedings

[Yofie]

Oh nice! I feel I can smell them from here. ty for the picture of your beauties

[Canuck147]

Your welcome - ask away.

[Greengringo]

So Canuck you have indoor and outdoor.

[Canuck147]

No - just take them outside for watering or foliar feeding. Easier.