peace plz
09-27-2006, 05:27 AM
Hello everyone!
I'm new to growing, as well as this forum. Here is my situation:
I have two plants growing at the moment. They are just from bag seeds, but I was using these two seeds to kind of experiment with what to do before I go out and purchase some seeds. Well, the experiment has sort of failed. I had my lights waaaaay too far from the plants and ended up with both of them stretching for the light. So I moved my lights down and have started to try to salvage anything, but really I'm just using this time to try out different things and get a feel for what I'm doing. I probably won't try to harvest anything from these seeds as I am sure they will turn out males anyways.
However, I have been combing through this site trying to find information on what would be a good strain for me to grow. This is all for personal, recreational use, so I believe that the lowryder strain might be a good thing for me. Through my searching of the forum, I've got somewhat of an idea of how I should be going about all this.
Here is where you all might be able to help me. I'd like to do this grow organically, but it's not mandatory. If you think its going to be quite expensive to purchase soil/nutes that are organic, then please let me know.
I'd like to have three plants going at a time. My grow space is about 2 feet by 2 feet, and a little over three feet tall and is painted flat white. I am planning on using CFLs for this grow as well. What I have now are:
Two: 42watt (2700 lumens) CFLs
Six: 13watt (800 lumens) CFLs
My main questions for right now are:
1) What are some good soils (organic hopefully, but not needed-please list both if you can) to use with lowryders?
2) What about nutrients? I'd like to maximize my yield, so what nutrients (same thing with the organic stuff as above) work well with lowryders?
3) Would I have enough light going onto these plants? If needed, I can purchase more CFLs. That's no problem.
4) Finally, what about fans? With my semi-small grow space, what kind of fan(s) would I need? I am not worried about any sort of smell, as I live in my own place and don't really need to hide anything from anyone. Can I get away with maybe 2 smaller (4 inch) fans? I can possibly fit an oscillating fan near by to blow on them if needed, but I'd prefer something smaller.
I would really appreciate any sort of advice anyone could give me. Yes, I am new to growing, but I'm willing to soak up as much knowledge as I can. Forgive me if any of my questions come off as "common knowledge." I've read as much as I can, but still am unclear of these things and would like to know what tricks and tips others can provide. Thank you all once again.
I'm new to growing, as well as this forum. Here is my situation:
I have two plants growing at the moment. They are just from bag seeds, but I was using these two seeds to kind of experiment with what to do before I go out and purchase some seeds. Well, the experiment has sort of failed. I had my lights waaaaay too far from the plants and ended up with both of them stretching for the light. So I moved my lights down and have started to try to salvage anything, but really I'm just using this time to try out different things and get a feel for what I'm doing. I probably won't try to harvest anything from these seeds as I am sure they will turn out males anyways.
However, I have been combing through this site trying to find information on what would be a good strain for me to grow. This is all for personal, recreational use, so I believe that the lowryder strain might be a good thing for me. Through my searching of the forum, I've got somewhat of an idea of how I should be going about all this.
Here is where you all might be able to help me. I'd like to do this grow organically, but it's not mandatory. If you think its going to be quite expensive to purchase soil/nutes that are organic, then please let me know.
I'd like to have three plants going at a time. My grow space is about 2 feet by 2 feet, and a little over three feet tall and is painted flat white. I am planning on using CFLs for this grow as well. What I have now are:
Two: 42watt (2700 lumens) CFLs
Six: 13watt (800 lumens) CFLs
My main questions for right now are:
1) What are some good soils (organic hopefully, but not needed-please list both if you can) to use with lowryders?
2) What about nutrients? I'd like to maximize my yield, so what nutrients (same thing with the organic stuff as above) work well with lowryders?
3) Would I have enough light going onto these plants? If needed, I can purchase more CFLs. That's no problem.
4) Finally, what about fans? With my semi-small grow space, what kind of fan(s) would I need? I am not worried about any sort of smell, as I live in my own place and don't really need to hide anything from anyone. Can I get away with maybe 2 smaller (4 inch) fans? I can possibly fit an oscillating fan near by to blow on them if needed, but I'd prefer something smaller.
I would really appreciate any sort of advice anyone could give me. Yes, I am new to growing, but I'm willing to soak up as much knowledge as I can. Forgive me if any of my questions come off as "common knowledge." I've read as much as I can, but still am unclear of these things and would like to know what tricks and tips others can provide. Thank you all once again.