Growing on a budget of $0.00

hey little brother, just keep at it and you will succeed. personally, i learned
way more from my mistakes than i would have thought.

anyway, if you look in your local phone book you might be able to find a
discount builders supply house or a builders salvage yard both of which
have wonderful bargains.

here are a few pics of a light bar that can be bought, for under $20.00 even
at full retail and the splitters are about $1.50 at Walmart.

also, i'm a disable vet living on a very, very tight budget as well, shit, i'm
so broke i can't afford to spend the night!

and, as has already been said, you need to get the lights as close to your plants
as possible, hold the back of your hand up to the bulb, when it starts to feel
hot to you, it'll be hot for your plants. with CFL's you can get to within about
an inch without hurting your plants.

http://boards.cannabis.com/northern-...-bugs-off.html<-- Going back to my outdoors suggestion... Those were rooted clones planted less than a month ago...not sure what area you are in, but it might be worth a try. Just don't put any outdoors and bring them back inside. That will bring unwanted pests into your home and garden.

Just wanted to throw that out there, because the more plants you try to have indoors, the more $$$ you will need to invest to get anything decent out of them. Might not be a bad idea to put one or two outside, weather permitting of course (and after you have done all your research about it). :thumbsup:

Good luck to you and keep us updated :jointsmile:

bozo:

you are actually the person that gave me the idea of the bar/bath vanity light and the splitters. I got the light fixture from LOWES for $9.95. And the splitters were 2.99 each.

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I do actually have one outside. I live in MD so it should get me something, but I tried to pick it (super noob move) I forgot that you have to wait till around the 5th or 6th node to pluck it. But its recovered and is starting to grow again; got pretty stunted when I plucked it.

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Originally Posted by ForgetClassC

bozo:

you are actually the person that gave me the idea of the bar/bath vanity light and the splitters. I got the light fixture from LOWES for $9.95. And the splitters were 2.99 each.

big:

I do actually have one outside. I live in MD so it should get me something, but I tried to pick it (super noob move) I forgot that you have to wait till around the 5th or 6th node to pluck it. But its recovered and is starting to grow again; got pretty stunted when I plucked it.

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Also, if you ever decide to to bring a indoor plant outside, you must bring it out there gradually (outside during the day;inside at night) until the plant toughens up to be able to handle the heat and sunlight. Also, I'm glad to see your making improvements! Keep us updated with how they turn out! :thumbsup:

gonna take pix tonight when i get outta class....lame 2:40-5:20 class.......

.......NO!!!!!!! I think I way over fertilized........Everything is shriveling and turning yellow-white-ish color.


Actually, only my plant is doing bad. All of my buddies plants are doing way better and they are looking very happy. I replanted mine in some unfertilized soil so hopefully it will be doing better tomorrow......I'm hopeful.....but not to sure anything good is going to happen.....any words?

BOZO PLEASE HELP!!!!!

My plant is just dying.......like my previous post, i think theres way to much fert, im completely replanting and probably just starting a new today, whats your reccom. for fert to soil ratio or should i not worry about that till i got a bigger guy.

Did you try flushing the plant you over fertilized? With corrected ph water?
This has helped me during my first grow when I gave too much nutrients.

relax my friend, even if they die, that won't stop you, you're a grower now
and all growers suffer losses, especially when they are new growers.

now, in trying to save what you have, don't transplant as that will just add
more stress, instead you need to flush them thoroughly.

what that means is to run lots of water through the plant to wash out those
nutes you fed them with. so, if they're in 16oz cups, run 32oz through the
cups, just let it run out the bottom.

then all you can do is wait a couple of days to see if they recover, and you
should see signs of improvement within a day.

if they die, it wasn't a failure unless you give up. if you keep at it then this
loss is a learning experience leading you closer to the day when you will be
self-sufficient.

personally, i popped 30 seeds on my first attempt and i managed to kill them
all. my second attempt i popped 30 more and only managed to keep 5 alive
through harvest. now, when i pop seeds, they almost always all survive. for
example, last year i popped 5 White Rhino and 5 Pure Power Plant seeds (Feb
i think) and all are still alive and providing me with cuts to feed my SOG. (i
got 5 WR females and 4 PPP females so quite a good ratio)

the main thing for you to remember is to relax and start reading the FAQs and
all the sticky's and just read read read, lol.

another thing to remember is that, until your plants have at least 5 or 6 sets
of leaves they are infants and so you shouldn't feed them anything at all.
also, once you do start feeding, always start by using 1\4 dosage to see how
the plants react before increasing the dosage to half.

and really, just relax, if they die you've only lost a few weeks time and you've
learned a lot in that time so it wasn't a waste.

i should have mentioned to ph the water myself, thanks to the other poster.

also, this is the exact reason i always suggest that new growers start with
bagseed rather than buying expensive seeds.

Awesome, yeah I wasn't too worried that they were gonna die, the way they are looking, it would be a damn mirracle if they survived. We are actually looking for another place to grow, or just flipping my box on its side, so its tall, and get another identical set-up to what i have no on the other side, and prolly only grow about 2-3 plants.

Oh and these aren't expensive, they are just from what I have scrounged up over the years, prolly just some dirt but if I get a male from one of them, then I just have some nice homegrown seeds. Thanks for all your guys' help, ill post whats up tonight or tomorrow