Help with First Indoor Grow.

Well W :) for using just one light I have to qoute what Zandor says about it..................."If you could only buy one it should be HPS with one of the enhanced spectrum HPS bulbs. The do offer a color shifted bulb that produces blue spectrum that is good for vegetative growth and they still have the red spectrum for flower".


My thought would be to just go with a Metal Halide for a single light, however I'm not going to even try and go against zandors advice, he is a lot more advanced in his growing than I am.

The Vegitive growing W, is the growing period where we trick the plant into believing it is Summer, and by having a light running 18 hours a day this does that job ;) but the plant does need light from the blue end of the light spectrum to do this growing well, so we choose a light that can provide enough blue light to do this :)

A plant will not develop buds untill it believes that it is time to do so, we make it think that Winter is coming by cutting it's light down to 12 hours a day ;)
However to get the plant to produce the best buds, it really needs light from the red end of the spectrum, thats why we choose a light that can deliver this.
The MH bulb provides light from the blue end of the spectrum which is ideal for vegitive growth.
The HPS bulb provides light from the red end of the spectrum which is ideal for the flowering.


Honestly W it's not as complicated as it sounds, if I can grow then anyone can ;)


love mand xxx :)



Oh by the way light is made up of all different colours, humans can only see white light.................the red and blue ones are there we just can't see them ;)

Hell that helpped alot. Thanks, thanks alot. :D

I may be back to ask more :P

I need it to be a fairly small plant really, just 1 in a cupboard.
Would need to be a weed suitable for indoor growing, oviously.
Anything else like THC content, or sativa/Indica is up to you...
Also would deffinatly prefer a quicker process, so one that is qick to grow and bud, compared to a longer growing seed.


Please post like the status for that weed if you post, like the info about it. e.g

Packet contain 10 seeds

º Plant height: Tall Plant
º Stoned or high?: High SATIVA
º THC level: High THC
º Flowering Weeks: 10/12
º Yield : 350/400
º Harvest Month: 9/10

also can someone tell me What Flowering Weeks is? I know thats when its growing, but like what is 10/12? And the same with Harvest Month 9/10?

Lowryder. Do a search and you'll find lots of info on it.

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also can someone tell me What Flowering Weeks is? I know thats when its growing, but like what is 10/12? And the same with Harvest Month 9/10?

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Hello W :) Well I would presume that the figures quoted above are for an outdoor variety, the 10/12 refers to the number of weeks the plant requires to flower before harvest. The harvest month 9/10 refers to the month when harvest should normally take place, ie.......... September/October.
However when growing in doors these figures are redundant. Personally I never take the slightest notice of any figures for flowering periods at all, I just go by how the plants are looking ;) .............just my prefered way :)


A small plant ?, well to be honest W, any plant can be a small one. With growing in doors you can determine when you wish to start inducing.
My average size plant at harvest is about one metre high, that is the size I prefer to grow, which means I usually induce flowering by switching to the 12/12 light cycle at about half a metre in height.
I have found that any less in height does reduce the yeild of the plant and any taller doesn't really yeild too much more ;)
However this is down to personal preference and different growers grow different sized plants.

A nice easy growing plant with a reasonably potent bud is the one I am growing at present, Sensi seeds Skunk#1. you can grow to a height of around half a metre, start inducing and end up with a fair amount of bud on a plant around a metre high.

love mand xxx :)

I suggest the following and I do this with trepidation.. I am guessing your budget is small and your space is small and you just want to grow some tomatoes for your own salad, your not opening a victory garden or a vegetable stand... Compact Flourescents or regular ole cool white flourescents (40Watt 4 feet,etc..).. Don't use sack weed, Now I am sure you could get some sack weed that is good, but why waste your first grow on that risk.. Get some inexpensive Nirvana seeds... get a strain that is a so called idiot proof strain.. I would reccomend any Northern Light strain (NL5, Big Buds, etc..).. If you have the money for a good light... go to HTGSupply.com and get yourself a budget light you can get a 400WATT HPS for $119.00. Consider this a INVESTMENT, you will grow better and more tomatoes with the right light.. thus you will get your money back.. considering how much an ounce of tomatoes cost.. Google is your friend, also check OVERGROW.COM

Ok thanks guys very much.

I have one more REALLY important question....

I dont have fuck all money. What is the CHEAPEST, best light to use. Could i use one light all the way though... i know i can, but what is best? Please, i need to know the best light type to use, if i was going to use that all the way though. And one that is cheap, i only really have like £25 to buy a light with....

Your gonna need more MONEY!!! 40Watt 4 foot fixtures, cheap!

well, i dont got more money!


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lol, unlucky...neither do I :(