NEWB,1st GROW, THOUGHT I'D SHARE EXPERIENCE W/ OTHERS FOR INPUT!

By the way, I am also going to be using a 1000W MH, it's a closet grow with mad ventilation......do you plan on growing the ww out or a sog method..looks like it might get a bit tight in your growroom as these plants mature...any plans on using a HPS lamp during your flowering phase......


puff puff pass!!:rasta:

well i got a switchable ballast mh to hps.... everywhere that i read it says that i should use MH for veg and hps for flowering...
been talking w/ some other people, and they told me that for the 1st week i really should use flourecscents, so that's why i went out and bought all those, but since yesterday when i started w/ the MH, in the day while i'm at work, and like now when i come home for lunch, i honestly can tell a difference in my plants, whereas the flourecscents couldnt...
they love that MH...
but to answer your question yeah i do plan on using the HPS but only during flowering..
damn 1000w gets HOTTT!! i got 2 big fans blowing air out of the room, and it's about 92-93F in there right now..
i need to build like a plywood, or even thinking about thick cardboard door that i can cut into, so i can hook up intake and outake fans..
going to buy one of the small a/c units here in a couple of weeks..
but yeah, eventually i definately plan on building a cabinet in some other part of the house, and dedicating that to nothing but females in a scrog.. ( can't wait for that, probobly after first harvest, take my clones, and start then! )

but some good news for me, MY OTHER SEEDLING POPPED UP ABOVE GROUND TODAY!!!
always makes me happy to know i have that much more possibility of great bud!
it's white widow too...

going to use some of that fish emulsion tonight.. in small amounts.

does anyone think that starting off my first 12 seeds in peat pellets, and then transplanting the pellets directly into another soil, may slow down the grow process?
for some reason i feel that my plants are a little behind schedule?

check out my new little lady....



PEACE!
slim

No, I actually think that speeds it up. Because it germinates in the peat.
No need to feed a seedling until it starts it's 3rd set of jagged leaves.
And for veg you want to get some nutrients that are mainly nitrogen...like 20-20-20 or an organic nitrogen mix. Like Pure Blend Pro.for growth.
Your definately going to have to fix that high temp. Get a powerful ac unit. And put it threw the window. Make sure it's at least 8000 btu's if it's a regular size bedroom.
I hope you got some cash because they are expencive. But nessisary.
Also you are going to need an exhaust fan. Something like around 200-500 btu's. So you can either leave it on. Or on a timer every hour for 5-10 minutes. If not useing co2 or an acunit just leave it on. If you can. Have the exhaust up high. On the roof or the top of the room. And the intake down low. Up out of the floor or bottom of the wall.
Make sure your flowering area is pitch dark. No light leaks. they are a nightmare. So go in the room with the lights off and make sure you see no light. Stay in there for a while for your eyes to adjust.
Good Luck

Any plans yet as to when you will force flower to find the males?.......or are you looking towards a long veg cycle?.......Yea, those 1000W MH are brutal, ventilation is of the utmost importance. I always attached a dryer hose to a nice size fan funneled with oaktag to get the air in at the bottom of the growroom and there is an attic above the closet with a big fan laying on top of the opening pulling everything out. If need be, I'll throw my 5,000 btu in the window and have it in front of the inlet fan/hose contraption....... Keep an eye on that temp bro........:cool:



chillin:stoned:

what up everyone! what up j, and buffalo..

j, really appreciate the input.. think that this weekend going to try and go get a strong fan, and build some kind of door in front of the door, so i can exauht into ....but yeah, the room is completely sealed of light in/out..saw these cheap a/c units on ebay that run on water, not freon (sp)..think i may try that, w/ intake, and outake fans going..

hey buffalo, what is oaktag? i hope to produce my buds as soon as possible, so i'm reallly looking to flower as soon as possible.. that's why i was worried about my plants growing slow.. after coming home from work today, in that short 5 hours, my 2 new ladies grew!!
check out the pics, they love that MH...
had to turn it off though, gave it some floro...going to give it some of the fish emultion tonight, hope it doesnt screw my beauties up..
anyways though, check out the pics, basically the same just a little more beautiful day by day....

anyway, holla at me..

PEACE!
slim

****smoking a fat one, a blunt that is,yup a fat one............****:pimp:

the picture of the first 2 are the new seedling from the papertowels, and the other 2 pics are some of their sisters...
sorry forgot to post that...


***first pic was directly under light too, sorry bout that..***

congratulations.....
Oaktag is just a thin cardboard that can be shaped. Don't be hasty with the feedings, seedlings don't really need much for a few weeks.What are u using for soil? If you have a basic potting soil, maybe transplant to something with a bit more nitrogen.......

don't overdo the nutrients and care.let the plant do what it has to do...check out the threads from mand......she is an excellent patient grower that doesn't mess with nature

lol....
i got the 2 florouscent tubes about a foot above the plants, and the 2 CFL's are about 18+inches away, but light gets to everything, and all the walls and floors and wrapped in mylar..
do i have lights too far?

slim

**are** instead of "and"

stoned man.. my bad!