I care about this log.
Please...keep up the good work.
They look nice!!!
Printable View
I care about this log.
Please...keep up the good work.
They look nice!!!
Hey Popabean. Thanks for the support. It nice to see that people are actually checking this grow out. I am not claiming to have the biggest or best grow here. What am i trying to accomplish is a decent to nice crop from bagseed with easy to use and cheap lighting on a tight budget. Hopefully if all goes well this can be a nice example of how easy it can be for regular joes to grow dope.
Peace
Well heres tonights quick update. I got a small one bulb socket with cord and a clamp from my brother today. I threw a 25 watt cool cfl in it and made a hillbilly reflector with a soda can cut in half. That brings my total wattage up to 252. Right now that makes me 28 watts short of 50 watts a cu ft. I have another dual cfl socket coming in the mail this week and that will put me over 280 watts and past my bench mark.
After watching a video on you tube about using co2 while growing I decided to try to make my own small co2 bubbler. Dont know if it will helps the plants at all but its neat and I felt like macgyver while i was making it. lol. All it is is a 5 oz baby bottle that I cut 2 square inch holes in toward the top. Thats it. For the first test I used 2 tps of baking powder in the bottle. Then I took the nipple and stuck it inwards into the bottle and let it rest there. Filled the nipple up with white vinegar and let gravity do its thing. It took about 5 mins for it to completely drain and about 15 mins to stop bubbling. I was pretty happy with how it worked. Like i said before i dont know if it will help but wtf didnt cost me anything except 10 mins of my time.
Over the last week i have been trimming a few of the lower shade leaves off the plants every few nights. This is allowing the light to reach all the lower bud sites on the plants and the lost growth of the removed leave is quickly replaced by new undergrowth that looks great. It also allows for better air flow which helps alot in this stage of growing.
Well i discovered tonight that the 2 plants i was unsure of are females for sure. Definitely see pistils on them but I am gonna keep a close eye on them for a few days just in case they decided to go hermie. I named them anyways. "May" and "June". I decided to stick with the month theme i started with april. Since i only have 4 plants now that are all over 1 foot tall and because my main lights are on a slope i decided to lay June horizontally across the floor. This will allow her to use the wasted light towards the front of the grow room and she should develop really good side growth. Just hope its not too much stress on her. Time will tell. Not worried though if she does go hermie.
Since I put 4 papaya seeds to germ tonight I decided I better get another veg light. Mainly beacuse all my other lights are in the flowering room now. So i got on ebay and got a FLUOREX 65 WATT CFL HIGH-OUTPUT LIGHT. It's compact and puts out almost as much light as my shop lights. It should work well for seedlings.
Total for light with shipping - $36.50
Total for grow - $274.00
Money left - $26.00
If i can get at least 2 ounces from this grow it will pay for itself. Keep your fingers crossed.
Ya my setup is kinda ghetto as well but for starting out, I don't see the problem with fluorescents, they are cheap and get the job done.. I have one 42w CFL right now and am picking up another today, I'll probably add a dual 26w CFL setup strictly for side lighting.. as soon as I get my bagseed to germinate I'm ordering some papaya and start my SoG... good luck with yours I'll be checking back regularly to see ur progess!
Anytime...It is threads like this that motivate people to stop smoking commercial mexicali schwag and do their own thing.:rastasmoke:Quote:
Originally Posted by miley
Keep up the good work:hippy:
Hey Black out its ok about being ghetto. My grow started out like that and pretty much still is. Theres alot of info on here saying that all things need to be a certain way and they do to an extent but just because you dont have a super sanitary grow room and no hid lights doesnt mean you still cant get a good crop. I mean it definitely helps but is not always necessary. Keep me posted on how its going. Good choice on the papaya as well. I have no experience with it yet but what i have learned is that it is an easy to grow plant that flowers quickly stays short. I'll get pics of mine up as soon as they sprout.
I'm with ya on that pope. I mean how many first time growers actually have the money to go all out on the first one. I know damn well i am tired of over paying for the shitty weed thats mostly available in my area. 5 more weeks and i'll have my own good shit hopefully.Quote:
Anytime...It is threads like this that motivate people to stop smoking commercial mexicali schwag and do their own thing.
Well it only took 2 days and all 4 of my papaya seeds sprouted using the standard wet paper towel method. I put them into their first containers today and hoepfully that new light i order gets here before they break through the soil. Cant wait to get some pics of them for you. Should i just post pics of them in this thread or should i make another grow log specifically for them? Let me know.
Naa. I'd say to post em here. But thats just me. Got anymore eye-candy for us?--lol
been following your grow cant wait to see some updated pics. keep up the good work I think your doing a great job. Peace
Hey guys thanks for the intrest in this thread. I'll have new pics for everyone tommorow night. I stopped at wally world and a pet store today and got what i believe to be the last few supplies that i need. I hope so because i am over budget now. Also, the movable desk lamp i ordered from ebay came in today but I am still waiting on the other light and dehumidifer which i need like now. I've decided to just start another log for my papaya grow just to keep the 2 separate.
Black sheet from wally world for veg room- 2.50
3 outlet adapter from wally world - 1.50
2 pack of ground adapters from wally world- 1.50
3 pack of 26 watt cfl bulbs from wally world - 7.00
Clamp light with 7 1/2" reflector - 6.50
ph test kit from wally world - 5.00
2 oz. ph up from pet store - 4.00
2 oz. ph down from pet store - 4.00
total for trip - $28.00
total for grow - $302.00