1st closet grow(frequent pics)...advice pleez

[curious101]

hey, i'm new to the indoor scene, using an old shower dressroom as a grow room, about 2.8x3.2x5.6in. or about 9 square feet...temps at level of seedlings is b/t 68-74 degrees and the room never goes over 80 at the top...can i get away with no CO2 or intake/outake sytems...i have a 20in. stationary fan that introduces fresh air from outside the room and keep the curtain open 24/7...using a 24/7 cycle w/ a 400hps currently using a mh conversion bulb...thanks in advance for the advice

curious101 Reviewed by curious101 on 04-02-2007. 1st closet grow(frequent pics)...advice pleez hey, i'm new to the indoor scene, using an old shower dressroom as a grow room, about 2.8x3.2x5.6in. or about 9 square feet...temps at level of seedlings is b/t 68-74 degrees and the room never goes over 80 at the top...can i get away with no CO2 or intake/outake sytems...i have a 20in. stationary fan that introduces fresh air from outside the room and keep the curtain open 24/7...using a 24/7 cycle w/ a 400hps currently using a mh conversion bulb...thanks in advance for the advice Rating: 5

[curious101]

side view from the top

[curious101]

hey all, in the pics above u can see the one's in the small pots are thriving, for some reason my other seedlings in the bigger containers have shown veryl little growth, i'm 24in. from the seedling w. a 400watt MH conversion, should i move it closer

[curious101]

well, i've got four that are a week old, 5 about 3wks old and one big guy thats in week 6...ckeck em out and let me kno what u think

[ZeldaG.]

yeah lower light i think, see what usually happens when you got the light os far away is they stretch to reach it... hmm acutally i jsut thout about it and i think this applies only to fluoros/cfls and stuff it might not be right for that big ass light you got there :P

but ill leave the top sentence just in case its right lol...

apart form that i think you see the main grow start like 2 weeks old or osmething but i most of yours are past that stage anyway and they look like they are growing fine to me :S

oh yeah keep updating! and good luck

[whitestalkslongwalks]

how do you manage those temps? got a lot of cool air being pulled in by that fan? that's the sort of thing i'd like to get going, but i don't think i can keep a door open

[curious101]

the fan does wonders, lately its been cold in my area so the curtain has been shut and it still stays around 74-76 degrees, the 20in fan works great, currently i'm only using two small 6 in. fans inside the room with the curtain closed...hopefully these temps will stay where they are at

[curious101]

ok, so today i pulled 4 males out leaving me with 7 plants...giving them a few more days to see if any more males show up...my plants are about 18 in. tall after a week of 12/12...my strain has a lot of sativa characteristics but is very tall and lanky...i've used the topping method which caused more stretching and have begun treatment with bushmaster to try and cause more side growth...any advice..will they bush out when i put them in larger pots or what..does a plant gain size while flowering...currently the 9 in. pots are restricting side growth but i wanted to utilize my small space...will they bush out or is it too late when 12/12 begins?...i will post pics soon

[curious101]

fresh pics but i had nute problems so they look like hell...flushed em 3 days ago and am just gonna go with water for the next two weeks...no nutes...but check it out...post some more when they get better...hopefully they will...one pic is sample of my skunk #1 in wk 7...other plants in wk. 4