hows this going now? grow box/first grow advice welcome

[cole]

so i got some scrap wood and built a little box, picked up a long tube light with 2 40 wt plant lights, and 4 100w equivalent (uses 27 w) and 1300 lumens each. Brand is n:Viion and they are the daylight brightness ones. for soil i went with earthgro topsoil , and osmocote indoor outdoor plant food.wich i mixed up with the soil before planting the sead, the plant food had this on it
10.0%ammoniacal nitrogen
9.0% nitrate nitrogen
6% avalable phosphate
12% soluble poash


also the tempeture stays at 70-72 , how long should i leave the lights on 24hrs, also how much watering is to much, thanks they are about 2 weeks old

any advice tips or anything wrong with what im using please let me know

cole Reviewed by cole on 07-05-2007. hows this going now? grow box/first grow advice welcome so i got some scrap wood and built a little box, picked up a long tube light with 2 40 wt plant lights, and 4 100w equivalent (uses 27 w) and 1300 lumens each. Brand is n:Viion and they are the daylight brightness ones. for soil i went with earthgro topsoil , and osmocote indoor outdoor plant food.wich i mixed up with the soil before planting the sead, the plant food had this on it 10.0%ammoniacal nitrogen 9.0% nitrate nitrogen 6% avalable phosphate 12% soluble poash also the Rating: 5

[AR15]

Move the plants close to the lights, like an inch or so away. Since those are flouros it won't burn the plant, but if you leave it too far away it will start stretching. Just keep moving it away from the lights as it grow so it doesn't ever touch the lights.

[cole]

ok cool , i moved the plants closer to the lights.

The temp is arround 80 degrees in there and 70 % humidity, also when can i put the lights on a differnt cycle than 24hr;s? how often should i water them , thanks

[mythin]

after about 1.5 to 2 weeks, i switch to 18/6 so that the root growth can set in. I keep it 18/6 until i switch to 12/12. I mean 24 hours doenst give the plant time to rest or grow roots.

[.:Karma:. o.O]

nice box... ;p im using a similar setup...nd post pikz as soon as u can i wanna see ur babiis..mine got hurt a light fell on {hopefully} her...

[stinkyattic]

24/0 is fine for vegging. it's up to you.
water when the pots feel light.
those tubes- are they 'aquarium and plant' tubes from the hardware store? if i were you i would switch to 'cool white' or 'kitchen and bath' type tubes for early vegging. you really want a lot of light i the blue range to help influence the babies towards femaleness.

[Shovelhandle]

kitchen and bath lamps are warm white, isn't that right, Stinky?

I use the 3000K warm whites for flowering and the daylights (4200-5000K) for veg.

Sho

[stinkyattic]

Huh I thought those were also a cool white. I hope I am not full of beans on this one. Those are the ones the BOG recommends, but I'm using 'cool white' in my spankin' new veg cloest that I built Wednesday!

[cole]

24/0 is fine for vegging. it's up to you.
water when the pots feel light.
those tubes- are they 'aquarium and plant' tubes from the hardware store? if i were you i would switch to 'cool white' or 'kitchen and bath' type tubes for early vegging. you really want a lot of light i the blue range to help influence the babies towards femaleness.

yea they are the aquarium and plant lights, so i should swich to the cool white or kitchen now to promote early budding?? is vegging when they bud or when they are babys? what do you mean by blue range light? the 4 cfls im using are the daylight brightness ones "brightes that they sold they have "soft white, bright white and daylight"

[AR15]

Veg is right before flowering. After you germinate, you get seedlings, then you veg those and let them grow. At some point you'll switch to flowering, that's where you find out their sex. Hopefully, they're female, and that's when they'll start budding.