Noob on the Cheap

[hudson88]

Glad to hear you sorted your heat problem. How often are you watering them? As they're so young and you say they seem to be drying out quickly i'd probably water once a day. Try and get that light closer in the next couple of days, the closer the better with cfl's, try for around 2".

[Cede2Weed]

Thanks, Hudson,

For now, I think I have the heat solved, but when I add the flower room and outside temps get into the high 90's I am probably going to be challenged again.

I have been watering multiple times a day. The plants appear to me to be looking great. But I really do not know what warning signs I need to be watching for. I have read that the plants like to go through wet and dry periods but am assuming that is for mature plants. Rot, mold and stunted growth I assume are the dangers I need be on guard for with over watering.

I will post pix in a few hours.

[Cede2Weed]

So far so good?

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[Cede2Weed]

[daihashi]

great looking seedlings. During the numerous seedling deaths I've been responsible for I learned that if you can get your seedlings past 3 weeks of age then they will generally be able to survive anything else you throw at them within reason.

I vegged in CFL and am flowering with an HPS. I'm sure you can see how my grow is looking. If you can save some of that allowance money I would suggest you buy an hps. $50 a week is plenty of cash to buy some new grow gear if you consider that most plants will take at least 3-4 months from seed until harvest.

If you veg for 8 weeks that's $400. Plenty of cash for an HPS, cool tube and maybe a pair of inline centrifugal fans .

There are many others on here way more experienced than me but I'll be happy to help with any problems that come along the way for you.

Good luck :thumbsup:

[Cede2Weed]

I appreciate it, daihashi.

I have already bought a rubbermaid box with a 3 outlet valance and y connectors for each outlet. This will give me a total of 6 42w (150w equiv) 2700k cfls in my flower box. I still have to figure out airflow and odor control but I have seen some great ideas here.

I definitely want to graduate to HPS. My current plan is to see this through with CFLs but by the time I am ready for flowering I may have a change of heart. Especially if I continue to see results like those you are getting. Did your plants eat your fan? :thumbsup:

Thanks for the feedback!

[daihashi]

I appreciate it, daihashi.

I have already bought a rubbermaid box with a 3 outlet valance and y connectors for each outlet. This will give me a total of 6 42w (150w equiv) 2700k cfls in my flower box. I still have to figure out airflow and odor control but I have seen some great ideas here.

I definitely want to graduate to HPS. My current plan is to see this through with CFLs but by the time I am ready for flowering I may have a change of heart. Especially if I continue to see results like those you are getting. Did your plants eat your fan? :thumbsup:

Thanks for the feedback!

I wanted to do an all cfl grow but I had a change of heart once I realized my grow box wasn't going to be big enough. So I built a cabinet and couldn't bare to see it only hold cfl's.. so I bought an hps.

Did my plants eat my fan? what do you mean?

[Cede2Weed]

lol, I was referring to the oscillating fan that was so prominent in your early pictures. It is now undetectable due to the size and lushness of your canopy.

[daihashi]

lol, I was referring to the oscillating fan that was so prominent in your early pictures. It is now undetectable due to the size and lushness of your canopy.

Actually I had to remove it completely. The plants got too big for that space and something had to go. I still have air circulating across the canopy... just not oscillating.

[Cede2Weed]

Oh no!!!!

Made some changes to my closet this afternoon. Added some wattage, so far so good.

Well, I just went out to check on my babies and I found a small bug/pest on one of the leaves. I was going to take a picture but I went ahead and killed the little guy.

I see no damage done to the leaf. Not sure what drew him in. I am in a converted utility/storage closet with an outside entrance. This is the first pest issue, atleast that I have noticed. Obviously the room isn't air tight.

This is the first big rain we have had since I started this project and I suppose it is possible that contributed.

Prior to anything I ran the shopvac in there really good. There was a few cobwebs and or spider webs in the upper corners.

This was a small round bug, almost like a beetlebug without wings.

Any suggestions? With my outside entry should I expect to be battling these little creatures for the duration?

thnks