First grow log (bagseed+cfl) PICS

[MrHappy]

Well here goes.. Plants were started April 1st.

This is my first grow (atleast that has shown anything worth completing). I have killed about 20 plants using different setups until i came to this one that seems to work. !!!DO NOT HYPONEX POTTING SOIL!!! This is responsible for many many plant deaths. It hardens to an almost concrete form and I have lost seeds that are now fossilized.. literally.

My grow BOX is 1ft x 2ft x 3ft. I have about 15 CFLS of various watts, 5 of them blue 30w. I have 12 of the lights mounted on a board from my painting canvas that is inserted through the box and hangs about 10'' from the plants. Down by the plants (if you can see from the horrible pictures) I have 3 of the blue lights mounted, as close as possible without burning. I have a 6'' fan at the bottom for an intake which is close to the window so if the temps get too high i can put the window fan on to bring fresh air into the box. For exhaust I have a window fan that fits over the box. I have half of the exhaust fan aluminum foiled for reflectivity and there isn't much of a light loss.

....I know the foil isn't a good idea but my cash is gone and from what I've read CFLs do not generate strong enough light to create hot spots.. either way the box is what it has to be.. I am growing in my gf's house (we live together, but its her place) and I have pissed her off enough (...i might have dissected a few lights of hers... ).

My soil is straight MG potting mix for now, but I plan on adding some sand and trying to acquire some perlite for the top. So far I have been using no nutrients but I am thinking about starting here next week.

I start the plants in 18oz blue party cups that i cut down to about 6oz, I keep them in there for about a week.. week and a half and then i transplanted them to 2 litre bottles with (drainage holes the whole way). I plan on transplanting them one more time (I would really like to finish them in the 2 litre but I do not think that will be good..opinions?)

Well.. here is the pictures.. after reviewing them i realized the camera's view hole is nothing like the pictures it takes so use your imagination for what you can't see.......sorry.. it is the worst camera in existence. I edited the photos to sharpen them up.


Picture 1 - The best of the crop (MsHappy)

Picture 2 - Another MsHappy

Picture 3 - Side MsHappy

Picture 4 - Ms Happy and the second best

Picture 5 - One side of light bar, the other side is the same, and you can see the lights that are down by the plants


Picture 6 - The box


That is the grow, what do you think? Questions, comments, anything is welcome

MrHappy Reviewed by MrHappy on 04-17-2008. First grow log (bagseed+cfl) PICS Well here goes.. Plants were started April 1st. This is my first grow (atleast that has shown anything worth completing). I have killed about 20 plants using different setups until i came to this one that seems to work. !!!DO NOT HYPONEX POTTING SOIL!!! This is responsible for many many plant deaths. It hardens to an almost concrete form and I have lost seeds that are now fossilized.. literally. My grow BOX is 1ft x 2ft x 3ft. I have about 15 CFLS of various watts, 5 of them blue Rating: 5

[Cede2Weed]

That is a lot of growth for 17 days. Good job! :thumbsup:

[MrHappy]

Pic of the 2nd best http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...pyBuds/040.jpg

Ms happy


All under lights


Intake


Exhaust


Side lights+new seedlings


Mr Boots ( one of four cats )

[Shovelhandle]

About the Hyponex potting soil... I just made a batch of organic soil. One of the main ingredients is 40# of Hyponex potting soil. The other ingredients are...
40# organic composted cow manure
1 bag of vermiculite
1 bag of perlite
a little bit of peat moss
small bag of worm castings.

Use that recipe and you won't be disappointed. It's not that expensive and it works great for growing pot. That recipe makes a damn lot of soil, man.

[MrHappy]

I had my plants in 2 litre bottles, and yesterday i went and looked at the bottoms and I could see roots beginning to come out of the drain holes..so i knew it was time to transplant.. i put one in a bigger pot i bought and one in an hawaiian punch gallon. the bigger pot probably holds about 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 gallons. Seeing as how I had to put bigger containers I had to make my box bigger..(see pic)


Does anyone know if these containers will be good enough for flowering in?


New Box..kind of hard to see


2 best plants.. ms happy is in the big white pot and the other is in an hawiian punch gallon container


Other two plants i have going.. one has an hourglass part on the stem and i need to support it or when it gets bigger it will snap


Pic of the new guys.. started April 18

[Cede2Weed]

Looking very healthy

[hudson88]

Looking good, as far as the pots go I believe the standard rule is 1 gallon per foot of plant, but I think you could get away with a 2 foot plant in a 1.5 gallon pot.

Good luck!

[MrHappy]

Plants went through hell

First, the lights fell onto the plants and burnt them.. not horribly.. but bad enough..and then.. one of the cats accidentally got shut into the grow room while the plants were not in the box... pictures tomorrow