IS ALL LOST?

[newgroweroldsmoker]

i use a 400 hps light.....in two days i will have one more added for extra light.....the timer is supposed to handle up to 3.5kw.....with the second one will have a total of 836 watts (i added two 18 watt fluoros yesterday)....anyway all seems ok now....don't really know what happened to be honest....it doesn't matter now as i wake up some 30 mins before the lights go off....that's right....somehow without even an alarm clock no matter when i went to sleep, i wake up just to make sure everything works in perfect order....they look great, i am eager for my second light to come....i ordered a 400 watts SHP-TS, they are supposed to be super rich in red/orange, extremely useful for flowering only....i will have a total of 836 watts over an area of 18sq ft(estimate)covered by 8 ladies (4 are 2 1/2-3 1/2 ft) (the other 4 are around one foot-1 1/2 ft)...that's near the optimal level of 50 watts/sqft.....sorry for the long talk....i'm so excited for my first grow and can't wait to see the buds forming......i hope that the timer will take the load.....if it gets too hot maybe i will use one of my computer fans blowing air at max speed on it....that's all i can do .....if everything goes well in that grow and i manage to produce around a pound or something close, for next grow i will have another two 400 hps at my disposal and everything will be digital-from timers to ph meters......enough said, have a good day ppl

[the happy chappie]

sure thing new grower, i started with a 400 hps, it worked great i am sure ya gonna have some quality smokes soon mate, i know i was so exsited with my first grow, are you keeping a record of all that you are doing and have done, i do know that you will wanna do this time and time again and keeping a good log of your achievments will be very importent when it comes to experimenting latter on.especialy when ya start to cross plants, i got a masive buzz out of doing my own crosses, when i smoked for the first time my own plants that i had crossed it was just a brill feeling, you will make tons of mistakes mate we all do, but the best thing you can do is to learn by them, some mistakes can be costley to ya crop, i have had to throw away complete grows,cos i made a mistake,nothing more sick mate than throwing ya stash away i can say. i dont sell any of my gear, i need it i am disabled, i have been growing for about ten years mate, i aint the best of growers, but i know enough to get me out of trouble, if i can help ya in any way just let us know, its cool to share ya knowledge peace man

[newgroweroldsmoker]

well, thanx a lot.....the records i keep are over here in this site....this place has become my virtual growing diary...over here i post everything i do and have done so far....i really value the suggestions and opinions of the members here....there are many wise people writting in this forum and that makes it a great place to visit and be part of it....the feedback i get is really helpful....as for the mistakes....the gratest mistake i did so far, is, that i used cow manure into 5 out of 9 of my ladies right from the start.....for the other 4 i used soil that is special for flowering plants.....the result was that my 4 ladies (in the good soil) look like giants next to the other 5 (which i eventually reduced into 4)......one thing i did though, was to put the seeds into 2 gallon buckets straight away so as to avoid any problems with transplanting them.....i transplanted the plants that were into the cow manure and they have grown ever since.....i know it's hard, but this is my only mistake so far.....i haven't seen any problems with overwatering or overfertilising....so far i think i am doing good, they look good and happy.....the big ones have loads of branches and around 20+ tops/future bud sites each....i have trained all of them, tied them down and have not regret it at all.......i look forward for the new light to come.....soon i will post the new fotos of my garden.....i'm sooooooo excited.....