1st grow.... F*@*#!! terrible!!!!

[switchback]

Well im suprised there doing that well looks as light has burnt tham a litlle or a bit of nut burn.I personly use t5 for veg and 1000hps for budding.One thing you must do is give them each there own pot of soil 3 to 5 gal pot.If you wont any kinda yeald ate all your going to have to change the light sourse even a small 400 to 600hps would work but over all they dont look bade for the tools your useing wish ya all the luck and happy growing..peice out from humbold own:rasta:

switchback Reviewed by switchback on 11-11-2008. 1st grow.... F*@*#!! terrible!!!! well this is my first grow and i decided to share it with all of those who (A) choose to read this (B) accidentally stumbled across it (C) came to demean or help out my grow....:thumbsup: okay first off i'm broke as shit so.... my grow room setup was basically free besides the electric bill kicking my ass...:mad: i actually did buy the light for 15 bucks off a friend who told me it was a 500w MH light but.....when i got it, i found out it was a garage light like the ones you would use to Rating: 5

[elskeetro]

Well im suprised there doing that well looks as light has burnt tham a litlle or a bit of nut burn.I personly use t5 for veg and 1000hps for budding.One thing you must do is give them each there own pot of soil 3 to 5 gal pot.If you wont any kinda yeald ate all your going to have to change the light sourse even a small 400 to 600hps would work but over all they dont look bade for the tools your useing wish ya all the luck and happy growing..peice out from humbold own:rasta:

400 and 600 aren't small. perhaps compared to your 1000. but a 600 throws tons of heat and ain't no joke. if he's using that tent he built...a 400 would burn it to the ground. i would say 250w max for his current setup.

Also, to the OP, if you are gonna be someone's caregiver, you gotta know what you're doing and be able to PRODUCE. it isn't just an easy, legal way to grow weed. a guy struggling to buy CFLs is not in the position to be a legit caregiver. It's certainly an attainable goal that you should work towards. But you've got a long road ahead. Just FYI and IMHO.

Big ups though. i really do dig that tent.

skeet.

PS- here's a 150w HPS, bulb and shipping included is $82 High Tech Garden Supply
Can't beat that.

[magiccity445]

hey-
i would transplant into seperate pots. listen to Shovelhandle. planter size should reflect desired final plant size. with the grow "tent" you have, i'd go no bigger than 1 gallon planters. i re-read through this thread and noticed no one gave you any ideas for a CFL setup. here's mine. you could add some braces to it and make it a single unit for your tent. you could at least do one of the 3 bulb strips with Y splitters and run 6 CFLs.

thanks for the input GG
i tired to find some of those 3 bulb strips and the y splitters i could find none anywhere(lowes,walmart,ACE Hardware,) but as of right now i trying to figure something else out that could help, i might have to try home depot or sumthing next week.

Cool. Looks like your working your way up the ranks there, gettin your hands dirty and what not. I like your home made tent.

Here's what i would suggest. Finish this up and learn all you can from it. Hopefully you'll have a female you can take clones from. So take some clones and once they root pick out the best one and grow that one. Just keep it simple with one plant.

you have a bunch of CFLs already, so i would continue using them for veg. 1 plant with a handful of CFLs will veg fine. but come flower i would really take the advice of an earlier post that suggested a 150w HPS. They are incredibly cheap and readily available at Home Depot or Lowes. It won't throw much more heat than the CFLs and you will piss your pants when you see the buds that come up. And energy wise, 150w is NOTHING.

Once you get a bit more experienced, i would suggest looking into LST and SCROG. There are some great articles on maximizing yield with low wattage lights (Fluoros and up to 250w HPS) that i think you could really benefit from.
here's a quick glimpse: CannaStats - The ScrOG Technique

keep at it, you've done well considering the circumstances.
skeet.

PS - Just a quick search on homedepot.com gave me this Lithonia Lighting Bronze High Pressure Sodium Flood - OFL 70S 120 LP BZ M4 at The Home Depot
You can get a 150w-400w HPS light from HTGsupply.com for between $100-$150...bulb and shipping included.

thanks skeet i will have to look into that. i knida wanted to keep my grow cfl, but i'm starting another one next week with a friend and we just could possibly use the HPS....
also do you know any other technique i could use to transplant multiple plants from one pot to separate ones????
thanks...

[magiccity445]

oh yea i was think could i use a gallon Hawaiian punch bottle as a pot for my plant

[elskeetro]

oh yea i was think could i use a gallon Hawaiian punch bottle as a pot for my plant

That's usin' your noggin!!! Pure stoner intuitiveness. Everything i see i think "how can i use that in my grow".

Just drill plenty of holes in the bottom for proper drainage. Also, roots like it dark so you might want to put some of that black plastic on the inside (easier to maintain than on the outside), then soil, then do your transplant. Some one with more soil knowledge than me may want to verify, i'm hydro through and through.

The 3 light fixture is definitely at lowes. i got one there. in fact i posted in-store photos from another thread: http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...ml#post1929494

Those 3 bulb fixtures are awesome. Also, Lowes has 4' fluorescent fixtures for $8.98. They say that they are only for T12 bulbs, but i opened one up and the ballast says it'll run T8 bulbs. So you can't go wrong with a T8 fixture for under $10. I have 3 of them on my veg.

alright. keep it cool.
skeet.

[magiccity445]

i mean i went to lowes i just couldn't find anywhere but that is one huge ass store maybe i looked in the wrong place...but i was where the light bulbs and light fixtures are....

[magiccity445]

so today was the day i decided to transplant my babies

only i'm just so worried that with me doing so i might have killed them. i mean there still standing and all it's just that i had to push a lot of the roots down and gently almost into a ball to get them to fit inside there new homes...

but for the most part i think i did a okay job.:thumbsup: i'll leave it up to you guys to tells me what ya think???

Also take a look at pic 4.... is it bad to be able to see the roots on the top of the dirt like that???:wtf:

[magiccity445]

so is it okay to see the roots on top like that????

[magiccity445]

so today was the day i decided to transplant my babies

only i'm just so worried that with me doing so i might have killed them. i mean there still standing and all it's just that i had to push a lot of the roots down and gently almost into a ball to get them to fit inside there new homes...

but for the most part i think i did a okay job.:thumbsup: i'll leave it up to you guys to tells me what ya think???

Also take a look at pic 4.... is it bad to be able to see the roots on the top of the dirt like that???:wtf:

so...ummm....yea..... anybody.....help

[magiccity445]

.....no body really????