First time grower

[GrinKyle]

Well, this is my first grow in my lifetime. I am making a log because I think it will help me keep things organized. Plus get some insiders tips.
Soil: Soil outside from my garden beds (Will get Fox Farms soil to transplant them into for veg.)
Seeds: Bagseed
Plants: 3 (One started on 2/7 and other two on 2/10)
Light: 2 - 20watt cfls @ 1200lumens Each. w/ reflective hoods around them.
Grow Cab: Dimensions - 13in. Width x 17in. Length x 24in. Height

MISC:
[align=center]◙Painted the inside flat white below the lights.
◙Picking up a fan tomorrow (2/13)
◙Picking up a PH kit tomorrow(2/13)
◙Picking up the Fox Farm brand nutrients tomorrow(TigerBloom, GrowBig, And BigBloom)[/align]

And here are pics: They are growing slower than most grow logs I've seen.

GrinKyle Reviewed by GrinKyle on 02-13-2009. First time grower Well, this is my first grow in my lifetime. I am making a log because I think it will help me keep things organized. Plus get some insiders tips. Soil: Soil outside from my garden beds (Will get Fox Farms soil to transplant them into for veg.) Seeds: Bagseed Plants: 3 (One started on 2/7 and other two on 2/10) Light: 2 - 20watt cfls @ 1200lumens Each. w/ reflective hoods around them. Grow Cab: Dimensions - 13in. Width x 17in. Length x 24in. Height MISC: ◙Painted the inside flat white Rating: 5

[GrinKyle]

Purpose: I'm wanting to get at least one female out of these three, so I can make as many clones as I can, for this years outdoor season.

Question: Should I get different (23watt) cfls? and people say things like, "6500k" how do you find that? I can't find that anywhere on the package.

[Cocoa0069]

Pick up some 42watt CFL's I got a 3 pack at the homedepot

[cannakeeper]

If I understand correctly, you are bringing inside some dirt from outside to start seeds? I personally would never do that because you are likely to bring in insects/larvae and all kinds of nasty pathogens. Even if they are going outdoors eventually it is better to put healthy starts out than bring outdoors in to start them. I did that my very first ever grow and dealt with all kinds of issues as a result. Bugs tend to want to stick around when they find that comfy a spot.

[GrinKyle]

Pick up 42watt crls = will do, it did seem that the 20watts were pretty "dull" for growing lights.

cannkeeper, ya, i actually am very worried that I brought in some bad bugs that could hinder my plants grown, even if I cant see it.. like them eating my roots or something..

What could I do? Can i go get some fox farms soil and mix in some vermiculite? like a 75%/25% ratio? and transplant these guys? or are they too young?

How would i go about doing this? Like take a small chunk of dirt, like 1in x 1in around the base and put it in the new soil?

[theeviltrees]

I would leave your plants to it, buy some compost for when you transplant - you risk breaking roots if you firk around with the soil, you did a good thing by using small pots to start in.

The hue of the light to me suggests you have 2700k bulbs you want 6500k (5000k at least for veg) the pic I found kinda shows you the yellowness of the lower kelvin bulbs and the whiteness of the higher ones)

How long are you growing them indoors for?

Do you know the temperature inside?

[GrinKyle]

How long are you growing them indoors for? I might keep a mother vegging in here for a long time... I can keep cutting clones and then transplanting them outdoors for a while during the summer.

I want to get as much cannabis as I can during this outdoor season so I won't have to buy any until next year. I have spent over $6,000 last year for pot, and during these times, that money really needs to go towards better things, like a savings account in case something bad happens.

Do you know the temperature inside? I am thinking about picking up a temp+humidity unit that hangs on the wall, wheres the best place to find a good one?

I looked at your picture, and holy cow, my lights are pretty low on that list... like what you said 2700k..

I have read the whole package through and through and it never even mentions the "xxxxK" anywhere. When I go buy new cfl's to throw in there, do other companies put the "K" rating on their packaging?

Thanks for the help everyone.

[spiked666killer]

Ahh your in the same postition I was in.
I couldnt find crap for the kelvin rating of the bulbs.

Just go to your local homedepot or electric store.
And ask some one and maybe they can help you find them.
There called Day Light 5600k Bulbs.

Some times they say in extremely small writting and usally in a spot no one would really look.

Like "The Great Value" Bulbs walmart ses, Tells the kelvin rating on the very back left hand corner. Good luck.


Your best bet is hitting up a store that specializing in bulbs and talk to them.



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[theeviltrees]

Hi Grinkyle (forgot to say it last time sorry!)

I got my bulbs from ebay, i just searched for "6500k" and "2700k" and found them like that.

I also got my temp/humidity reader from ebay, it came from hong kong but its damm good and was cheap too!

Some bulbs actually have the kelvin rating on the bulb base, some on the box, and like you said, some don't even have it on anywhere. Like S666K said, look for daylight or cool white bullbs if it doesnt say the rating.:thumbsup:

[GrinKyle]

Well here is an update.

The bigger one is exactly 2 weeks old.

and the other two are 11 days old.

I started giving them all Fox Farms Grow Big. I know I am suppose to wait two weeks, but I did it anyway.

The back of the Grow Big says mix 1Tsp for every 1Gal... so I just mixed 1/2Tsp. for a 1/2 Gal...

My question is: Since it would take like a week or more for me to use a half gal of watering, is it okay to let the water w/ nutes to sit out in the open in the mean time? Will it evaporate away? Cause there is like no way I can make a smaller amount.

I put two 24watt 5600k cfls in, instead of the 20watt 2400k.

Question: Would it be better to have like 2 of each? (5600k and 2400k) in there?

I also put a fan blowing the top part of the lights, and a little bit hits the plants below, just enough to cause the leaves to ruffle a little bit.

Also added some soil and perlite from the store to the top to level off the cups, yet the outdoor soil is still in it.

Question: Are they growing at a decent speed? Are they looking some what normal? They were pretty close to the light for a while, and I pulled them back down cause I think I caused some light(heat) burn on the first set of leaves of the bigger plant.

Question: Do the first leaves that pop out of the seed, the none cannabis looking leaves normally die and fall off? Cause mine are dead/dying, as you can see in the pick.

If ya'll can shed some light on what I could be doing to improve these suckers, I'm all ears. Thanks.