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    #1
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    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    As you can probably see, I'm new to the Cannabis Forums.

    I've read countless numbers of FAQ's reguarding growing my own marijuana, but I can't seem to find the exact information I want in a simple format that doesn't take hours to read. I've gotten past the germination with damp paper towels, and I've planted three plants in seperate containers. They seem to be growing pretty healthily, but I doubt I'll know til' they sprout out of the soil.

    I know I'm probably gonna get the "Read the FAQ, newbie!" treatment, but I'm willing to take that risk to answer my questions:

    1. I'm growing indoors, with a simple lamp to test with 1-3 plants, will it work? They're growing so far, and they seem healthy.

    2. How much 'crop' will I yield from one indoor plant? (It's too cold to grow outdoors where I live right now, so that's out of the picture .)

    3. How long will it take for my plant to be ready to harvest and how will I know?

    4. What distinguishes a male seed/plant from a female seed/plant, and what outcomes will I get from either?

    Thanks! Any help answering these questions is GREATLY appreciated.

    -iamz3r0
    iamz3r0 Reviewed by iamz3r0 on . Help a fellow newbie grower? As you can probably see, I'm new to the Cannabis Forums. I've read countless numbers of FAQ's reguarding growing my own marijuana, but I can't seem to find the exact information I want in a simple format that doesn't take hours to read. I've gotten past the germination with damp paper towels, and I've planted three plants in seperate containers. They seem to be growing pretty healthily, but I doubt I'll know til' they sprout out of the soil. I know I'm probably gonna get the "Read the Rating: 5

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    #2
    Senior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    read the stickies, noob!

    some freebies, though, cause i'm bored at work

    1. need more details about the "simple lamp" to answer that one.
    2. it all depends: strain, lighting, temps, care, etc.
    3. depends on strain and when you flip the lights to 12/12. somewhere between 5-6 weeks and up to 12 weeks for the flower cycle, to say nothing about the veg cycle.
    4. you cannot be certain of a seed's gender unless you order feminized seeds, or make your own.

    now, go find that last answer: differences in male and female cannabis plants

    you may be better off absorbing everything before you germinate, but too late for that. good luck.

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    #3
    Senior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    If you are not willing to take hours to read, will you take hours to grow good plants? Your questions are easily found in this forum.Golden you are a prince as most would have taken a beating for these ?? iamz3r0 spend 1 hour going thru basic grow forum it will answer most of your questions dont expect people to waste there time helping you if you cant take some time to help yourself. I am not trying to be mean just some good advice I wish you the best. peace

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    #4
    Senior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    ahhh,
    I remember the days when i got so warmly welcomed too....
    But in those days,there was an excellent site for growing info and that site was called overgrow.com

    That place is gone today but parts of it survived thanks to some dedicated folks.
    They have compiled most of the grofaq from OG and posted it on piratebay.

    You need utorrent to download these files so get it free from: µTorrent - The Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client

    As for the og growfaq,you'll find it here : The Pirate Bay - The world's largest BitTorrent tracker

    I just finished downloading it and gonna give it a look.

    QB

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    #5
    Junior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    Okay, I've done a good amount on reading to get at least some knowledge on growing, and my plants are doing quite healthy. Whether they're male or female is still a mystery to me, but I'm getting the growing part down.

    I figured I wouldn't invest in it too much until I experiment with what I have first. I'm growing with a regular 60W standing light that hangs down perfectly over the plants in my 4x8ft. closet. The lamp provides a temperature of about 80 degrees in the closet when I leave the door closed for the day (sometimes the door stays open to provide fresh air). The plants are in quite crude containers, with small holes in the bottom to allow the excess water to drain.

    There's a couple pictures attached.

    If anyone else has any pointers, I'm open!

    Quote Originally Posted by QueBud
    That place is gone today but parts of it survived thanks to some dedicated folks.
    They have compiled most of the grofaq from OG and posted it on piratebay.
    I'm familiar with bittorrent downloading, it'll take me awhile to get it. My connection isn't all that great seeing how I've got 9 seed connections out of the 43 or so available.

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    #6
    Senior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    I don't think Dr. Pep. cans good to grow out of. And i would suggest that you go in vest a lil $30. Get you a clamp light with 200w max- $8-14 and get you some cfls." 4 pack be like $4-12 depending where you get em" Also get a Y adapter for lamp"Turns 1 bulb to 2". $2-4.:jointsmile:


    http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-li...uch-light.html
    http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-li...-lighting.html

    ~One~:rastasmoke:

    Just thought that might give ya better idea. Even if you just wanna see what happens get a couple Cfl's

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    #7
    Senior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    Also your plants gonna do alot of stretching the way they are an move your light a little closer.

    ~One~:rastasmoke:

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    #8
    Senior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    I just downloaded that guide and found it to be great. It is very well organized, and if you have a question you can find an answer very quickly... not too much to read through

    And get some cfl's at least! That light you have now won't grow anything...

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    #9
    Junior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    Quote Originally Posted by KillerBudG
    I don't think Dr. Pep. cans good to grow out of. And i would suggest that you go in vest a lil $30. Get you a clamp light with 200w max- $8-14 and get you some cfls." 4 pack be like $4-12 depending where you get em" Also get a Y adapter for lamp"Turns 1 bulb to 2". $2-4.
    ~One~:rastasmoke:
    Quote Originally Posted by KillerBudG
    Also your plants gonna do alot of stretching the way they are an move your light a little closer.

    ~One~:rastasmoke:
    See, this is the kind of advice I was looking for.
    Now, like I said I've got my plants in a small closet, so I don't have too much room to grow and have a bunch of equipment. I can get better containers fairly easily, and the lamps won't be too hard to come by though.

    The light is pretty close to the plants, I just had to move it to get a good picture :thumbsup:.

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    #10
    Senior Member

    Help a fellow newbie grower?

    OK lets see what we can do to help, containers need to change and lites need to change. You can pick up both at a large lumber yard fairly cheap watch for coupons in sunday paper or when you walk in to store. They should have cfls in lighting dept, I like fluorescent myself Home depot 48'' t12 fixture with daylight bulbs around $12, black plastic pots 10'' $1 ea. Bag of good soil go ahead and get larger bag as you will use it when you transplant $4-$10.Bag of perlite $3. I would transfer my seedlings into large dixie cups now and grow out till fuller 6''-8'' then transplant to plastic pots keep under lights 18-6 schedule for 4-6 weeks or till you post photos and someone recommends flowering.Find a inexpensive fan and circulate air in closet. You should be able to find all this stuff as killer said for around $30-40. Good luck and keep us posted. peace

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