I want to see some green stuff starting to grow, the sooner you start the sooner the plants will finish.
Waiting on me is going to be a disappointment.
The first seedlings, actually plants at that point?.I gave away (think Guerilla)
The second?I got called away. Unfortunately my backup was unavailable also.
The third lost to a poor choice on my part?..(different potting mix) the ingredients said calcium. A newbs mistake, calcium nitrate isn??t just harmless calcium?.they grew well for a week, then stalled for another, then began to lose that dark green color, leaves began to turn down (ram??s horns). Multiple flushes didn??t help at all.
I read Ms Stinky??s tutorial on starting in quite small pots and repotting up and up. But damn do they dry fast?..too much attention needed. It??s getting hot now. I have some in potting mix, and some in an oasis cube in potting mix (in 2? pots) to see if that helps out?..so far it seems to help a little, but may become a problem later?.who knows?
I??m still trying to work out the small pot idea. If I have to begin again (just realized, no reason to wait) I??ll start a seed in a peat pot inside a 4? pot. I may be able to create a tighter root ball (the way Ms Stinky suggests) without the need to constantly monitor against drying out. I had some winter squash this spring that struggled to break through their peat pots.
I??m a bit of a fatalist in that there??s a reason for whatever, and on the other hand a little disappointed not to be moving along faster. Although I never even considered getting away (heat wise) with much this summer.

All that issue aside?.It??s becoming obvious to me that unless I make some additions?.like A/C and a chiller, that the chances of growing in the heat of the summer are getting slimmer all the time. The A/C wouldn??t be so out of place, but a chiller might be a bit of a ??tell?. At this point I have months to figure out how to disguise a chiller.
Other options might be dropping the HID and going smaller with just the UFO??s, 180W combined (in two buckets).
Budmac, I??ve tried to imagine how much wattage (heat) that I might be able to cut by dropping the HID next summer and using your style (flouro & led). Presently I??m at 430 watts of heat. I??m open to suggestion. You??ve seen the rectangle (5??X2.5??) How much heat could I cut with T-5??s, if much at all? (By the way, nice choice on the new avatar. It makes you look so much younger).
CB, it appears that a signature revision is in order.
Weeze, if you happen to stumble across this (and I do mean stumble). In another thread you suggested a higher heat threshold than is commonly used, but didn??t elaborate much. That and any tricks as to how to get away with higher heat would feed my decaying gray matter. Don??t worry, I??d print it out.

The good news is that the outdoor SOG is doing quite well.
I got these seeds from the good folks over at Cheatumseeds.com?they were a bit pricey, but so far the veg has been impressive. The strain is Nearly Girl.

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Classic sativa??s as they??re taking their time to flower. No trichs yet. Can??t wait for October.

Halfbrainrocks.
Horsemanrocks Reviewed by Horsemanrocks on . First time scrogger Ok scroggers?.here??s what I??m trying to get a little feedback on: I??ll be scrogging for the first time and would like opinions as to the height of the screen. Between the top of the bucket to the bottom of a 250W HID is 56?. The reflector is a real spreader??quite wide. It??s enclosed (got glass) and a 180 cfm exhaust fan. I??m going to make an assumption here: I??m assuming that the light couldn??t ever be closer than 12? ( that??s not exactly the part I want help Rating: 5