Afghan Kush - 1st Time Grower

[monny10]

Hi Guys,

Well as you can tell from the title...I'm a first time grower!

I plan to be posting as I grow along from the beginning to the end product! :thumbsup:

I hope you guys keep tuned in to my grow log and hopefully can give some sound advice with any problems I encounter along the way!

Which helps not just myself but any other first time growers out there who read this log!

monny10 Reviewed by monny10 on 10-12-2009. Afghan Kush - 1st Time Grower Hi Guys, Well as you can tell from the title...I'm a first time grower! I plan to be posting as I grow along from the beginning to the end product! :thumbsup: I hope you guys keep tuned in to my grow log and hopefully can give some sound advice with any problems I encounter along the way! Which helps not just myself but any other first time growers out there who read this log! Rating: 5

[monny10]

STRAIN

After careful consideration, the strain I decided to grow with was AFGHAN KUSH due to it being Indica dominant and a very hardy strain.

I invested in 3 Afghan Kush seeds (world of seeds landraces collection) from attitude seeds...which came in the post very quickly... 3 days from ordering! they also threw in 2 free seeds of different varieties as part of my purchase!

I stuck 2 of the beans on some (damp)cotton wool and wraped them in (damp) tissue paper and placed them in my boiler cupboard on 8th October...

they sprouted and I placed them in some of B&Q seedling & cutting compost 50-50 with some perlite on saturday the 10th.... I've got them under 2 Cfls at the minute... 1x 20w and 1x 11w....

just for the time being....until I get my 125w (9000 lumen) Veggie Envirolite From basement lighting..... My order arrived today but the envirolite isnt working!! so I'll have to send it back and wait for a replacement!

Along with my order I also got some canna coco professional+ which I plan on transfering the plants into once strong roots have been established....oh' and some canna coco A & B....which are the nutes I will be using for this first time grow!

[Shovelhandle]

well that sounds like a reasonable first attempt. It should go real well.

[monny10]

Thanks shovelhandle... I hope so!:thumbsup:

[monny10]

!WARNING!

THIS IS A WARNING TO ANYONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT BUYING ANYTHING FROM BASEMENT LIGHTING.COM!

I am absolutely F**KING FUMING'!!

I ordered an enviroloite (125w - veg)
E40 cable hanger
canna coco+ and nutes

from basement lighting...... the order arrived 2 days after ordering and everything was fine until I plugged in my envirolite!

The bulb wasnt working! it was totally dead!

So I called them up and told them about this! I wasnt sure if it was the actual bulb that wasnt working or if it was the hanger so the guy told me

'no problem' just post the lamp and the hanger back to us and we'll get you a new one sent out right away!

Which I did the very next day!

.......WELL!

Today I recieved a message on my answering machine from the guy (Paul) at basementlighting.com

THE MESSAGE said....exactly...

Hi, this is paul from basement lighting, its regarding the bulb that you have sent back.... I dont know if you've made some kind of mistake?

but its an old bulb you've sent back! its burnt out, the writings all worn on it and the logo's different on it aswell!

give us a phone back if you find the correct one!

AAAaaaarghh.....!! I'M FU*KING FUMING!!!

I called him up and spoke to him and he was trying to make out that I had sent back an old bulb intentionally!

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GROWING!! I HAVE NO OTHER BULBS TO MIX IT UP WITH!!!

I explained to him that this was the bulb which he sent me!

He said 'its all old and worn...did you not notice it when you opened it up?'

AAAAAaaaaarghh!!

He eventually agreed to post me another one out today!!

IF HE DOES THIS I WILL BE VERY...VERY SURPRISED...AFTER TRYING TO CON ME LIKE THIS!!

BUT I WILL WAIT A COUPLE OF DAYS AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT HAPPENS......

[leadmagnet]

One time I had a similar experience with a site called plantlightinghydroponics with a Sunlight Supply lamp I bought through them that blew a capacitor.

Upon closer examination of the lamp I noticed that the seals had been broken, the screws were marred, and the removable panel was somewhat dented up. I knew I hadn't opened it up but it sure as hell looked like someone else did. I was concerned they weren't going to give me a warranty replacement. The reply I got from the Sunlight Supply people was:

"The Sun System 2 in question is an import product. We randomly pull a few from the masses to perform an in-house quality control. The protective film on the reflector is removed, the tamper-seals are broken, the unit is opened for visual inspection and then it is test-fired. It would appear that you received one of these units. Once the unit has passed this inspection, the tamper seals are replaced, the unit is repackaged and put on the shelf. My guess would be that the tamper seals were not replaced prior to repackaging; a mere oversight. The unit is new and the warranty will be honored. Please coordinate a warranty repair with **** ******."

Instead of replacing the unit they sent me out a new capacitor. No big deal for me, I had other HPS lamps for back up and I don't have a problem doing minor electrical repairs myself. Works good as new now. I just replace the bulbs after just about every second grow.

Considering the condition of that lamp though they must be using apes to perform their "in-house quality control". Thing is, it also originally came to me shipped with a special grow bulb that didn't come standard. And THAT bulb was dead from the git go. I'm thinkin I was actually sent a returned item in the first place.

Crazy sh!t, huh bro?

[monny10]

The stinking f**ks man!

I understand that some people would try and scam them by sending old goods back but.....

If thats the case and they're being honest...which I sincerely doubt!.... They should have checked the goods before posting them out to me!

I've basically now paid £70 for canna coco & some nutes!

plus the £10 postage I paid to send the broken light + hanger they sent me back!

I feel disgusted!

[leadmagnet]

Don't beat yourself up over it. Looks like you're going to get the rest of your money back now, right? Just try to do a little better reseach on the vendors before you buy next time. Although in all honesty it is ALWAYS a little bit of a crap shoot buying a lot of this stuff. It seems a lot of vendors think that because what we do is considered illegal in many jurisdications that they don't have to show us the same amount of consideration they show they're "regular customers". The reality is though we're a friggen gold mine to those people!

Lead

[indica1980]

thanks for the post about gasement lighting. i was going to use them.they seemed to have good products at a reasonable price. lol

now i see why!

[monny10]

Don't beat yourself up over it. Looks like you're going to get the rest of your money back now, right?

No mate..... I dont expect to see any of my money back

I'll just have to wait and see if they post me out another light and hanger...

THATS GREAT INDICA1980!! As long as I've stopped at least one other person from getting ripped off by BASEMENTLIGHTING.COM the time it took to write the post has been worthwhile! :thumbsup: