Quote Originally Posted by wmfocker
Hey guys,
I'm new to the community. I am growing strictly for personal usage so as you read this realize that i do not care about 6+ ounces per plant. I want a minimal ounce per plant simply because i will probably smoke an ounce in a month and i will be rotating 4 plants flowering....2 veg...and 2 germ. The 4 Flowering will be a month a part. Currently i was waiting about one week before i transplant. And currently all i have is 4 plants with a batch germinating now. And the plants started as outdoor but now are under light.

The plants are approzimately 6in right now, I have them on a 18hr schedule now with a 18" flourescent 700lumens, 6500k, 15w F15T8....Is this a good bulb or am i just showing off the plants instead of helping them....i also have a flourescent 825 lumens, 2700k, 13w bulb. Are these what i need or am i shooting an arrow in the dark?

Also i have an angled grow space which gives the plants about 30" heighth at its maturity....I've read double and triple size after switching to 12/12. So when should i transplant these into there own individual tubs? And when should i switch to 12/12 to keep these plants under 30"? These are growing at roughly 70 degrees since it it cold where i am at.

Any advice as to what i should do would be helpful...and i'm trying to harvest at least one plant by May 20th....so if that is not enough info let me know and i will give you any more info you need...


Thanks all!
How old are the plants now? You should veg at least 3-4 weeks before flowering. Plus your going to need more light. I used cfl's and was very happy for my first indoor grow. Try 26 watt cfl's and add some 27k cfl's to veg. I used a mixed spectrum for mine, so i had a 26, 23 and a 30 watt cfl's going at once. Hook lights work well if you cant get a better light. I would read the lighting thread, it will help. Also, bigtopsfinn<SP? has a great thread on LST that way you can tie your plants down, so they dont get to high.

In my thread there is pic's of the lights im talking about. I would use the 13 watt for now to boost your watts. Its easy and cheap to put together. I used 11 cfl's with 3 hook lights for 4 plants and got a nice yield.

Any help ya need, just ask:rasta: