Quote Originally Posted by flyinhi
Well, we watered the girls straight after being on here this morning and had a look at them 5 minutes ago.....does everyone check up on their babies as much as this? :S2: I tell ya, they are smelling soooo sweet already when we open those doors!
Oh yeah, most people luv to sit an watch their plants grow. They are beautiful plants and watching them develop helps you to understand and see the growth of the plant. Any grower will say their just like your kids:hippy:

Just need to ask another dumb n00b question.....when we move the girls to the tent, we will have a growing area of 2m x 1m, and wondered if one 600w HPS light will be enough, or should we go for two? Just thinking about costs etc, but don't want to skimp out either for the sake of being too careful with the running costs.
I use cfl's and have never grown under HID lighting and iv never grown in a tent. I would read in the lighting section to understand the best for your buck, also i might post in the lighting section your number of plants, size of tent and the strain your growing. They can help ya better there. But, make sure they have experience with the lights they suggest, because some people in here, not many, but some just like to post stuff they dont know about, or have never used. You want a person thats used the light and gets good resolutes with it.


I never thought growing could be as interesting and exciting (and nerve-wracking) as this! Nerve-wracking in the sense that being newbies we could do something stupid and screw up, exciting in watching the babies growing and waiting for the final result, and interesting in finding out and learning so much more from all you 'veterans' out there! So glad to have joined this club

You wont mess anything up to the point of them not producing for you as long as you read as much as you can and ask questions like you have been. Also do not let anyone talk you into growing in anything but dirt:thumbsup:. Other methods are great, but as your just starting, you make a mistake with hydro and they could be dead fast, but soil will forgive you and the problem is usually a quick fix. Im not knocking people that grow in different mediums, but its way more complicated IMO. Some day id like to try a hydro, but not till i have growing dialed in for what i expect. This is done by growing and its a fun hobby.

As far as the peat cups, you might put them in small pots now. The roots will shoot through the cups and you want them to grow into soil, cuz the light will stop their growth. Roots dont like light. Also, plants grow out their roots, then above ground growth really begins. So when the roots hit the inside of their pots you will see lots of growth, but they will out grow pots fast. I re pot 3 times at least to build a good root ball before they go outside. And if ya just let them dry out for 3 days before re potting, they slide right out and really like fresh soil to grow into. Just pot the peat cups, they will help the root structure get started. I would put them in 6'' pots or so.

The only problem i see is you have 19 WW plants. I think your going to need more space, cuz i really dont think they will fit. maybe you could flower half the plants at a time while just keeping the others in veg, but then they would be huge when ya do. Next time ya start seeds, i might not start them all at once. But its done, so now just need to figure out how to make sure they all get flowered. I know of a great grow log in here that was grown by a guy that knows what he's doing and its WW. I will find it and post it here, so you can see what these baby's can do. Also, he uses a tent, i think with 2 400hps lights.

Oh and i really like the cool tube lights, these get hot and the cool tubes will help keep your temps lower, which everyone deals with growing indoors. Might be a bit pricie, but you will end up putting the cost into venting anyway, so i guess it makes sense to me to nip it in the beginning. Oh yeah, it would be good to get a fan blowing air around in there too, an oscillating one would be perfect.

Peace il See Ya:rasta:
LetsSeeYa Reviewed by LetsSeeYa on . 1st grow....expert supervision welcomed! Like many, we have decided to grow our own, and hope you guys can keep us on track. Both my partner and I have medical problems and find it hard affording to buy from others, as well as knowing what we're buying is safe....too many horror stories about how people increase the weights! Anyways, we bought some seeds and have slowly but surely got most of the required equipment together to see us through the first grow. We're doing White Widow (can't wait!) as it suits us both :) and possibly Rating: 5