My first grow,

[gin4dub]

But I had a question for you. I saw where you said you lived in an apartment. I do too, and I was planning on starting a grow soon (it'll be my first), but I'm not sure how it would pan out while I'm renting? Do you worry about the smell at all, landlords coming in, or anything like that? Just curious!

The Indica plant turned out to be a dude his execution was swift and brutal. I hope the remaining four don't dissapoint me.

I'm probably not the one to ask for advice about handling the smell. I didn't really do much mask it. Also the way my apartment complex is set up I lucked out. Each building has four units side by side. One of my neighbors is never home, and my other neighbor and I are really good friends (we smoke and drink together and she's a cut buddy:thumbsup. Since I work third shift, I'm home during the day so if the landlord or any of the property management crew come in my apartment, I burn an incense or smoke a black n' Mild to cover the weed smell, and watch them very closely.

If I needed to be more covert, I'd probably cut a hole in the ceiling and run a vent tube into the attic.

gin4dub Reviewed by gin4dub on 03-30-2006. My first grow, Whats up yall, I've been around for a few months mainly reading, keeping a low profile, and doing my best to learn all that I can. About a month ago, I got up the courage to start a grow. I'm not sure what strain I'm growing. I just took some seeds I had lying around, germinated them and put them in some miracle gro brand soil. I guess I'll give a few stats on my closet/growroom: - 4ft wide (I'm using 3ft of that) - 2ft deep - 5ft tall - Currentlly I have 2 cfl's putting out 2900 lumens Rating: 5

[gin4dub]

So, I executed 3 male plants today. I now have one plant left. She is definately female. I tried to make a video of the weed removal but the light was craptacular.

Check out the pictures of carnage at my Plant Tribunal thread http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=58472

[Garden Knowm]

NICE sword..

LOL

post a pic of the plant.. please

: )

[gin4dub]

NICE sword..

LOL

post a pic of the plant.. please

: )

She's getting her beauty rest right now , I'll snap some photos when I turn lights on in the morning.

[gin4dub]

As promised here are some pictures of my sole survivor. :dance:

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[Powder Puff]

Your survivor looks neat!

[Garden Knowm]

NIce GIN...

The first picture looks like you have some nice tight NODEs...

The third picture seems a bit stretched...

She looks HEALTHY!!!!!

: )

[smoknjoe]

You can't add lumens!

Hey gin, I would say sorry bout the males, but it looks like you had WAY too much fun desroying them! haha

Just wanted to comment on the lumen discussion. You were correct that lumens are additive. If you have three bulbs that emit 10,000 lumens, then you have 30,000 lumens. Good job adding more lights, your plants are thankful!

Watts, on the other hand, are not additive. Three 100w bulbs are not equal to one 300w bulb. The 300w bulb has a greater light intensity (penetrating power).

About where the buds form.... Those branches that are angled upwards and have new growth (kinda like the top of the plant)... those will form buds. The branches that have big fan leaves, they wont form buds. But they are equally important since the create the energy for the buds.

Good luck with your woman, treat her well!

[Powder Puff]

Hey gin, I would say sorry bout the males, but it looks like you had WAY too much fun desroying them! haha

Just wanted to comment on the lumen discussion. You were correct that lumens are additive. If you have three bulbs that emit 10,000 lumens, then you have 30,000 lumens. Good job adding more lights, your plants are thankful!

Your wrong, you can't add lumens.. You just get more lumens on one place on your plants..

[smoknjoe]

You're wrong, I can. How do you suspect we all calculate lumens per square foot? You add up the lumens from all your lights and divide by the area of the room.

You're right that if the lumens are coming from multiple lights, you can arrange the lights to hit all parts of the plant, which is nice.