my first indoor grow...

[aznson01]

well heres my first grow

i have a 2 frech door closet that im using half of the closet, i lined the walls with aluminum foil, made a false wall of aluminum foil, and covered the back of the fresh door with foil, also i took cardboard and cut it to fit the floor and covered it with foil, since its a clothing closet i have 2 ballasts (1 for each light) both with one 150watt plant light in it

-2 plant lights
-300 watts
-foil walls all around and floor
-lights 24/7
-6"pots for each plant
-1 dro plant 1 mids plant
-both plants are using miracle grow moisture control potting mix
-miracle grow liquid houseplant food
-shultz plant food plus 10-15-10

i plan on buying a thermometer for the closet, an hps light, and a humidifier measuerer thing i guess lol

questions (keep in mind its my first time, and i have done research, but i sure i don't know everything):
1. are my lights good enough? i plan on getting an hps before budding, should i lower them? only keep one on?
2. how many watts should the hps be and at what height should i put it at?
3. how often should i water them and what plant food should i use? how much water should i put in?

thats it for now

the pictures are of the closet and supplies before i started i'll be posting more....

aznson01 Reviewed by aznson01 on 11-21-2006. my first indoor grow... well heres my first grow i have a 2 frech door closet that im using half of the closet, i lined the walls with aluminum foil, made a false wall of aluminum foil, and covered the back of the fresh door with foil, also i took cardboard and cut it to fit the floor and covered it with foil, since its a clothing closet i have 2 ballasts (1 for each light) both with one 150watt plant light in it -2 plant lights -300 watts -foil walls all around and floor -lights 24/7 -6"pots for each plant Rating: 5

[Pezzo]

BRILLIENT, thats the best setup ive herd of so far m8! the closet looks like it already has white walls so u didnt need to foil them reli...
Miracle grow isnt the best to use but ppl have done well wiv it.
answers...
1. the lights sound gd although i havent sin them, i think ill leave that for some braniac to tell u lol.
2. Depending on the size of ur grow area... how big is it? work out u need between 2,000 and 5,000 lumens per sq ft and the sun gives out 10,000lm/sq'
3. watering is all over this forum. be sure to have a look.. its best to water when they are dry and are light to pic up, u then water untill water comes out the bottom of the pot.

hope this helps m8. Gd luck and keep us updated.

[aznson01]

these pics are of when i first set everything up...

[Pezzo]

a now i c the lights lol. put them a lot closer, close as possible i forget how far they are supposed to be away sorry.

they heat producing lamps?

looks gd! altho i was told (after i done it) that dull side out is the best way to put ur foil but meh

[aznson01]

pics #1 dro seed, my friend bought some dro from his dealer and found a seed in it, he put it in the medicine bottle with water about 1/3 of the way up and had the cap on and the seed in it for about a month, nothing happened and i told them to put a moist paper towel in there and 2 days later it starts germinating, hr brought the seed over to my place and i let it germinate a little longer and planted it

#2 dro sprout, i planted the dro seed at about midnight and this is what showed up today after it being in the soil under the light all night

#3 dro sprout, this was like 6 hours later, it stood stright up thought that was kinda peculiar

#4 mids sprout

#5 6" pots planted, the one on the left is the mids and the right is the dro


heat producing lamps... umm i dunno, they get hot... lol sorry...

[BONG0]

Allrite, First thing that needs to change is the Nutrients that you are using. Mirical grow is an inferior product to use when growing cannabis.

Thoes lamps you got produce more heat than anything. You should switch to a Metal Halide or Florecents high in the Blue spectrum of light. "Cool White" Tubes are acceptable. You wont get very much yeald using thoes lights to flower "bud" your plants. You need to get a High Pressure Sodium Lamp of at the very least 250 watts to have an acceptable havest in return for the time and money spent on the plant. I would suggest an economy priced 400 watt HPS, i can point you in the rite direction for that particular sale.


You said you have 1 Dro plant? you reffering to "Hydroponicly grown" marijuana? If so, wear is your Hydro System? i see 2 soil pots , i think you might be mistaken about the plant. If it is not constanlty grown in a hydroponic system from seed to harvest its not Hydro.

You also need to construct a light proof room to bud your plants in with the HPS.

[aznson01]

pics
#1 germinating set up, those are all mids seeds (my friend got an hp of some pretty damn good mids) so yeah thats where these seeds are coming from

#2 close up, 4 of them have sprouts coming out somewhat

#3 i keep moist paper towels on top and bottom of the seeds

#4 supplies under bathroom counter for easy access lol

#5 closet at night, i keep the other side open for moderate ventilation, we'll see how things go and depending on that we'll c if i get fans or not

well since u said so, i plan on moving the lights down tonight or whenever i get around to it

as you can prob tell i like taking pictures there will be plenty more and i will prob update this daily

im going out of town for thanksgiving so this will be sitting by itself from wed to sunday, i cant wait to see what kinda of progress i get on sunday

[BONG0]

Thoes nutes are awful crap to use, and thoes aren Dro by any stretch of the word, Hydro Marijuana is a term that reffers to the way it was grown, not what strain it is, unless it is a high grade Crype seed of any strain than its not going to be any diffrent than the Organic(soil) marijuana.

[BONG0]

well since u said so, i plan on moving the lights down tonight or whenever i get around to it

This isent a good attitude, one of thoes "whenever i get around to it" can lead to a destroyed crop, thay need to be checked on daily at the very least.

Just a heads up on potential problems most beginners encounter. :thumbsup:

[Pezzo]

u are takin in the info were givin u rite, i c no feedback lol. u got more seeds thats gd... what u doin bout ur plants when u leave them fora few days, its ok when their bigger but they just germinated. Actualy 4 days isnt too bad they can survive that pretty easily but listen to what Bongo says definatly, even tho im usin MG lol