my first indoor grow...

[BONG0]

Take the top of the plant and tie it over at about the 6th node, make a hole at the edge of the pot to string it threw or tape it to the side of the pot.

No, you cant get mylar at home depo as far as i amaware.

try to find plant supply shops in the yellow pages.

[aznson01]

Take the top of the plant and tie it over at about the 6th node, make a hole at the edge of the pot to string it threw or tape it to the side of the pot.

No, you cant get mylar at home depo as far as i amaware.

try to find plant supply shops in the yellow pages.

whats a node? lol they will sell mylar at plant supply shops?

also how long till i see leaves? like pot leaves? lol

[TheGreenFog]

Hey, aznson01! Welcome to the Wubbulous World of Indoor Growing!

Looks like you are getting some good info from the crew. BONG0's been a good cut & paster when it comes to disseminating the good info since he's been here so take his advice. Calijay and Pezzo and the rest are giving some good advice too. :thumbsup:

I'd go with the LSTing if I were you, but I don't tend to like the "tying over the top" method, personally. I think it makes plants look kind of ugly (no offense to anyone who uses it). Some people are excellent at it, but most aren't. I suggest topping the plant after about 5 nodes and then LSTing all the side-shoots. Take a look at my thread to see what I'm talking about. :greenthumb: It's in my sig. JOURNAL OF A MADMAN.

Mylar or flat white paint for the win! FOIL...? Booooo.

Anyway, glad you are doing some research. You can become a quasi-expert in no time if you apply yourself. There is A LOT of info out there if you look. Just make sure you double check your sources and don't always go with the first thing you read/hear, cuz many times it is way off.

Good luck on your first grow. Keep us all posted and make sure you include pics. We love pics! I do, at least! LOL.

Be cool, Azn! Here....:joint2:

:rastasmoke:

TGF

[aznson01]

haha i was actually going through ur thread earlier, yes everyone has been a lot of help

again what are nodes

where can i get mylar?

[CaliJay]

Another thing AZN... When you want more info on something someone tells you just do a search on it. The search button is in the toolbar at the top of the page. Just be careful and don't get caught up and forget to sleep :stoned:
You can get a product at home depot that is 97% reflectiv and works well. It is an insulating bubble type sheet. You will find it in the insulation section if they have it at your HD. It looks like those little packing bubbles you can pop but is silver and rolled up. Alternatively if it suits you purpose as it does mine you can get 3/4 inch thick insulation that is for reflecting sunlight. It is a 4' x 8' sheet of foam that has 97% reflective material bonded to both sides. Either way you go it will be using whatever light you provide to it's fullest.

CFLs... These would be the best bet for anyone with heat issues or budget concerns. It is pretty easy to get 23 watt(100 watt replacement) bulbs in cool white(veg) or warm white(flower) They have them at HD you would really need quite a few of them though. Another alternative that is more pricey is the envirolight 200 watt. You could use 2 of these. They would produce less heat than 400 watt HPS but need to be kept closer to your plants and require more maintainence to keep the plants from groing into them and burning. If you decide to do the HPS thing research cool tubes. This will help dramatically with the heat issues. Some growers use T-5 lights. T5s are flouros and I have read that some growers swear by them but again any flouro needs to be quite close to the plant to be 100% effective.

Tell us how you are going to deal with heat and how long you plan to veg your girls before switching into flowering mode????

-Jay

[aznson01]

the info thing, lol this is true... i guess im just too damn lazy haha but i will for now on instead of posting on my own lol

i'll prob go to home depot tomorrow or when i come back up here for school since im going home for thanksgiving, i'll prob get some cfl's, ive looked at them a ocuple times and they are deffinitley really cheap which is a plus, what kind of lights would give me most yield do u think, i know its hard to tell since i dont no what strains i have and since there are a lot of other factors but do u have a guess at which light would be best?

for heat, i plan on just getting the right lights and hopefully not being too hot i guess lol

and im going to let them veg till i have no idea when, i'll prob just keep taking pics and updating often and asking for poeples advice and eyeball it...

[CaliJay]

Questions are no problem. We all been there. If you want to dig a bit deeper though that is when I go searching..Peace

[CaliJay]

I went over time on my edit so here goes....

Cool White is best for vegging because it will cause the plant to grow more dense foliage which is good for indoor because space is always an issue. Warm light mimics the late summer/early fall light spectrum and is best for Flowering. I personally believe that a combination of warm 70% and cool 30% is best during flower but the thing to remember is that you need the red spectrum (warm) during flowering. The CFLs don't penetrate like HID(high intensity discharge) lights do so LSTing is a must.

Questions are no problem. We all been there. If you want to dig a bit deeper on a key word or topic though that is when I go searching..Peace

Keep pics coming and you will have your canna cousins helping you out..


-Jay

[aznson01]

I went over time on my edit so here goes....

Cool White is best for vegging because it will cause the plant to grow more dense foliage which is good for indoor because space is always an issue. Warm light mimics the late summer/early fall light spectrum and is best for Flowering. I personally believe that a combination of warm 70% and cool 30% is best during flower but the thing to remember is that you need the red spectrum (warm) during flowering. The CFLs don't penetrate like HID(high intensity discharge) lights do so LSTing is a must.

Questions are no problem. We all been there. If you want to dig a bit deeper on a key word or topic though that is when I go searching..Peace

Keep pics coming and you will have your canna cousins helping you out..


-Jay

thanks for the help on lights,

i was gonna say i have no pictures of anything to post but i have like 4 or 5 germinated seeds so im going to post pictures of me while i plant them right now

now question:
will i eventually need bigger pots for these plants? right now i have them in 6" pots

[aznson01]

yo d