My first grow is started!
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On Monday I germinated 14 seeds (7 White Widow and 7 unknown) and by Tuesday afternoon 6 had sprouted so I planted them and got them under light. This morning 4 more sprouted and I planted them and when I went to put them under the lights I noticed 3 little sprouts breaking throught the dirt!!!
Attached are pictures of my veg chamber and my grow box. The last picture is a close up into my veg chamber through the fan hole. If you look closely you will see 2 little sprouts sticking up basking in the light.
The mix I planted them in is called Jungle Grow Professional Growers Mix. It is made up of the following (from the bag):
Sphagnum Canadian Peat Moss (60%) -Our triple screened, long-fibered Canadian cold climate peat provides better aeration in the soil then sedge peat.
Composted Aged Pine Bark - Naturally aged bark is ground to 0 - 1/8 inch consistency. The bark is non-compacting, with disease suppression properties, and will not harm the roots or burn up available nitrogen as non composted barks can.
Perlite
Vermaculite
Charcoal
Lime
Gauranteed Analysis:
Total Nitrogen: 0.16%
Total Phosphate 0.06%
Total Potash 0.08%
I'm just giving them filtered water and I use a spray bottle to get the soil good and wet in the morning and in the evening. I'm thinking I'll start using a veging fert in 10 - 14 days.
The lights I'm using are 6 20 watt flourescent T12 tubes (1,200 lumens each, 6,500K temp). The problem with these light fixtures is the ballist is wired and mounted into the fixture. I won't bore you with details, but trust me it was a pain in the butt removing the ballast and cutting wires and reattaching wires. Hopefully the end result will prove it was worth the effort.
I put a 6" 440CFM inline fan in my attic and attached venting to the top of my box. On the bottom I have a vent that leads into my office, which is under central a/c and always at 70 degrees. I've got the box air tight (except for the 2 vent holes) so I think I'm getting really good airflow (the thing is making almost as much noise as the A/C blower in my house).
I've been doing a lot of reading and thinking and decided I am going to go with flourescent lights for my flower chamber as well. I just hope I can keep this metal box cool with all those flourescent bulbs inside. I'm going to have a total of 20 2 foot light fixtures, each running two bulbs, inside the box. I'm hoping I can keep the temperature below 80.
Well this is it so far. I'll be updating and posting from now until harvest. Thanks for the help in getting started and I can't wait until the day where I don't have to call Billy anymore!!!
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