Northern Lights Cabinet Grow..First Time

**Archminister** · 12-04-2010, 01:37 PM

First grow attempt.

Basic set-up is a cabinet 26"wX18"dX24"h. I have two 75 cfm 110v fans running, 1 each for intake and exhaust. A 12" fan for circulation and I am using 23w CFL's in both 6500k and 2700k for lighting during veg and flower stages. I can have up to 16 of each running at any time using y adapters.

Since this is my first grow I chose to keep it at one plant using femm'ed NL seeds from Nirvana. If this is successful using these materials..then I know I can make it happen using all of the other information on this site.

Basic plastic pot 1 gal using MG soil, ph'd water, and basic garden variety nutes for veg and flower. Wish me luck!

These are pics taken day 1 of week three.

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I just topped the new growth and will do it again next week. Ill give it another week then send her into 12/12 and flower her. She has been getting steady 18/6 lighting so far.

I plan on using LST also to keep her lower so that I don't run into height issues. That and topping het twice to keep her spread out should keep me out of hot water.

Enjoy and any feedback is appreciated. I will do my best to keep this as up to date as possible. I also monitor internal temp and humidity. The average is 82f and around 37% humidity.

**justparanoid** · 12-04-2010, 02:00 PM

sweet Plant, I'm growing a couple Northern lights #5.
Sub'd!

JP

**Archminister** · 12-04-2010, 05:11 PM

Thx.. This is just the beginning. Im hoping I can keep her happy and in the end make me happy.

Arch

**Archminister** · 12-05-2010, 11:58 AM

12/05. Checked the moisture using a soil meter and decided to give her a good water today till I got some run off. Used half strength nutes. Looks good, but I am considering adding another set of 6500k lights directly over the center and moving the current lights farther down on the sides to give an equal light balance. This girl, I saw girl because the seeds are fem'ed and I am hoping its not a lie, is bushy as hell with pretty close node spacing. I can see she will have lots of friggin flowering spots. What I am hoping to get is more even growth and eventually better nugs at each spot. Anticipation is kicking my ass. I am totally into this and can see myself going deeper into the rabbit hole..lol.

Will post more pics in a few days.

**wanabe** · 12-05-2010, 11:59 AM

looking good

**newdude79** · 12-05-2010, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Archminister

12/05. I am totally into this and can see myself going deeper into the rabbit hole..lol.

yeah man, i heard one guy say it best when he said "weed's not addictive...but growing it is like crack!". subbed up man, lookin tight.

**Archminister** · 12-05-2010, 12:59 PM

Hahahahahahaha...right. I am king in my castle and what I do in it is my own business...This is what I chose to do. Beside what stays at home...well stays at home.

Thanks newdude79...looking forward into any input. Until then I am enjoying the ride so far. CANNOT wait to smoke the FRUITs of my own labor!

**hmk024** · 12-05-2010, 01:39 PM

Good deal man, i might suggest if you are going to use soil, stay away from MG, heard the slow release ferts they have in it can set off nutrient balances, if u dont have a pretty nice soil testing kit, not the 3 probe one thats a pos. Coco is freakin amazing, no nutrients in the soil, ph balanced, allows for great drainage and holds oxygen very well. plus it doesnt stay muddy or as moist as regular soil can be. Only thing is you gotta add your own nutrients to your watering schedules to give it the food it needs.

Looks good so far, plant looks lush green and starting to look like its going to have lots of teirs to branch from. Keep it up, more pictures!

**Archminister** · 12-05-2010, 02:48 PM

Appreciate the feedback man. I kind of jumped early and got it before I did more thorough research..lol. I watching it real close and making sure the ph is good. I am easy on the nutes so far as well. If this grow is successful with the stuff I am using, then my next grow, to include a few more plants will be the shit. I will invest in better soil mix etc. My original intent was to keep costs down to see if i even have the green thumb it takes. She does look good and I am totally happy with how things are going. Keep ti simple stupid is my method at the moment. I just checked in and I see that my top is already growing out to more colas. I figure if she keeps growing the way she is, by next week I can top once more..give her another week or so and then flower. I plan on using LST also to keep her spread out. I have more light fixtures standing by and plenty of hooks up top to hang them on to make sure it gets plenty of light to grow by..time will tell.

Thanks for looking in hmk024!