So my first grow, Northern Lights, was an experiment to see if I could do it. I did it baby. I DID IT, MWAHAHAHA!!!! It was a boy.

...THIS time, it's for real.

I tried germinating 10 Early Misty seeds. Soaked in a glass for about 14 hours til' they sank to the bottom. Then I put them in a little cotton swab thingy to soak for another 8 hours. BOOYAAAAH! Roots! 7 out of 10. The other 3 are still in the cotton. These 7 are on their way to victory.

I have them under a T5. Two bulbs. Each a 24'', 24 watt, 6500K. Using Fox Farm "Ocean Forrest" potting soil. I LOVE FOX FARM! I've planted them in 20oz. 711 Big Gulp cups. Exactly the same. I like a clean operation.

Here are some pics to start off. The metal thing in the front and center cup is my Thermometer/hygrometer. Right now, it's at 74 degrees and 28 percent humidity. Not really paying much attention to that considering that room temp and humidity did my last grow just fine. At least from the start.

As for having no plan... These are getting started on my computer desk. There's not much vertical space. There's not much vertical space anywhere in my 1-bedroom apartment. At least not enough to fit a 400 watt HPS 18 inches or more above a canopy of plants that are already in pots and flowering, and to keep my wife happy. I'm sure I'll think of something. Suggestions are more than welcome.

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It's day 4.

I just took a the heating pad I use on my back and set it under the seedlings. It has 3 different settings. It's on low. My apartment gets down to 60 degrees in the morning so I had to do something about that. However, the young ones seem to be "on the up and up".

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I've put the seedlings on an 18/6 Schedule and I don't use the heating pad anymore. I found the bottoms were getting too warm for my liking.

Everything's going great so far. The only problem I'm having is getting my pictures to just show up on the page instead of being thumbnails you have to click on. I don't like that. Anyone?

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They're flyin' now! Just got a hold of a T12 fixture. I think once I figure out which ones are the girls, I'm gonna make some room in my closet. I also have 2 of those clamp lights I can throw bulbs in.

I have a 400 watt HPS, but that thing uses up a lot of juice and produces a LOT of heat. I'm not even gonna be putting up Visqueen Plastic for these girls. Bare essentials man.

We'll see what we can get with a CFL's and a house fan. So far so good!! Peace out muthafukaz.

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I got a little bored today. This is bad for a grower. Well, it could be good if you discover something amazing in the process.

Anyways, I realized that the cups were feeling a little light.

My usual watering routine has just been to mist the top of the dirt to keep the surface moist whenever it dries up. But, since I noticed how light the cups were today, I decided to actually add water by pouring it into the cup rather than misting.

Then I noticed that the leaves were just a little yellow. Seems like there is a little Nitrogen deficiency. Not much, but it's there. I can see it. Probably normal.

Well, instead of just pouring water in there (I don't know the ph level of the water. It's out of the tap and sits for 24 hours so the chlorine can evaporate before I use it.) ....I decided to add a little (1 teaspoon) Fox Farm - Grow Big to the water. I don't know if it's too early to do this but fuck it. We shall see, no?

I poured, and then I misted the leaves for a little foliar feeding. Hopefully, tomorrow they'll be mutated and eating my computer desk out from under them.

Could you imagine? You wake up in the morning and your plants are eating everything in your apartment. Those would be some "killer" buds bro!!!! Hahahahahahaa!!

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pullin up a chair.

cant wait to see how tall the misty gets i have a small grow box so im trying to find good strands that stay really short.


good luck lookin good sofar

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Also pulling up a chair nice going so far, and careful with that early foliar feeding can be deadly for the babies.
I did notice somethings not mentioned in your setup:
Are you prepared to deal with the odor?
I would buy a Grow tent off Ebay or one of the popular sites like www.htgsupply.com they rule all. I say that because I wish I ad either built one or bought one, and still plan to down the road, I just wish I had spent my cash differently. hindsight 20/20

I'm growing in a 8x2 Closet myself, using a 400w HPS. I cool it with an AC unit a lot of budget growers do

Alternately, you could invest in building yourself a cool tube I hear they work wonders, I plan to buy a cool tube and 1000w HPS for my next grow. I'm going to grow my last 9 feminized Purple Wrecks soon as I get that bad boy!

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Ah, the odor issue. I just started taking the tent or box into consideration. I know I have to figure something out soon. Thanx for that site asher. I'm debating on going with one of those tents, or like a rubbermaid storage thing where I would have to drill all the holes myself. It's cheaper than the tent. We'll see.

Thanks for writing guys. I'm stoked your here! Let's grow some weed.

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hey I'm super new to growing and just trying to decide what type of lighting to go with....cfl seems like the best for my budget and i was just wondering if you felt like you yield a pretty decent amount of bud using your setup? any help would be awesome

All I can say is to stay with my grow. First time with CFL's but I think that with enough light, you can get a pretty decent amount. My T5 you see in the pictures works like a charm on these babies, but once they start getting bigger I'm gonna definitely throw more light at them. You also have to remember that it's not just about the light, and although a good light source is key, so are all the other variables. Water, temp, humidity, CO2, ventilation, Nutrients.

I'm doing it because it's so cheap. I have a 400watt HPS I'm going to sell because I don't want to use that much juice. However, the HPS will give you monster buds. And I don't even know the difference in electric bills but I'm just gonna go cfl anyways. I'm new to it and I feel that cfl is a great way to learn. My first grow was under the sun. That was the BOMB. It grew fast and strong.

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