so i just started my first grow... its going to consist of 3 easy sativa feminized, 2 northern lights (non-fem), and 1 pure afghani. i want to keep it relatively small but wanted some variety considering its my first grow. ill post pics as soon as i can (hopefully this weekend).

got the seeds from marijuana-seeds.nl. they got here in a week and a half and had great customer service. on the 6 seeds i had a 100% germination rate, so i was very happy. hopefully the rest of the grow goes this well!

supplies:
4-26 watt cool white cfls
3-26 watt daylight cfls
1-14 watt daylight cfl (found it at my house, hey why not add a little more?!)
one bag fox farm ocean forest organic soil
one bag of sta-green nursery blend flowers and herbs potting soil
one bag of miracle grow organic choice soil (i will put this at the bottom of their pots when i transplant them to their bigger ones- heard it has some nutes in it that can burn seedlings)
fox farm big and chunky perlite

gonna pick up some fox farm nutes later in the grow when they get about a month old.

i know my soil mixture seems a little crazy, but i was first planning on using the miracle grow for only one plant, then heard it burns the seedlings, but heard fox farms ocean forest was good. then i decided i wanted to grow more than 2 or 3 plants so i used the rest of a barely used bag of the sta-green i had at home.

im going to keep them inside for a few weeks then transplant them outside nearby, so im trying to keep the cost of the lights and stuff down.

ill get pics up of my setup as soon as i can.

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here are a few pics that i took today. all of them have broken above ground and they have their little coteleydons (dont know how to spell that). you can barely see the comp. fan in the bottom right corner and there is also a bigger fan blowing around the closet theyre in right above the box. not sure the temp yet... gotta get me self a thermometer.

let me know if you have any suggestions or what you think of it please!

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here is a pic of my best one. this was yesterday, 3 days after putting it in soil. ill have some more pics up later today of them that i took today.

sorry about the picture quality, got a little too close to the plant i think.

let me know what you think so far or if i should be doing anything different!

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Hey HerbToker, looks like you're off to a good start.
Nice little setup you got going there.
Thanks for the headsup on getting your journal started w/ pics even, I'll be keeping an eye on things here. You already know that I'm jealous that you got your seeds and I got burned from marijuanaseeds.nl.

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KAHUNA , BLACK ROSE , WHITERHINO, & LOWRYDER #2 (2008 Indoor Veg/Outdoor Grow)

i hope theyre off to a good start. theyre growin pretty fast, or maybe not but i just try to look at it that way. i know your jealous of my seeds, but i am far more jealous of your plants. they look awesome!
as for my setup, its awesome, i love it. but, i ended up spending about 100 on all the lights, those daylight cfls are fricken expensive! i could have just gotten a better light, but theyll go outside soon anyway and the lights wont matter.
should have some more pics soon that i just took. ill post them in a little and will do some more tomorrow as well.

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these are pics from this morning a little bit after i turned the lights on. let me know what you think! are they too streched? i think i have the lights pretty close, but im not sure.

this is 3 days after putting them into the soil, day 5 overall.

let me know if you have any suggestions! please!

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Just a thought, but is there any way to get some kind of reflector above or around them to maximize the light.
I can't quite tell what kind of surface you have there?
Lookin' good though so far
Oh yeah and thanks for the nice comments about my babies.

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KAHUNA , BLACK ROSE , WHITERHINO, & LOWRYDER #2 (2008 Indoor Veg/Outdoor Grow)

hey good luck with the grow, looks good im taking a seat,

thanks northernlights. i hope it all goes well, im new to this but ill do my best.
let me know if you have any suggestions

Yeah i was gonna get some tin foil, but heard that it creates hot spots and stuff, then i was gonna get some mylar but i dont want to buy a whole roll for my little box. what else do you think would work good? a white piece of cardboard or something cheap and easy like that?

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here are a couple pics i took just a little bit ago. theyre all doin pretty good i think, except the afghani. it looks a little sad, and i dont think hes gonna survive. im not too mad, i just hope that doesnt happen to any of the other ones!
the first one is one of the northern lights, the second one of the easy sativas. the n.l. picture isnt great, i just didnt want to disturb it too much.

the only problem i see is that the little tiny round leaves (cotyleydons i believe) are curling down. is that bad? theyre not yellow and dont look dead, but dont look super happy. could i be over watering or too high of heat conditions? i just moved the fan so its on low right in front of the box, sorry i dont have a pic of it but i think that will help with heat and air circulation. i also put my cheap light holder fixture that i made on top of some cd cases to get the lights up just a little bit, not too much. i just dont want to burn them.

let me know what you think and what suggestions you may have!

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