Our First Grow... Uh, Second Attempt

Butthead08 · #1 07-03-2008, 06:46 PM

Hi! This our first journal entry and first time, sort of. We already attempted this once, and after doing a lot of research decided to start again. Although we are still running into a new problem every day, we think we have enough knowledge and tools this time around to be successful. We appreciate any comments or suggestions!

Here's our set-up:

We made a grow tent using tarp and white painting sheets.
We have a blower for intake at the bottom of the tent, and a vent exhaust fan up top. We also have a box fan on low inside.
We are using 4 - 4' T5 54W Fluorescent bulbs. The area we're using is about 2' x 3'.
We made CO2 using yeast and sugar, and we also have a bucket of water for humidity. It's not working that well though, so we're going to try using a frozen 2 liter bottle of water.
Average low temp is around 70 and high is up to 100. We know this is a problem. We've been brainstorming and trying different ways to lower it.
We're just using bagseed and Foxfarm Ocean Forest Soil. We use spring water that we tested for pH, which was 6.4. Our soil pH is around 7.0. So we think everything is okay here.

Here are a few pictures of the set-up and we'll keep you updated on progress. We started germinating on July 1 and they just got planted today! Any thoughts or suggestions on anything? Let us know! We owe it to this message board for everything we know about our new hobby!

korvette1977 · #2 07-03-2008, 06:55 PM

forget about Co2 making for now ..... its not that important at this stage of your game .. let them grow . see what happens .. Good luck

Butthead08 · #3 07-03-2008, 10:12 PM

Well we were using the co2 in hopes it will lower the temps inside the room.

Thanks for the advice.

bobmaf · #4 07-04-2008, 06:21 AM

by what u have done and are doing you will have a good grow
just make sure to keep us updated with pictures and you will get a better responce..
happy growing

dave3 · #5 07-04-2008, 02:36 PM

Love the set up

Clean,tidy ,lots of space.

The green pots are cool

howhigh123 · #6 07-04-2008, 02:47 PM

wat strain?

Butthead08 · #7 07-04-2008, 03:15 PM

Thanks dave! Took us a while... lots of work but worth it.

The strain is just bagseed... taken from multiple bags. We just had a bunch of seeds saved for when we started this. Hopefully these work better than the last bunch of bag seeds.

We'll try to put up more pics tomorrow with some updates (as long as there are updates lol)

BigBudBalls · #8 07-04-2008, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butthead08

Well we were using the co2 in hopes it will lower the temps inside the room.

Thanks for the advice.

Actually, the CO2 will raise the temps. Think greenhouse gas.

garetjax · #9 07-04-2008, 08:48 PM

unless your humidity is below 45% you absolutely don't need to add humidity

Butthead08 · #10 07-04-2008, 09:40 PM

Hi Everyone! So far, our older plants seem to be responding well to the bigger pots. Also, on the babies, one has already sprouted! We are still having questions on watering though. We watered them last night and today they seemed dry. We used a moisture meter and the top half was a 1 to 1.5 while the bottoms were 3.5+. So we used a spray bottle to moisten the top layer of soil. Any thoughts on this?? Is there any kind of rule-of-thumb for watering without over-watering? We have them in 8'' pots.

So here are a few new pics!

#1: Older plant that we transplanted into a big pot. This one looks the best so far.
#2: The one seed that sprouted!!
#3: All of our new potential plants.
#4: Just a shot of the temp and humidity.
#5: The other older plant. This one does not seem to be growing very much, but it doesn't look like it's dying either... we're really not sure. We're just going to give it some time.

We'll keep you updated and thanks for the comments, they're appreciated!