first grow, budget grow box - grow log from zero to 420

Just checkin in. Everything looks to be growing well. Bet you can't wait til harvest though. I started a new journal, want you to check it out in my sig. I'll pull up a chair later lmn8r. That rhymes with see you later alligator. LOL

Cool diagrams. Good, clear way to represent the grow plans. As much as I like actual pics, sometimes it just seems like another pile of MJ leaves Did you use MS paint?

Dam man i just found this and your already almost half way threw the grow lmao good thing i can go back to the first page and get updated. Getting ready to head out but i wanted to post so i can go threw it when i come back looking sick man from what i just saw on the first page, looks like your really organized always like to see a setup like that. Well pack me a bowl poor me a shot i am pulling up a chair and watching this.

WOW!! This is pretty inspiring. i didnt i would be able to grow for awhile because of my strict budget, but now i know its possible. keep up the good work.

yea you wana keep the nutes a bit conservative. I just nute burned one of my plants badly ahh well... it was a small one anyway so it added to my experience. Liking the pics as well lol seem to be a man with a plan

16 days into flowering. My runt, which struggled initially is now the most mature out of all of them. It has three main cola's growing. LST FTW!

My skunk is still going, and my two sativas still don't know what sex they are. I must have gotten a really slow flowering strain, they grew the fastest out of all the plants otherwise.

I included macros of the budsites. It's tough to take them now because the foliage is so dense. The last four macros are my sativa plants, maybe someone has better eyes then me and can identify a pistol or ball?

nice. you're gona see proper flowers in a couple of days. nice to have girlies

Fingers crossed for girls!

Heres the wound after 8 days of healing. It's pretty much healed by now, i'm keeping the tape on to cover it for a little longer.

These plants are healthier then I am...

lmn8r said:

Here is the tally-
Door closed:
(7) 26 watt 2700k CFL
(1) 23 watt 5000k CFL
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( 8 ) lights, 205 watts total, 13,500 lumens, 2769 lumens/sq ft.

Door open:
(7) 26 watt 2700k CFL
(4) 23 watt 5000k CFL
(4) 26 watt 6500k CFL
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( 15 ) lights, 378 watts total, 24,700 lumens, 5066 lumens/sq ft.

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From what I know lumens dont add together they are just what ever the highest is! If your 23 watts are making 1600 lumens and the 26 making 1730 (not exact figures) then all the lumens you have is 1730 from that bulb and 1600 from the others! Check it out but it just something I read from a good source!

yea keep it up bro

keep it up!

Very nice grow dude

TexasWild said:

From what I know lumens dont add together they are just what ever the highest is! If your 23 watts are making 1600 lumens and the 26 making 1730 (not exact figures) then all the lumens you have is 1730 from that bulb and 1600 from the others! Check it out but it just something I read from a good source!

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that doesn't sound right, im sure the more the better either way tho.

hell yea the more the merrier. he is right though you cant add lumens together. lumens do diminish drastically after one inch with cfls. that is why with cfl grows you want to surround your plants with all around lighting instead of just overhead lighting. this way all of your plant is getting the correct lumens instead of just the top. good luck growing

Sorry, I should have said much props too on the grow and tracking of it!

Yea the more the better coverage with the cfl's

just stopping in....can we get a progress update?

diggin it bro.. keep it up. im about a week into my flowering, still havent seen anything on the sex yet

I have little gnats flying/crawling around the soil. I read they are harmless to the plants and feed of dead plant matter. I'm not sure if I want to spend a couple bucks for sand to create a barrier. All the other non cannabis plants we have in the house have them too.

They never seem to leave the confines of the grow box. Will they attract predators such as spiders?

wow bro ur doing a great job. ur pictures along with ur timeline diagram are extremely helpful! can't wait to see the end result!!