My First Time Growing

surfsmokelive · Feb 9, 2008

Hey everybody, this is my very first grow, this is strictly for fun/personal use. I'm growing just some regular bag seeds i've collected, i'm always lookin for suggestions on improving my setup, it's gotta be stealthy though. I'm keepin it as inexpensive as possible but in the future i wanna start growin some good seeds. heres some pics of my setup n plants, more pics on the way but i need batteries. :joint:

ultranyte · Feb 9, 2008

your plants look like their growing in some toxic soil, you should try flushing the soil and checking if their health improves.
The leaves should be nice and straight out, not curled into themselves

But it looks like your on your way!

surfsmokelive · Feb 9, 2008

thanks for the advice bro, i flushed the soil on the bigger one about a week ago, cuz the bottom leaves were yellowing, but should i really flush them again?

skunkman98536 · Feb 9, 2008

looks goods what r those 42w warm cfls ya got there

surfsmokelive · Feb 9, 2008

thanks skunkman, nah i got 2 23 watt cfl's and a 18" 15 watt tube for now, nut i'm looking for some better cfl's.

GreenRain · Feb 9, 2008

Temp looks too high. Is it really over 90 degrees in there?

skunkman98536 · Feb 9, 2008

hmmm try to keep the lights 1-3inches from the top

dont let the temp get over 95degrees it will most likly be deadly.

do u have a fan? .. just trying to help

surfsmokelive · Feb 9, 2008

thanx for the input guys i appreciate it, well to answer u guys, i got an intake fan right now, and some exhaust holes, that temp is wrong that shitty thing never worked, the temp is somewhat warm when i have my hand under the lights but never hot, i'm prolly gonna get better cfl's and make some reflectors, i m movin soon so my setup will prolly get bigger with more plants and more lights...

well heres a lil more bout my setup,
i got lights on 24/0
i water with tap water, bout 2 tbsp once/twice a day,
i have miraclegro houseplant food 8-7-6, n some tomato plant food 18-20-20 that i dont use yet (should i?)

ne suggestions about wut cfls to get...

i wanna get some auto-flowering seeds later on but is there a way to make it start flowering and still grow to about 12-16 inches (i wanna keep it short)

more pics and an update on the 2 new seedlings later tonite, but now its time to blaze :joint:

skunkman98536 · Feb 9, 2008

ok man theis what i wud do ... i wud start 1/2 streanght nuets when they about 3weeks old or so.. some ppl say sooner but w/e .....

keep ur light 24/0 untill u wanna flowering

get the cool white 26w cfls for veg and the warm cfls for flowering( u cud always get 42w warm for flowering .. i sgesst to do that if u can)

just remember when u flower ur plant it will dbl in size some triple ... depnds on what strain it is ...

surfsmokelive · Feb 9, 2008

thanx bro, i"ll start nutes tomorrow, i just switched one of the 23 watt cfls for a brighter white 19watt cfl, should that bluer light work better than the 23 watt cool white cfl? :blsmoke:

skunkman98536 · Feb 9, 2008

yes the blue end of the spectrum is for vegging and the red/orange end is for flowreing ... u can use both for both stages if u have them ... some ppl say s that it is better to expose ur plant to both ends of it during veg and flower but idk.. never tried .. i always use mh and hps ... i think im gunna use to cool white CFls to keep my moms alive tho ..

raeman1990 · Feb 9, 2008

cool man, good luck, yeah try to get some cfl's with 6500k rating, these are better for vegging. It seems as though you arn't watering enough, 2 table spoons a day, i cant see how that would be enough for the bigger guy, some times leaves droop cause under watering, uhh, if you can afford it, get a Y splitter, they are like 95 cents, and add some light, them babies love light!!

surfsmokelive · Feb 9, 2008

thanks raeman, i'll get a y splitter tomorrow
but now its time to toke :joint:

i'm recharging the batteries for the camera, so new pics we be up in a cpl hours

skunkman98536 · Feb 9, 2008

there more like 2dollars ... and i advise u to get atleast i think it is 4k lummnes a sq foot?..

surfsmokelive · Feb 9, 2008

well i went to home depot n i didnt see the cfl's i was looking for, i'm gonna go back and check a walmart or something tomorrow

skunkman98536 · Feb 9, 2008

ya walmart has them .. ull find rm man.

surfsmokelive · Feb 9, 2008

i took some more pics for u guys out there, please lemme kno anything i should fix or any ideas for my grow.... thanx

surfsmokelive · Feb 10, 2008

bad news!
room mate might've seen the box, so i quickly made a stealthy compact box out of a backpack, i have the big one and a seedling in there, i planted the other seedling, and two smaller plants outside in pots till i move

heres some pics of it

surfsmokelive · Feb 10, 2008

heres a lil update, i fimmed the big plant today, hoping for some more tops

:wall:

i wanna see some real growth

surfsmokelive · Feb 11, 2008

good news!
the big one is showing improvement after some weak nutes and fimming, so is the seedling which grew its first real leaves last night....both are under only one 19 watt brite white cfl

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