ace1059's garden, first grow

ace1059 · Feb 20, 2008

hello my name is anthony i stared my plant on febuary 8. i have it in my room by a window so it gets air, i have a grow light on it, for the first week the plant stem started getting looong so i moved the light up and put 3 big peaces of paper rapped around the pot connecting to the light so al of the light gets to it.

these were from feb 18 before i moved the light, they wee about 2 3/4 in. tall

radplane · Feb 20, 2008

What kind of lights you using?

ace1059 · Feb 20, 2008

the light says 50w then 120 a, it says gro n show on the bulb, it says somthing else but i cant read it ....

radplane · Feb 20, 2008

Your gonna wanna read GROWFAQ. Also, I dont know if your lights will work.Your gonna need some cfl's, normal lights wont work that well. Good luck man

ace1059 · Feb 20, 2008

radplane said:
Your gonna wanna read GROWFAQ. Also, I dont know if your lights will work.Your gonna need some cfl's, normal lights wont work that well. Good luck man

thanks and i know 4 shure its a grow light cuz it says on the bulb, thanks again

ace1059 · Feb 20, 2008

i have one question, the stem of my plant has a little purpulish color, does that mean ?

uberpea · Feb 20, 2008

hey dude im gonna follow this grow and hopefully help you if you ever need it. one thing you need to do:
get rid of that see through cup man. you can have ANY light shining in to your roots, cover it up, paint it black, repot it, just do something

also, your light is sufficient for now, but not for long. youre going to want to purchase some cfls or something similar

anyway goodluck with this! suscribed.

Duece.

radplane · Feb 20, 2008

ace1059 said:
i have one question, the stem of my plant has a little purpulish color, does that mean ?

My plants are about the same height as your and have purple stems ...so im hopping it normal. I wouldn't Worry about it.

My plant sprouted about 4 days ago and is the same size as yours. I think your lights aren't that good for growing but I just started growing so I cant really say I know for sure. Id run down and just look for some fluorescents lights. Im using 2 25watt ones atm for 2 plants and its doing fine.

ace1059 · Feb 20, 2008

uberpea said:
hey dude im gonna follow this grow and hopefully help you if you ever need it. one thing you need to do:
get rid of that see through cup man. you can have ANY light shining in to your roots, cover it up, paint it black, repot it, just do something

also, your light is sufficient for now, but not for long. youre going to want to purchase some cfls or something similar

anyway goodluck with this! suscribed.

Duece.

ok thanks 4 your help, in the second set of pics i did the re transplant into a white pot so its not in the clear cups now

ace1059 · Feb 20, 2008

i have one last ? should i have the light on for 24 hours or 18? thanks 4 any help, it would be appreciated and worth a rep

ace1059 · Feb 20, 2008

i have one last ? should i have the light on for 24 hours or 18? thanks 4 any help, it would be appreciated and worth a rep

uberpea · Feb 21, 2008

ace1059 said:
i have one last ? should i have the light on for 24 hours or 18? thanks 4 any help, it would be appreciated and worth a rep

Well that kind of depends on the strain. If it were me, i would leave it on 18/6 all the way through veg.

ace1059 · Feb 21, 2008

feb 21 (2 weeks 1 day)
the plant is doing very good! i have the light about 9 inches from the plant (50 watt) i also have paper wrapped around the plant to the light (like a cone) so al the light gets to the plant, here is sum pics

passittotheleft · Feb 21, 2008

putting your face on the net isnt such a smart idea...especially with a weed plant in the picture with you.

what soil are you using.

does the light have spirals...we need more info on the light. for 2 weeks old...that thing is tiny and needs more light. here is a picture of a plant under just cfl's on day 16.

ace1059 · Feb 21, 2008

i am using potting soil heres sum pic of the bulb and the lamp thingy

the light post says max 60 watts 120v 60Hz

the bulb say 50w 120v then 50r20/pl (i think)

ace1059 · Feb 22, 2008

feb. 22 (night)

just got two cfl 15 watt lights, they say that one of the lights equal 60 watts of a normal light. the plant is doing good and should do wayyyy better because of the new cfl lights. i will post pics. tomorrow morning.

p.s.
should i have one light on the plant or two, and how far? thanks

passittotheleft · Feb 22, 2008

those will work for a lil while but not when the plant gets bigger. Where are you growing these...do you ahve a fan? place the cfls 2-3 inches away and yes 2 of them

ace1059 · Feb 23, 2008

passittotheleft said:
those will work for a lil while but not when the plant gets bigger. Where are you growing these...do you ahve a fan? place the cfls 2-3 inches away and yes 2 of them

ok i will, but thats 120 watts, the plastic box it came in said it was 30 watts but for a nowmal bulb it equaled 60? but ok, so put bth of them about 3 inches away. i have the plant in a fish aquarium the plant is in a container thats ok size (i have a picture of it on my pictures posted on this thread) but i have white paper taped on the glass walls so the light reflects back, and the pot has a a cone of paper (a peace of paper like a cylinder around the pot to the light) i do not have a fan...yet, but its by a open window to get air

ace1059 · Feb 23, 2008

Feb. 23
today i got 2 more cfl lights, each are 100w and 1300 lumens. they are all about 8-9 inches from the plant. i also got a mini fan to get sum air flow in the aquarium (where the plant is growing) I will post pictures tomorow so you can see how the plants are reacting to the better light! :mrgreen:

any input would be appreciated

cbraaszsy · Feb 23, 2008

just curious do you plan on getting an hps light (High Pressure Sodium)for bud growth .. as far as i know cfl's will only get you small buds

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