My First Attempt at a Hidden Grow (Tips Please) Pics Included

Ive never tried growing a thing in my life not even a sun flower seed so i believe im doing well , alot of people with big lights and place todo it just knock my grow tho. Im in it all for the experience more than yield. I do like all newbs have a couple of questions.

Height is an issue this is the only space i can do this so did some research read a little about topping plants but apprently u can only do this twice. Im guessing i should go this route and start to flower before i run out of room.

im trying to train them because of height restriction also , i have realised one error on the first go , my lights were to far away in the begging , so unfortunatly there a lil streched. I plan to lower that fluro light 2mrw tho.

i think my lights are a bit too under powered things seem well but i want more growth will those cfl bulbs i keep reading about work in that desk lamp ?

Thanks for reading and all help is appreciated

sorry for typos u know how it is

i forgot 2 mention there almost 2 weeks

Need more light, PRONTO

You need to get the fluorescent within 2-3 inches to the tops of the plants. Thats why they are already stretching so much.

What kind of bulb is in that lamp?

I don't see how that fan hasn't blown over your seedlings.

I would look into LST form you plants. (low stress training)

hard to tell what kind of light set up u have. u have 2 lights, but what kind of lights r they? as suggested LST is going to be the way to go LST (tying ur plants down little by little, so they grow more horizontally) & then possibly topping.

Ive since moved things about so i can adjust the height of the lamp with some extra clips.
Yeah i lol'd @ the fan but its all i had luckily its low setting is actually v low.
I dont know what bulb is in the lamp i added it because like billy said i needed more light , no money atm so i decided light was light. I have since turned that lamp off tho as it was making the room way too hot.

Im now looking for a cfl to put into the lamp.

Yeah ive been reading on lst , i started using wire to spread my leafs a little to get more light into the nodes , then read about lst , hah.

Ive tied one down u can probably see him at the back but because theyve streched its made lst quite trick because all my nodes are so far up :/

Ontheball said:

Ive since moved things about so i can adjust the height of the lamp with some extra clips.
Yeah i lol'd @ the fan but its all i had luckily its low setting is actually v low.
I dont know what bulb is in the lamp i added it because like billy said i needed more light , no money atm so i decided light was light. I have since turned that lamp off tho as it was making the room way too hot.

Im now looking for a cfl to put into the lamp.

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Yea that looks like an incandescent light bulb. That is doing more harm then good (heat). Definitely switch it out for a cfl.

m8 you will get better results with something like this - http://www.somhydro.co.uk/product.asp?pid=595

CFL's r shite. Trust me. Spend £90-£100 and your yield will increase 10 fold

supersillybilly said:

m8 you will get better results with something like this - http://www.somhydro.co.uk/product.asp?pid=595

CFL's r shite. Trust me. Spend £90-£100 and your yield will increase 10 fold

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Explain exactly what he should do about the massive amount of heat that would build up in that tiny space if he attempted to use an HPS.

Many people have grown start to flower with only CFLs and have had great results.

In that small area go with a T5 setup. You'll be able to pull it off with that.

I cant run a hid living here unfrotunatly. Im also pretty broke hense the noob mistake of just throwing things together and over heating with that lamp.

Get proper ventilation like an exhaust and intake fan. For the sake of spending £150!!! Show me a CFL grow that beats a HPS grow. I have 2 of the 600w HPS lights and the heat is not to bad to be honest.

problem is mate i have 40-50 to spend on a bulb max so ill get what the budget allows.

yeah i didnt think just placing a fan in there was the greatest idea but heard it helps thems stems and tbh it did and brought down the heat the lamp m8.

But im guessing i need inlet and exhaust and fans blowing in appropriate directions.

I might pull my pcs apart and have the fans outta that.

Dawg what is a t5 set up , im v new to all this reading and learning daily but still

supersillybilly said:

Get proper ventilation like an exhaust and intake fan. For the sake of spending £150!!! Show me a CFL grow that beats a HPS grow. I have 2 of the 600w HPS lights and the heat is not to bad to be honest.

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Who said CFLs grow better/bigger buds than HPS?

Okay so the OP already said he dosent have the money.
You said get an HPS--------$120 shipped
exhaust ventilation---------another $70-100 shipped

So now hes up to a Minimum of about 200 pounds.

That is money he dosent have right now.

Ontheball said:

Dawg what is a t5 set up , im v new to all this reading and learning daily but still

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Something like this or this or this....I use this for my seedlings through week 3 with great success! If u only want to spend $50 then get 4 or 5 cfls, like 23 watters.

Ah yeah them T set ups look pimp im well up for one of those !

I better go measure up my dimensions

chillwills said:

Who said CFLs grow better/bigger buds than HPS?

Okay so the OP already said he dosent have the money.
You said get an HPS--------$120 shipped
exhaust ventilation---------another $70-100 shipped

So now hes up to a Minimum of about 200 pounds.

That is money he dosent have right now.

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4 pc fans can be run off 2 fone chargers. Prob obtain these with little outlay or no outlay. 250w light delivered £100. Says he got £50, I'm sure he could get another bulls eye from somewhere