Recent content by hillzbilly

Damn, is my redneck showin? Right on target about rural....cows outnumber people greatly 'round here. Hadn't really given any thought to using the right next door soil alternatives...being a newbie, I was trying to go with something out of a bag to avoid the unknown. Obviously I failed.... :)...

Hey all, First time grower having some serious doubts that my 1st attempt is even worth trying to go to flower. I'm 8 weeks in since sprout and all I've got is a 10" stem with no branches. I LST'd a stick with leaves last night to try to buy some more veg time in a stealth cab. It looks so...

Got some yellowing leaves down low and what I think is leaf cupping going on. None of this showed up until I added a couple more lights in the cab about a week ago. About a week before the lights, I also made a DIY CO2 (yeah I know, probably not doing shiat but meh...). She seemed to be...

Thanks for the advise. I really wanted to try 24/0, but with my 1st time out, I decided to go with the most common methods, get 1 under my belt, and then go all Dr. Frankenstein :) Mmmwwwaaahhahah!

AWESOME!!!! Thanks for the feedback folks. I'm using the "if you can leave your hand at plant height" heat thing to determine light distance....The tube instead of spiral CFL design seems to help keep the heat down around the bulb. So much so that I am looking for "tuby" small lights to use...

So, I'm throwing a few pics up 'cause I've got plant envy :) My shiat doesn't look anywhere near the height that other 2 weeks olds that I've seen pics of. I germed for 2 days without checking, and when I did, fook!! my tap root was like 2 inches long!! Figured what the hell, 1st try at this...

Gotcha - Re: "equiv" and glad to hear that mounting sideways max'd the bulb yield. I was going to make some "candlestick" like fixtures for my 2 23 watt boosters. Guess I'll have to figure out a way to get them to go sideways rather than up and down. Thanks for the info.

And...you lost me :) Topping I understand....I was planning on just keeping the center cola under the height of everything else to avoid chopping it (trying to minimize what could go wrong 1st time out). Do you think results will suk without topping? FIMing has me off to google :) Thanks for...

Well, since it's my 1st grow, and I have no clue how it's going to go, I'm going with some Xcellent bag seed of unknown type. If I can pull this off and end up with something smoke-able and more than 2 bowls worth, I'll think about running the risk of mail ordering something better. :)

I hear ya on the where to start....and sorry. As mentioned, I've done a bunch of reading so I "know" the basics but where I am struggling is specifics. Since my cab is small, I obviously can't go with a 1.5 gallon (or I could but I think that I would have no room for flowering, but since I...

Hey folks, Just about to try my 1st grow. I've done a bunch of reading but without a doubt, I'm a growin' gimp. I had to be stealth and since I don't have money falling out my arse, I didn't break my wallet doing it. I hope I have something that will work. I posted a pic for some feedback. Cab...