first grow, in 45g rubbermaids, need tips

Hey, me and a friend just started growing some bag seeds. we first had 5 germinated seeds planted in solo cups with cactus soil, has a little bit of sand to help hold water, has some sponge or pearlite stuff in it, and has a good amount of NPK and the right pH with 2 24" flouros over them in a space slightly bigger than 2'x2' (picture 1)

now we have gotten 2 rubbermaid containers (1 for later, when plants get taller). we painted 1 with that fusion flat white paint for plastic. and mounted the light to the top. (pictures 2 and 3). with the plants underneath off course

we plan on getting 6 CFL's and mounting 1 on each end and 2 on each side, any suggestions on mounting and wiring those?

any suggestions?

are those even sprouted yet? if not bro i doubt they're even gonna sprout up..You need to put those in nice dark place like in a closet or something until they sprout out from the soil then you put them under the lights

r u serious? i've never read anything about that..am i a an idiot? llol

Ive read a couple posts/threads on here about that but that prolly just because i have nothing better to do..lol but yeah i mean it CAN sprout with light on it but most of the time it wont no matter how long you let it sit...I did that with my very first grow and just germ'd them, put them under the light for 1 1/2 weeks and NOTHING..then i put them in my closet in the dark to hide them from the p's cuz i though they found my grow area in my closet...the next morning..BAM..all of them sprouted up overnight

smokablunt16 said:

Ive read a couple posts/threads on here about that but that prolly just because i have nothing better to do..lol but yeah i mean it CAN sprout with light on it but most of the time it wont no matter how long you let it sit...I did that with my very first grow and just germ'd them, put them under the light for 1 1/2 weeks and NOTHING..then i put them in my closet in the dark to hide them from the p's cuz i though they found my grow area in my closet...the next morning..BAM..all of them sprouted up overnight

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they just sprout faster when u dont have light on them cause they are looking for light.....

dude...thats crazy....well they're in the dark tonight!

leave them there for a couple days n see what happens..exirement a little bit in place you put them because i put some in the closet some in a drawer and some in an enclosed bucket n some sprouted way faster then others..the ones in the bucket w/ a lid was the fastest, they sprouted in a day at the most so thats my new way of sprouting...

yeah they can sprount with or without light..but you do want to get them out of the clear cups because roots dont like light

well now my plants basicly got a bucket over them, the rubbermaid container, the lights jut not plugged in now

ok well when they sprout put them in cups that arnt clear or pots

yes sir, thats just temporary, we didnt expect the seeds to germinate that quickly so we werent fully prepared

looks like the top half could use another coat of paint. Good luck to ya!

you think so? we used a whole can on that...i guess i can go get another one lol, not expensive

well they like to be warm and dark.
it speeds things up a bit

Hey another coat wouldnt hurt..just make it a little BETTER!

went and bought 2 more cans of krylon fusion white paint today, also went and looked at CFL's, couldn't find any light fixtures though, the people at lowes had no clue what i was talking about. and then they started asking questions like, what do you need it for? lol

i looked at cannabizness's grow tub and he had a 3 light fixture that he said he got from lowes i believe, but i didnt see any, any suggestions?

plants still havent sprouted yet, they're in the dark under the rubbermaid tub. i dripped a few more drops of water on them just in case...im kind of getting worried...any suggestions?

I've seen light sockets at Wal-Mart, but I couldn't find the Y-shaped ones that can hold two bulbs, which is what i'm searching for. I think i'm gunna try Home Depot. If you have one, maybe check it out!

Hope your buddies pop up soon!

reinstorm said:

went and bought 2 more cans of krylon fusion white paint today, also went and looked at CFL's, couldn't find any light fixtures though, the people at lowes had no clue what i was talking about. and then they started asking questions like, what do you need it for? lol

i looked at cannabizness's grow tub and he had a 3 light fixture that he said he got from lowes i believe, but i didnt see any, any suggestions?

plants still havent sprouted yet, they're in the dark under the rubbermaid tub. i dripped a few more drops of water on them just in case...im kind of getting worried...any suggestions?

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Mount a surge protector to the underside of the lid:
Get some of these (keyless lamp socket adapter):

And some of these (twin light socket adapter):

Put these in:



Bam!!!

You're ready to rawk!

diggitydank420 said:

Mount a surge protector to the underside of the lid:

Get some of these (keyless lamp socket adapter):

And some of these (twin light socket adapter):

Put these in:

Bam!!!

You're ready to rawk!

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ok awesome! so wherre do i get those? i didnt see anything like it at lowes

u shouldn't use prenuted soil for seeds and sprouts man!!! the nutes should be added after the end of week 3 of growing!