160w fluorescent grow under $100 total.

shrubsmokes

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Sold my last growbox so I decided to do something cheap just for fun. Grow some bagseed for under $100. Ill update every week or so till the end.

Im starting this 22 days into the grow and ill I have to say is growing with fluros is slow.

April 1st germinated 6 bagseeds, 5 "commerical" seeds and 1 "high grade" seed in cups. I picked the best 2 and tossed the other 2. On the 7th I transplanted them into 1/2 gallon pots. On the 20th I transplanted again into 1 gallon pots.

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Bagseed: free (kinda)

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soil: $7
ferts: $11

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pots: $1.76
trays: $.88
safty blanket: $1.99
thermometer: $.99
rocks: $free
chili cheese fritos: $.99

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2 4ft fluorescent fixtures: $18
2 warm bulbs: $7
2 cold bulbs: $5
timer: $8
fan: $12
extension cord: $2.99
water container: $free
chlor out: $2.49

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pic of the lights on to see the warm cold setup.

Basically I just lined soma cardboard ($free) with the safty blanket because I didnt want to tape it to the wall and lean the lights up against the pots vertically. Keep it stupid simple. It looks like this.

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And heres where im sitting right now at 22 days since beginning of germ. The bigger one is the "commerical" seed and the small is a "high grade" seed.

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27 days veg. Ill have to get new bulbs on the 1st. In between the last post and this i gave them they're first feeding and pinched them both.

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Well i switched everything up a bit, went over budget but my plants were looking like shit and i dont like the idea of smoking wierd chemicals from the crappy nutes i had. Im still well under $150.

I transplanted to cheap organic topsoil in 5 gal buckets.

I only water with RO water.

The nutes i use are bone meal, blood meal and fresh wood ashes.

plants are looking much better.

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yep they are growing slow but hell they are growing I am curious to see what happens when you flower so I am pullin up a chair
 
yep they are growing slow but hell they are growing I am curious to see what happens when you flower so I am pullin up a chair

Yeah the slow part bugs me but i like how they stay so compact and bushy. Tons of nodes for only a foot tall and the main stems are about as big around as a marker. Im interested to see what happens when i flower too, im really tempted to use my 400w HPS but i might as well finish them off on fluros. Judging by the slow groth i dont see alot of smoke comming out of this but hey im only using 2 $8 light fixtures.
 
well the "high grade" was a male so i cut it and made some hash last night. smoked some this morning got me pretty f'ed up.

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70 days old, 9th day of 12/12. one was a male so i pulled it, the other is a confirmed female. got new bulbs, both fixtures (4 bulbs) are on the one plant. not sure why the pix are so blurry.

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77 days old, 16th day of 12/12. first bloom fert was today.

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bored lately so i got a 500ml flask and a pull slide kit and made this little water pipe.

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88 days old. 27th day of 12/12. still fighting with a bit of a mag def because i never did get my hands on some sulpomag so i started watering with epsom salt.

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getting a little bit frosty :joint:

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