1st Grow...

LOVEHATE13

Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #1

Just started this grow. Had 1 skunk #1 bean from a few years back
and then one bean from nirvana's freebie pack. hope I get females.
Help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Expert Gardener soil(cheap at wal-mart)
2x24w 5000k
2x24w 6500k
a nice sunlight supply 150 hps
and a ghetto grow room
skunk #1 around 20 days old
freebie around 8 days old
I'm doing 24/0 light right now should i do less like 20/4 or 18/6?

The soil says it feeds up to nine months?
I used some miracle-gro all-purpose plant food didn't look like
it hurt It grow faster to me. any help on how often I should feed?

and whats a cheap way for ventilation? my box is by a window?
right now I just leave the door open because its in my closet.

Thanxx

 

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jawbrodt

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• Jan 29, 2010

• #2

Double the light(or triple), stop using the fert, and they'll be fine. The bigger one looks like it has some fert burn already.

 

jawbrodt

Well-Known Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #3

...or, buy reflectors for the lights you have now, so you aren't losing so much output.

 

darkdestruction420

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• Jan 29, 2010

• #4

you need to cut a vent area into the closet and get a fan to put in. dont feed yet, its way too early for the lil guy, another 4 weeks for that one approx and 3 weeks for the bigger one, then you can start very light(25% of what it says on the bag, every 3 waterings approx) doses of nutes.slowly work your way up to full strength. is the big one normally under the lights better and you just moved em to show the plant? you say you had no bad effects after feeding it but i see nute burn damage pretty clearly. how often and how much do you water?

 

TreesAsMedicine

Active Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #5

To answer your question, go 20/4 now, Those babies need to sleep. set it up at a time (get a timer) where you can keep dawn at the same time when you switch 12/12. Don't stress nutes, its your first grow. Use em if you want, but remember, what workd for me, doesnt mean it will work for you. Good luck, and keep it up. You will enjoy smoke you grow 20 times better than the smoke you buy!

 

LOVEHATE13

Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #6

The bigger plant got burned by the cfl's like a week ago electric tape made it fall .. thats why it looks like that. I don't think its nute burn. but ill stop the nutes now. just water like every 3 days

 

LOVEHATE13

Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #7

kool imma get a timer for the lights and go 20/4 and then get some mylar to cover the grow room.
should i do anything about co2?
Thanxx for the help more will be appreciated

 

jawbrodt

Well-Known Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #8

You shouldn't worry about CO2 enhancement until you get things running smoothly.

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #9

if your using cfls 24/0 is the way to go, they do not need a dark period for vegging. you can try to say its bad cuz its not natural but did you know parts of alaska dont have a night for the summer and they grow extremely well there? their is a grow journal on here somewhere that documents it quite clearly, i've been trying to find the thread but im having no luck, anyone know where it is?

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #10

c02 is incredibley easy in small grow boxes/closets. you need 4 things-sugar,yeast,water, and a bottle of some sort to mix it all up together in. i'll get you the link.....

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #11

Home Made Carbon Dioxide Tutorial

Well after asking around and finding the simplest methods I came across a real easy way of making home made Co2 (thanks to skunkishybrid and m420) and i've illustrated it aswell, just thought i'd help a few of you out there who are new to this like myself.

When plants photosynthesise to make energy and grow they use Water (h20) and Carbon Dioxide (Co2) plus Light. They use half the amount of Carbon Dioxide to the amount of Water they use so this is alot of Carbon Dioxide if you think about the amount you water them, so giving them a boost of Carbon Dioxide during growth would be an advantage.

So here's my guide on how to make your own little amount of Carbon Dioxide to give your plants the boost they would love.

Step 1.
Obtain a bottle of any size, preferably plastic and fill it half way with water

Step 2.
Peirce the plastic lid using a hot pair of scissor or a pin

Step 3.
Make a funnel, either out of some card or paper or grab a funnel from your kitchen

Step 4.
Get some yeast, doesnt really matter what sort of yeast as long as it's active.. This only cost me £1.50 Sterling so probebly about $2-$3

Step 5.
Get some sugar or glucose, I've used sugar but glucose is cheaper, just get what you can get your hands on

Step 6.
Put about 1/5th of sugar to water in your bottle and the same for the yeast, 1/5th, it doesnt really matter so long as you have a decent enough amount

Step 7.
Ensure that your water has gone cloudy and remove your funnel and put the lid back on your bottle

Step 8.
I've used about this much yeast/suger mix at the bottom of my bottle

Step 9.
Cover the hole at the top of your bottle and shake well and continue to shake regularly for the next 48 hours to start off the reaction

Step 10.
Leave to stand for a second and pretty much straight the way bubbles should be on the top, this is the Co2 being given off

Positioning
The bottles should be ideally placed at pot height, because from what I remember from chemistry Carbon Dioxide is lighter than air, because air contains so much nitrogen which is a heavy (Carbon = 12 atomic mass / Nitrogen = 14 atomic mass) so if place at pot height the Carbon Dioxide will rise into the plants leaves and stem where the photosynthesis occurs

this is a 3D image of how mine are setup

Finally
Hey presto, everytime you want to give your plants a little boost of Carbon Dioxide the cheap way! Just shake up the bottle and stand it next to your beloved plant. For greater Carbon Dioxide production, use a bigger bottle. If no more bubbles are produced after shaking your bottle then it means you need to add more sugar, if no more bubbles are produced after the sugar has been added then more yeast must be added to the solution.

 

jawbrodt

Well-Known Member

• Jan 29, 2010

• #12

You're right, except for one part....CO2 is alot heavier than air, so it will sink to the floor. I'm not sure of the exact science behind it, but I know it's accurate.

 

LOVEHATE13

Member

• Feb 5, 2010

• #13

made a grow log https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/300084-lovehate13s-1st-grow-skunk-1-a.html