1st indoor grow

Hey I'm new to this site, came across it today actually. but I have a couple questions and I would like some input from exp. growers.

1) I have 3 plants that just sprouted in a 5 inch pot. it's on the very top shelf of my closet about 12 inches from a sylvania 75w everyday household bulb, is that fine?

2) I got this cheap ass soil from walmart and the N,P,and K percentages are like, .10 .08 .06. I have a bag of this bone meal shit my buddy had and I put about 2 tbl spoonfuls of it in the soil. is that fine?

like I said this is my first time growing indoors, completely new to the whole thing. just trying to yield some good bud for this semester in school.
Im on a really short budget and I just want to know if Im good for the vegtative stage?


thanks alot

I also would like to know what else I need to complete the grow and any ways to shorten it. I have a fan blowing in the closet about 4-6 hours during the day, then another 6-8 at night. I dont have cash to buy all this fancy equipment and shit. Im just wondering if anyone on here has an suggestions as to growing with what im working with as of right now and any ideas on how to shorten the grow. thanks alot

badfish421 said:

Hey I'm new to this site, came across it today actually. but I have a couple questions and I would like some input from exp. growers.

1) I have 3 plants that just sprouted in a 5 inch pot. it's on the very top shelf of my closet about 12 inches from a sylvania 75w everyday household bulb, is that fine?

2) I got this cheap ass soil from walmart and the N,P,and K percentages are like, .10 .08 .06. I have a bag of this bone meal shit my buddy had and I put about 2 tbl spoonfuls of it in the soil. is that fine?

like I said this is my first time growing indoors, completely new to the whole thing. just trying to yield some good bud for this semester in school.
Im on a really short budget and I just want to know if Im good for the vegtative stage?

thanks alot

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Start off by doing some reading, this is a great starting point. That 75w incandescent Sylvania bulb isn't going to keep those seedling alive. Go get a few 6500K (Daylight) compact fluorescent lighting (spiral light bulbs) from Walmart. This will keep the seedlings alive while you do your studying

ok well i can afford different bulbs and some other kind of nutes, any ideas on a good nutrient product?

badfish421 said:

I also would like to know what else I need to complete the grow and any ways to shorten it. I have a fan blowing in the closet about 4-6 hours during the day, then another 6-8 at night. I dont have cash to buy all this fancy equipment and shit. Im just wondering if anyone on here has an suggestions as to growing with what im working with as of right now and any ideas on how to shorten the grow. thanks alot

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You could do 12/12 lighting from seed. Doesn't get any shorter.

Get GE **Daylight** 26w(105 incandescent value)bulbs @ Walmart(or whatever, GE is a very good brand for plants). You want one of these every 4 to 8 inches.

Don't over water. If anything under water.

MG nutes work fine. You can get those at Walmart too. I usually go with liquid nutes and do it when I water. You want two separate nutes one with higher N and PK nearly the same for veg. And one with higher P and lower, nearly the same N and K for flowering(or after they show sex if you do 12/12).

Don't nute until you get '3-finger' leaf. Stop nuteing 2 weeks before harvest, just use plain water. Don't nute every time you water. Every other time max, you don't need full strength either until they get bigger.

ok that sounds simple enough, I put an air ionizer close to the plants as well, is that good?

As long as it's ionizer and not a ozone generator (they work similarly). Then you're good. Ozone is bad for plants.

yeah it can be just an air filter or i can press this ionizer button, its been on for 2 days