First grow 12/12 from seed

So...my first attempt at growing my own plant (I helped my wife with hers last summer). Too cold where I live now to grow outside and I'm on a VERY tight budget cause of the covid lockdowns so that's why I'm just going 12/12 from seed.

My plant right now is just over a month old now, I've had it under a 10.5w, 3500k great value LED bulb ( I know it's not great at all) and I only feed her some tap water with a few cups of my aquarium water, I'm very surprised right now by how it's grown so far under one small light.




So the only thing in curious about right now is how much could I expect for a yield WITH the light I have right now. (I'm not trying for a huge yield, more of just an experiment throughout the winter.)

Up to 2 grams a watt. Probably closer to 1 g/ watt though. If you did 24 hours of light for the fist 3 weeks then flip to 12/12 you would yield 2-3 times more

I just started her right at 12/12 right after it sprouted. I'll probably try the 24 hours on my next plant.

I'd be happy with 10 grams haha a short grow under a small light if 10g's is what I should expect im cool with that

10 watt light bulb? That won't yield dick. You've got to add light.

That bulb will not do well in flower at all. @93OG has given you unrealistic expectations unfortunately.

Like I said it is just an experiment, I live in a pretty isolated area so I can't shop for lights and other stuff when I want to.

Bout a gram.

Micro grow at it's finest. Great job!

Corso312 said:

10 watt light bulb? That won't yield dick. You've got to add light.

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I agree with this. Get those wattzzup homie. Your budz are going to be tiny.

Ironlungs96 said:

Like I said it is just an experiment, I live in a pretty isolated area so I can't shop for lights and other stuff when I want to.

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watch the deals thread. Decent lights are cheaper than you think

Get a 5 gallon pail and line it with tin foil, and create a small zone in there. With 1 light bulb you need to catch all the light waves as possible. Maybe aim for 4 buds total

Ironlungs96 said:

Like I said it is just an experiment, I live in a pretty isolated area so I can't shop for lights and other stuff when I want to.

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There is the interwebs you don’t have to actually go out and shop. Plenty of deals out there. A great value bulbs will give you diddly dick honestly.

Well if ur on a budget u can get ur self 2 cfl Bulbs and that should be good enough to get u thru the flower stage

Downsouth420 said:

Well if ur on a budget u can get ur self 2 cfl Bulbs and that should be good enough to get u thru the flower stage

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What wattage for the CFLs?

get at least 4x23watt and put on Y splitter

Or the highest ones you can find they won’t hurt ur plant and u can put them pretty much right on ur plant and it should be fine as long as the bulb isn’t touching and you should get a little bit more Yield . But you want a little more light to help in flowering. And just a side note if ur plants aren’t showing any little hairs yet you should think about adding an hr or to of light just to get a little bit more growth and that would definitely give you a little more yield. Remember indoors u have a lot more control of things

Havent updated the post in awhile, plant is well into the flowering stage now, still with the same LED bulb.


I got some COB LED's thanks to a fellow forum member but i just need to get them set up, but im thinking if just letting my few plants finish their flower and start new under the COB's

Another update on my girl, flowering very nicely, smells pretty good right now, i'm guessing another few weeks or so till harvest but of course only time will tell. Obviously not gonna be the best yeild but its perfect for a little one bulb experiment.