First Grow/ Bag Seeds/ cfl veg to flow

[Geemoe918]

These are my babies 7day after being dirt (sunshine advanced mix#4)growing mix natural and organic, myco-active ,earth friendly coco-coir, no burn formula. Got them on an 19/5 light cycle 23w cfl x 3 daylight 1600L 6500k and 1 19w cfl daylight 1300L 5000k.... they are any where from 1to2 1/2 in. They are about 3in. From the light I'm really excited about this grow then its my very first time.... so any advice is good tell me what you guys think any questions I'm willing to answers


PS. ... tell me what you all think about my poor man or cheap grow box.. View attachment 3321733 View attachment 3321729 View attachment 3321730

 

[dabhe4d]

what are the dimensions of your growspace?
if thats tin foil, take it down.
Looks pretty small for 5 plants. you will have to look into some pretty nutty LST if you want to continue in that space. .. but even with that, 5 plants is alot.
What are your plans for lighting when they get bigger?
4 cfls wont be nearly enough for 5 plants.

 

[Geemoe918]

what are the dimensions of your growspace?
if thats tin foil, take it down.
Looks pretty small for 5 plants. you will have to look into some pretty nutty LST if you want to continue in that space. .. but even with that, 5 plants is alot.
What are your plans for lighting when they get bigger?
4 cfls wont be nearly enough for 5 plants.

Well it's 3ft.tall 2ft. Wide 18in.depth like said first time ever so help me out here...not sure of sex and i only play on keeping two of them not real sure what LST is show me point me in the right way to found out i got a e book on growing as well

 

[tomascat]

ur doin good at this time. let um grow and as long as u keep light on them, ur good. ull need 100 act. watt per girl to be safe but ive been where ur at my man. all will work for ya

 

[Geemoe918]

ur doin good at this time. let um grow and as long as u keep light on them, ur good. ull need 100 act. watt per girl to be safe but ive been where ur at my man. all will work for ya

Thanks... so do u thi.k i can get away with4x23watt per plant i'm only keeping 1or 2 dont know the sex yet then im thinking about gettin tent for flowering

 

[tomascat]

til u know sex, light means little so any will work. hell, ive used a 40w desk lamp in a pinch. 100 w act for ist girl then 50w per girl after that. cant have too many cfls. I had 25- 26w bulbs plugged into one room light wall plug with no issues

 

[desolation88]

As mentioned earlier, if that is tin foil you should remove it. Tin foil will cause hot spots and burnin of your plants. If you dont have a local hydro shop, order you some peel and stick reflective mylar. Now if you cant get the mylar go to your local Lowe's or Home Depot and buy some flat white paint and paint your grow box with that, because flat white paint is the next best thing to mylar, no2 with all that said your grow box itself is covered, now onto the plants. My first 2 grows were with cfls and cfls/led combo, without some form of training you will have an uneven canopy(which if you didnt know, with cfl grows, is a very very bad thing). So what i recommend you do one of 2 things: scrog, or LST your plants. Being your first grow im sure you dont know what either of those training methods are, so take some time and research them, doing one of these will take full advantage of the entire space you have while maximizing your yield.

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[Geemoe918]

As mentioned earlier, if that is tin foil you should remove it. Tin foil will cause hot spots and burnin of your plants. If you dont have a local hydro shop, order you some peel and stick reflective mylar. Now if you cant get the mylar go to your local Lowe's or Home Depot and buy some flat white paint and paint your grow box with that, because flat white paint is the next best thing to mylar, no2 with all that said your grow box itself is covered, now onto the plants. My first 2 grows were with cfls and cfls/led combo, without some form of training you will have an uneven canopy(which if you didnt know, with cfl grows, is a very very bad thing). So what i recommend you do one of 2 things: scrog, or LST your plants. Being your first grow im sure you dont know what either of those training methods are, so take some time and research them, doing one of these will take full advantage of the entire space you have while maximizing your yield.

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Its wrap in an emergency blanket i got them from Wal-Mart... im going to need some help with my lights need some ideas on the best way to hang them and with the space how many should i keep im hope to keep two or three...or one that i can lollipop

 

[desolation88]

Well i dont know what to tell you to do to hang your lights, when i used cfl my first grow i had a wooden cab that was homemade, and i had bored holes to run the cords for the light through therr and clamped em to a runner board up top especially for the lights. That being said, for yours you could make a stand with legs miunt 2-4 sockets across it then use splitters to make each socket have more capacity. Then you. Could just use blocks to raise the lights up as needed. Since you're using bagseeds you really need a flower tent so you can run 4-5 in veg till you can clone em, sex the clones then ditch the males, and continue training the fems

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[Geemoe918]

Well i dont know what to tell you to do to hang your lights, when i used cfl my first grow i had a wooden cab that was homemade, and i had bored holes to run the cords for the light through therr and clamped em to a runner board up top especially for the lights. That being said, for yours you could make a stand with legs miunt 2-4 sockets across it then use splitters to make each socket have more capacity. Then you. Could just use blocks to raise the lights up as needed. Since you're using bagseeds you really need a flower tent so you can run 4-5 in veg till you can clone em, sex the clones then ditch the males, and continue training the fems

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Like the lights idea and not quiet following u on the last part on find the male

 

[Dubbz415]

you should paint the box white reflects light and keeps the heat down check out my cardboard grow box thread

 

[Dubbz415]

and if you paint it i would use kills paint its water resistant then let all the fumes out for a few days before you put em back

 

[Dubbz415]

https://www.rollitup.org/t/new-grow-cardboard-grow-box.853944/

 

[desolation88]

well from seed they need to veg a month before they are mature enough to clone, you put the clones under a 12/12 light cycle and thwy will sex, you then will know which are male which are females

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[Geemoe918]

https://www.rollitup.org/t/new-grow-cardboard-grow-box.853944/

Nice how tall is your box and y white and not Mylar.... my babies r 9days old how old r the one in your video

 

[Geemoe918]

well from seed they need to veg a month before they are mature enough to clone, you put the clones under a 12/12 light cycle and thwy will sex, you then will know which are male which are females

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Think im going to build another box just for veg. And keep the one i got for flowering... what u think...and I started them on their nutrients 1/4 strong last night... will post pic later on

 

[Dubbz415]

Nice how tall is your box and y white and not Mylar.... my babies r 9days old how old r the one in your video

my box is 24" x 21" x 48" and i like the paint because it helps keep heat low and my plant is about 5 weeks

 

[desolation88]

I think if you keep the one you have now for flowering that you must train your plants, LST and topping or scrog, because what you must remember to expect is when you begin flowering, those plants are going to double in size at a minimum. ..so for instance if you begin flower at 1.5 foot tall, they will end flowering at a harvest size of 3+ foot MINIMUM.

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[desolation88]

you would have better luck in my opinion to build a 4-6ft tall cabinet and use it to flower and keep that 3ft box for veg, cuz if you veg to 3 ft tall thats more then enough for a decent yield. also using cfl you want a nice even canopy, if not you will have some buds that are dense and the rest will be airy and fluffy like cotton candy, and under developed. so if you grow tall plants without an even canopy you need to have some side lighting. its much easier to do a oittle training and have a 1.5 ft tall bushy plant with an even canopy over a 3 ft tall untrained plant, and with the trained one with an even canopy your yield will be better because of the training.

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[Geemoe918]

Here they are after feeding