Bosgrower
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You should look in n your neighbors at https://www.rollitup.org/t/new-beginnings-for-massachussetts-and-i.931764/
But in any case, welcome
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TrashPanda
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Blue Mystic Autoflower from Nirvana. Just shed it's shell. Going to get a journal started here soon. Wish me luck!
Bosgrower
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@Carlos_Danger ... Welcome.
Without knowing anything about your indoor setup or your local latitude and climate I can't comment on the wisdom of starting your seeds outdoors and then moving them in. Personally, I'd start them indoors where they won't be exposed to insects, rodents, unwanted spores, etc., veg them long enough to take clones and then take them to flower. But that's just me.
Although it sounds like a good idea creating parallel grows with different technologies, you're looking at a double workload and double expenses for nutes. Personally I find it challenging to deal with a single medium grow without letting the process take over my life. But that's just me.
As for the lighting issues, what's the grow environment like? 1 tent/room or separate veg flower areas? What are the sizes and ceiling heights? There are some really good options for LED fixtures both DIY and ready to hang but I'd need to know what you consider a reasonable cost and what micro mole density you want to achieve.
In any case, good luck with your grow.
Without knowing anything about your indoor setup or your local latitude and climate I can't comment on the wisdom of starting your seeds outdoors and then moving them in. Personally, I'd start them indoors where they won't be exposed to insects, rodents, unwanted spores, etc., veg them long enough to take clones and then take them to flower. But that's just me.
Although it sounds like a good idea creating parallel grows with different technologies, you're looking at a double workload and double expenses for nutes. Personally I find it challenging to deal with a single medium grow without letting the process take over my life. But that's just me.
As for the lighting issues, what's the grow environment like? 1 tent/room or separate veg flower areas? What are the sizes and ceiling heights? There are some really good options for LED fixtures both DIY and ready to hang but I'd need to know what you consider a reasonable cost and what micro mole density you want to achieve.
In any case, good luck with your grow.
Carlos_Danger
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Thanks for getting back with me. I definitely hear ya on the "outdoor grow" part of my plan. I've never grown outdoors before and was interested in seeing how the 3 methods would compare. I think it's a good idea to take your advice on starting them indoors. I'll still take a couple of cuttings and move one of each outside just to see how things go. I won't get so bent out of shape if they bomb as I'll have others. I'm about middle latitude of the US in the Eastern time zone.
As you mentioned about the different nutes and such for the different methods, that's why this was a "plan". I haven't convinced myself to get that complex on my first step back into the scene.
My grown environment will start in a closet. I'm not set on a tent yet, but it'll probably happen sooner rather than later. I'll be working in roughly a 3x3 space with ceiling heights at about 8 ft. My tent will most likely go 4x4ish.
As of now, veg and flower will be in the same space until I get a new light. I really want to keep the energy use down. After obtaining the new light, was thinking about using 400 w mh to veg and flower under a stronger LED (just a thought).
I haven't looked into DIY Led yet, but I've seen it mentioned before and it definitely piqued my interest. Perhaps you could point me in a direction to start reading.
Bosgrower
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Here's the defacto primer on DIY LED
Here's a link for RIU content
https://www.rollitup.org/f/led-and-other-lighting.124/
http://ledbuilder.org/index.php
If you survive all of that I'll be happy to share my own experience with DIY
2x4 veg tent with 2 5000K Quantum boards with a 1050ma driver
5x5 flower tent with 16 50w COBs mixed 3000K 3500K 4000K with 1400ma drivers
Here's a link for RIU content
https://www.rollitup.org/f/led-and-other-lighting.124/
http://ledbuilder.org/index.php
If you survive all of that I'll be happy to share my own experience with DIY
2x4 veg tent with 2 5000K Quantum boards with a 1050ma driver
5x5 flower tent with 16 50w COBs mixed 3000K 3500K 4000K with 1400ma drivers
Carlos_Danger
Member
Thank you very much for that! Once I get off work, I'll dig into that with ferocity. Hopefully there's a glossary for all the terminology.
2x4 veg and 4x4 flower seems perfect for me and maybe a few acquaintances to benefit from.
Sanitas Vibrationum
Active Member
Hi there, been lurking around for a couple of years. Joining in to participate in conversations and share my little experience. 2 4x8 tents with CXB3590, CLU048 and Vero 29 DIY fixtures (20 Cobs over 3x6 at 50W each per tent) and Hanse panel 180W. Growing Tahoe OG and GG4. Too late for a journal at this moment. Will be throwing one out here next run.
HORRAS
Member
Morning all,first time grower here,started growing at the end of summer(outdoor grow) (not a good idea) so I built a polytunnel greenhouse.one plant is 5 inches at 53 days from planting the seed.
DFitzz
Member
This is my first grow and I'm on a low budget, my plants have been growing for about 10 days now and everything looks great minus first leaves are a bit rounded and look like they were burnt but when they initially sprouted they looked like they had orange hairs on it, but other than that I still need a few things that I'll have to get over the next few weeks like nutrients, better soil, another fan and maybe a better grow box since mine is falling apart from the humidity. Is there anything else I can do to help my plant grow better? Or ideas for my upgraded grow box? I'll send pictures of current setup
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HORRAS
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There are white hairs coming out of my plant,does it mean it is flowering?
Bosgrower
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Does look that way ... what's your light schedule? You didn't mention what strain it is but it seems early to be showing sex in veg
Bosgrower
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Happy to make suggestions but first ... what is your budget and what are your goals as a grower?
Illuminati85
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I will tell you now that you have plant stretching going on so what ever light source you are using isn't strong enough which is why your plant is stretching trying to get closer to the light you need to beef up your light supply if you can or put them outside in the sun. Good luck.
Illuminati85
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You said those plants are 53 days old right? So it's perfectly normal for them to start showing sex at this age, usually 4-6 weeks in, the female will preflower. Not a big deal it's roughly a 90-120 day plant unless you have autoflowers. Keep on going looks good.
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HORRAS
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My ladies are outside in a diy greenhouse,I've got heat and humidity and fresh air sorted out,it is the end of autumn beginning of winter so about 10 hrs of sunlight.the strain is Bubba kush cbd.she is only 54 days old.
DFitzz
Member
I have almost everything I need besides really good lighting, soil, and nutrients. I'm currently working on a pvc pipe grow box. I have about 125$ right now to work with
DFitzz
Member
Outside is not a possibility, I'm using 3 very strong cfl's that mimic real sunlight so my guess is that the light is not close enough I may also invest in a light dome to direct the lighting downwards better, I also have another 1600 lumen soft coloured cfl, can I put one of those bulbs in for now? I'll attach the bulbs I'm using and the ones I bought for flowering, it's my first grow so I'm only using cfls
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DFitzz
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I'm just looking to get a couple ounces of decent quality stuff for personal use every few months
Kentucky_Organics
Member
Hello!! New to RIU I have grown just a few plants this summer I will have about 10 out there!! I will need help as I have never grown outdoors before. Can't wait to meet new people and get some awesome knowledge