dictate101
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I moved to the east coast recently and find it EXTREMELY hard to find good bud and trustworthy people. an ounce of some regular kindbud around my way is $450 - $500!!!! I tried to look on these forums to see if anyone around my area but thats just shady lol who the hell would trust me ? i sure as helll would not trust anyone pming me from a website lol. So i decided to begiin growing. I checked out my area got an aparment on the top floor in the corner facing the woods. I kept all my electricity on the last two months so my bill wouldnt bring any attention. I have read and studied these forums like a bible for the last month. EMAIL BILLYBOB WW - if it wasnt for you kind fellaz i would never have even dreamed of starting my grow. I ordered seeds from nirvana and recieved them promptly. My first grow(last week ) fucked up lol i put the seeds into rockwool without making the rockwool wet and put the less than 5in away from my 400w mh bulb waking up to BURNT seeds lol? 1 of them actually almost grew but i wanted to start from scratch and do it right. Im going to have questions at the end of this so please help a fellow grower out
i spent $1100 so far on this system. I know i got ripped off but i went to the hydro shop first. LOl they triple everything
what im working with
Put 6 seeds in a paper towel with ph 5.7 PUR filtered water
Put 6 1 in Rockwool Cubes in ph 5.7 water to sit over night
its current 72 degrees and the humidity stays at about 32-34%
As u can see i set my incoming air vent duct very very low and my exhaust vent duct at the top right near the light.
DAY 3 01/30/08
took rockwool cubes out of water
seeds are germinated
put seeds (root face down) in moist rockwool put in my hut and turn off all lights until i see green!
DAY 4 1/31/2008
Checked rockwool cubes still very moist already seeing roots expand and one seed isactually about to break the surface and go green!
Currently 76 degrees humidity 35%
DAY 5 02/1/08
Same progress my girls are trying to come up humidity and degrees are at the same optimal level.
Questions
I will keep updated daily with pics
Last pic of my closet closed shows what my room looks like when im not there. Kinda stealthy eh?
I moved to the east coast recently and find it EXTREMELY hard to find good bud and trustworthy people. an ounce of some regular kindbud around my way is $450 - $500!!!! I tried to look on these forums to see if anyone around my area but thats just shady lol who the hell would trust me ? i sure as helll would not trust anyone pming me from a website lol. So i decided to begiin growing. I checked out my area got an aparment on the top floor in the corner facing the woods. I kept all my electricity on the last two months so my bill wouldnt bring any attention. I have read and studied these forums like a bible for the last month. EMAIL BILLYBOB WW - if it wasnt for you kind fellaz i would never have even dreamed of starting my grow. I ordered seeds from nirvana and recieved them promptly. My first grow(last week ) fucked up lol i put the seeds into rockwool without making the rockwool wet and put the less than 5in away from my 400w mh bulb waking up to BURNT seeds lol? 1 of them actually almost grew but i wanted to start from scratch and do it right. Im going to have questions at the end of this so please help a fellow grower out
i spent $1100 so far on this system. I know i got ripped off but i went to the hydro shop first. LOl they triple everything
what im working with
- 6 already germinated skunk #1 seeds in rockwool
- 400watt HPS/MH Ballast
- 400w HPS bulb
- 400w MH bulb
- electric timer to have light imitate sunlight hours of summer
- 3 CFL's
- 22in Cooltube
- Hydroton
- 4in inline exhaust 171 cfm fan with carbon filter from HTG for $149.95
- 10 gallon resevoir hydroponic drip system
- Flora grow and bloom nutes(dont think im gonna use these on my first grow ;/ need suggestions)
- 20 x 36 x 64 in Hydro hut(look at pic if this didnt fit perfectly into my closet i wouldnt grow)'
- 1 in Rockwool cubes
- Digital Ph meter
- Digital ppm meter
- moisture meter
- ph up and down
- hygrometer/thermometer
- humidifer
- small circulation fan
Put 6 seeds in a paper towel with ph 5.7 PUR filtered water
Put 6 1 in Rockwool Cubes in ph 5.7 water to sit over night
its current 72 degrees and the humidity stays at about 32-34%
As u can see i set my incoming air vent duct very very low and my exhaust vent duct at the top right near the light.
DAY 3 01/30/08
took rockwool cubes out of water
seeds are germinated
put seeds (root face down) in moist rockwool put in my hut and turn off all lights until i see green!
DAY 4 1/31/2008
Checked rockwool cubes still very moist already seeing roots expand and one seed isactually about to break the surface and go green!
Currently 76 degrees humidity 35%
DAY 5 02/1/08
Same progress my girls are trying to come up humidity and degrees are at the same optimal level.
Questions
- When i transplant these babies to my hydro system.... how often do i water them by turning on the pump? Ive heard numerous answers for this the hydro shop guy told me to keep them on all day lol? From my studies ive learned 3 times a day is the medium? Ive also learned to check the moisture and just water off of that? If any one could clear this up that would be great
- As u can see i have not set up my carbon filter yet.. Im lost on this. I have a 171CFM inline fan takes heat out of the room. How often do i turn on this fan? by my calculations it should clear the whole room of the air in it in less than 2 mins.. how many times a day do i run this? and to just take the exhaust air coming out of the fan and duct it to the collar of the carbon filteR? does the filter stay in or outside of the hut? NEED help on this one
- c02 is my main concern. im on the east coast its fucking cold here. I cannot open the windows that much every day. I have 3 air ionizers/purifiers runnign around my bedroom.. is that enough? will i need a co2 suppliment?
I will keep updated daily with pics
Last pic of my closet closed shows what my room looks like when im not there. Kinda stealthy eh?
