new here & first time grower.

ADHighD

New Member
damn, sorry for crazy first post, it wasn't giving me anywhere to type, just gave me the option of smileys! :(

ok, so fixded it! can now introduce my self and my babies.

im matt, 30 y/o adhd sufferer, from uk, i grow my own medicine now, cause im sick of buying crappy deals and getting ripped off all the time, due to my location, top floor flat, im using CFL to reduce heat signature, electricity consumption etc.

this is my first real grow, i did have a plant last year, which was just grown in my living room, becuase my living room gets sunlight from 10am till sunset, its brightest room in the flat. but the yeald was poor at best, so this time round, i've converted an old mostly unused junk cupboard, into my grow room, this cupboard used to house the old heating system, so luckily, i've not had to bother with filters as i just pump the exhaust straight out the rooftop through the old flu pipe.

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2 plants on the grow at the moment, light brown pot is a sativa?, dark brown/black pot is an indica? i dunno if i spelled them right, dunno what "brand" they are, they are in the 6th week of flowering & i've been giving them plain tap water (tap water round here is very good, good to the point i dont need to treat it before i stick it in the fish tank) and bio-bloom, 100% organic , liquid plant feed, 5ml to 1 litre of water, also i remebered from last year, when i had the plant in my living room, i was giving it fishtank water as nutrient, seemed to like it too, so have been giving them fishtank water 1ce a week.

im aiming for a mid-september crop, with no water given in the last week to let them dry out a bit.

had no issues really, the occasional mushroom pops up, but i just remove them.

how am i doing? i dont think too badly tbh, it is all about learning :) and smoking :)
 

ArCaned

Active Member
Looking good, gratz on your first proper grow! A few handy pointers with using CFL's : 1) The lumen droppoff rate is very high, so you need to position the cfl's as close to the leaves as possible to get maximum efficiency. This is a problem when you allow the plant to form its usual christmass tree shape as only the top of the plant is near the cfl resulting in low yeilds. The best solution I have found is to LST/+SCROG the plants to create an even canopy. This way you can position the CFL's close to a much higher percentage of the plants leaves. 2) More watts = more buds. Pretty simple to understand, you should be cramming your cupboard with as many cfls as possible, the smaller the wattage of the cfl the more efficient it is (the opposite of HIDs). So 10 x 12w bulbs are vastly more efficient than 1 x 120w bulb. Gratz on your buds, and good luck with your future grows! From a fellow UK grower ;)
 

fir3dragon

Well-Known Member
your 6 weeks into flowering, with no filter and your exhausting outside if im reading correctly? i suggest a filter for every grow room... no filter then everyone can smell it.. if u want ppl to smell it grow outside cuz u would get better results.
 

ADHighD

New Member
your 6 weeks into flowering, with no filter and your exhausting outside if im reading correctly? i suggest a filter for every grow room... no filter then everyone can smell it.. if u want ppl to smell it grow outside cuz u would get better results.
bro, im in a top floor flat, so unless you're 50ft tall, you aint smellin where its comin from :P
 

hbbum

Well-Known Member
Seriously, they may not know for sure, but if they smell outside they may get curious and start poking around. That includes your landlord(appears you are renting). Best not to cheap out on security, if on the cheap there are home built ones in the DIY section you can make easy and low cost.
 
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