First time grow! Any advice!

5167aaron

5167aaron

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So to start of i currently have 25 plants about three days old, all under a 55 watt cfl. next week they will be put in a 7ftlong 4ftwide 3fttall grow box. enough room? inside lined with alum. foil and will be running at least 6 cfls at 55 watts. is that good enough? they are low grade mids which i plan on killing off all males! now with the dirt, go organic? and how big of a pot do i need for each one? theses plants are about 3 days old.

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spek9

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You need to re-evaluate your setup. First, tinfoil is not the way to go. Either paint with flat-white, or better, line with mylar.

Second, I doubt you'll ever get a good yield on that many plants with only 6 CFLs. If you've only got 3' height, you're going to have to flower them right away or they will get too tall.

-spek
 
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vida

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are you going for SOG? if not your not gonna have near enough room or light. I started flowering when they were about 12" tall and now they are near 3' tall but all strains are different. I set up about a 4'x8' wide and 8' tall closet with mylar all around. I only have 2 plants in the whole closet and a 1000 watt cooltube HPS at the top with two 150 watt HPS at the bottom. im running hydroponics it seems to me your going to have a closet full of cramped plants with nothing but stems! ive only been growing for about 8-9 months but ive done a lot with salt water fish tanks with coral and all and with that its very obvious that MH or HPS grow coral 2x better than any other kind of light I feel its somewhat the same with plants. don't go just on my opinion but that's my two cents
 
4twenty4ever

4twenty4ever

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I would go with 4 or 5 plants at most for your first grow. Thats about all you are going to be able to grow with 6 bulbs anyways. I am currently on my first and I have two plants under 3 23w bulbs (flower bulbs). I maybe could squeeze another plant in there and have enough light.
 
trill3ntertain

trill3ntertain

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Damn dude 25 bud plants why not just 5 only that's twenty five different questions and alot of responsibility with the wrong materials hah good luck broski
 
5167aaron

5167aaron

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i just bought more light some tube lights at 6500 lumens at 40 watts per tube. how much will i need and i have two plants in one pot
 
5167aaron

5167aaron

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and for the reflector assuming foil is good but ill buy flat white and how many watts do i need to run please im looking for quick yield at 3 ft how much do u think a low grade could put out
 
Cannanonymous

Cannanonymous

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5167aaron said:
i just bought more light some tube lights at 6500 lumens at 40 watts per tube. how much will i need and i have two plants in one pot
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2 plants in one space means that they will probably compete for the space and only one will live. I dont doubt your skills but id say all those plants is just a lot to have right now, I see neither space nor light for them. I got a cheap heating blanket at my local store, it was 4 bucks and it works just fine.

Here is the link for you to see it:
http://www.coleman.com/product/emergency-blanket/2000007843#.UpN10KVVhFI

Cheers!
 
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