160w fluorescent grow under $100 total.

[shrubsmokes]

Sold my last growbox so I decided to do something cheap just for fun. Grow some bagseed for under $100. Ill update every week or so till the end.

Im starting this 22 days into the grow and ill I have to say is growing with fluros is slow.

April 1st germinated 6 bagseeds, 5 "commerical" seeds and 1 "high grade" seed in cups. I picked the best 2 and tossed the other 2. On the 7th I transplanted them into 1/2 gallon pots. On the 20th I transplanted again into 1 gallon pots.

Bagseed: free (kinda)

soil: $7
ferts: $11

pots: $1.76
trays: $.88
safty blanket: $1.99
thermometer: $.99
rocks: $free
chili cheese fritos: $.99

2 4ft fluorescent fixtures: $18
2 warm bulbs: $7
2 cold bulbs: $5
timer: $8
fan: $12
extension cord: $2.99
water container: $free
chlor out: $2.49

pic of the lights on to see the warm cold setup.

Basically I just lined soma cardboard ($free) with the safty blanket because I didnt want to tape it to the wall and lean the lights up against the pots vertically. Keep it stupid simple. It looks like this.

And heres where im sitting right now at 22 days since beginning of germ. The bigger one is the "commerical" seed and the small is a "high grade" seed.

 

[shrubsmokes]

27 days veg. Ill have to get new bulbs on the 1st. In between the last post and this i gave them they're first feeding and pinched them both.

 

[shrubsmokes]

BTW feel free to comment or ask questions.

 

[shrubsmokes]

32 days veg, got new bulbs on the 1st.

 

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37 days veg. Starting a bit of N def I think.

 

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Well i switched everything up a bit, went over budget but my plants were looking like shit and i dont like the idea of smoking wierd chemicals from the crappy nutes i had. Im still well under $150.

I transplanted to cheap organic topsoil in 5 gal buckets.

I only water with RO water.

The nutes i use are bone meal, blood meal and fresh wood ashes.

plants are looking much better.

 

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56 days veg. 1 foot tall.

 

[bigd921]

when do you plan to flower?? how far away do you have your lights??

 

[shrubsmokes]

when do you plan to flower?? how far away do you have your lights??

Ill go 12/12 on the first of june. (62 days veg) The lights lean right up against the plants.

Heres a pic of the current setup.

 

[bigd921]

yep they are growing slow but hell they are growing I am curious to see what happens when you flower so I am pullin up a chair

 

[shrubsmokes]

yep they are growing slow but hell they are growing I am curious to see what happens when you flower so I am pullin up a chair

Yeah the slow part bugs me but i like how they stay so compact and bushy. Tons of nodes for only a foot tall and the main stems are about as big around as a marker. Im interested to see what happens when i flower too, im really tempted to use my 400w HPS but i might as well finish them off on fluros. Judging by the slow groth i dont see alot of smoke comming out of this but hey im only using 2 $8 light fixtures.

 

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66 days old 5 days into 12/12. Ill get new bulbs as soon as they show sex.

 

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well the "high grade" was a male so i cut it and made some hash last night. smoked some this morning got me pretty f'ed up.

 

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70 days old, 9th day of 12/12. one was a male so i pulled it, the other is a confirmed female. got new bulbs, both fixtures (4 bulbs) are on the one plant. not sure why the pix are so blurry.

 

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77 days old, 16th day of 12/12. first bloom fert was today.

bored lately so i got a 500ml flask and a pull slide kit and made this little water pipe.

 

[bigd921]

nice pipe...... how long do you think you will have to flower before she is ready?

 

[shrubsmokes]

nice pipe...... how long do you think you will have to flower before she is ready?

thanks it works pretty good too. its hard to say how long, its been pretty slow going. my guess would be 50 more days, but who knows.

 

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88 days old. 27th day of 12/12. still fighting with a bit of a mag def because i never did get my hands on some sulpomag so i started watering with epsom salt.

getting a little bit frosty

 

[kenaz]

Looking good for a budget grow... ya gotta love those buds.

 

[shrubsmokes]

Looking good for a budget grow... ya gotta love those buds.

hey thanks.