1st Grow... Working with what I got!

REALSTYLES

REALSTYLES

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I myself use rockwool and a simple drip to res system (DYI cheap with great results) but has grown in soil used 600 watts before. Depending on how many plants and how long you are going to veg will determine the size of the pot you are gonna use. I grow monster plants

Blue Dream
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Grand Daddy Purps
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And now I'm doing this. Tell me how many plants there are in this pic?

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Make sure to keep the light not too close not to burn your plants if the light is too far the plants will stretch and become lanky. I use 1000 watt now for bigger yield.
 
captbooyah

captbooyah

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Ok... lets try this again. I got home and was thrilled at all the reading I had waiting for me... LOL, and I started to reply to a lot of things... Then my Internet decided to take a crap and disconnect for 30 minutes... lets just say thank god for solitaire! Haha

Capt Jaz... something about a purple CFL??? I saw a blue one at home depot... here are the specs for the blue one:

  • 3-Way : No
  • Actual Color Temperature (K) : 0 K
  • Assembled Depth (in.) : 2 in
  • Assembled Height (in.) : 8 in
  • Assembled Width (in.) : 4.75 in
  • Average Life (hours) : 8000
  • Bulb Application : General, Decorative
  • Bulb Category : Fluorescent
  • Bulb Diameter (In.) : 2
  • Bulb Length (In.) : 4.7
  • Bulb Type : Fluorescent
  • Color Temperature : Soft White
  • Color/Finish : Blue
  • Commercial/Residential : Commercial/Residential
It comes in a variety of color, but it doesn't have any actual color temp. Not sure if this is what your CFL is like, but wanted to make sure you double check. I thought these bulbs were a great idea 'til I read the specs. LOL

REALSTYLES... awesome grow man... I'm guessing only 2 or 4 plants in the last pic ???

dbkick... I love our phone conversations... LOL... and I don't consider it 'jacking'... by all means, let this be a wealth of knowledge to everyone on any subject that needs answers!!!
 
captbooyah

captbooyah

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I was actually looking at the same ones (ballast with both 6500K and 2700K bulbs), and its about $100 cheaper than the MH/HPS system... still haven't made any official decisions... LOL, it's all a matter of pressing one button or the other.

I currently have the JOY of having my mother here ALL DAY!!! So it's going to be slow-going post's today (LOL< slow-going for slow growing)

Didn't get a chance to hit the store last night... smoked all night instead (which was MUCH needed!)

Temps are 81 with 37% humidity...

Once the baby goes down for a nap, its going to be a 'smoking n wrapping' marathon.

Merry X-mas!
 
captbooyah

captbooyah

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Mom is finally gone!!! YES!!! Going to go help a friend wrap her x-mas presents (she's colorblind, so she's not very good at picking out bows and ribbon and shit like that if ya know what I mean). Lol, and I will be setting up my cheap $20 light system later tonight... easy fix til I get the real things.
 
captbooyah

captbooyah

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I am feeling so fucking ingenious right now!!! I put together my little light system, and if yal don't mind me tooting my horn a bit, I'm F-ING PROUD!!! So I got 3 Y splitters, 3 socket/outlets, a power strip (surge protected) and 6 new 60 watt 6500K daylight full spectrum CFLs (obviously the little ones) I was having a bit of trouble as how to hang them above the plants... and this is where the ingenious comes in... LOL... I took a chaffing dish rack (the thing that holds the pan of food) and flipped it upside down... low and behold, four legs just turned into four hanging places... so I fit the power strip with all the lights secured to the rack, taped that Son-of-a-bitch together with packaging tape (only thing i really had) and hung it with yarn on my pre-existing hooks. All I had to do was run another extension cord from the wall to the power strip and presto!!! I can adjust the height anytime with the yarn and my babies are getting some bright ass light up close and personal. ... I will post pics as soon as I find out where the fuck my phone is... (its ok if I dont find it, bc I'm getting a new one for x-mas LOL) After I turned the lights out and walked into the dark basement, all I could see was 6 bright ass spots!!! LOL... really happy I figured that one out. I should get some sleep... I have a full day of baking ahead of me, not to mention the rest of the f-ing x-mas presents I haven't wrapped yet. Gotta love the holidays, love 'em even more when their over!!! Hahaha... I mean HO HO HO!!!
 
captbooyah

captbooyah

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Just wanted to share a 'stoner moment' thought with ya... Wouldn't it be awesome if people posted pictures of decorated 'trees'... we could could vote on the best decorated bud!!! Who needs Christmas trees... I'm just kidding! Tired, but the kid decided it would be a fun idea to get up at 4:30, and not go back to bed. I think she's getting sick, which sucks! And I am pretty sure it is my mom's fault. They were both coughing all day (probably because she turned my heat down to 62 bc apparently she thinks 71 cost too much $$$- and she's right but GD! 62!!! 67 maybe... I live in michigan you crazy bitch! LMFAO) Looking forward to smoking with my Father-in-Law on Christmas... Love that old man!
 
Captain Jaz

Captain Jaz

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captbooyah said:
I am feeling so fucking ingenious right now!!! I put together my little light system, and if yal don't mind me tooting my horn a bit, I'm F-ING PROUD!!! So I got 3 Y splitters, 3 socket/outlets, a power strip (surge protected) and 6 new 60 watt 6500K daylight full spectrum CFLs (obviously the little ones) I was having a bit of trouble as how to hang them above the plants... and this is where the ingenious comes in... LOL... I took a chaffing dish rack (the thing that holds the pan of food) and flipped it upside down... low and behold, four legs just turned into four hanging places... so I fit the power strip with all the lights secured to the rack, taped that Son-of-a-bitch together with packaging tape (only thing i really had) and hung it with yarn on my pre-existing hooks. All I had to do was run another extension cord from the wall to the power strip and presto!!! I can adjust the height anytime with the yarn and my babies are getting some bright ass light up close and personal. ... I will post pics as soon as I find out where the fuck my phone is... (its ok if I dont find it, bc I'm getting a new one for x-mas LOL) After I turned the lights out and walked into the dark basement, all I could see was 6 bright ass spots!!! LOL... really happy I figured that one out. I should get some sleep... I have a full day of baking ahead of me, not to mention the rest of the f-ing x-mas presents I haven't wrapped yet. Gotta love the holidays, love 'em even more when their over!!! Hahaha... I mean HO HO HO!!!
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I love it when a plan comes together! ;-P
 
Captain Jaz

Captain Jaz

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captbooyah said:
Just wanted to share a 'stoner moment' thought with ya... Wouldn't it be awesome if people posted pictures of decorated 'trees'... we could could vote on the best decorated bud!!! Who needs Christmas trees... I'm just kidding! Tired, but the kid decided it would be a fun idea to get up at 4:30, and not go back to bed. I think she's getting sick, which sucks! And I am pretty sure it is my mom's fault. They were both coughing all day (probably because she turned my heat down to 62 bc apparently she thinks 71 cost too much $$$- and she's right but GD! 62!!! 67 maybe... I live in michigan you crazy bitch! LMFAO) Looking forward to smoking with my Father-in-Law on Christmas... Love that old man!
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Lmao! Great minds think alike! I just posted a thread about that! >.<

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/395078-so-wheres-all-festively-decorated.html
 
Stoner.Barbie

Stoner.Barbie

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captbooyah said:
I am feeling so fucking ingenious right now!!! I put together my little light system, and if yal don't mind me tooting my horn a bit, I'm F-ING PROUD!!! So I got 3 Y splitters, 3 socket/outlets, a power strip (surge protected) and 6 new 60 watt 6500K daylight full spectrum CFLs (obviously the little ones) I was having a bit of trouble as how to hang them above the plants... and this is where the ingenious comes in... LOL... I took a chaffing dish rack (the thing that holds the pan of food) and flipped it upside down... low and behold, four legs just turned into four hanging places... so I fit the power strip with all the lights secured to the rack, taped that Son-of-a-bitch together with packaging tape (only thing i really had) and hung it with yarn on my pre-existing hooks. All I had to do was run another extension cord from the wall to the power strip and presto!!! I can adjust the height anytime with the yarn and my babies are getting some bright ass light up close and personal. ... I will post pics as soon as I find out where the fuck my phone is... (its ok if I dont find it, bc I'm getting a new one for x-mas LOL) After I turned the lights out and walked into the dark basement, all I could see was 6 bright ass spots!!! LOL... really happy I figured that one out. I should get some sleep... I have a full day of baking ahead of me, not to mention the rest of the f-ing x-mas presents I haven't wrapped yet. Gotta love the holidays, love 'em even more when their over!!! Hahaha... I mean HO HO HO!!!
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your so smart! i love it. it does feel good when you figure something out huh. lol we don't plan we emprovise...............
 
captbooyah

captbooyah

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improvising is all you can do sometimes... I like to think I'm just creative. Thinking outside the box! Imagine a box with all the 'squares' in it, now imagine all the space around that box, overflowing with free thinking, amazing people. Thats were I want to be.
 
captbooyah

captbooyah

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Finally back home... feels like we spend just as much time driving as we do with our family... and even though I didn't get any sleep last night, we still had a really nice christmas. So what did everyone get???


The first set of true leaves are getting huge on my 1 plant, and i can see tiny little first leaves starting to form on my other two sprouts. This full daylight CFL set up has made them grow a lot more than they had before.
 
budlover13

budlover13

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Glad to hear you made it home safely. My wife got me the best Christmas present that I can remember since my first bike. Not going to have cigs in it for long since I'm quitting, but that'll just leave more room for my meds!
 
Captain Jaz

Captain Jaz

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budlover13 said:
Glad to hear you made it home safely. My wife got me the best Christmas present that I can remember since my first bike. Not going to have cigs in it for long since I'm quitting, but that'll just leave more room for my meds!
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Is that a blue berry rizla? I like those! *nom nom* :)
 
dbkick

dbkick

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budlover13 said:
Glad to hear you made it home safely. My wife got me the best Christmas present that I can remember since my first bike. Not going to have cigs in it for long since I'm quitting, but that'll just leave more room for my meds!
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Good luck with the quitting, its a nasty needless habit, nicotine is a poor excuse for a drug too. I smoked for 30+ years, in the end I'd worked up to 2+ packs a day(count the 12 beers a night and thats some serious shit), people all around me talking about quitting, some even going to a hypnotist (all 3 of those failed) . I run a application on my phone as a reminder , its called smokers statistics and tells me how long I haven't smoked, how many cigs I haven't smoked in that time, how many dollars I've saved, life gained in day. Says I quit 2 years 3 months 17 days ago, saved about 6k , life gained 163 days. But anyway I wish you luck, its a nasty habit to break, I quit cold turkey on my birthday , for months and months later I wanted a smoke, I have people that smoke all around me and pretty much anymore it doesn't bother me. I knew this one woman who quit for 7 years then suddenly picks it back up, thats insane and won't happen to me. Now xanax on the other hand may or may not be a problem of mine(haven't gone without for awhile).
 
Captain Jaz

Captain Jaz

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dbkick said:
Yo flavored papers.......gayish!
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Well I never buy them tbh, and most I have tried are shit, but the blueberry ones are tastey. Though I'd much rather use normal papers and fill it with something like blue cheese weed if I was after taste.
 
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