Any advice/opinion for first time grower

TigerSquad

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First off, lose the aluminum foil. It's not doing you any good and just holding on to heat. Go up to Amazon and order you some mylar blankets. They run about 10 dollars for a pack of 10 or 20 of them. Just use those and tape or glue to your cardboard. They'll reflect over 90% of your light and be a vast improvement.

Secondly, keep the lights closer as you start out. It's a bit late now, but the closer you can keep the light, and if you top them a few times, you'll be able to get a lot lower, bushier plant that'll give you more in the short space you have.
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First off, lose the aluminum foil. It's not doing you any good and just holding on to heat. Go up to Amazon and order you some mylar blankets. They run about 10 dollars for a pack of 10 or 20 of them. Just use those and tape or glue to your cardboard. They'll reflect over 90% of your light and be a vast improvement.

Secondly, keep the lights closer as you start out. It's a bit late now, but the closer you can keep the light, and if you top them a few times, you'll be able to get a lot lower, bushier plant that'll give you more in the short space you have.
First off, lose the aluminum foil. It's not doing you any good and just holding on to heat. Go up to Amazon and order you some mylar blankets. They run about 10 dollars for a pack of 10 or 20 of them. Just use those and tape or glue to your cardboard. They'll reflect over 90% of your light and be a vast improvement.

Secondly, keep the lights closer as you start out. It's a bit late now, but the closer you can keep the light, and if you top them a few times, you'll be able to get a lot lower, bushier plant that'll give you more in the short space you have.
And while your right the foil isn'
I have 3 indicas and 1 sativa clone under 4 2 foot 24 watt t5's 8000 lumens all in coco with some nutrients is this a decent set up? I'm on a budget i keep humidity at 28-40 percent temperature at 68-75 at night lights off only fans running and during day 75-83 they are at veging
Also TacoMac is right Mylar is a far better choice. But you can use the foil as long as its dim side up. I know it sounds like the opposite of what you want. Of you reassure both sides with a luxmeter, you'll have more useable light per what ever the measure is. But until you get the cash up use what you can. (look at construction sites tho. Lots of reflective materials).
 

Booker t

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I really like that used the space available. I did something similar. But I use cfl I ran into a problem with my oldest. She is hitting the top of my cabnit I built. To bring the plant down so I can flower her. I'm slowly pulling a string tighter that is tied to the top and it's bending her down. You should flower soon
How much bigger do they get during flowering?
 

Booker t

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And while your right the foil isn'

Also TacoMac is right Mylar is a far better choice. But you can use the foil as long as its dim side up. I know it sounds like the opposite of what you want. Of you reassure both sides with a luxmeter, you'll have more useable light per what ever the measure is. But until you get the cash up use what you can. (look at construction sites tho. Lots of reflective materials).
OK thanks I will look upmylar blankets
 

pergamum362

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For the t5 and your plants..go to home depot or local shop and pick up 2 feet or so of hard plastic trellis, the small kind with 1 to 2 in square holes, and build a small frame, attach trellis to frame and weave the plant through it. "Scrog", google that term. You will thank me later.
 

pergamum362

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They will often times double or triple in size when flowering, the trellis scrog method can be used effectively to combat this amd increase yields under low lumen or even hid lighting exponentially.
 

miketaco

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I have 3 indicas and 1 sativa clone under 4 2 foot 24 watt t5's 8000 lumens all in coco with some nutrients is this a decent set up? I'm on a budget i keep humidity at 28-40 percent temperature at 68-75 at night lights off only fans running and during day 75-83 they are at veging
u will learn a lot after this run... many people already suggested good ideas for yea keep reading up... if it was me i would be careful on how long u veg out they are going to stretch in flower mode and will be hitting the lights in no time... i like the budget setup make sure to lock out the light as much as u can so none gets in once u go into flower mode...the white walls will reflect more light than the foil kind of mention above... the lights should be good for veg and flower if u want to get all techy with it u can but ive got a setup just as ghetto and i used my lights all the way worked fine... once ive got it going i learned a lot and i still use it why? cause it just works yea i got a tent with better lighting fans room ect. but i still use my ghetto cab it dose the job as well
 

TigerSquad

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How much bigger do they get during flowering?
It's really up to how you get her. Topped supercroped fimmed. Etc and if non of that I've seen outdoor plants get over 6 feet and wide. For inside tho
u will learn a lot after this run... many people already suggested good ideas for yea keep reading up... if it was me i would be careful on how long u veg out they are going to stretch in flower mode and will be hitting the lights in no time... i like the budget setup make sure to lock out the light as much as u can so none gets in once u go into flower mode...the white walls will reflect more light than the foil kind of mention above... the lights should be good for veg and flower if u want to get all techy with it u can but ive got a setup just as ghetto and i used my lights all the way worked fine... once ive got it going i learned a lot and i still use it why? cause it just works yea i got a tent with better lighting fans room ect. but i still use my ghetto cab it dose the job as well
I agree I like a simple set up my grow box is getto as fuck. The only thing I paid for was the seeds and light bulbs. I either had it laying around my house and figured out a way to use it. Or I pulled it from construction dumsters. Yeah you can get wire or some kind of lattice work fencing to make a (trellis) lol. But I'm not sure lattice is the way to go I would use wire with a 1"-2" square knock outs. I've seen horizontal set ups and vertical. I don't think it matters which. Its just away to reinforce the heaviness of dank buds hanging from a long green dingle berry. Only its bud. Lol
 

TigerSquad

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I had my indica outdoor but it wasn't doing good brought it back in think I could get back to normal or is it a lost cause?
Also the sativa gets taller then indica I believe and if your pic servs me it's the tallest on in the picture?
 

TigerSquad

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Its on the far right ya it is growing kinda faster than my indicas
Sat. Is not really a good plant for inside because it gets taller Indy. Will grow like fat and short if you train it right. But you can train her. All plants can more or less be trained.
 

TigerSquad

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I had my indica outdoor but it wasn't doing good brought it back in think I could get back to normal or is it a lost cause?
And none of those plants are a lost cause. Dude. Your doing way better then I have. I started with bag seeds and I've killed 2 of them and a 3rd might, but 4 and 5 (My youngest) are rocking shit. But for real knowledge is the best tool you can use to grow. You will make less mistakes and have better results. I wish I would have had known some of the stuff I do now.but you learn from your mistakes and move forward. Progress for the sake of the bud
 

THE KONASSURE

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tin foil + electricity + water can make for some bad times

I would seal it up better but build in airflow make a set up so you can put the lights higher if you need to when they get taller
 

TigerSquad

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tin foil + electricity + water can make for some bad times

I would seal it up better but build in airflow make a set up so you can put the lights higher if you need to when they get taller
Yes make sure you have adjustable lights you're gonna be moving shit around a lot trying to find something to hold them up and it might hurt the plant. So go to the hard were store and look for ratchet ropes for storing bicycles or get them online. I will say tho my state isn't legal but I've found the local shops to be very helpful with the supplies I need. But good luck you got this. Just becareful and use common scense. It will get you throught most of it.
 
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Booker t

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Yes make sure you have adjustable lights you're gonna be moving shit around a lot trying to find something to hold them up and it might hurt the plant. So go to the hard were store and look for ratchet ropes for storing bicycles or get them online. I will say tho my state isn't legal but I've found the local shops to be very helpful with the supplies I need. But good luck you got this. Just becareful and use common scense. It will get you throught most of it.
I got some heavy duty zip ties I hung t5 at highest point to get the most use out of small space I have and just place boxes or something to elevate pants while small and remove boxes once they get bigger
 

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TigerSquad

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I got some heavy duty zip ties I hung t5 at highest point to get the most use out of small space I have and just place boxes or something to elevate pants while small and remove boxes once they get bigger
I would flower soon as you're gonna need the room. Ivebnever seen the growth part of the flower process but i have a plant that tall (3 indys) and 2 that are much shorter (but much tighter node spacing. And I'm flowering all to see which fill the space the best.
 
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