First grow/journal CFL stealth dinafem WW auto,barney Pineapple Express auto

jeffblack

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Hello everyone im starting my first grow in less that a week the seeds have been shipped so im going to give a rundown of what im going to do. This is a steath CFL 3 plant grow. I am growing 2 dinafem white widow auto and a barneys farm Pineapple Express auto. Soil meduim in 3 gallon containers (not shown).
as of right now there are 184 watts three of the 23 w bulbs being 2700k three being 6700ishk(blue).
I plan on installing a rotating fan for air circulation which should help the heat problem as the exhaust path is not the most efficient.
As this is my first grow I would love any recommendations I am on a budget but if a case is made for something i will do it.
the dimensions are on a piece of paper i cant find but its about 3 feet tall 18in wide and 4 feet long.
im going organic but with a local soil we dont have any good nurseries here.
 

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Update just bought the soil I will be using ferti-lome ultimate potting mix and 25% perlite. just waiting for the seeds to come in to germinate also cleaned up the space. Any recommendations on soil amendments would be appreciated.
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jeffblack

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yea i know what you mean i just checked out your grow looking good who knows maybe we will end up helping out eachother haha.
 
I got them greenhouseseeds.nl, but they dont deliver where i am cuz my location is just the same as yours hahah.. but i got a friend who lives in Amsterdam.. so then he just sent them to me after he got them.. my next purchase will be from attitude tho, they deliver to the moon if they needed to..
 

jeffblack

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Yea the only pain is actually paying them from the US haha I can't use my card due to reasons i cant discuss but they actually did take my cash in a regular mail envelope. I just wrote the order number on a sticky note sent it in and hoped for the best. My order status changed to shipped yesterday so they are good for their word.
 

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Update
Seeds have sprouted using the wet towel method now they are on 24 hour cycle. May put some nutes in on friday at 1/6th or 1/8th strength havent decided. My box is turning into a shitshow duct tape is not good for fixing metal to wood learned that the hard way. walked in to my room and lets just say it was VERY bright.
They are still babies only sprouted on 4/7.
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jeffblack

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one week update**
probably am going to continue to update every sunday night. its when im most likely to be high enough to bother
Seeds have sprouted and continue to grow you can begin to see the first node develop.
I have realized that my air passive air intake is too small and my fan is too weak I have decided to purchase a new one probably t-150x or whatever that inline fan is called.
I am watering very rarely and i think the plants are happier for it only every 4 or 5 days.
I have decided to name them Brutus and Abraham.
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lord knows I need it imbetween school and this project my funds have dropped significantly! I am going to have to spend an additional 100$ just to get this thing close to being done. The light leak is bad enough that I turn off the whole cab when people come in.
 

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Update week 3
i have seen a substantial amount of growth this week and will do my first feed next water. I have also finally activated all of my lights.
Brutus and Abraham are doing good but I'm beginning to worry that I'm causing wind damage to Brutus so i went ahead and took the fan off. I have begun using lst on them.
 

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UPDATE WEEK 4
The plants have really started growing now they are also much happier now that they are getting 80w each. I made a few mistakes this week however I have fixed a lot of the problems in the system. Abraham suffered from a bit of stretching I made the mistake of lowering the pot and the distance was too far causing bad stretching. Brutus is fine.
I have began fertilizing this week with fox farm tiger bloom. I am going to push them harder this week on the nutes because i think they can take it with the increased heat and light.
I have also replaced my ventilation system with a larger interior fan. it has reduced the temperature drastically. I should be recieving a new 400 cfm fan this week which will solve any heat problem i have.
 

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UPDATE WEEK 5
sorry this week is going to be a bit half assed. I have gotten very busy and while the plants havent had it bad by any means I have slacked on installing the new fan.
Abraham and Brutus are doing well they have started feeding with fox farm tiger bloom and love it. Both have been getting LSTing regularly I am seeing close to 12 flowering points already so it should be good when the time comes in a month.
Abraham unfortunately had a growth spurt one night and decided She(didnt think through the whole naming thing) wanted to touch the bulbs. Needless to say she got a bit burned on that branch.
 

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