Hi, at the beginning I want to apologize in advance that I am not from an English speaking country, so there will probably be a lot of mistakes in the text so take it easy
I am a complete beginner and this is my first grow. feel free to comment anything. I like to learn new valuable advice and listen to every opinion.
I will try to describe every single step in detail so that you can comment on what I am doing wrong and how it could be improved.
I would like to start by saying that I am not interested in much revenue at all. All I need to do is be able to grow a few grams for personal consumption myself to make it as stealth as possible and on a budget.
Some of you may not like me for the following words, but the LED grow light from aliexpress is ideal for my parameters.
I bought for 15 euros, unnamed ´1000W grow led light´ at the output I actually measured 45W which is not bad for the money at all.
The idea to make a thread here on the forum came to me later, so I didn't take a picture of everything…
I made the Growbox from an old cabinet with dimensions of 50x50x60cm. There is one 12cm pc fan for IN, and 2 x 12cm pc fan for OUT together with a home-made carbon filter. And one 10cm pc fan for blowing and circulating air inside the box.
For the carbon filter I used activated carbon from the aquarium shop for 2 euros, a smaller and larger can + women's nylons - the total amount for a diy filter = about 4 euros.
I used a rescue thermofoil from a first aid kit to distribute the light in the box. Somethink similiar to mylar, but not as effective, but also its for free.
To monitor the temperature and humidity again aliexpres - sensor for about 1 euro.
I like the idea of aeropot, so I made my own pot at home. The flowerpot is made of an old ice cream container + I drilled holes in the bottom and sides for better air circulation. At the bottom some rocks for better drainage.
In the photos there is a partition in the middle of the flower pots to divide it into 2. I changed my mind and then I put it away ...
I used Biobizz Light Mix in pots. I have a basic set of Bio Grow, Fish Mix, Bio Bloom for fertilization, I will dose according to their official table.
I chose the seeds from a proven GHS seed bank, specifically Francos Lemon Cheese, mainly for taste and effects + I studied the characteristics of the variety and with proper training, the plant will be lower and bushier instead of growing tall. And great for FIMing and LST.
I planted 2 seeds, both grew and they did very well. Photo from about the day 10 of growth.
Growbox conditions were still constant during the day humidity 60% and temperature 26C overnight 22C.
On the 20th day of grow I both FIMMed at 4th node with this result :
About a week later I started LST them (~27day):
However, on the 30th day of growth, a catastrophe happened ...
I had to leave the apartment for 5 days, I do not know exactly when it happened but all the fans in the box stopped working (bad contact) and the plants remained in the box without air exchange. When I arrived I found them almost dry. The temperature in the box was almost 36C ... for at least 3 days ... I don't have photos but one plant didn't survive. All the large leaves withered and fell off. It took almost 3 weeks for the plant to come together relatively and new shoots start to grow..
The second plant was a great warrior and survived.
The plant started to grow again, but it slowed down a lot ... this is a photo from the 50th day ...
As I mentioned, the plant started to thrive again and grows like crazy.
I made a SCROG box net and attached it over the plant.
The plant is nicely bushy and long on the veg stage so I decided to switch it to a flower on day 55.
Today is the first day I switched the sun to 12/12 and added fertilizer for the flower.
I am a complete beginner and this is my first grow. feel free to comment anything. I like to learn new valuable advice and listen to every opinion.
I will try to describe every single step in detail so that you can comment on what I am doing wrong and how it could be improved.
I would like to start by saying that I am not interested in much revenue at all. All I need to do is be able to grow a few grams for personal consumption myself to make it as stealth as possible and on a budget.
Some of you may not like me for the following words, but the LED grow light from aliexpress is ideal for my parameters.
I bought for 15 euros, unnamed ´1000W grow led light´ at the output I actually measured 45W which is not bad for the money at all.
The idea to make a thread here on the forum came to me later, so I didn't take a picture of everything…
I made the Growbox from an old cabinet with dimensions of 50x50x60cm. There is one 12cm pc fan for IN, and 2 x 12cm pc fan for OUT together with a home-made carbon filter. And one 10cm pc fan for blowing and circulating air inside the box.
For the carbon filter I used activated carbon from the aquarium shop for 2 euros, a smaller and larger can + women's nylons - the total amount for a diy filter = about 4 euros.
I used a rescue thermofoil from a first aid kit to distribute the light in the box. Somethink similiar to mylar, but not as effective, but also its for free.
To monitor the temperature and humidity again aliexpres - sensor for about 1 euro.
I like the idea of aeropot, so I made my own pot at home. The flowerpot is made of an old ice cream container + I drilled holes in the bottom and sides for better air circulation. At the bottom some rocks for better drainage.
In the photos there is a partition in the middle of the flower pots to divide it into 2. I changed my mind and then I put it away ...
I used Biobizz Light Mix in pots. I have a basic set of Bio Grow, Fish Mix, Bio Bloom for fertilization, I will dose according to their official table.
I chose the seeds from a proven GHS seed bank, specifically Francos Lemon Cheese, mainly for taste and effects + I studied the characteristics of the variety and with proper training, the plant will be lower and bushier instead of growing tall. And great for FIMing and LST.
I planted 2 seeds, both grew and they did very well. Photo from about the day 10 of growth.
Growbox conditions were still constant during the day humidity 60% and temperature 26C overnight 22C.
On the 20th day of grow I both FIMMed at 4th node with this result :
About a week later I started LST them (~27day):
However, on the 30th day of growth, a catastrophe happened ...
I had to leave the apartment for 5 days, I do not know exactly when it happened but all the fans in the box stopped working (bad contact) and the plants remained in the box without air exchange. When I arrived I found them almost dry. The temperature in the box was almost 36C ... for at least 3 days ... I don't have photos but one plant didn't survive. All the large leaves withered and fell off. It took almost 3 weeks for the plant to come together relatively and new shoots start to grow..
The second plant was a great warrior and survived.
The plant started to grow again, but it slowed down a lot ... this is a photo from the 50th day ...
As I mentioned, the plant started to thrive again and grows like crazy.
I made a SCROG box net and attached it over the plant.
The plant is nicely bushy and long on the veg stage so I decided to switch it to a flower on day 55.
Today is the first day I switched the sun to 12/12 and added fertilizer for the flower.
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