Sir.SmokeAl0t
Member
Hi all,
For a while now I have been looking through this forum's many threads and decided to post my own as I felt my questions were not answered. I have decided to grow three auto flowering strains (Sweet Dwarf , Cristal Storm, and the 60 Day Wonder) indoors. I chose these three strains as they are well reviewed and can all be harvested in 65 days! for me, outdoors was not a choice, and auto flowering, well for a first time grower I think it would be best. I have set up a grow area for these three plants, but I want to make sure that I don't mess up, that's where you guys come in, im no expert on growing. My first question, the lighting, I have read that 4,000 lumens per plant will provide a good yield, so I have 8 23W CFL's producing 12,000 lumens, each one hanging from a different cord about 10-20cm apart with lifting and lowering being possible. Is this amount of lumens good enough? and I realize the grow space matters of course, I have about 3 giant cardboard walls making a semi-rectangle , with the other half being the wall with a white paint and the top touching the roof, so barely any light gets out. The inside facing part of the cardboard "walls" are taped with aluminum foil, the only possibility i had ( no paint ) for ventilation, i have a standard 30cm diameter fan. Oh, and I forgot to mention, several of the CFL's have high quality reflectors. My second question is, the pot size, I bought 3 pots that are about 1.5-2 liters in volume, is this big enough for these small plants or do I need larger ones? My third and final questions is about the fertilizer, I bought a standard fertilizer for all plants since special ones were not available at my local store, about how often of this standard fertilizer ( no big difference with standard fertilizers from around the world i presume) should I add with the water, 20%?60%? and just about how often.
Thanks in advance,
Sir.SmokeAlot
For a while now I have been looking through this forum's many threads and decided to post my own as I felt my questions were not answered. I have decided to grow three auto flowering strains (Sweet Dwarf , Cristal Storm, and the 60 Day Wonder) indoors. I chose these three strains as they are well reviewed and can all be harvested in 65 days! for me, outdoors was not a choice, and auto flowering, well for a first time grower I think it would be best. I have set up a grow area for these three plants, but I want to make sure that I don't mess up, that's where you guys come in, im no expert on growing. My first question, the lighting, I have read that 4,000 lumens per plant will provide a good yield, so I have 8 23W CFL's producing 12,000 lumens, each one hanging from a different cord about 10-20cm apart with lifting and lowering being possible. Is this amount of lumens good enough? and I realize the grow space matters of course, I have about 3 giant cardboard walls making a semi-rectangle , with the other half being the wall with a white paint and the top touching the roof, so barely any light gets out. The inside facing part of the cardboard "walls" are taped with aluminum foil, the only possibility i had ( no paint ) for ventilation, i have a standard 30cm diameter fan. Oh, and I forgot to mention, several of the CFL's have high quality reflectors. My second question is, the pot size, I bought 3 pots that are about 1.5-2 liters in volume, is this big enough for these small plants or do I need larger ones? My third and final questions is about the fertilizer, I bought a standard fertilizer for all plants since special ones were not available at my local store, about how often of this standard fertilizer ( no big difference with standard fertilizers from around the world i presume) should I add with the water, 20%?60%? and just about how often.
Thanks in advance,
Sir.SmokeAlot