SWIM needs help growing his first plant! Helpful criticism and advice needed!

Hey guys! My friend SWIM is real blazed out right now and is wondering if he is doing shit right. SWIM is using 2 parts MG organic potting mix, 1 part perilite, and 1 part vermiculite as a soil medium. He Just germinated some seeds last week and planted them. Here within the last couple days SWIM's sprout emerged from the soil to indulge its adventure in life. SWIM is currently growing in a closet and personally just wants to grow 1 female plant for personal consumption (SWIMS tired of shady dealers that give you shwag with seeds and stems as the main component of the weight). SWIM is using 2 CFL 6500k daylight bulbs for his 1 sprout at the moment. Hes trying 24/0 as his lightning schedule as his first grow because SWIM spends too much money on pot and is limited on money to go buy supplies like a vacation timer. Just a few questions based on my pics.

1.) How big should SWIM grow based on the size of HIS closet?
2.) Are the pots in SWIMs picture too big/too small to transplant into?
3.) How does SWIMS sproutling look? Healthy? It looks healthy to me. Green as green can be with no nute burn.
4.) any other constructive criticism for SWIM as a first time grower would be appreciated

tell swim he needs to chuck some dirt in around that sprout so it dont fall over and get the light a lil closer like an inch

is that another seed on the left in the cup with the sprout??? one plant per pot if so .......swim needs a safer shelf for his fan..........swim wont have to worry bout filling the closet till he gets alot more light ....... the pots will be fine

SWIM already received the information . SWIM will throw more soil around his sprout to keep it upright and move the lights closer. This is not SWIMs field of game. SWIMs field of game was growing cubensis. Its his first time trying to grow a plant so any information would be helpful. Also, SWIM read about flowering stage. Can I flower with my 2 6500k lightbulbs? or would it be good to go buy a pack of 2700k blue? SWIM is not entirely sure of how to get more lights in his closet because
1.) No outlet in closet (have lights and fans wired through the wall)
2.) Don't understand electricity too much so SWIM is just using a light socket and a desk lamp with the CFL bulbs in it

If an electrician could chime in and tell me how to rig more lights and the setup it would be great

wayno30 said:

is that another seed on the left in the cup with the sprout??? one plant per pot if so .......swim needs a safer shelf for his fan..........swim wont have to worry bout filling the closet till he gets alot more light ....... the pots will be fine

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Yeah I-- *COUGH* SWIM took it out though when I realized you're better off just germing 1 seed per cup

6500 is blue 2700 is red and u should go buy a real light the cfls work but not great u can flower with them but your gonna have lil bitty buds if your bound and determined to use cfls u just need a bunch of the y connectors and some clamp lights look around plenty of inspiration on here...........u wont be the first to spend two hundred bucks on cfls when u coulda bought a real light

How tall is the closet? The seedling looks healthy but stretched a little. Put the CFL's about an inch away. 2700k bulbs are for flowering.

wayno30 said:

6500 is blue 2700 is red and u should go buy a real light the cfls work but not great u can flower with them but your gonna have lil bitty buds if your bound and determined to use cfls u just need a bunch of the y connectors and some clamp lights look around plenty of inspiration on here...........u wont be the first to spend two hundred bucks on cfls when u coulda bought a real light

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SWIM is on a limited budget and like I said, SWIM is only growing for personal consumption. I've seen a lot of plants around here and grass city do just fine growing with CFLs but I know a real halogen light would be so much better. With the clamp lights you're talking about, i looked some up on google. They all have metal domes over the top like lamps. Would a Y connector fit in there? and the clamp light has the plug, right? I was thinking of investing into 2 CFL 2700ks, 2 y connectors, and 2 clamp lights. So I'd have a total of 4 CFL 2 daylights 2 blues for 1 plant. Would this not do?

blimey said:

How tall is the closet? The seedling looks healthy but stretched a little. Put the CFL's about an inch away. 2700k bulbs are for flowering.

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I'd say 7 feet tall if I removed a shelf which I COULD do if it gets too tall and what do you mean? Tall ass stem? Yeah I noticed that. Will it still grow? Does that mean its going to be a big ass plant? Because I remember a big ass seed.

ive seen other people use a power strip w the light sockets that plug right in ........

the tall stem is cause your light was too far away...... stretching.......

I could do that if I had an extension cord laying around. Power strips cord is too short to stretch through the closet wall to the closest outlet. Like I said I need more help with lighting, the setup, what to do, and how to install it. Let me tell you, my second CFL light i installed yesterday i wired and made myself. A socket wired to a cord pretty much. I didn't wire it right the first time lol. Plugged it in and I received 120v to the head for 5 seconds until I realized I was getting my shit shocked. Didn't feel good. Oh and a thought that is on my mind. When to start giving nutes? said my soil does it for 2 months. I am using the MG plant food spikes as fert. I talked to a horticulturalist and he told me instead of just spiking them deep in the soil like you're supposed to, instead to crush the little sticks of fert up, and sprinkle it around the plant dispersing through the whole pot and give it a good water afterwards. OH and I don't know anything about the PH of my soil and cant buy a tester. So Im praying for no nute burn and using distilled water so i dont fuck PH up. (I love having so much left over after cubensis)

take the spike out u dont need fertilizer right now ......u shouldnt have to worry too much bout ph with soil

wayno30 said:

the tall stem is cause your light was too far away...... stretching.......

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Thats strange. I think It germinated that tall without lights though my brother. But I also think I added the lighting a little late. I wasnt sure exactly when to give it light. After its germinated and put in soil? or after i see green leaves?

I think i'm just going to replant it in my biggest pot. and if its a male. Ill shoot myself. Just kidding ive got multiple sprouts ima grow just so i get 1 female.

i touched the main power going into my grandmas house when i was cleaning her gutters years ago there was alot of sparks and i fell off the roof still got the scar on my wrist

LOL at "SWIM is my blazed friend" LOL

wayno30 said:

take the spike out u dont need fertilizer right now ......u shouldnt have to worry too much bout ph with soil

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Oh I havn't put the spikes in yet. Im asking when to start giving fert and if the spikes'll be fine if i crush em up, disperse in pot, and water?

Notgrwncannabis said:

Oh I havn't put the spikes in yet. Im asking when to start giving fert and if the spikes'll be fine if i crush em up, disperse in pot, and water?

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Oh wait.. thought this was "swims" plant? Ooops.

swim could do what im doing and it would be easier shit its my 1st time growing anything and look at this.i dont know the size of the box but its a nice sized cardboard box.inside painted flat white with 3 computer fans 1 bringing in air 1 laying down circulating it and 1 for exhaust.7 26w cfl 6500k bulbs and im using coco to grow with the goodies and 2 in the closet 1 mutated and is growing 2 tops

now were getting somewhere