nanookofeclectic
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Any time man.
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mdjenks
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im starting my first hrydro grow with the cool cab using a digital ballast and a 400w hps and a 400w conversion MH and I have a 10 gallon back up reservoir.
I have some good seeds. acapulco gold, lemon skunk, ladyburn 1974, tangerine dream, great white shark, ak47, ak48, black jack, head band, bcn diesel, and big bud.
the bcn diesel and ak47 is auto so i will run it first. my set up has 8 sights and a top shelf with 72 clone plugs and a florescent tube light to keep them alive. I'm also using the lucas system as well.
any pointers?
I have some good seeds. acapulco gold, lemon skunk, ladyburn 1974, tangerine dream, great white shark, ak47, ak48, black jack, head band, bcn diesel, and big bud.
the bcn diesel and ak47 is auto so i will run it first. my set up has 8 sights and a top shelf with 72 clone plugs and a florescent tube light to keep them alive. I'm also using the lucas system as well.
any pointers?
VictorVIcious
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Welcome to the forum, probably just isn't set up to work the way you expected. If you GoAdvanced you will [probably know what to do after that, if not I posted one way to put pictures in a post on page 10 of this thread, several others have too.
A pointer would be, do not try to start with 30 strains. VV
oneyejacks
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What's up everyone. Gonna try my first grow. I ordered a mix of 5 feminized indoor seeds from Nirvana and will wait the 7-14 or so biz days for em. Half the fun is to see what I got! Got 2 closets to grow in and will probably do a grow thread to share and get help along the way. Gonna do a CFL grow from start to finish and will make this as cheap as possible. If I can get 3 of these seeds to grow into plants I would be pretty happy. Next post probably if/when when seeds arrive!
CoffeeLover420
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Hello Guys. I am new to growing and new to this site. I got my clones a couple days ago and transplanting tonight. My clones are about 6 inches tall and curently in dixie cups. the soil needed to dry a little before I transplant. they are going into 4 gallon buckets i am a little confused about watering and feeding. any help would be great!!
Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot
nanookofeclectic
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Water them when the top layer of the soil gets kinda dry and crusty. Or you can do it by weight. When you water the transplant in see how much the container weighs. When it dries ou tit will be a lot lighter. As far as feeding goes start out with half of the recommended dosage and feed every other watering. work the dosage up from there to full strength over a few weeks. Hope this helps.
Gracefly
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Hey Guys, Grace here! I just wanted to share some photos to show you how much progress I've made since starting. Although i have a long road ahead of me ;p
Okay, the first two pics are of my two biggest plants. As you can see the first is quite tall and has gone through quite a growth spurt since I last posted. The second is the first in the bunch to sprout its 5th leaves. The last three are the set ups that I have had since starting. The last picture is the current set up.
Toke it up guys
Okay, the first two pics are of my two biggest plants. As you can see the first is quite tall and has gone through quite a growth spurt since I last posted. The second is the first in the bunch to sprout its 5th leaves. The last three are the set ups that I have had since starting. The last picture is the current set up.
Toke it up guys
nanookofeclectic
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You should try lowering your lights, Grace. The plants being that tall isn't a good thing. It means she's stretching to get to the light source.
Gracefly
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I have just recently lowered my lights there were a lot higher however with only having two lights i cannot lower them too much they are just about 1 1/2 ft. above the tallest plant now. Like I said before I really have no idea what I am doing, but thanks to this website i have started correcting my mistakes. Thank you for the advice ^_^
nanookofeclectic
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No problem. =) If you're using CFLs They can almost be touching the plant with no problems. What kind of lighting are you using?
Gracefly
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Umm, right now its actually not the best haha. I think its one 250 watt infrared heat light and one 75 watt flood light. It sucks, I know. Im actually quite confused on what lights to use could you help? I'll change them as soon as I get paid.
nanookofeclectic
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As far as cheap and efficient goes I like florescents. CFLs are good to. I use a 4ft floro shoplight with 2 6500k bulbs. The fixture is about $10 and the bulbs are about $7. The pic is of my stoneage growroom. lol.
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Gracefly
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see i thought mine were looking a bit too tall and not "fluffy" enough. They dont have enough foliage but my fiancee said they looked fine.. although neither of us know what were doing haha! Your plants look great, and honestly the grow room isn't that "stone-age" lol if it works that's all that should matter ^_<
nanookofeclectic
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True that. LOL. Yah, you deff want to get some better lights on them. The flood and heat lamp don't produce the correct spectrum. You are blasting them with red spectrum light and in the veg stage they need blue spectrum. When you go to look for new lights, look at the package the bulbs come in. You're looking for a number that ends in "K". For the veg stage you want 6500K. It shines almost a blue-white. When they start to bud they need the red spectrum light. Around 2500K if I'm not mistaken. And thank you very much! I'll tell my girls you said so.
They sprouted on 10-23. Check out this website when you get some free time. It helped me a bunch. http://www.marijuanagrowguide.net/Home.html