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Old 11-03-2004, 09:18 AM
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Cheap ass ghetto setup... works.

I started up some bag seeds (didnt want to waste the good ones). Since i have since gotten rid of my nice hydro set up, I wanted to try to make a cheap setup to show my friend how easy it was. I am using a rubbermaid tote, 20 gallon i think. i have aluminum foil on the inside all except for the lid. it has some plastic wrap on the upper side right under the lid. I am using a 40 watt "Receal Bulb", which is housed in a reptile light that my snake jsut doesnt need anymore. Energy isnt a concern. (doesnt use crap) also i threw a computer fan on the side and cut a hole for that. the temp stays right around 79 degrees (farhenhiet) durring light hours and around 70-72 durring night hours. it feels comfortable in there. I am using miracle grow soil. it is 30-10-10. I know not good btu hey it is worth a try. here they are 1 week old now and i have 3 that are 3" so far so good.

out of the 8 that were in there only 4 are still growing.

I also set up a 10 gal fish tank outside with a soil medium, and put aluminum foil on the backside to get more light in durring natural light hours. they started to grow too tall. and toppled over. so i put a couple of toothpicks on some of them to help support them. now there are 3 out of the 6 that are still growing the other 3 have curled up and died. I was wondering anyone have any suggestions to improve on this cheapo method that i am using. I wil be glad to set up my camera so you can see exactly what is going on.

No fert is being used thankfully. I am using a mister which i purchased form walmart. and i mist the inside ones once a day. the humidity is staying right around 50%. now should i make the temp. higher? anyone have any clues as to what i can do to try to make this a "good" or "decent" setup?

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hopefully this works right. these are some pics of my 1 week old babies. the indoor grow box. i will try to get some pics of the crappy outdoor setup i have but that will happen later. for now i want to make these babies grow as good as they can.
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Old 11-03-2004, 10:20 AM
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i know its not easy to see them, but the last one is of the lid, with the light bulb in the middle. and the other ones are of the inside, the foil makes it real ahrd to see... but there are a total of 4 plants in there. and well i will wait another week and take another pic.
 
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Old 08-15-2008, 10:44 PM
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Re: Cheap ass ghetto setup... works.

be careful growing them in one container. roots get entangled and kill each other off.
also I like being able to remove the boy plants without disturbing the ladies. I would jam in some sort of metal or plastic dividers in you grow box.

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Old 08-15-2008, 10:52 PM
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Re: Cheap ass ghetto setup... works.

What kind of light is that? And don't forget aluminum foil is much better at reflecting heat than light.
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Re: Cheap ass ghetto setup... works.

Dont ever use tinfoil man..
It makes conjoined rays which focuses light on parts of the plants, and causes burns n shit.
Flat white is the best.
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Re: Cheap ass ghetto setup... works.

so wait you're saying that you've successfully grown weed before? I somehow doubt that given what you just described what you are doing now.

so many things i would consider wrong.

1) Some crazy 40 watt reptile bulb? definitely not suitable for growing even one, much less three plants. Do you even know what kind of spectrum it is?

2) tinfoil as reflective material? that's a no no.

3) growing multiple plants in the same pot. gonna cause a ton of problems. namely they will become competitive and at least one will likely become dwarfed.

4) they're growing really tall because you don't have nearly enough light and they're stretching, dieing to get more light. You definitely shouldn't need a support system that early. Typically the only time when support is used it when either a) buds get to big for the stem to hold upgright b) whilst training it, you broke a branch.

5) over half of them curled up and died most likely because of your miracle grow soil and lack of light. if you don't completely re-do your setup soon, i doubt any will survive to flowering, much less harvest.

Honestly it'll be a miracle if you get one plant to flower. Do some reading and research and figure out what it's really gonna take to grow some decent bud.

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Old 08-16-2008, 06:07 PM
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nah, i heard you can use foil obvos its not the best but of course it will work

i think your just meant to use the dull side as it wont create heat spots
 
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Re: Cheap ass ghetto setup... works.

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nah, i heard you can use foil

From the looks of your setup, you also heard a lot of other things that aren't true.

You would be better off scrapping this project as lesson learned and trying again after more reading and planning.

All the information you require to be a success at growing is HERE! It has been put together over years of research and has been recovered using GOOGLE so that the quality information available within it stays available.

Please stop by the site and spend some quality time reading before you try this again.

Nothing beats a healthy plant grown correctly from the very beginning.

Be sure to stop by here again when you have more detailed questions that are too difficult for you to research out yourself. Everyone here will be more than happy to help you out at that point.

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Re: Cheap ass ghetto setup... works.

wtf do you think was used before mylar? foil and paint, foil has worked and half the time its the creases in foilthat causes hotspots, you CAN use foil but its hard to use.

allthough, i would be shocked if this works dude ;/
 
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