Let me hear your ideas, and help me grow!..

Well Hello!..

This is a first grow for me, and im waiting on my stuff to get in to build my micro grow cabinet.
the cabinet i have is 44" tall, 15"wide, 25"deep. thats inside measurements.
here is a link to my box details, and maybe an idea for a box of your own.. grat prices! free shipping! cant beat that shit..
Heavy Duty Crate Style Affordable Cable Trunks Inside Dimensions 44" x 21" x 15"
ready box for your needs.

im going to go with CFL mostly, i like the stealth and low energy.

my main bulb is the Lotus Dual Spectrum. and im not sure on other light i will use at this point.. maybe some LED if i can ever find out whats the best to go with, 90w ufo, or led spotlight, or whatever..

thats why im making this Thread... The whole World of like minded peers have some damn good input, and i can use any bit of good help.

Thanks for any Tidbits u may bring!..

what do you think?

saw that this morning, only day two.
after soaking in a cup of water over night, they went into the paper towle and into the ziploc bag. works pretty good as u can see..
the three down the middle with the most growth i knew they would be the best, they sank first while the others floated till the next morning i swirled the cup around and they sank too.. im not 100% its the same 3 lol but pretty sure it might be..
these are just the best bag seeds ive collected over the last few months, (all Dank seeds).
im just running these to see how my box dose before i use my GOOD seeds, (ill list my strains at a later date)
this is just the start.
stay tuned!

I like that box idea, upright that would get you decent heigh for a micro-grow.

thanks man, thats how im doing it. upright with the door swinging and latch lock.
ill have a nice bit of space.

You germinated quite a bit different then I am used to, why did you soak them in water AND use the paper towel method?

Just wondering...

thats the way i read to do it in this book i have by Jorge Cervantes.. lol
so i gave it a shot.. and it worked pretty good.

how do you do it? if u dont mind me asking

I haven't yet.. but I read either of the two separately. But never together, I'll give it a go!

Soak overnight in water, then paper towel method inside a ziplock, but for how long?

sorry about the late reply. just got home from work..

What i did was got a glass of, all i had was tap. so i got a full cup and left that set out for 24 hours.
then i got my bag o' seeds, and sorted out what looked like the weakest. the light colors or just small. i kept the darkest with the best markings on them.
dumped them into the cup, and let that sit for about 24 hours in the window that dose not get much sun light, idk if thats good or bad.. lol but it worked nice..
so after 24 hours go by i dumped most of the water and the ones that were still floating i trashed. so i kept about a shot glass worth of water at the bottom with the seeds that were at the bottom. got three paper towels, kept two together and one seperate. folded the two so it had a thick bottom to soak up and hold more water, but not to flood them and cut off air.
then with the last fold of the two paper towels i folded over top of the seeds.
then with the single one i just filded it over to have in total (2 actual thicknes sheets of paper towel) and a sponge size bottom to hold plenty of water.
then just put it in a ziplock with plenty of air in it, if that matters idk.. and kept it in the low light window, and maybe like an hour in the sun light in the other window in my room..

So now i just got home and looked at them and have shown it to work pretty damn good.
id say they are ready for soil. maybe..

ill post a pic in a few..

AnyWho.. here's the up to date pic of the seedlings!

so yeah i kinda Rigged up something just to hold up for a day or so..
i wanted to get them in soil. and this is all i had to use at 3:30 am..
never really had this thought thru, always wanted to, and just did...
so now i will see how far these go, really ony care to have one or two.. so i will do trile and error with ideas ive had for this build project. and if all goes as i think it will.. ill have my Good girls growing fat as fukk and know how to use this box pretty well by then..
i will be going thru differnt ideas for LST.. and id like to see what could possibly kill one, er make one Thrive.. im new to all this kind of chit and really like the thought of having so much to smoke and a hobby at the same time.. a secret box of Gnarly

So that's the little holder creation i made.
The baggies have a little hole in the bottom.. And i mean little.
They will get some good light tomorrow.
I'll see how well this works till i have to change into something else.

If anybody knows a good idea please feel free to speak up...

These other pictures are some bud i got tonight. Shits pretty fire.
Not sure of the name.
Crazy how different the colors are with my flash on and off..
Well IM stoned and rambling.. laterz peeps

So yea... uh i didn't know that picture was upsidedown.. well shit fuck it.

Sun up. Lay down.

Hey there!
I've been busy at work. So i haven't had time to post the progress...
But here is an up to date peek.
still have them in the make shift i put together. LOL
But its working for now.. i will move them to something else on my day off.
well IM gunna go toke up n water these guys. Got some MW3 to play.. :smoke:its time to relax

PS. i dont know how to not post upside down pix... lol:confused:

Edited by TG42, 17 June 2012 - 05:15 AM.

Looks like your posting pics from Australia man (upside down) lol. I like the idea of your crate. I've never used a lotus bulb personally but I have been using CFL's for all of my grows. 3 so far each time I got a healthy yield.

I like the CFL's because you really don't have to think too hard about ventilation because they aren't going to get super hot. Check out my thread to look at how I setup my cab. Might give you inspiration.

Lmao!
G'day mate.

Yeah i decided not to get the lotus right now.
i just ordered a 120w cfl
http://item.mobilewe...d=360376150266

Will that be fine for veg and get one for flower?
Or will i need more for veg?
IM new to all of this.

Rule of thumb is 100w for the first plant and add 50 for each additional plant.

120w CFL will be of good use for vegging 1 or 2 plants. I would suggest mounting it horizontally so that more surface area of the bulb is exposed to your plants. I'd also suggest trying to rig up some sort of reflector.

You can DIY this pretty easily with something like a foil turkey pan, or if you want it to look more 'pro' grab a 6 inch HAVC duct, cut it in half and shape it yourself.

I'd also suggest trying to rig up some sort of reflector.

You can DIY this pretty easily with something like a foil turkey pan, or if you want it to look more 'pro' grab a 6 inch HAVC duct, cut it in half and shape it yourself.

I've seen many people simply use half a Pepsi can or whatever, not sure how reflective it really is but if your in a pinch it would work

Yea, Blackweeds is right. A soda can will work but I think it might be a little small for that huge light you bought. If you do go this route try to superglue 2 of them together.

Yea, Blackweeds is right. A soda can will work but I think it might be a little small for that huge light you bought. If you do go this route try to superglue 2 of them together.

Also a good thing to do is cut the bottom off, and open the sides like a proper lamp shade type thing. Hard to explain but I'll post pics if I remember. I would also coat the inside with Mylar the stuff that emergency Blankets are made of.

Edit:

Edited by BlackWeeds, 18 June 2012 - 04:33 AM.
added photo.