I planted a few bag seeds and now have 2 seedlings approx. 1 week old. One got off to a bad start and was lying on the dirt but she perked up. She's green but has hardly grown any. The other 1 is growing, but definitely slow. I have no idea what the strain is so I guess I'll just have to be patient. I'm working on getting more lights. I think I will stick with CFL for veg and add some HPS in a month or so. Here are some pics and details of my lights. I'm growing in a 40x22 inch closet. I just moved my lights again as seen in the last pic. I used some Scott's potting soil that I had on hand. The pics give details of lights, etc. Any feedback is appreciated. http://www.weedfarmer.com/gallery/woohaaa1st
Lookin good...Just a tip you may want to have those CFLs run horizontal since the majority of their light comes off the sides of the spirals...
Looks fine for a week old. My plant took ages to get to the point it is now (doing very nicely at the mo). Read through all the forums & growing tips and be patient and they should be fine!
Thanks Vokal. I've been reading and reading and reading like a maniac!!! Now all I can do is wait. lol I just read about CFLs being horizontal earlier. I'm going to make a hood with a 180 cage that one of my guinea pigs came in. I'll line it with an emergency blanket and string the CFLs through it. I'm getting 3 more so by next week I'll have six for a total of about 10,800 lumens. I'm also going to figure out how to hang them horizontally since I won't need those reflectors anymore. A mystery thingy popped up in Angel's cup today. I put it in a seperate little cup to grow it out to see what it is. Could be a late seed perhaps?? Or just a weed from the potting soil?
lol...waiting is always the hardest part...glad to hear your reading and learning as much as you can...thats one of the keys to insure a successful grow...sounds like you have some good plans for a new light, can't wait to see it finished and in action (i'm sure the plants will love it to)...oh and good call on giving the "mystery plant" it's own cup, who knows might as well grow it out and see!