Hello all, I have been trolling this site for quite some time and have finally begun my first indoor grow. First, and foremost, I would like to thank all of you who have taken the time to share their knowledge; I really appreciate it, as it has given me the confidence to get started. Enough with the babble.... Okay my set-up: I am growing in a closet that is 2ft. x 5 1/2ft. Currently in a 5 gal. rubbermaid container Each net pot has a 2gph drip and recycled glass as medium 4 100w cfl (6500k) 2 clones that are G13 haze General Hydroponics Flora Series Performance Pack No ventilation yet, but will be putting an air vent in with an exhaust fan in the very near future-hopefully tomorrow. The net pots were filled with 1/3 with a recycled glass medium then I laid the rockwool cube on top and put more medium around it. So far there have been a little nutes put on them...not sure what, but I was told they were going to be good for two days - but not sure if they knew what setup I had. *Advice here would be greatly welcomed. I am also planning on covering the carpet because I don't want to ruin it-that orange swag is highly desirable.... haha but seriously, I will be covering it in the near future with a plastic drop cloth of sorts. I am open to all advice and comments are welcome.
Today I added nutes. I did half of the recommended amount of micro, grow, and bloom. /and also added rapid start for root growth, floralicious plus and flora blend. 1/4 tsb micro, grow and bloom 1 tsp. rapid start & flora blend 1/2 tsp floralicious plus After adding the nutes I ph'ed the water using lemon juice to bring it down to 5.5-6.0 range. I'm following some loose advice on the nute cycle - thoughts here are welcome. Additionally, I installed one 2700k cfl.
Ice -thanks for checking my grow out. Yes, they are clones - G13 Haze - placed it that setup yesterday. TEMP is 82F and Humidity is 50%.
Hey there buddy..nice set up. Mine is very similar but I'm just waiting for me beans to get here. Out of all my research on GC..I have to ask. What made you use that medium? Very green of ya to use recycled glass. -SM7-
Hey nugz, I went to buy hydroton but they were out. The guy at the hydro store actually just filled up a box of it and gave it to me, said its the stuff he uses... not being one to be picky about free shit I went with it haha. Ive been a little nervous about it because I havent seen it used very often (haven't really searched that hard either), have you come across any grows with it? very green indeed pun aside, CO is a very earth conscious place - I guess I just doing my part.
Only one thing and I did the same thing I use DWC as well your res is small you will have to fill that bitch like every day maybe twice a day in flower at least its an easy fix i went with 15 gal its muc better im only filling about every 3 or 4 days but other than that looks good
Freeborn thanks for stoppin by! I have a larger container i plan to move these girls to after they get a bit bigger and then I plan to go scrog 'em, but only after i take some clones and move them to the pictured container
Yea can't be picky if it was free..and no haven't seen anything like that around. Closest to that maybe..river rock. I see that time to time. And sensi..reflectors like from lights? Or like around grow?
yea I'm curious to see how this works out, I'm wondering if I should be concerned with the sharper edges... we'll see how this plays out. I was asking about the light reflectors, I'm using air ducting, seems to be working pretty well.
Nice that's what I thought it was. When I saw yours I was like good idea. I had a spare ducting laying around and put on my 48" T12 fixture lol. The lighting was my biggest concerned, don't have the cash for a good lighting set up(saving up). Had both duct and fixtures laying around. So putting them into use. Other reflectors I have is white paint. Waiting for my reflective Mylar sheets.
pretty cool setup. i'm on my first grow too. how old are those babies? they seemed stretched (but i'm a noob) lol mine are about 2 weeks and they are shorter than that but bushier. baby just different strain? i'm using cfl's too. i have 3 plants, i started with 3 24watt 65k lights and added 3 23watt 27k when they got two weeks old. but yea, it looks pretty good dude. post more pics!
Right on, inside of the fixture to the right I am using a vanity fixture with "Y" connectors inside. I don't really have extra cash to go above necessity... im opting to go w/o mylar...just seems like too much of a pain for the little benefit they have over flat white paint... but I am a noob - those are just my observations from poking around.
davcas, these clones are new to me by 2 days.... they are G13 Haze. I'd like to see your setup, but I'm not sure where to look (<--Noob alert). right now I have the light about 2.5 inches away from the tallest girl, hoping the other will catch up!
lol you can tell im a noob too. i didn't realize they were clones. now that i know that, yea, they're pretty good. I have a very poor man setup as you can see. i started mine from seed. theyre 2 weeks old in the bushy picture. i'm just using a box right now :/ i'm on a bugdet too lol
yo, i like your lights - is that pvc? Ive been looking into making a fully adjustable pvc pole where every "T" piece would house a light bulb -that way i could perfectly position lights as my ladies get bigger..just a thought right now though-I haven't begun to build this. nice looking grow-I love the small start-up grows! Do you have a thread somewhere, I'd like to follow it.
lmao, thanks man. to be honest it's not pvc. those are just some pieces off of an old bassinet that i found. i just threw them over the box to have something to tie the lights to. I took the sockets off of lamps lol and ziptied them to those pieces to keep the light from moving. they're tight enough that the lights dont fall but loose enough that i can pull them up when i need to. I'm goin to LST them. i started today. but yea just something i threw together. I'm gonna build a box. i'm doing it slow but eventually it'll get there. I built the frame already. i'm goin to build it 30inch wide 30inch long and 4ft high. just a hobby you know. I do have a thread in the beginners section, to be honest i don't know how to link you to it but it says my first grow lol. http://forum.grasscity.com/absolute-beginners/1130718-first-grow.html i think that should take you there. i'm subscribed here. i want to see how yours turn out. i'll be checking in!
haha nice. I think im going to go scrog and try to get these girls to fan way out. Im following your grow, looks like we got our hands a bit filled for the next few months! jus subbed to your thread, looking forward to your grow. Happy Growing