Built myself a decent cabinet out of an old speaker box I had built a few years ago and I'm trying my first grow in it. I got a seed from some good AK47 and germinated that first while I was setting things up. I had an overwatering problem as I began and it grew pretty slow but it's starting to speed up now that it's a few weeks old. I'm using miracle grow potting mix mixed about 3:1 with pearlite. I transplanted it to it's final pot already and it's under a 40 watt CFL. I have 5 more seeds from a purple strain of some sort germinating to veg along with the AK. I began taking pictures of the plant, it went from having 4 leaves to 14 in about a week and it's still very short, 3 inches or so. I'll be attempting to post pictures...
Nice..the Ak47 is looking pretty good...do you kno what the purple strain is or is it just from bagweed?
They're seeds from some stuff I smoked a few weeks back had alot of nice purple coloring in the buds, the potency was decent, nothing special but homegrown it shouldn't be too bad I think. I'll take some more pics tonight.
Oh ya, sorry I failed to mention before about the HPS lol. I'm going to veg for a bit with the CFLs until my HPS arrives, at which point I will be cutting out the top of the chamber to insert a piece of glass so that I can construct a seperate air cooled box to place on top of the grow chamber allowing it to be efficiently cooled while leaving my chamber at ambient room temperature with full use of available height inside. Putting the HPS inside of the small chamber is illogical due not only to heat issues in such a small space but it will eliminate 6 - 8 inches of vertical growing room which is substantial when only about 3 feet of height is available.
Pic from just a few minutes ago... Should this little plant start growing a little faster once the roots start becoming more established? It seems like it has been growing slow compared to other grows I have seen, although the leaves are looking good and it has very many for its small size..
give it time to establish roots, also cfls dont promote the most vigirous growth but they work fine, all of its a waiting game dude.
Pic from yesterday, the ak is starting to grow a bit faster I havn't given it water in a few days and it's doing well.