Yup...another 1st timer

I was gonna post this tomorrow when I build my grow box, but I'm excited cause I just ordered some Nothern Lights, whoo hooo!!
Tomorrow I'll have some pics of my 2x2x2 grow box.

Let me ask a question anyways, how do I calculate when to plant a new seed so I can always have weed for myself? (I smoke at night with my wife after a long work day, about 1gr each)

Thanks guys for this awesome forum.

 

Thanks a lot man.

I figured I needed another box for veg. I'll try the auto flowering seeds once these run out.

I have almost everything down, one quick question: What's the minimum sized container (height wise) I can use? I'm planning to use a wide round container, maybe 12'' in diameter and 3''-4'' high, would this work? (planning to try THIS)

Thanks

 

I found some cfls at a dollar store close to home, one says Day Light and another one says Soft White, the package doesn't say what temperature they are. Are these ok? I can buy a bunch of them.

How small can I keep the flower pot for the final transplant?

 

Got my seeds yesterday. Last night when I got back from school I put 3 in tupperware with paper towel, just checked them and they have popped. woot woot!!!

I know, I know "pics or it didn't happen", I'll have some pics tonight with my hobo/stealth growbox.

 

Thanks 'BongTime'.

I just finished putting together the box, got my seeds planted in party cups with some clear plastic wrap on top.

So my growbox is a 20x20x24, interior is aluminium foil (I know, I know, "don't use it, it'll burn the plants), 4 30w daylight cfls.

I planted 3 seeds in Miracle Gro Seed Starting soil, the package says 0.05%N-0.01%P-0.05K%.

Hopefully by the time they get to flowering I will have a much better flower box in my closet. Maybe I will keep the hobo grow box for mother and clones.

Now lets toke.

 

Morning guys, out of the 3 seeds that were planted yesterday, 2 have sprouted out of the dirt already, whoo hooo!

 

I guess this will be my journal too.

All three seeds have sprouted, everything looks fine, temperature is steady at 85-87F.

I have 2 Northern Lights, and 1 C99. I just read some threads on the high of C99 and it seems I'm gonna love it.

Anybody else check their plants like every 30mins?

 

Alright, time for some updates.
Plants are looking ok. No burning or yellowing...for now.

Looks like my kids saw my grow, I dunno how, they're sneaky little bastards. Somehow they opened my room, climbed on something in order to peek inside my growbox which is on top of my closet which is 6 ft high. So I had to go and buy some flower seeds and tell them the plants they saw were flowers I planted as a suprise gift for their mother.

Now I have to move my grow to a 'shoe' closet, which is a closet I use for storing papers and other shiznit. This weird little closet measures 6ft high, 3ft wide and only 1ft deep, yeah only 1ft deep, pretty weird huh.

Anywho, now I can use the SOG method like some guy in the forum does; greenpants or something like that. He grows like 70 plants, each in 2 liter (or is it 1 liter?) soda bottles and puts them into 12/12 right after clones have rooted.

I'm gonna divide that closet in 2, 3ftftx1ft (HxWxD) each. 1 for veg and 1 for flowering.

Now, my questions are; what is the technique called where I only want a main cola? If we take into consideration that I would be probably pruning the other branches and keeping the main cola, what pot size should I use?

Thanks

 

Alright, lets revive this thread.

This thread will be my journal I guess.

I lost my camera so the only thing I have is my netbook webcam and took some pics with it.

I know, they suck.

Plants have about 2 weeks and 2 days aprox. They were transplanted to Roots Organic soil. When I got home from work, I found one plant bended all they way down to the soil, it's the one that looks all droopy. My wife told me that maybe it was the cat.

Today I fed them for the first time with half dose of Dyna-Gro Grow.

Having problems with my temperatures. Like I've said, my heating is controlled by the 1st floor apartment and sometimes it gets really hot in here. Highest temp has been 96F, but for like an hr (somehow my fan was off).

Does anybody know if it's possible to suck air through a 1'' hose or a little bigger?

Oh I forgot to say that my grow box is 3ft high - 2ft wide - 1ft deep. 6 30w daylight CFL. There are 2 CFLs directly above each plant.

1 more question, what could be the best pot size for this space? (3 plants, 1 main cola, no lst, no fimming, no topping)

 

heres the pics

 

By looking at the last pics I just realised my plants have had a big growth.

Last week I put them on 20/4, this week they have been on 18/6, so by saturday they will have been vegged for 4 weeks, I'm planning on going one more week or until they reach 9" high, whatever happens first. Today I added 4 CFLs 30w WarmWhite just to mix it up and see what happens.

 

Today is the start of the final week of vegging. Tomorrow i'm gonna go buy ProTek and some mollassas (sp?). I'm having problems with nute burn. The 1st time I fed them they got nute burn, then I lowered the dose for the 2nd feed, but they also got burnt. The last watering was done with pure water/no nutes. I'm using dynagro grow, they label says 7-9-5.

I think they're gonna be taller then 9" by the end of this week.

 

They're growing like crazy. I thought they would probably be 9" by the end of this week, but it's only Tuesday and they are a little over 8" already. Did the addition of SoftWhite bulbs do this? maybe... what say you?

Anywho, I'm gonna turn off the lights at 9pm and 24hrs later I'll start them on 12/12 , 'cause I only have about 28" of height (fan, lights, pots). So, lights will be back up tomorrow at 9pm.

Here's some pics.

1st pic is the tallest plant has a little over 8", the smallest plant is the 3rd pic it's 7" (I think this is the C99). I'm excited!!!