WOOO! so i was posting about the attitude and GHS a little bit when someone asked if i planned on doing a GJ.. i figured why not. Also, i could use the help. I've never actually had a full crop start to finish. Before i moved i vegged 5 bagseeds under a 4 foot 40W fluoro tube with a bunch of reynolds wrap over them. the tallest plant was probably just shy of 16" and the shortest was about 8" i'd say. i actually gave the plants away to be finished outdoors.
i built a grow box out of a wooden toy box turned on its side. it's about 15" wide 26" high and another 15" front to back. i lined the whole inside with mylar i bought from an art supply store online and put a computer fan in the back blowing OUT for exhaust. the fan is wired to a 10V DC adapter from a sega. the fan was a steal! a 4 pack for $5 on clearance at radioshack. a roll of electrical tape finished it off and made everything a little safer.
i went to the local hardware store for lighting.. i was just trying to get the ball rolling so i got two sockets two power cords and two bulbs (1 daylight spectrum @ 26 watts and 1 2700k also 26 watts). i also managed to get the socket and cord from an old lamp. there was another fluorescent bulb kicking around upstairs thats 23 watts, so i set that up too. 75W of light, i'll estimate about 4500 lumens.
my box at this point in time has 2 cfl's up top, and one in the back a few inches lower. the fan is keeping them very cool, so i'm going to get those y splitters for the sockets and add 2-3 more bulbs, hopefully achieving around 150 watts of power in this small space, as well as bringing up the temps because i feel they may be too low.
for seeds, i got the indica h mix from GHS which is great white shark, white rhino, lemon skunk, trainwreck and cheese, as well as a nirvana white widow 10 pack and a pick n' mix DP strawberry cough fem seed. with this i got 5 free g13 power skunks and 1 fem durban poison. what a deal. anyways...
after building my box, i tried to germinate 8 or so seeds from a bag of mids that had an outstanding quality, and i had a very low germination rate. i ended up with one seed to try and grow as a test to see if my box would work. since it sprouted up and is growing away happily, she's coming along for the ride.
i have germinated and planted 3 white widows and the 1 fem great white shark. all have broken the soil, but the white widows are definitely off to a better start. please note this is a 100% germination rate. excellent!
today is probably day 4. i smoke too much and open the box to look at the plants too often and i feel like theyre not growing at all it's terrible!:smoke1:
i forgot to mention.. all i could get was miracle grow moisture control for soil, but i've seen a few cases with good success using it, apparently i won't need to feed my plants for a while, but when i do i have shultz 10-15-10. when i need to, i'll get a timer.
i feel confident in myself so far, i hope this works out. i wish pH equipment wasn't so expensive. can my ph be controlled by flushing frequently when i get to feeding?
here are some pictures. the 1st and 2nd are the box, 3 and 4 are white widows and 5 is my bag seed which i've named "mid grade monster".
i built a grow box out of a wooden toy box turned on its side. it's about 15" wide 26" high and another 15" front to back. i lined the whole inside with mylar i bought from an art supply store online and put a computer fan in the back blowing OUT for exhaust. the fan is wired to a 10V DC adapter from a sega. the fan was a steal! a 4 pack for $5 on clearance at radioshack. a roll of electrical tape finished it off and made everything a little safer.
i went to the local hardware store for lighting.. i was just trying to get the ball rolling so i got two sockets two power cords and two bulbs (1 daylight spectrum @ 26 watts and 1 2700k also 26 watts). i also managed to get the socket and cord from an old lamp. there was another fluorescent bulb kicking around upstairs thats 23 watts, so i set that up too. 75W of light, i'll estimate about 4500 lumens.
my box at this point in time has 2 cfl's up top, and one in the back a few inches lower. the fan is keeping them very cool, so i'm going to get those y splitters for the sockets and add 2-3 more bulbs, hopefully achieving around 150 watts of power in this small space, as well as bringing up the temps because i feel they may be too low.
for seeds, i got the indica h mix from GHS which is great white shark, white rhino, lemon skunk, trainwreck and cheese, as well as a nirvana white widow 10 pack and a pick n' mix DP strawberry cough fem seed. with this i got 5 free g13 power skunks and 1 fem durban poison. what a deal. anyways...
after building my box, i tried to germinate 8 or so seeds from a bag of mids that had an outstanding quality, and i had a very low germination rate. i ended up with one seed to try and grow as a test to see if my box would work. since it sprouted up and is growing away happily, she's coming along for the ride.
i have germinated and planted 3 white widows and the 1 fem great white shark. all have broken the soil, but the white widows are definitely off to a better start. please note this is a 100% germination rate. excellent!
today is probably day 4. i smoke too much and open the box to look at the plants too often and i feel like theyre not growing at all it's terrible!:smoke1:
i forgot to mention.. all i could get was miracle grow moisture control for soil, but i've seen a few cases with good success using it, apparently i won't need to feed my plants for a while, but when i do i have shultz 10-15-10. when i need to, i'll get a timer.
i feel confident in myself so far, i hope this works out. i wish pH equipment wasn't so expensive. can my ph be controlled by flushing frequently when i get to feeding?
here are some pictures. the 1st and 2nd are the box, 3 and 4 are white widows and 5 is my bag seed which i've named "mid grade monster".