"Help Needed" First Grow Box, First Grow

[cobo]

I ordered 2 125w whiten and 2 125w red envirolites, but there lays the problem, they have arrived yet, I told you earlier how I was going to get the lights, well I’ve been on the phone to the shop and one of the guys there who I know, told me they have been ordered but haven’t arrived yet, he knows right well what there for, but wouldn’t give a monkeys either way. He told me he faxed the order himself, he’s just waiting on them, like its 3 weeks now i'm worried !! I went to hardware store and bought 2 18w cfl’s for the seedlings and they seem to love it.

Will they suffer because I use only the 2-18w cfl bulbs????

4 or 5 of my babies are ready to put in the hydroponics system they are still in the propagator under the 2cfl’s will post pictures on Sunday night, the last one I planted seems slow in growing, it looks like a runt, small curly leafs, but it seems to be growing slowly I will leave it alone and see how it goes .

I received 2 reflectors in the post yesterday and they will fit just snugly in my room have 1 of them up and need brackets for the other 1, will get them tomorrow, might just go to hydro shop and buy a 125w enviro to tide me over until the rest arrive also ordered a tds and PhD meter and expect them this week, was waiting to get them so I can get the levels right before I plant the babies, but they will have to go in early next week, they are about 2 weeks old now, well most of them.

 

[TheLaydeKillaz]

munch, munch

I don't think they'll suffer under those domestic cfl's at all. They'll like the diffused light, imagining that it spring time in the real world. I even managed to find 'white' cfl bulbs at my crappy local B+Q for £2 each... and my seedlings loved 'em.

 

[cobo]

thanks , glad to hear it, will have the enviro one way or other before the end of the week.

Cheers ;-)

 

[cobo]

heres a few pictures i downloaded off my phone . sorry they are in noo real order... im going to start a grow diary, but keep you all up to date on that later

 

[cobo]

How do my Babies look to you ????

How do my Babies look to you ????








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[TheLaydeKillaz]

They look very nice.
Are you going to sex them and use cuttings in your 4 pot thingy?

 

[cobo]

I never thought of that , plan was to plant them at weekend , and take cuttings before i flower them ..???

What you think ???

 

[TheLaydeKillaz]

If you plant all your seedlings into the 4 pots, and half of them are culled, (the males obviously), you'll have decaying roots taking up space next to growing ones. I don't know if this will hamper the growth of your females, but it can't be an ideal scenario. Someone else here will be able to give you better advice on that one.

I personally wouldn't do it... healthy roots are important.
If I were you I'd sex those plants and keep the females as mothers. This'll take more time and space but be worth it in the long run. You could then place 3 possibly 4 rooted cuttings in each pot then flip into flowering quick smart, (knowing that root space in each pot will be at a premium), and go for a SOG or SCROG like Tokabowl suggested. I'm of the opinion that it's more productive to have many small plants than few large ones, (others may think the opposite), especially under flouro light which won't penetrate deep into the canopy.
Get some med size cheapo plant pots full of the medium of your choice and keep vegging 'till you can sex those babies.

I use clay pebbles mixed with coco fibre and water by hand. I can reuse the coco fibre for another crop by removing most of the old roots and adding a little 'cannazym' which breaks down the remaining roots into food the new crop can use. If your using just clay pebbles in a flood and drain system then I don't know what to do. I'm sure someone can give you a better informed 2nd opinion.

Hope that helped.

 

[cobo]

Thanks a lot for your advice TheLaydeKillaz

Thanks a lot for your advice TheLaydeKillaz

Thanks a lot for your advice TheLaydeKillaz, much appreciated, but it doesn’t really suit me this grow, them pots are suppose to hold 3 plants each so I wouldn’t think that the roots will be a problem for me, and I don’t have another room (Yet!) for a mother, but I will think about it, may be the cabinet pictured on 1st post of this thread …

WHAT YOU THINK?


If later when I sex the plants, I take some clones, can I use 1 or 2 of the clones as mother plants???


I was also thinking of saving some pollen to pollinate a bud so as I would also have some seeds if I needed them in future,


again does this sound viable??


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[cobo]

I had to go out a buy a 125w eco light today (i’m still waiting for 2x 125w blue & 2x125w red envirolites I have ordered) and I transplanted 4 of the babies in to 2 pots today. I got the stock solution to a CF reading of 13 which I think is about right and adjusted the PH down to 6.01 which is about perfect, flooded the pots a few time before testing just to make sure it was right.

So I put 2 Bubblegum in one pot and 2 of the Mix in the other, also I bought a 7” 2 speed desk fan cost 9.99 and I have it hanging from a boot lace and it works perfect like that. will take a pic and post it shortly

One question!

How long do I need to leave the fan running for each day????




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[cobo]

Here are the pictures I promised. Don’t mind the way the wire are hanging I will fix that in the next day or so .








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[cobo]

im movin this thread to here as i feel its better suited for INDOOR HYDRO GROWING thread now hope to see you all there in the near future


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thx Guys for all ur help getting me started off..

 

[cobo]

I went to the hydro shop today to buy another envirolite, but but hydro shops in Belfast were sold out.... seems everyone is catching on to the Envirolites. I badly need it to for babies in propagator, I wanted to transplant them today in to hydro system

Heres todays picture update of my grow. The bubblegum looks the business .

bubblegum







And here's the mix








And heres the runt again , its starting to take off in the last few days




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