#Wanted some tips on my setup#

[ozsmoker]

Hey i have a little section of my sliding built-in and over the past 7 days i,got a small container put cotten balls on the bottem made them damp and put 3 healthy looking seeds into it & put a small 9W desk lamp fluro over it 6 days later they all had roots just over half a cm today i took them out and put one in a pot filled with vermiculite and potting mix about 75% / 25% mix

then i put the pot back under the 9W fluro and left the other two pots outside (due to lack of space and lighting) tomorrow i plan to go out and buy two 20watt compact fluros and a friend of mine is going to use some chords and fittings to get them up and running ,so i was wondering how you think this sounds?

im not expecting to yeild much (but i just want to get my feet wet ) after a while when the heat starts coming back i will take them outdoors and finish it there .So i just wanted to ask for some Comments,Tips and suggestions that could lead me on the path to the Hobbie of growing Thankyou.

 

Ozsmoker. i will enclose a picture of the mini setup.

[Guest Field_of_Light]

defintely get a fan or something in there...maybe a computer fan...for extraction or intake.....

 

also I think maybe try to keep your light levels pretty high to maximise your growth...

 

will you be buying a 400 hps for flowering?

[ozsmoker]

Nar my first grow is going to be fluro until gets hot enough to go outside,and ill finish the grow outdoors.

 

Ozsmoker

[Guest Field_of_Light]

oz did you think that once it gets hot enough to go outside it will start growing and not flower>? till next year.....

 

Or is that your plan?

[ozsmoker]

ohh yea soz (newbie) well then the whole grow will be indoors with compact fluros tomorrow i will get 5x 20watt cool white compact's?

is that the right kind of lights? but i will take one outside so i can just harvest it for leaf .so what kind of compact fluros do i need?

cool white ,warm white etc....

 

ozsmoker

Edited July 12, 2003 by ozsmoker

[Guest Field_of_Light]

for the size cuphoard you have Iget as many as you can afford....4-5...its a big space in there....you only need to grow em to sex em and theres your weed...and then you can turn em back and reveg em....unless you are going to clone...

[ozsmoker]

Well i have $50 do you think you could give me a list of what to buy

that would help me greatly

 

Thankyou mate.

 

ozsmoker

[Guest Field_of_Light]

thats a harder one to answer as you can spend 300$ setting that closet up properly but if your not going to see a huge reward for your money spent and troubles its not worth it....

 

Id sex your plants b4 you bought anything first....just get your cfs for now...some grow nutrient...canna, optimum etc.....and 4 cloning blocks unless you plant to flower the plants to sex them and then turn them back to ved....and cloning gel.....

 

peace

[Guest Field_of_Light]

oh yeh cfs dont throw off much heat at all.....so you wont really need a fan just yet...altho it does help them strengthen their stems and gets airflow going...which is what u need to do...make sure you let them breathe at least a couple of times a day....

 

If your going to water them with your nutrient...water em with warm nutrient water so it wont shock them so much....and being soil probably only every 2 days..

[pipeman]

hey ozsmoker, if the cupboard is in a locked room where other people won't go, you could just leave the door a bit open and have a little fan in there. Once or twice a day open the doors up fully to let the air change. Thats all the ventilation you'll need with fluoros. The fan is also good because the plants will grow stronger swaying in the breeze.

 

The more lights the better, but one 20W compact fluoro per square foot will veg them just fine. Keep them real close to the plant, like within 100mm.

 

Personally what I would do is take some clones when the plants are about a foot tall and if you can't put them in another cabinet on a 12/12 light cycle put them outside to sex them. Then you know which of your plants are males, then you can either take clones from female plants to finish outside or move them outside and take clones to keep as mothers inside.

 

You need to get a fan, some cloning gell, you can root clones in vermiculite/soil mix or maybe some rockwool. You need some 150mm pots to veg in inside, bigger is better if you got the room. You need some nutes, veg & flower. I know Yates Lush is good for flowering plants in soil, not sure about veg nutes. You may want to get a timer to put your lights on 18/6, but if not having them on all the time won't hurt in veg.

 

good luck mate, any more questions don't hesitate to ask....