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DreNAllie2013

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We live in the US. Trying our hand at a homemade grow closet. Put up mylar,have heating and humidity and all that covered. Good lights and drainage. Lost two already from dropping. Using happy frog bat guano and earthworm castings in soil and nothing else. Will show pics of plants in next post. One week old

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oldman60

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DreNAllie2013 said:
We live in the US. Trying our hand at a homemade grow closet. Put up mylar,have heating and humidity and all that covered. Good lights and drainage. Lost two already from dropping. Using happy frog bat guano and earthworm castings in soil and nothing else. Will show pics of plants in next post. One week old

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More than likely over watering, water when very dry and not to much.
It's the most common mistake made by newbies. Patience and time cure all
don't despair you have a good start don't give nutes for at least 3 weeks they
have enough in the soil, just plain water for now.
Being a new member you won't be able to post pics for a little while but thats ok.
 
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oldman60

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DreNAllie2013 said:
One week old... Why are the stems so weak

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All newborn's are weak. They need to build their bodies up it takes time, minerals, humic acid,
and a lot of other things be patient it's a long road you're on. First can l offer you some good
educational material? the ? was rhetorical, here goes, go to greensmanpage.com/freelibrary
it is a great starting place for what will be a long trip. Read as much as you can then read more.
Any ?'s you have someone here is always willing and happy to answer.
Until then good luck and be well.
 
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oldman60

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DreNAllie2013 said:
One week old... Why are the stems so weak

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Sorry! you could be over watering, wait until the soil looks dry and water half of what
you want to give them. Loss of young plants is due to "damping off" soil that is too
wet, wet soil means no o2 is getting to the roots they need a balance of moisture
and air.
 
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oldman60

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DreNAllie2013 said:
About 8days old

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Nice, water around the plant (about 3" circle) not directly on the root.
this makes the roots spread to look for water. Bigger roots = bigger plant.

OK Dre, now you are past the most fragile part of their lives you'll be OK
don't give nutes for a couple more weeks, then start at 25% of what the
inst. say.
Keep it green and growing.:weed:
 
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Chcgrwn

New Member
Hello all! I finally took the plunge and signed up here. I am going to start my first medical grow next week and am very excited! 2 plants in a 5x9 RDWC with 2 1kw lamps. I am going to chronicle the grow and post it in a journal with all yield info when I am done. Wish me luck!
 
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oldman60

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Chcgrwn said:
Hello all! I finally took the plunge and signed up here. I am going to start my first medical grow next week and am very excited! 2 plants in a 5x9 RDWC with 2 1kw lamps. I am going to chronicle the grow and post it in a journal with all yield info when I am done. Wish me luck!
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Way too much light! you'll have a hard time with heat and "sunburn".
A 400watt would be enough for 2 plants.
 
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Chcgrwn

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oldman60 said:
Way too much light! you'll have a hard time with heat and "sunburn".
A 400watt would be enough for 2 plants.
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hmmmm. the only other light I would consider is 2x600's but I am hesitant because I despise the thought of buying smaller lights I may end up shelving after this grow. I might build a full on grow room if I enjoy doing growing. Is there any way to mitigate the risks of sunburn with the ladies? The ceiling will be 8 feet and the girls will be about 2 feet off the ground. Thanks mate!

Forgot to mention... I am SCRoG'ing this setup
 
Mathias83

Mathias83

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Hi Best People

who i am .. i'm a guy 31 years old from Syria ( where there is high scale of consuming the Lebanese hash ) i left my country 3 years ago because of the bloody war , i live now in one of the west European countries ... soon i will start going to the university to equalize my syrian diploma , Mathias is my nick name .

what i'm doing here ... i'm a hash smoker since 6 years but i tried smoking marijuana when i came to Europe and i like it more then hash because of the different felling and the local hash here is bad in the black market so i became a pot smoker , but Europe is expensive for a guy like me want to start his life from zero , so i thought maybe i can grow my own plant but i didn't know ANY thing about growing marijuana indoor or outdoor ...but any way i bought some seeds from Holland
and i didn't even thought about which strain to grow , so i chose amnesia and AK 47 and i tried one each , fortunately i have 6 hours daily of direct sun from my big window and with some help from marijuana online sites my first corp was some thing about 40 grams of AK47 it was really nice strong and testy


but it was completely under the sun with some GH nutrient and PH kit .

i still waiting for amnesia to finish her long flowering time but the buds are small because of small dose of light these days but any way i'm happy with what i got ... it's my first time and i even didn't buy any equipment .

mean while i'm thinking to start my indoor tent setup to do it well and i was looking for the best and most economical and effective way to find a good light for my future tent so i found this site when i was looking for DIY grow light and it was really impressive what the guys done with DIY LEDs grow lights especially COB projects , you guys in the US are much sophisticated then the European they are afraid to try any thing because of the safety ... but any way i really got a too many useful information from from this site and from other cannabis grow sites too and it's good time to say thanks a lot for any member from those who share their knowledge and experience with the online public .

that'a all for now and you will see me soon when i start my first own grow for my personal use , i don't know how good my english is loool .

Keep it green

cheers :bigjoint:
 
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SouthernIllinois

SouthernIllinois

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rancidbodies said:
I pushed 480 actual cfl and got a lil under a qp I probably could've let go for a full 12 weeks pure sativa only mistake not having indoor friendly plants cfls are good but lack density but smokes great good luck with the harvest its kind of of depressing when harvest is done until you start your next grow
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Congrats on the sativa, that is my favorite, since I'm too old to want to live on my couch. So by lacking density, what exactly do you mean? Does this affect the density of the buds? I ask because in all honesty, I'm going to probably have to amend my expectations because I didn't expect them to be ready to harvest for another 4 or 5 weeks, but have noticed about 20% of the hairs are red, and that means I might be harvesting a couple of weeks earlier than I thought. I have a clone ready to put in as soon as this one is finished, but I'll have to wait again for the fun part. Thanks for talking to me, I appreciate all the advice and conversation I can get. Take care.
 
SouthernIllinois

SouthernIllinois

Member
Mathias83 said:
Hi Best People

who i am .. i'm a guy 31 years old from Syria ( where there is high scale of consuming the Lebanese hash ) i left my country 3 years ago because of the bloody war , i live now in one of the west European countries ... soon i will start going to the university to equalize my syrian diploma , Mathias is my nick name .

what i'm doing here ... i'm a hash smoker since 6 years but i tried smoking marijuana when i came to Europe and i like it more then hash because of the different felling and the local hash here is bad in the black market so i became a pot smoker , but Europe is expensive for a guy like me want to start his life from zero , so i thought maybe i can grow my own plant but i didn't know ANY thing about growing marijuana indoor or outdoor ...but any way i bought some seeds from Holland
and i didn't even thought about which strain to grow , so i chose amnesia and AK 47 and i tried one each , fortunately i have 6 hours daily of direct sun from my big window and with some help from marijuana online sites my first corp was some thing about 40 grams of AK47 it was really nice strong and testy


but it was completely under the sun with some GH nutrient and PH kit .

i still waiting for amnesia to finish her long flowering time but the buds are small because of small dose of light these days but any way i'm happy with what i got ... it's my first time and i even didn't buy any equipment .

mean while i'm thinking to start my indoor tent setup to do it well and i was looking for the best and most economical and effective way to find a good light for my future tent so i found this site when i was looking for DIY grow light and it was really impressive what the guys done with DIY LEDs grow lights especially COB projects , you guys in the US are much sophisticated then the European they are afraid to try any thing because of the safety ... but any way i really got a too many useful information from from this site and from other cannabis grow sites too and it's good time to say thanks a lot for any member from those who share their knowledge and experience with the online public .

that'a all for now and you will see me soon when i start my first own grow for my personal use , i don't know how good my english is loool .

Keep it green

cheers :bigjoint:
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Your English is just fine. I'm a country boy and understood it. Congratulations. Great looking bud.
 
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oldman60

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Chcgrwn said:
hmmmm. the only other light I would consider is 2x600's but I am hesitant because I despise the thought of buying smaller lights I may end up shelving after this grow. I might build a full on grow room if I enjoy doing growing. Is there any way to mitigate the risks of sunburn with the ladies? The ceiling will be 8 feet and the girls will be about 2 feet off the ground. Thanks mate!

Forgot to mention... I am SCRoG'ing this setup
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Use 1 light and keep the top of the plants in the 80 degree range, you can hang
a thermometer at plant level to monitor this. Sunburn is the bleaching of the top
leaves at their highest point if this starts raise the light.
You should be OK with this setup.
The footprint of the 1k light is approx.1.5 meters fr optimal light.
 
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