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kantrick

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These babies are Just some good arizona bud i came across:clap:..Started them from seed..Just planted them about 1/8 inch under the soil..They are three weeks old now on 18/6 from start..i am growing them in just organic choice MG from lowes, mixed about 50/50 with some Timberland Organic compost from cow manure..i water them just about everyday..the soil gets dry fast in the box..I am not sure when to start feeding them or what i sould..this is all an experiment for me just learning for the real deal..i started with two 27w Cfl daylight bulbs..and i just added a large cfl 36w at the top of the box ..but it is not daylight it is soft white or sumthing..Bad?..good?..i dont know..iam trying to lst them..i have been doing work on them with toothpics..I want all the critisisum i can get on this..iam here to learn as much as possible...i was thinking about upgradeing the lights soon to yield better buds...what should i do?..type?..size?...my temps are about 85 now that i added the big cfl..i have an intake and exaust fan..and also a strong fan inside to blow the leaves....the plant in the red cup was just a random bounus i came across..i found it outside it was budding at the top and was female for sure..i took it out of the gorund and put it in my box...all the leaves died so i trimed them off..the new vegetation is what you see..i am afraid it is gonna hermie on me..i dont know tho..looks like its budding again or has pods and hairs at the top..i might take the bitch out soon..dont know for sure yet tho...the botttom biggest leaves on the ones i grew from seed on the one on the right turned yellow and died..so i cut them off new vegetation is growing..now the one on the left is doing the same thing...should i cut them off?? I trimed the top vegetaion on the both of them about two weekes in..it seemed to make them very bushy..give me advice on triming if you can..anyway this shits long..smoke some more:weed:
 

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These babies are Just some good arizona bud i came across:clap:..Started them from seed..Just planted them about 1/8 inch under the soil..They are three weeks old now on 18/6 from start..i am growing them in just organic choice MG from lowes, mixed about 50/50 with some Timberland Organic compost from cow manure..i water them just about everyday..the soil gets dry fast in the box..I am not sure when to start feeding them or what i sould..this is all an experiment for me just learning for the real deal..i started with two 27w Cfl daylight bulbs..and i just added a large cfl 36w at the top of the box ..but it is not daylight it is soft white or sumthing..Bad?..good?..i dont know..iam trying to lst them..i have been doing work on them with toothpics..I want all the critisisum i can get on this..iam here to learn as much as possible...i was thinking about upgradeing the lights soon to yield better buds...what should i do?..type?..size?...my temps are about 85 now that i added the big cfl..i have an intake and exaust fan..and also a strong fan inside to blow the leaves....the plant in the red cup was just a random bounus i came across..i found it outside it was budding at the top and was female for sure..i took it out of the gorund and put it in my box...all the leaves died so i trimed them off..the new vegetation is what you see..i am afraid it is gonna hermie on me..i dont know tho..looks like its budding again or has pods and hairs at the top..i might take the bitch out soon..dont know for sure yet tho...the botttom biggest leaves on the ones i grew from seed on the one on the right turned yellow and died..so i cut them off new vegetation is growing..now the one on the left is doing the same thing...should i cut them off?? I trimed the top vegetaion on the both of them about two weekes in..it seemed to make them very bushy..give me advice on triming if you can..anyway this shits long..smoke some more:weed:
hey whats up man. i just started my first grow my self. i think that if your going to do LST you might as well just do scrog. it will produce more for you in your micro grow box. i think not sure on that but willing to bet. :lol: our plants are about same age check out my grow in my sig. and if your temps are running 85. you need to lower it. try to keep between 70 and 78. i had to buy a 9" box fan from Dollar store to get mine that low.
 

kantrick

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Yea iam trying to figure out my temps now man..it seems to be getting hotter and hotter..i keep a bowl of water in there..i think iam gonna switch to 12/12 today..Gonna go get some flowering lights..any ideas on best lowes walmart lights
 

desertrat

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welcome to rui and growing. i can help you get started -

you want to keep cfl bulbs within two inches of the plants.

you want 6500k (or similar) spectrum cfl bulbs for vegging

you want 2700k (or similar) spectrum cfl bulbs for flowering, preferably 100 total watts per plant from multiple bulbs

next time add perlite to your soil to improve drainage


there is lots of helpful info on this site. three places to check out are in my signature below.
 

kantrick

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Thanks for the links desertrat...iam gonna take the time to read them now..just off hand i dont know if i can fit 100 watts in my computer case..the biggest ones i can find are these 42watt heavyduty very large cfls.. i can do one for each plant in there..one of my plants i can see hairs like it is a female already..
 

kantrick

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right now i have a 42 a 26 and a 20 on the two..it is getting very hot now tho..gotta figure sumthing out
 

Favre2Harvin

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Try draping a wet paper towel over a cup of water and let it sit inside this always helps my humidity and temp :D sometimes i even throw in icecubes.
 

kantrick

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Took these this morning..they look very good to me so far..they both have hairs so i think i got lucky with some bagseed and got two fems..let me know what you guys think..i would give close ups but is just a phone camera:bigjoint:
 

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kantrick

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I kept the seeds i used for a long time. I know it came out of some good bud..but these two plants look lke a different strain to me..from what i have gathered the one on the left looks like a sativa strain
 

Dezracer

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Hey man. Your plants look good!
Dude is shooting you straight on how much light per plant. However, I think it would be hard to fit a couple hundred watts into a PC case. You should definitely try and get the lights within a few inches of the plants.

Putting a carbon screen over the fans will only create restrictions in airflow and you'll get more heat. The only way your going to get your temps down will be more ventilation or cooling the intake air before it comes in. The ice suggestion sounds interesting, just don't know how you'd monitor it effectively to make sure it doesn't run out.
 
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