snowman4839
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, I know this isn't technically my "first grow" because I started that with my bagseed grow thread but I planned on doing these side by side. So it's kind of part of my all-inclusive first grow.
Setup: Stereo Speaker 8 inches x 1" x 2" (small but workable).
-1 300W incand. equivalent CFL up top with 3000 lumens and color temp of 2700K (reddish white).
-2 70W incand. equivalent fluro tubes down the sides with about 700 lumens each and color temps of about 7K (bluish white) IIRC.
-Computer Fan Mounted up top in front of the 300W CFL to keep it cool and to obviously use as an exhaust. Powered by an old charger I wired and soldered into it. Funny thing is, it's probably the most power-hungry part of the entire box over all of the lights.
-Miracle Grow Moisture Control. About 7 Quarts IIRC.
-Timer
-Temp Sensor
-Where I live, it's amazingly humid almost all of the time so that's not a problem.
So I got the hookup and pretty much everything planned for and it's working out great with my other grow (exact same setup except a different color temp on one of the fluro tubes). Now I'm ready to start growing teh delisious wite widoh
).
Started by putting some soil in a cup and watering it and letting it drain the excess. Then I planted the seed (wonderfully provided by Nirvana Shop who I highly recommend) about a half inch down in the moist soil and covered it up. I left it under and incandescent lamp white close to it (about 5" or so) as to keep the soil warm (but not hot) and to give the sprout a little light during it's first bit of life. I checked periodically to make sure the lamp hadn't fallen and the soil was warm BUT NOT HOT to the touch. Waited three days and after all of the checking and keeping the soil temps right, I got a sprout!). My little WW sprouted HuRrAy! I'll then transplant it to my big grow box where it can actually get sufficient light once it grows out a bit more and the first leaves have flattened out. So probably another day or two under the incand. light.
Let me know what you guys think!
Nirvana Shop FTW. (Anyone know what those little gold balls are?)
Day 1: Sprout!
Setup: Stereo Speaker 8 inches x 1" x 2" (small but workable).
-1 300W incand. equivalent CFL up top with 3000 lumens and color temp of 2700K (reddish white).
-2 70W incand. equivalent fluro tubes down the sides with about 700 lumens each and color temps of about 7K (bluish white) IIRC.
-Computer Fan Mounted up top in front of the 300W CFL to keep it cool and to obviously use as an exhaust. Powered by an old charger I wired and soldered into it. Funny thing is, it's probably the most power-hungry part of the entire box over all of the lights.
-Miracle Grow Moisture Control. About 7 Quarts IIRC.
-Timer
-Temp Sensor
-Where I live, it's amazingly humid almost all of the time so that's not a problem.
So I got the hookup and pretty much everything planned for and it's working out great with my other grow (exact same setup except a different color temp on one of the fluro tubes). Now I'm ready to start growing teh delisious wite widoh
).Started by putting some soil in a cup and watering it and letting it drain the excess. Then I planted the seed (wonderfully provided by Nirvana Shop who I highly recommend) about a half inch down in the moist soil and covered it up. I left it under and incandescent lamp white close to it (about 5" or so) as to keep the soil warm (but not hot) and to give the sprout a little light during it's first bit of life. I checked periodically to make sure the lamp hadn't fallen and the soil was warm BUT NOT HOT to the touch. Waited three days and after all of the checking and keeping the soil temps right, I got a sprout!
). My little WW sprouted HuRrAy! I'll then transplant it to my big grow box where it can actually get sufficient light once it grows out a bit more and the first leaves have flattened out. So probably another day or two under the incand. light.Let me know what you guys think!
Nirvana Shop FTW. (Anyone know what those little gold balls are?)
Day 1: Sprout!
