snookalo
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So I haven't smoked for about 6 months because I'm hoping for a promotion and that equals a drug test. Before I started back last year around this time I hadn't smoked in about 8 years. Found out I missed it, cheaper for me than beer and without the horrible feeling in morning.
I came across this site and it spiked some curiosity. I thought, wow, I could just grow my own and not even have to worry about buying it when I do start back. I read for about a month before I even joined, finally got tired of not being able to see pictures. Once I joined and saw all the pictures of the plants people were growing with just CFL's I decided I had to do it. So I bought some seeds from nirvana, AK48, and started buying up supplies. My current setup, I say current because it's always changing, is inside the bottom of a utility cabinet. I painted the inside flat white and bought some lamp makers(basically a lamp socket on the end of a cord). Bought a timer to run it all, a surge protector, a thermometer, some y splitters for the sockets, and of course CFL's.
The cabinet is 22"x18"X38" so keeping it small is key. I decided to LST, but am nowhere near that point yet. The lights I planned to use, even though I have plans for more already, are 4 26w 6500 and 2 26w 2700 for veg. For flower I am using 2 42w 2700, 2 26w 2700, and 2 26w 6500. With my small area this should be plenty, but I'm going to add more anyway. Right now the white paint is the only reflector but tomorrow I am going to add a diy reflector and two computer fans(intake and outtake) to keep down on the heat once I put the thermal blanket on the front section and bottom.
I started out with a couple of tomato plants in there just seeing what could be done with CFL's, I got good growth so happy with that. I germed 3 seeds using the papertowel method. All three germed but I think I left one in there too long because one I took it and planted it it died. So now I'm down to two plants. One about an inch and one half an inch taller than that in party cups. I have a diy co2 jug in there with them, just hoping the cheap method will help a bit. That's where I'm at now. With the plants in their second day of under the lights. Have them 20/4 right now. We'll see how it goes.
I came across this site and it spiked some curiosity. I thought, wow, I could just grow my own and not even have to worry about buying it when I do start back. I read for about a month before I even joined, finally got tired of not being able to see pictures. Once I joined and saw all the pictures of the plants people were growing with just CFL's I decided I had to do it. So I bought some seeds from nirvana, AK48, and started buying up supplies. My current setup, I say current because it's always changing, is inside the bottom of a utility cabinet. I painted the inside flat white and bought some lamp makers(basically a lamp socket on the end of a cord). Bought a timer to run it all, a surge protector, a thermometer, some y splitters for the sockets, and of course CFL's.
The cabinet is 22"x18"X38" so keeping it small is key. I decided to LST, but am nowhere near that point yet. The lights I planned to use, even though I have plans for more already, are 4 26w 6500 and 2 26w 2700 for veg. For flower I am using 2 42w 2700, 2 26w 2700, and 2 26w 6500. With my small area this should be plenty, but I'm going to add more anyway. Right now the white paint is the only reflector but tomorrow I am going to add a diy reflector and two computer fans(intake and outtake) to keep down on the heat once I put the thermal blanket on the front section and bottom.
I started out with a couple of tomato plants in there just seeing what could be done with CFL's, I got good growth so happy with that. I germed 3 seeds using the papertowel method. All three germed but I think I left one in there too long because one I took it and planted it it died. So now I'm down to two plants. One about an inch and one half an inch taller than that in party cups. I have a diy co2 jug in there with them, just hoping the cheap method will help a bit. That's where I'm at now. With the plants in their second day of under the lights. Have them 20/4 right now. We'll see how it goes.
