I started my first grow about 6 weeks ago. The following is what I have going right now:
Location - 5x5x8 (lengthXwidthXheight) closet
Lights - 2 26w 6500k CFL's with reflectors, 2 long florescent tubes
Medium - soil-less mix (1:1:1 peat moss, vermiculite, perlite)
Nutrition - General Hydroponics Flora Series (FloraGro 2-1-6, FloraMicro 5-0-1, and FloraBloom 0-5-4)
Plants - bag-seeds from at least 3 different sources. 13 plants altogether right now, including one not yet germinated.
Temperature - I have not kept records, but the temps in the closet are close to 70F when lights are off, and max out at about 90F after a few hours of lights being on. I'm not sure if this is acceptable or not. I have read differing opinions on the matter.
Airflow - Two fans. One 9 inch Box fan and one oscillating tower fan with a wind emulation mode (not sure how beneficial this feature is)
I'm using small peat pots until they are ready to be transplanted. This was a HUGE mistake. The peat pots dry out incredibly fast, creating an unstable moisture content within the soil. Some of the plants are showing signs of moisture stress as a result. I need to transplant 9 plants that are in these horrible containers into something else, probably just solo/party cups for now. (I'm hoping the peat pots are small enough to simply drop into the cups, as this will take transplant shock out of the equation.)
I transplanted the best looking seedling into a 2 gallon pail. The seedling is about 4 weeks old. It was in a peat pot previously, so there should be minimal shock, if any. I placed one of the 26w CFL's 2 inches directly above it.
I have not covered everything yet. I will continue to update this thread regularly.
Please post your thoughts, suggestions, questions...everything will be appreciated.
The next post will contain pictures.
Location - 5x5x8 (lengthXwidthXheight) closet
Lights - 2 26w 6500k CFL's with reflectors, 2 long florescent tubes
Medium - soil-less mix (1:1:1 peat moss, vermiculite, perlite)
Nutrition - General Hydroponics Flora Series (FloraGro 2-1-6, FloraMicro 5-0-1, and FloraBloom 0-5-4)
Plants - bag-seeds from at least 3 different sources. 13 plants altogether right now, including one not yet germinated.
Temperature - I have not kept records, but the temps in the closet are close to 70F when lights are off, and max out at about 90F after a few hours of lights being on. I'm not sure if this is acceptable or not. I have read differing opinions on the matter.
Airflow - Two fans. One 9 inch Box fan and one oscillating tower fan with a wind emulation mode (not sure how beneficial this feature is)
I'm using small peat pots until they are ready to be transplanted. This was a HUGE mistake. The peat pots dry out incredibly fast, creating an unstable moisture content within the soil. Some of the plants are showing signs of moisture stress as a result. I need to transplant 9 plants that are in these horrible containers into something else, probably just solo/party cups for now. (I'm hoping the peat pots are small enough to simply drop into the cups, as this will take transplant shock out of the equation.)
I transplanted the best looking seedling into a 2 gallon pail. The seedling is about 4 weeks old. It was in a peat pot previously, so there should be minimal shock, if any. I placed one of the 26w CFL's 2 inches directly above it.
I have not covered everything yet. I will continue to update this thread regularly.
Please post your thoughts, suggestions, questions...everything will be appreciated.
The next post will contain pictures.
oh well... Here are some pics of the grow anyways. Hover over pictures to see what they are.
