First Grow

Hello all,

I am new to growing but a vet when it comes to smoking. What I am growing is bagseed of unknown origin. What I got it from is a kinda crap smoke. It will get you high but tastes bland and burns a little.

I started germinating 12 seeds on 9/15. 8 germinated on 9/18. I planted them in a 6 inch clay pot with organic soil (I think) with miracle grow on the 20th. The taproots were about 3/4 to 1 inch long when planted.

They sprouted (only 4) on the 9/22. Let's hope I can get at least one girl

I am using purified water, 120W florescent bulb ... do I need to step this up? I don't have much cash flow to work with, so I have limited resources.
Thanks in advice for your input, I have added aluminum foil around the grow area to enhance the light.


Here are some pics. More to come.

So its day 4 and they are going good. I have 4 seedlings about 2 inches tall. I have 120W of florescent light(plant light) about foot away. The top of the soil is dry all the time. I have the light on it 24 hrs/day, I'm pretty sure that's where the water is going. I will be posting new pics by this weekend.

Are plant life bulbs okay??

I know they aren't the best, they seem to be growing well.

Day 7 of growing phase


Well my babies are stretched all to hell. I moved the light (120W) closer. It is about 6 to 7 inches away from the tops now. I added soil to help with the falling over. I need help!


EDIT - Found out my dumbass was using the wrong lighting. Go me. Going to upgrade to 2x42W, 2x23W cool white CFL's. Getting rid of the aggro-lite. Hey I did learn if you want a really really really tall sh*tty plan, then use aggro-lites.

Update:

Upgraded the lighting to the proper setup. Current setup is 42W soft white CFL & 2x27W daylight CFL's. Once the plants are more full (stretched pretty bad) I am going to upgrade the 2x27W to 2x42W CFL's. Got a 150W HPS but do not have a ballast to get it lit. Working on that tomorrow.

Day 14 of Veg ...

They are doing alright. I changed up the light to the correct type so now I am getting decent foliage. They are stretched to hell so I will have to careful making sure I do not break the long stems. I am continuing the grow because this is my first attempt I need to see if I can be somewhat successful.

I have tied up my babies just to add the needed structure so that I don't have any of the leafs laying in the soil. Three out of four can stand on their own but don't want to take the chance. Here are the pics ...



Group




Plant 1




Plant 2




Plant 3


Plant 4