First time grow, week 2 veg

So Robert Bergman's one is no good?

(By chance, that one you talk about was the first link I clicked on, will give me something to do when I waken up at my usual sparrowfart o'clock in the morning)

haven't read that one so I couldn't tell you.

http://growbible.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com/the-marijuana-grow-bible-free-original/

Costs you an email address, I used a "disposable" one and not my usual one, but that's just me and my aversion to having an inbox filled with all sorts of crap about things I can't buy over here.

Fubard said:

No, definitely up.

If I had it all down then it would be dead and not producing flowers.

Of course, if it wasn't for advice in a thread on this very forum I wouldn't have thought about doing such a thing, I guess I should rip everything out and do nothing until I've read every single thing about growing that exists on the internet....

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Relax.. Ya might learn.

Jypsy Dog said:

Relax.. Ya might learn.

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Already learned more than you realise

Fubard said:

The "I love growing marijuana" one, Robert Bergman's, seen others saying it's a decent one.

Biggest issue with me has been good old light, and me trying to do things too cheaply and not realising that I needed a hell of a lot more than I had with the first plant did hurt (and the vacation in hospital, a double kick in the nuts, you could say). Second one was always going to be dodgy as I was experimenting with a self-made grow light, I realise the mistake I made so made another light with substantially more power which is above my third plant, now I'm planning an improved version "just in case".

At this moment, as I say, I'm taking baby steps as it's impossible to justify the costs of some of these commercial builds to the missus since income is restricted thanks to me being broken, and since I can't work growing has turned into a hobby just now with the view of making incremental improvements whilst keeping me occupied.

Baby steps, as they say

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Hey bro just wanted to say there really aren't any worthwhile shortcuts to growin.... That being said there are plenty of cheap ways to get started. I don't know what your budget is but bare minimums IMO would be to go to amazon and get a 600watt hps for around $100... Don't go for anything below 400w .. They have really cheap setups 600's with digital ballasts so if electricity is an issue for you then it can be run at as low as 250 watts .. when using inferior lights it's not just about wattage per square foot or lumens. You need to make sure that the light being emitted is also in the right frequencies for the plant to use efficiently. When I was 16 I tried growing a plant with a 300 watt halogen and while it didn't grow the results were piss-poor compared to what I could have gotten at 250 Watts with an HPS. Along that line you're also going to need at minimum an exhaust fan and you can let your intake be passive. Just know the more you put in the more you get out and I don't just mean yield but quality also.