iblazetoomuch
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I have sprouted my first plant, since I am new to growing and on a small scale first time learners experience, I did purchase cheap ufo limited lighting supplemented with CFLs. I have no high expectations for the yield of this setup as I am already aware of similar setups 20 gram range yield, which is on the low end of things to say the least!
I do not currently have a permenant grow box, I made one out of a cardboard box. To call my first grow crude would be a understatement, I will list specifics of what I am using and post few pics, shes still a baby, only been above dirt for a day. The aluminum foil in certain spots is not for reflection as I am aware its not sufficient, but rather to keep the base of lightsources heating the surrounding cardboard areas.
A crude box, lol.
Lighting:
UFO 135w (cheap brand, 90w actual watts approx I believe)
CFL 100w (35-45 actual watts approx I believe)
Medium/Nutrients:
Rockwool cube in Pro-mix soil w/ perlite.
Ionic Grow, bloom, and boost.
Water source:
RO bottled water, 6.8-7.0 PH. I may mix this 50/50 with the 7.9 tap water to add buffering capacity depending on how the nutrient mixing goes in 2.5-3ish weeks when its time to feed her for her first feast
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Soil Temperature kept around 78-83, ambient temp in box on average is 81.
View attachment 2615291
Thanks for peeking, hopefully will be comfortable with growing so I can switch to better lighting and make the 60 days worth the effort, although 20 grams of berry ryder is worth my time anyway, I'm not going to lie. Bored of generic weed
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I would anticipate less then that for a ufo tbh.
Short term items I will be acquiring this summer:
Permanent tent/growbox.
2x Apollo or Blackstar 240s or 1 advancedleds diamond series 200w
Higher BTU air conditioner to keep temperature/humidity controlled for july/august hot weeks.
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Seedling seemed stressed by being placed 6 inches closer to LED 135w, I moved it back to original spot, watered and put CFL down closer around 4-5 inches away, hopefully will not die.
I do not currently have a permenant grow box, I made one out of a cardboard box. To call my first grow crude would be a understatement, I will list specifics of what I am using and post few pics, shes still a baby, only been above dirt for a day. The aluminum foil in certain spots is not for reflection as I am aware its not sufficient, but rather to keep the base of lightsources heating the surrounding cardboard areas.
A crude box, lol.
Lighting:
UFO 135w (cheap brand, 90w actual watts approx I believe)
CFL 100w (35-45 actual watts approx I believe)
Medium/Nutrients:
Rockwool cube in Pro-mix soil w/ perlite.
Ionic Grow, bloom, and boost.
Water source:
RO bottled water, 6.8-7.0 PH. I may mix this 50/50 with the 7.9 tap water to add buffering capacity depending on how the nutrient mixing goes in 2.5-3ish weeks when its time to feed her for her first feast
.Soil Temperature kept around 78-83, ambient temp in box on average is 81.
View attachment 2615291Thanks for peeking, hopefully will be comfortable with growing so I can switch to better lighting and make the 60 days worth the effort, although 20 grams of berry ryder is worth my time anyway, I'm not going to lie. Bored of generic weed
.I would anticipate less then that for a ufo tbh.
Short term items I will be acquiring this summer:
Permanent tent/growbox.
2x Apollo or Blackstar 240s or 1 advancedleds diamond series 200w
Higher BTU air conditioner to keep temperature/humidity controlled for july/august hot weeks.
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Seedling seemed stressed by being placed 6 inches closer to LED 135w, I moved it back to original spot, watered and put CFL down closer around 4-5 inches away, hopefully will not die.
