starting out advice needed

bobireland

bobireland

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hi everyone this is my first post here,this is going to be my first attemp at growing so i dont know much,any advice would be greatly appreciated,
the room i will be using is about 8foot in length,4foot in width,and about 8foot in height,i have 15 seeds would i be able to grow that many plants in there??i was gonna cover the walls n ceiling in foil,should i do this??
i was also gonna put an extracter fan on the ceiling,should i do this??
what kind of light should i use??

any info yous have feel free to share as i havent a clue, cheers guys
 
Hank

Hank

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Originally posted by bobireland

hi everyone this is my first post here,this is going to be my first attemp at growing so i dont know much,any advice would be greatly appreciated,
the room i will be using is about 8foot in length,4foot in width,and about 8foot in height,i have 15 seeds would i be able to grow that many plants in there??i was gonna cover the walls n ceiling in foil,should i do this??
i was also gonna put an extracter fan on the ceiling,should i do this??
what kind of light should i use??

any info yous have feel free to share as i havent a clue, cheers guys
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Yes you should have enough room since your gonna have to sex them. As for the tinfoil i would say pass on that and get some mylar. It's cheaper and more effective. And if you can swing it go for a 400 watt metal halide to get things rolling. Proper airflow and ventilation is a must. You don't want them temps getting to high. I assume you have read the GROWFAQ? Just do you homework and all should be well.

Hank.
 
greenbehemoth

greenbehemoth

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Hi bobireland,

Welcome to the forum. The best advice I can give you at this stage is to read the FAQs and various guides and tutorials here:

GROWFAQ

As regards your grow room you have plenty of space to start your seeds off, but unless your seeds are feminized then bear in mind that only around half of them will be female, which is what you want, so you will most likely want to get rid of all the males at some stage thereby increasing the amount of space you have for the females.

I wouldn't cover the room in foil. Mylar is the perfect solution, but it is not cheap. After that I would say paint your room matt white which is a better solution than foil. And if you do use foil, use the matt side, not the shiny side, to reflect your light. Otherwise you can get hot spots and burn the leaves on your plants.

greenb.
 
bobireland

bobireland

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greenbehemoth said:
Hi bobireland,

Welcome to the forum. The best advice I can give you at this stage is to read the FAQs and various guides and tutorials here:

GROWFAQ

As regards your grow room you have plenty of space to start your seeds off, but unless your seeds are feminized then bear in mind that only around half of them will be female, which is what you want, so you will most likely want to get rid of all the males at some stage thereby increasing the amount of space you have for the females.

I wouldn't cover the room in foil. Mylar is the perfect solution, but it is not cheap. After that I would say paint your room matt white which is a better solution than foil. And if you do use foil, use the matt side, not the shiny side, to reflect your light. Otherwise you can get hot spots and burn the leaves on your plants.

greenb.
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thanks for your info,just a quick question i dont mean to sound stupid here but how would i know if my seeds were feminized,the ones i have i bought them there white widow,is there any way to know if they are feminized??
sorry if thats a stupid question
 
hothousemary

hothousemary

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you wont be able to tell untill you are ready to sex them... There is a great post in the grow faq to help ya there..
 
greenbehemoth

greenbehemoth

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bobireland said:
thanks for your info,just a quick question i dont mean to sound stupid here but how would i know if my seeds were feminized,the ones i have i bought them there white widow,is there any way to know if they are feminized??
sorry if thats a stupid question
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Feminized seeds are specially produced to give you, say, 99 per cent chance of getting all female plants. Normal seeds you get roughly 50 per cent male / female. If you bought your seeds on the internet you should be able to easily check whether the particular pack you bought were normal seeds or feminized seeds - if feminized they will have been in the "Feminzed / Female Seeds" section of the website (as you weren't aware of them being feminized, chances are you bought normal seeds).

Either way, it's important to check your plants carefully once they reach flowering to make sure any male plants are identified and removed. As hothousemary said, the FAQs will help you on that score.

greenb.
 
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