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UnDeRr@TeD

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im about to start my first grow as soon as my seds come in the mail. autoseeds pineapple punch,autoseeds diesel berry,dinafem seeds white widow. i was just wondering if i could go from start to finish with the things i have or if ill need more stuff?? I will be growing 4 plants at a time in a walk in closet with 14 100watt cfls mixed spectrum 2,700 & 6,500 K's growing in 3.5 gallon pots with a mix of foxfarm ocenforest and happyfrog mixed together. For feeding i will be using organic Worm Casting Tea,, foxfarm bigbloom,grow big,and tiger bloom. Will that be enough to get me threw the entire grow start to finish?? im super dyslexic and its hard for me to do all these search's so i figure i would post this and try to get as much info and suggestions i could in one place. Im sorry if my questions have been asked before im a total newb at this.. thank you all for any help or suggestions you can give! stay stoney:joint:
 

justugh

Well-Known Member
do not worry dsylexic here

autos are famous for not liking full power feedings so u are going to use less then u think ....at most 75% of what ever plan the products line tells u to do .......u start at about the 3 week at 1/4 str ......when it is in flowering the first week it is half bloom half grow.....the 2nd week it is 75% bloom 25% grow and then it is all bloom

personally i like the go box .......everything u need in one box with one plan to listen too/reduce.........order yourself pipettes too ............as for your light get some clip on lights from home depot and some old fashion grow lights .....................as the plants grow up u will have issuse with getting light to lower leaves this will fix that and thicken buds up

when u mix up the feed for them what ever is not used u need to toss out and make a fresh batch for next time ..........unless u have a tea keeper (bucket with air stone in it)
 

aknight3

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it sounds like for ur first grow u will be OK. thats plenty of light BUT, more would not hurt, and if u wanna get seirous about it get a HPS and u will be realy in biz, goodl uck
 

technical dan

Active Member
that dinafem WWA will get BIG if it likes the conditions so you may want to hold off on it (for this grow) if you have concerns with space or you could put it in a smaller pot to limit size but the next time I grow one its going in a 5+ gal pot. ooh also with the WWA light nutes esp. nitrogen.

Dont know if you bought your bulbs yet but I would encourage cree led bulbs they cost twice as much up front but run cooler and use a fraction the the energy of comparable cfls. Or light ak said you can get ceral and get a big light
 

diet coke

Active Member
Might be better off using 55w (200w equivalent) cfl twist easier to manage.
Fox farms soil will get the autos most of the way without extra feeding , once flowering starts start feeding light at first autos are sensitive. Also start them in the pots you will finish them in.

Dinafem widow will be a good plant but you may have to top it to keep same height as autos.
 

UnDeRr@TeD

New Member
sweet thanks for all the advice and tips guys i really appreciate it, i will be switching to mh/hps next time. i just went cfl this time thinking it would save alot on elec but i decided i dont want to lose quality or weight just to save 6 bucks a month.. any tips for flushing or if i even need to being organic and autos?? thanks again for all the help guys its much appreciated.. btw the whitewidow is also a auto so will it get that much bigger than the rest?? idk if you was all thinking it was photo period or if dinafem auto ww really gets alot bigger than other autos??
 

technical dan

Active Member
yes the dinafem white widow auto gets large, larger than many other autos n larger than all the others I have grown at this point. Flushing is a personal choice and a very debated one at that. You do not need to grow organic but as an organic grower I encourage it. Make friends with the rhizosphere rather than dumping chemistry at your plants IMO.
 

justugh

Well-Known Member
flushing is always good ........... u know that snapping and popping sound u get with some smoke ....that is not flushing and curing correctly

flushing is simple make sure the drain holes are clear if in pot if in air bag get a cooling rack for baking and head outside water is going to be running off so do it outside if safe or in deep sink / tub

for every 1 gallon of soil u pour 2 gallons of water tho .....so 3 gallon pot gets 6 gallons of PHed water .........shoot for 6.5 if u can get gallon jugs of water from store ph it and set it in the sun for 2 days it will highly oxygenated the water so the time is little faster and less stressful ( this is a distillers trick for yeast to mutli as fast as they can to get to making us our shine....air in water they multi once the air is gone they turn sugar to shine )

air bags it drains right tho and the soil compresses u see roots cover them up if it happends on pots same then some fresh dirt little water .................after the water goes tho it droops the leaves and all turn down ward move it back into the area u have light once it stops draining/dripping and run your lights normally like u would until the leaves perk up again and the pot is light and dry ..............i give them about 20 oz of water and shut the light off for 48 hours ............after that u turn lights on clip all the little and big fan leaves u can .....cut it near the soil string a line in a dry warm area that is dark........i personally just hang the plant by a branch on the line ...........i check mine on the 3rd day if the tricones are all brown and not green i clip down and jar ....if they still have green or some on them i wait a day (this is the ones on the stem right under the buds).............jar them up and for 7 to 10 days every 12 hours open the jars and let air change out for 20 mins .............shake the jar so they move around look for mold u see mold u remove that bud and flush it in toilet (do not smoke u will regret it and could harm lungs premittly) u watch that jar for any more mold on bud if u see it then just toss the hole thing that jar .....after the 5 or 6th day u can stopif in dry area texas az not much humity in the air if there is alot then full 10 days maybe even 14 but i do 8 days
 
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