Hi Jay_normous.
Today is there first day of life 3 out of 5 seeds popped up after some germination issues so there not under the light as of yet. Its in a small hot press type room im just planning on having a small fan circulating the air with no exaust system although im thinking of putting in a extraction fan to blow the air into the attick. this is my first attempt at a grow so im a grow virgin but hoping i can pick up some info here. i have read alot and i understand that with wd auto my 600watt HPS will be plenty for them on a 18/6 light schedule. Any infomation on when to put them under the light would be excellent. Day 1 here lokking forward to harvest hopefully in 70 dys
Cool.. first if all make sure your seedlings dont dry out.
You might want to think about the heat from the light..
Your going to need a exhaust for sure.. even holes in your grow room wall but this would mean you need a strong intake fan... You may want to think about odur issues but that wont happen for a few weeks yet..
Here are some pics of mine from tonight...
This is my Exhaust.
A osiclating fan is needed to blow the fresh air around everywhere, right at the back you should see my fresh air inlet.
This is what my grow room looks like from my shed door... Even crammed the missus tumble drier in there for good measure..!!
This is my Clone / Veg room.. Note evrything inside the rooms are painted white with normal wall paint.
I have 3 seedlings of something, and a clone i took of one of the plants in the flowering room.
This is a heat wire, this really helps seedlings and clones in their early stage.. this is I think is very important, I now have 100% success rate with clones and seeds.
This clone was taken 4 days ago and roots are showing already..
Yound clones and seeds need warmth and humidity.
I use this throughout the early stages and vegging.
Tempreture is very important.. Too hot and the plants will die too cold and they wont grow.. These temps are a little cool but fuck it..
This is my little girl, she is called "Blossom".. she is starting to show her flowers.
7 more weeks and this will be drying..!!
This is called the "Scrog" method.. This shouldn't be tried on your first grow.
Laying flat on my back trimming the canopy last night... Night mare!!
This is a hygrometer.. tells you temp and humidty..
And finally, bit over grown but I like using every lumen off my 250w bulb..!!
Hope this helps for your first grow mate...
Mine isn't 100% perfect but hopefully will give you and idea..
Just quickly.. I use normal compost from the garden centre... Make sure you use perlite too..