Looseluv
Active Member
First timer here. The last eighth I bought had a bunch of seeds in it, so I decided to see what I could get from it. This plant is 3or4 mos. of growth. The reason why it looks really ragged is due to my neglect, and lack of funds. I basically put it outside in a bucket and let it grow, only watering it every three days or so. Bugs got to the lower leaves, and majorly stunted the growth. It has a very weak, thin stem too.
Since growing plants is harmless and not too expensive I wanted to revamp my whole production; or at least put a little more effort into growing, so this is the setup I have. I have just planted a few seeds in the two smaller pots with Fox's Sea scape soil, and mixed in a little more bat guano (black bag) to increase the nitrogen in the soil. The other 5gal. bucket has two or three seeds just starting to sprout. Also, I decided to invest in some better lighting. The buckets and pots are under Sun system's 150W HPS basic lighting setup which is now on a 17/7hr. timing set up. The box fan is for circulation. I have a bowl of water there for the time being for humidity. It's very humid in the southeast, so I'm not too worried about low humidity. The whole setup is in an attic-like crawl space, with insulation. You should be able to see the space I am working with in the pictures, so there is more room for more lighting, plants, and w/e. The whole lighting, soil, fan, timer, etc... cost me a little over 200. I'm on a really tight student budget, so I'm not too willing to spend much more.
But I would love any ideas on cheap nutrients that might be able to pick up....also I will keep up on this grow journal about twice or more a week.
Basically anything helpful would be appreciated...
Oh and the outdoor plant is Salvia. It really started growing when I added the bat guano. Salvia is kinda like my control plant. I just let it do its thing and water it every so often. It's been growing for 5 or so months.
Since growing plants is harmless and not too expensive I wanted to revamp my whole production; or at least put a little more effort into growing, so this is the setup I have. I have just planted a few seeds in the two smaller pots with Fox's Sea scape soil, and mixed in a little more bat guano (black bag) to increase the nitrogen in the soil. The other 5gal. bucket has two or three seeds just starting to sprout. Also, I decided to invest in some better lighting. The buckets and pots are under Sun system's 150W HPS basic lighting setup which is now on a 17/7hr. timing set up. The box fan is for circulation. I have a bowl of water there for the time being for humidity. It's very humid in the southeast, so I'm not too worried about low humidity. The whole setup is in an attic-like crawl space, with insulation. You should be able to see the space I am working with in the pictures, so there is more room for more lighting, plants, and w/e. The whole lighting, soil, fan, timer, etc... cost me a little over 200. I'm on a really tight student budget, so I'm not too willing to spend much more.
But I would love any ideas on cheap nutrients that might be able to pick up....also I will keep up on this grow journal about twice or more a week.
Basically anything helpful would be appreciated...
Oh and the outdoor plant is Salvia. It really started growing when I added the bat guano. Salvia is kinda like my control plant. I just let it do its thing and water it every so often. It's been growing for 5 or so months.