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I have just cleared out a space for a SOG, it is not a very large room, no more than 30sq/ft. I have the potential to vent out through the ceiling however I am not sure that I can therefore, I want to know if it is best given the small space and the possible problems with ventilation if I should go with a 400w hps or just go with cfl. Cost is somewhat of an issue but I have some cash saved up for initial start up. If anyone can help I'd appreciate it.

What's up guys just joined first time grower. I have a qeustion under outdoor growing. If anyone gets the chance, please help me out.

Hey peeps, just startin my first grow and found so much information and help on here that it seemed a no brainer to register an join the community

Im growin in a built in cupboard, had heat issues (32c+) in my test run so just ordered a cooltube and a 4" ruck fan, as soon as they get here ill be tacklin humidity, hopefully ill get it all sorted before my seeds (snow white) are popped (got 3 in, one has germinated but still awaiting signs of life from the other 2). Im usin auto pots with refined coco. Also built a funky little probagator out of an old PC tower an PSU.

It hasnt taken me long to realise that there is one thing above all else that is extremely difficult with a first time grow....... patience ! I feel like i should be doing something.. helping.. but the fact is that ive probably faffed and disturbed my seed 10-12 times since i started them off 2-3 days ago (one direct to coco -which has popped, one soaked and planted, one germinated -didnt crack- and planted. I fear my over exuberance and impatience has set me back another week, Its just so damn hard.

Thanks for all the help so far

Just started my own garden.Found this site a few days ago and found alot of useful info so i had to join in. i am working on my first grow and hope it goes well will get some pics up for all to see soon. hope to get some good advice and feed back on how to improve my crop thanks

Hey guys irnoobimusmaximus here, just sayin hi, catch ya all later!

irnoobimusmaximus said:

Hey guys irnoobimusmaximus here, just sayin hi, catch ya all later!

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Hey I R Noob........Welcome aboard..........Good luck & good grow.......BB

my purple haze sprouted im waiting 4 that white rhino to folow both on jiffys the paper towel method was not doing it for me at least i got the purp on a cfl 5000k 60hz 14 w will this be good for my girls thanks BB

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my purple haze sprouted im waiting 4 that white rhino to folow both on jiffys the paper towel method was not doing it for me at least i got the purp on a cfl 5000k 60hz 14 w will this be good for my girls thanks BB

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I'm surprised the paper towel method didn't work for you... Not that you'll need to, and not that you asked, but try to get 3 sheets of paper towel, fold them at the creases (you'll have 3 equal layers) and get them soaking wet. Wring it out so that they're moist but not dripping. Fold it in half so you have a long rectangle. Place your seeds on one half and fold over to cover loosely. Get one of those colored glad disposable containers or some Tupperware (you gotta have some kind of plastic container with a lid somewhere!) and place the PT on the inside of the lid. If you place the container loosely on top of the lid (the container will be inverted, like a dome type thingy) so moisture can escape but the PT won't dry out, you should have sprouts in no time. For germination, in my experience, you just have to keep the right level of moisture in the PT, keep it in a dark warm place and they should be fine..

As for the CFL's, I'd get one of the 23w bulbs that is equivalent to a 100w incandescent. Much more light for not much more energy usage... just my 2 cents.

First post, working on my third crop. I have a 4'x4'x6' "tool" cabinet that my operation is housed in. Using ebb & flow, clay pellets as medium, started plants from seed but have been cloning on the 2nd and 3rd crop. Using Bontnicare 3 part and Kosmic Karma. Plants have gone from 2" to 24" in like 6 weeks. Using (3)T5 with 4 lamps and 2'bulbs. Start with blue and red spectrum and have just replaced all the blues with red bulbs only. Just added Bloom to nutrient mixture and have been cutting back light cycle from 18/6. Should I top the main stem and thin out the lower leaves? The plants look great and they have lots of shoots. Looking for advice on the trimming and anything else that will help me get the production up. Thanks for your advice....

Hi everyone.Doing our first grow here for my wife for medicinal purposes.Small space about 2ftx2ftx2ft in our closet.First time I have done this just tired of paying high prices through providers.This plant is a female from a female kush seed of some kind ( I dont know the specific) but is a female seed.This is near 3 weeks old and been doing the LST method.Questions:Can I flower it after 3 weeks and will the box be big enough to handle it or can it veg more and still have room.I am using eco compost material which is a great soil locally.Using Jack's Classi 20-20-20 for veg and will switch to jack's classic 10-30-10 for flowering when ready.I have 3 cfls 100 wats in a fixture and to small grow tubes if needed.Temps are around 80 in the day and around 77-79 at night(the high temp you see is when I use the grow lights one time and shut them off when I saw the 90 degree temp),it looks to be doing o.k. but wondering if I should start to flower since the size of this box is small and have no where else to grow this.Also do I need to change out different lights to flower when I do flower or can I use what I have.I am using two small fans to blow fresh air in and one for out.Its been growing crazy from what I have seen for a 3 week old plant.Is it safe to say I can flower at 3 weeks and be o.k.?

I'm newbie here, hope i can know more friends from here!

Well...your plants will double perhaps even triple their size AFTER you put them in flowering. You will run out of height very quickly. VV

hello all im new outdoor grower. i have a plant that i over watered and is now starting to turn around thankfully, but theres still a lot of moisture in the bottom of portion of my pot. my question is, how can i get that excess moisture to dry up? I also have not watered it for 5 days or so.

Hello there! Just signed in, after having a few hits on this page through google. I decided it's better to have some expert friends here, than rely to complete strangers on google!
So, let me give you my story: My cousin brought me an easter 10-gram present, which we smoked every day for about a week (Mixed with tobacco). The buds he brought had some seeds in them, so I decided to try them out. I germinated them and now they're about 2 weeks old. There are 4 relatively big sprouts now, and one plant has only just poked out. I'm not planning on using any lights or artificial growing methods, just outdoor growing and some fertilizers! I'm going to transplant the sprouts into separate pots the day after tomorrow. I hope I can have some smokable weed by mid-end September. What do you think?

Just wanted to say Hi!.. I have been trying to register with this site but kept getting errors with the registration.. Soo glad it worked D.. First time grower (indoor) and from the looks of things i have a natural green thumb . ne ways just wanted to say HI. Looking forward to documenting and sharing info, pics/vids of my grow.

Hello I am a newbe to this site as well as dwc hydrponics . I am not really sure at what time to start my time table . I started from seedling in RW cube. I placed in my system at about a week . It took a week or so to take off. Now I guess I am at week 4 and started to show signs of burn so I did a 2 hour fresh water rinse , And started with fresh nutes . It has been 3 days and plants are not getting worse or better . (400-500 ppm) I'm I over reacting or should I just wait and see? Thanks for any advice and sorry about the book.

I do know more about outdoor growing then indoor . You have to concider a few things , strain , location , bugs / pest , animals (deer) if you have 2 or more of these issues this may be a problem for you. Last year I started outdoors in mid to late April and my harvest was in mid October .

i have my seedlings indoors now how long should i wait before i transplant them outdoors and also i have a fluorescent light
on them 24/7 will this be a problem when i put them outside because it will only be getting 9 maybe 10 hours of sun a day ?

@badwolf They only need 12/12 light/dark for when you want them to start flowering, so you might get away with putting them outside. I think you should just keep them indoors man, you can control how much light they get.

sup peeps I'm germinating some seeds under my bed. I will probably stick around cos this is my first attempt at growing, there will probably be things to ask