First grow

[sonydude]

First off, I'm way broke right now, so I'm not going to be able to add anything else for the time being. Somehow I was able to acquire:

125W hydrofarm CFL system w/ daylight bulb
150W HPS system
ocean forest potting soil
cheapo potting soil for seedlings
3 pack of fox farm nutes
ph up
ph down
ph tester
jiffy cups
three 1 gallon pots
cheapo small fan
thermometer
3 seeds

I have a white painted grow area:

42" tall
32" wide
16" deep

I want to get started, but not sure if I should do all 3 plants, or just 1 or 2 until I can get some more lighting.

Sure, more lighting would be great, but can I do all 3 plants with what I have and get decent results?

 

[wowisuckatthis]

as long as you can rig some sort of system to move your lights up and down in the grow space you should be fine
and you can always pick up a couple 42w 2700k cfls before you flower to keep the growng fast with the shorter light

 

[newb101]

i would do 1 or two considering the lighting cause itll be more light for the two and theyll give more than 3 just fighting. have you germinated them yet?

 

[DoeEyed]

If you have regular seeds and not feminized, I would do all three - otherwise you may end up wasting time growing out a male.

 

[sonydude]

wowisuckatthis, Yes, I heard CFL's are great for 1-2 inches away from the plant. I do have a "system" for up and down. I have a braded picture frame cable that I tie in a knot very carefully, if that's a system.

 

[sonydude]

newb101, that makes the most sense, but I'm really hankerin' to try all 3 and see what happens. If it's totally a no go though, I won't waste my time.

 

[sonydude]

doeeyed, yes 3 feminized. I read somewhere that even fems can come out male? I did buy from a reputable company in the UK.

 

[wowisuckatthis]

newb101, that makes the most sense, but I'm really hankerin' to try all 3 and see what happens. If it's totally a no go though, I won't waste my time.

you really should try all 3, not likly that you are going to get more than two girls out of 3 bag seeds. and like i said you can veg them on that amount of light, and even flower if you dont want real nice nuggs, but its about a 30 dollar thing to throw in a few more cfls before flowering.

 

[newb101]

doeeyed, yes 3 feminized. I read somewhere that even fems can come out male? I did buy from a reputable company in the UK.

he said theyre fem not bagseed. its on you man i honestly believe 2 but hey do all three wth lol just lst them so you can give them all the best light as possible.

 

[sonydude]

he said theyre fem not bagseed. its on you man i honestly believe 2 but hey do all three wth lol just lst them so you can give them all the best light as possible.

I hear ya. I was thinking the same. I did find a relatively affordable 2 Lamp 4 Foot T5 High Output Fluorescent Fixture for about $72 shipped that I was thinking about. Got to pay some rent first.

Maybe I could do 3 plants for a month on my 125W hydrofarm cfl, and add the additional 10K lumens from the T5. Only problem is placing the T5 alongside the rather large 125W cfl. Maybe on a side wall of the grow area?

 

[DoeEyed]

doeeyed, yes 3 feminized. I read somewhere that even fems can come out male? I did buy from a reputable company in the UK.

Feminized seeds shouldn't come out male - I think you would be more likely to get a hermie from them, than a male.

 

[BlaZr]

Feminized seeds shouldn't come out male - I think you would be more likely to get a hermie from them, than a male.

Yep. A hermaphrodite plant only gives female and hermaphrodite seeds, so seed banks just sell them together as feminized seeds.

I could be seriously wrong with this, this is just something I overheard.