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Argh another first grower beating me to the punch. Those are beautiful plants though, nice buds coming in :). Good luck on the rest of the grow hopefully nothing goes wrong. I keep seeing first time growers having a great start and then a rocky ending or a rocky start and great end but they look like they really happy right now.
 
hey guys!
Im on my second round of growing. i built a small one plant box to get things started but i immediately needed more room/more plants. i then built a 4'x4'x7' flower box and have 2 different Veg boxes. im running a 600W HPS with an 8" exhaust fan and Carbon filter. right now i have a total of 14 plants going with 5 flowering staggered by 3 weeks. the goal is to be harvesting every few weeks. the first harvest should be in early Aug. im really stoked to be a part of RIU. I have learned a ton so far. i thought i would just do a quick rundown of my setup. i will get some pics up of my box and grow here soon.
 
it is more about getting a good system going and get it dialed in
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Eventually I would like to/ am going to get the table set up with 4 LED purple lights. The ones that run as much energy on your bill as one 1000 he said!! ( I'm not sure of the exact term. I saw the set up at one of the seed banks in my area.) They were clones in rock well on a table which had water around the perimeter and a reservoir. The guy says he was getting 10 lbs yields all the time.

Right now, I am forced to do them in pots because of monetary reasons. Im hoping to re invest after the first or second or ninth go around...lol. I'm going to have 2 400's and 2 1000's.....soil (what type do you recommend?) fans and a honeywell air cleaner. 80 sq. feet. Room sprayed white. a little fan I got fits right in my chimney duct which obviously goes up the chimney.

What do you suggest i do/add?

Thank you so very much for what you do.:bigjoint:
 
newcultivator said:
Eventually I would like to/ am going to get the table set up with 4 LED purple lights. The ones that run as much energy on your bill as one 1000 he said!! ( I'm not sure of the exact term. I saw the set up at one of the seed banks in my area.) They were clones in rock well on a table which had water around the perimeter and a reservoir. The guy says he was getting 10 lbs yields all the time.

Right now, I am forced to do them in pots because of monetary reasons. Im hoping to re invest after the first or second or ninth go around...lol. I'm going to have 2 400's and 2 1000's.....soil (what type do you recommend?) fans and a honeywell air cleaner. 80 sq. feet. Room sprayed white. a little fan I got fits right in my chimney duct which obviously goes up the chimney.

What do you suggest i do/add?

Thank you so very much for what you do.:bigjoint:
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think u are talking about ebb and flow tables
got a forum here for that in hydro forum
for equipment check here
http://www.htgsupply.com/

what size fan u got how many cfm is it?
and forget air cleaner u need a carbon filter
 
I'm new to the forums... joining the ranks of gardeners everywhere, refuse to be told wtf I can and can't grow in my own home by the government.

I've flowered a few, but not much experience really... just started up a budget diy dwc with cfls and bag seed... good times and doing really well midway through veg more or less.
 
Malevolence said:
I'm new to the forums... joining the ranks of gardeners everywhere, refuse to be told wtf I can and can't grow in my own home by the government.

I've flowered a few, but not much experience really... just started up a budget diy dwc with cfls and bag seed... good times and doing really well midway through veg more or less.
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welcome to riu and u to spamspok
 
My grow journal is up, first grow for me, some bagseed but some fem seeds should be on their way in the mail. No pictures up yet but will have them up as soon as I can find my camera. Also a pc grow.
 
balactus said:
My grow journal is up, first grow for me, some bagseed but some fem seeds should be on their way in the mail. No pictures up yet but will have them up as soon as I can find my camera. Also a pc grow.
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cool why dont u add a link as your signature
 
Read your journal. First timer grower myself, 2 sativas in week 5 of veg under 6/23watt cfl. Good luck with yours, I'll be following your posts. Maybe get some good info
 
I think you should start a grow journal sir or at least show them ladies. I'll be happy once I see my seedlings growing. Sadly I jumped the gun again and am not prepared for the heat in the grow box so I have to figure out some method of cooling it better since its exceeding 90 degrees with the 3 CFLs, I took out 1 CFL and then opened up the AC duct in my room. Had it closed last night to avoid it getting cold but I can see its not gonna be a problem.
 
Hey guys, I'm Edee. I'm a long time smoker, and fan of cannabis, and huge supporter of legalization. For a long time, I've always just bought what was around, for my medicinal needs, never complaining, and one day I realized that about 70% of the time, we get bud that yields very low THC. I have to smoke 2 blunts to feel anything. It tastes and smokes good. It's loud and exotic, but it hardly gets you high for long at all, and a very mild high at that.
Now, back in the day, in the early 90's, I used to get stoned from stuff that would come through. I'm talking about being too high to function, b ut that stuff would be great to smoke now. Nothing around here compares. Now once in a while Green crack, or some decent Kush will come through, but I always miss it. Every time I come to scoop some, it's some purple plant, which is cool, but probably with an 8% THC count.
So, I've decided to cultivate some of my own. That's why I'm here, talking to you. I need to know, which breed of plant would be best for a beginner, something preferably with a low odor, that is a beginner grow, but most importantly, a strong THC yielding plant. I am a beginner, but I am also an engineering major, considering taking my education to a horticulture, or botanical engineer. I'm even considering focusing my career on engineering some new characteristics to some different cannabis strains. Searching for the perfect strain. I also need to know where to order the lights, and I also need a good filter that will completely remove the smell in a closet grow. Can anyone give me some good tips? I want to put decent bud, back into play. Everything around here is purple, and smells ok, but somewhere along the line, the THC count weakened in these strains. I don't even know why people would grow such crap. Someone please give me a hand here.
 
Edee said:
Hey guys, I'm Edee. I'm a long time smoker, and fan of cannabis, and huge supporter of legalization. For a long time, I've always just bought what was around, for my medicinal needs, never complaining, and one day I realized that about 70% of the time, we get bud that yields very low THC. I have to smoke 2 blunts to feel anything. It tastes and smokes good. It's loud and exotic, but it hardly gets you high for long at all, and a very mild high at that.
Now, back in the day, in the early 90's, I used to get stoned from stuff that would come through. I'm talking about being too high to function, b ut that stuff would be great to smoke now. Nothing around here compares. Now once in a while Green crack, or some decent Kush will come through, but I always miss it. Every time I come to scoop some, it's some purple plant, which is cool, but probably with an 8% THC count.
So, I've decided to cultivate some of my own. That's why I'm here, talking to you. I need to know, which breed of plant would be best for a beginner, something preferably with a low odor, that is a beginner grow, but most importantly, a strong THC yielding plant. I am a beginner, but I am also an engineering major, considering taking my education to a horticulture, or botanical engineer. I'm even considering focusing my career on engineering some new characteristics to some different cannabis strains. Searching for the perfect strain. I also need to know where to order the lights, and I also need a good filter that will completely remove the smell in a closet grow. Can anyone give me some good tips? I want to put decent bud, back into play. Everything around here is purple, and smells ok, but somewhere along the line, the THC count weakened in these strains. I don't even know why people would grow such crap. Someone please give me a hand here.
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Completely agree with you Edee, not only is bud bought off the street less potent it can also be unavailable if your main connect is dry for instance...my situation for example -__-. That's the biggest reason why I've chosen to grow my own. You don't have to wait on anyone else, the money you put in will yield you enough to break even and eventually profit as in my very own collection of potent buds for me, myself, and I. And the gf if she so chooses to stop being a puss...lightweights.

As far as low odor strains, its usually hit or miss but from what I have read from multiple places, the Northern Lights strains will usually be low odor but like I said there will be those that will turn a room into a dank house if not handled. Really you can grow any strain with odor but you need the proper precautions as far as odor control such as a carbon filter which is a must if smell is at all an issue. Then there Ona Gel which can be found at organic growing shops I think otherwise you can just order online. Its an odor eliminating gel that you just leave open and can put right outside the grow box or even inside but I'm not sure about that since I've read mixed reviews on that. Then there's other things. The Low Ryder strains will sometimes be low odor I think more often than not but that's just from what I've read from others. Northern Lights is still your best bet. I also recommend you get the Jorge Cervantes Grower's Bible, mine just came in the mail yesterday and it was only about 15 bucks or more. It's completely full of concrete information on growing marijuana indoors and outdoors in full color with plenty of pictures.

Also I completely agree, sometimes I just feel like an idiot after buying bud sometimes and smoking it and finding out it ain't shit. My main connect says that I'm just used to that "bougie" weed since I used to always buy kush from someone else that is no longer around.
 
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