My First Grow Ever

[mmclean3]

Usually once you water a sprout before it comes up, u dont have to water for afew days almost a week inbetween if the rockwool stays wet enuff. Gotta get those roots to stretch otherwise they look nice. Watch teh water. ;P

 

[Damion5050]

Usually once you water a sprout before it comes up, u dont have to water for afew days almost a week inbetween if the rockwool stays wet enuff. Gotta get those roots to stretch otherwise they look nice. Watch teh water. ;P

Ty for the info I watered them the first and 3rd day now I am gona wait till the 6th..

 

[mmclean3]

Ty for the info I watered them the first and 3rd day now I am gona wait till the 6th..

Tru tru, how i got use to it, was well in a pot i got use to teh weight dry n not dry. Ha but u have other signs ur plant usually will let you kno everything you do wrong, and everything it wants. ;P They're like a women! LMFAO no offense to any of ya'lll .They dont really tell you whatca doing wrong/right you can jsut tell if you kno ur woman

 

[Damion5050]

LOL Well, I just transplanted them into mini HB I figured what would one less day make so now they are in the HB form, I'll wait another week or two then put them into there final HB bucket 2 gallon size..

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[DarkStar9]

sweet dude, I'm doing the same, mini HB first and then the final ones....
I'll be watching your grow..
2 of my AKs were born on 4 20, I planned it that way...

 

[Damion5050]

lol nice 4 20 babies mine are all bag seed being that it's the first grow and if I mess up no money lost on seeds

 

[White Widow Woman]

Hey 5050 - lol... it's like you are rap star, Mr 5050...

Everything looks great! And I think we all start with the mini hempy set-up. And oh hey they will grow outrageously once the roots get down to the nutrient solution in the bottom.

I got a question for you though... How did you hook up those lights? I would love to do something like that for clones and seedlings. Can you give me some directions?

Thanks!

Widow

 

[Damion5050]

Yep rap star call me 50.. LOL light setup is made to be really cheap.

Go buy a time.....$6.00
Power Strip...$5.00
3 Socket Adapter...$1.00 About a dollar each so 3 total
CFL 6500K 23watt 1600 lumens...$8.00 3 pack

Cost $22.00

You plug the power strip into the time then screw the bulbs into the socket adapter then plug socket adapter into the powerstrip and away you go.

Here is a pick of the socket adapter

 

[Damion5050]

Now obviously i did this 3 fold I have 9 bulbs total 3 pwoer strips leading to another powerstrip that is plugged into the timer.. It's like 14,500 lumens total.. for like 65-70 bucks

 

[Damion5050]

Here ae some pics of right now like 2 minutes ago I am currently only using 2 power strips for the simple fact that 9 is alittle overkill for 5 baby plants, and I hung my fan to blow onto the plants..

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[DarkStar9]

I like that set up, I have a couple of clip on lamps but I didnt know you could get socket adaptors, I'll do that soon......
oh I didnt buy the ak47 seeds, they came out of an ounce of ak47 i bought some time ago, it was amazing I cant wait to grow it

 

[Skitzotic]

Nice set up man, Mines not to much different then your. except im only using 4 cfl's but they all 4 have reflectors on them. And plus i covered the walls for reflection. Good luck, i'll definatley follow your Grow. Im also on my first grow. And its also bagseed You oughta check it out. I dont have any pics of my setup yet. like i said its alot like yours. But alot cheaper and more ghetto.

 

[Damion5050]

Well today has been kinda a bad day as far as the plants.. After I transplanted them into they mini HB all hell broke loose I had two of them slump over and look like they were dying and I have one that is like stretching for the light even though the light is only about 2 inches away..

As far as the slumped ones, one looks pretty good the other not so.. Here are some pictures.

Pic 1 -- The far right plants are the 2 that were slumping
The back one recovered but the front right one is still kinda slumping..

Pic 2 -- See the one stretching for the heavens, can't figure out why

Pic 3 -- These are the two slumped ones the back one kinda recovered

Also if anyone can give me any advice on how much water I should be giving them please do remeber though there are Hempy Buckets..

 

[bigd921]

dont worry brother you will be fine, when they are this young and first in there buckets you need to water at least once a day, remeber perlite doesnt hold much moisture at all, and the little seedlings taproot has not reached the bottom of the cup where the water is, so water daily fot the first 1-2 weeks, if you are using rocwool, or some other type of grow plug water AROUND the plants area not directly on it as the cubes will hold alot of water.... keep us posted

 

[mmclean3]

Those two droopy ones. Could just be drooping cause of the shock of transplant. But usually i've seen drooping cause of too much water before transplanting. You sure it couldnt be too much water? Just make sure before you water them again, cause if its too much water right now, then if u try to water them u'll just be making a bad problem worse. Its easier to recover from underwatering then overwatering

 

[bigd921]

maybe this will give you some hope 2 pics one from the fist day i transplanted from and Aerogarden to hempy, the other is the same seedling 6 das later.... I watered everyday for the first week or so.....

 

[Skitzotic]

Hey dude, The reason that one is stretching is because. CFL's can be put an inch away from your plants. move them within an inch, and youll see a difference trust me. Look it up in the grow faq