first grow need some advice

dm187

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3281.jpg 328.jpg3301.jpg 19 days from seeding. this is my frist grow curious if its coming out right any pointers too would be nice lol. was thinking about putting it in a bigger pot before I add nutrients. have it under a 138 red 30 blue LED bulb and 2 fluorescent bulbs I had from my old lizard tank . any tips I would greatly appreciate:joint:
 
Looking good so far. When you see roots from drainage holes it is time to move them into a bigger home. Feeding will depend on the soil you are using, what is is it?
 

CannaCola

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I'm on my first grow as well, and like you, i used an assortment of bulbs that i had available and let em grow 'in the open' on my counter. They struggled horribly

Make some kind of enclosure with reflective material, it increases the efficiency of the bulbs since all that light is bouncing around in a small space. It gives your plants more opportunities to catch the light, instead of having the light bounce through a large room and be absorbed by the walls.

Boxing my plants did wonders.

There are also grow tents you can buy for about 100 bucks on ebay if you have money to spend. Otherwise i made my box out of a large cardboard box! I think a broken deep freezer would work perfectly. It would also be 'stealthy'.
 

Itoland

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yaa, a pic of ur grow area and light fixture and position wud help alot. growing slow but surly prob need more light or something need better pics. whats ur temps and humitiy at? and get more perlite in ur mix when u transplant about 1/3
 

dm187

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yeah i just went to home depot baught 2 lamps and 2 30 watt 2100 lumens each right over it on each side with the LED in the center top. just put it in a bigger pot 12 inch terra cotta, saw the roots at the bottom of the old pot took it out and mixed it with miracle gro moisture control , blood meal , bone meal and i got bloom booster for the food. ph of the soil is 7.2 will take pictures when i get home and post them. I picked miracle grow because this my first time heard some good things and bad things bout it but since this my first time i was like the hell wit it. Was thinkin bout orderin the technaflora super nutrients next week to replace the miracle grow. Again any more ideas would be helpful, thanks lol
 

dm187

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hyltonsown

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just add a little more soil to ur pot to cover some of that stem but lookin better man and really if thats the only plant than 5-6000 lumens is good for veg for one plant
 

dm187

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No need to set everything up for that . My cousin had a pair of protable halogen lamps i hooked up and let sit a bit till i researched it ( yes they horrible lol ) burned a lil bit of 1 leaf then i yelled lol just put in a third cfl bulb @ 2800 lumens should be around 6k total that I have and added soil. Lets see what happens lol. working on getting a HPS setup now. About how much lighting will I need to take care of 10 plants??? for future references.
 
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