Kevin Bacon
Active Member
After months of watching and learning from many of you, I began my own micro grow this past weekend.
The space is small: It's a recessed cubby space I am making into a cabinet. It is 42 inches tall (but there is a slant that starts around 36 inches high. It is 22 inches wide and 18 inches deep. The bottom is about 2.8 square feet.
Three seeds germinated in paper towel were planted in soil on Sept. 13. By the night of Sept. 14, one had sprouted above the soil. This morning, Sept. 15, another sprouted above the soil. The third is yet to sprout.
I have five 26W CFL bulbs (1750 lumens each) for a total of 8750 lumens going 24hr/day right now.
There are two fans set up. One is hanging from a shelf and blowing toward the plants. The other is oscillating above the plants in a hope to keep things cool. The temp is between 80 and 85 and humidity (so far) is between 40% and 60%.
As the plants get bigger, the plan is to add a 70w HPS security light above and use the CFLs on the side and below. The space will likely only have room for one or two plants (with some LST action) so I have three going (and maybe more) in the hopes that at least one is a lady plant.
Below I will post some pics of my set up (which is still under construction, but I figured if I don't get them sprouting, I won't be driven to finish the construction).
I plan to wait on adding any nutes for at least two weeks. I am hoping some of you experienced growers out there can help tell me when the best time is.
I plan to let the soil dry out before I add more water.
I have the little guys in Jiffy degradable plant starters so i can just drop them in a bigger thing of soil when the time is right. I plan to use Scotts Moisture Control soil.
The first pic is the overall set up and space (with door removed). That shelf only cuts off about 1/2 of the top from the bottom so there is plenty of air circulation from the oscillating fan on top.
2nd pic is the bottom part (below the half shelf), showing the 5 CFLs and the plants, etc.
3rd pic is of the first plant to break through the soil
4th pic is of 2nd plant to break through
5th pic is of the 3rd plant, which is yet to break through
6th pic is of the thermometer
I welcome any advice, criticism, insults and good wishes.
The space is small: It's a recessed cubby space I am making into a cabinet. It is 42 inches tall (but there is a slant that starts around 36 inches high. It is 22 inches wide and 18 inches deep. The bottom is about 2.8 square feet.
Three seeds germinated in paper towel were planted in soil on Sept. 13. By the night of Sept. 14, one had sprouted above the soil. This morning, Sept. 15, another sprouted above the soil. The third is yet to sprout.
I have five 26W CFL bulbs (1750 lumens each) for a total of 8750 lumens going 24hr/day right now.
There are two fans set up. One is hanging from a shelf and blowing toward the plants. The other is oscillating above the plants in a hope to keep things cool. The temp is between 80 and 85 and humidity (so far) is between 40% and 60%.
As the plants get bigger, the plan is to add a 70w HPS security light above and use the CFLs on the side and below. The space will likely only have room for one or two plants (with some LST action) so I have three going (and maybe more) in the hopes that at least one is a lady plant.
Below I will post some pics of my set up (which is still under construction, but I figured if I don't get them sprouting, I won't be driven to finish the construction).
I plan to wait on adding any nutes for at least two weeks. I am hoping some of you experienced growers out there can help tell me when the best time is.
I plan to let the soil dry out before I add more water.
I have the little guys in Jiffy degradable plant starters so i can just drop them in a bigger thing of soil when the time is right. I plan to use Scotts Moisture Control soil.
The first pic is the overall set up and space (with door removed). That shelf only cuts off about 1/2 of the top from the bottom so there is plenty of air circulation from the oscillating fan on top.
2nd pic is the bottom part (below the half shelf), showing the 5 CFLs and the plants, etc.
3rd pic is of the first plant to break through the soil
4th pic is of 2nd plant to break through
5th pic is of the 3rd plant, which is yet to break through
6th pic is of the thermometer
I welcome any advice, criticism, insults and good wishes.
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