Just to let you guys know, the picture was taken 10minutes ago and I JUST planted the seeds, so read on but remember this. Also, id really like answers from you guys about all my questions but especially the questions that are in bold. If for some reason i have not given enough informatino in order for you to answer the question then please say so. I have never grown ANYTHING in my life ever, not even half a blade of grass or the smallest dandelion. I came to rollitup.org cus Ive heard from so many of my friends and online that you guys are the best and I hope you will be gracious enough to impart your knowledge to me so I may develop into a pro and spread the joy of prime quality heavenly herb 
Okay, i bought 10 white widow seeds from nirvana(which I've heard bad things about
) for about $50 and a 150watt HPS all-in-one setup from growlights.net for 89$ which is very cheap from what i have seen, they have alot of all-in-one systems for MH and HPS so u dont have ot have a separate ballast box or anything, the bulb/reflector/ballast/plug its all in one metal thing that u can hang anywhere. I bought the 89$ one u can see on their main page. For making sure the light doesnt increase the temperature too much ive taped a piece of plastic that covers the light longways but still has 1.5 inches on either side for air to flow through. By doing this i got the temperature to drop a 10-12deg Farenheit. I also got a 5-10$ digital humidity and temperature reader that keeps track of the lows and highs in temperature. I bought sta-green 0.13-0.04-0.09 fertilzer from lowes; its a time released fertilizer that supposedly lasts 9 months. With such a low concentration of NPK in it i shouldnt have to worry about burning the poor little seedlings as they are growing correct? Because I dont plan on adding extra fertilizer until about 2 weeks or so.
I'm mainly following widowmakers growing post right now among other things and i let the white widow seeds sit in a moist paper towel for about 2 days and the 2 seeds have sprouted (the sprout is about 2-3 millimeters) and so i planted them about half an inch into the plastic cups you see in the picture with a 1cm(diameter) hole cut at the bottom for drainage. This seems to be a decent enough sized hole cus the cups are about 8oz and 6oz of water is plenty enough to flush the soil and have dirty water leaking and dripping fast out of the hole at the bottom so i plan to use about 3 during my regular waterings-maybe less maybe more, is that ok? too much? not enough? I will start with 50ppm and move on up once i get a ppm reader. Also I know that as soon as you plant the seed you should water it but dont water again until the soil is almost completely dry in order to stimulate the roots of to grow and seek out and search for that water, which will eventually strengthen your plant cus roots are the heart of the plant. Having no growing experience and being a relatively poor college student, should i invest in some "take-root" forumlas for my seedlings or will they develop fine as long as i take care of them? Are take-root forumlas more for advanced growers or can newbs like me benefit from them to a great degree?
Because of the NPK fertilizer already present in the soil and considering that this is my first grow of ANY plant EVER im being cautious and have decided to let the NPK in the fertilizer do its work until the plant sprouts to about 1-2 inches and decently visible leaves before i start to add the 2-1-1 earth juice liquid fertiler i bought online (ill have to get a ppm reader asap before i start adding fert). Of course ill be adding it very slowly to make sure the plant gets used to it. From what i have recently learned, liquid fertilizer is meant to be mixed with water for hydroponic systems but i figured it would just be easier to mix the liquid fertilizer with regular aerated de-clorinated clean water to pour into the soil...is that ok or should i invest in some sort of solid dissolvable fertilizer?
I keep my metal cabinet open always while the HPS light is on and the 16inch diameter pole fan i have is on full speed to ensure proper air flow, to keep the temperature down (it can get to 105-110 in a matter of minutes if i close the cabinet doors) and when it starts to sprout out of the soil i want the stems to be strong.
At night the temp is around 78F and 40% humidity and during the day it might go up to around 85F with maybe 45% humidity, is that ok? I keep my HPS light on 18/6 light:dark. I turn it on at midnight and turn it off at 6pm. This way i hope the little bit of sunlight that comes through my windows/curtains will help the plant (i doubt it will but whats the harm in trying right?). At 6pm, the HPS light is off, the cabinet doors are shut and it is pitch black inside the grow-cabinet from 6pm to midnight. This is during the vegetative stage.
My main question about this is ive heard that maryjane grows best with high humidity and 40% seems quite low,is there any way i can increase the humidity without some sort of humidifier that will blow up my light, cause mold, and simply be too bulky for a stealth grow? Or is 40% humidity during light periods acceptable, it gets to around 50% during the dark periods, and yes i will spray the leaves and stems once they start to sprout.
Once the buds start to flower decently im gonna switch from my the 2-1-1 earth juice fert (grow) to 0-3-1 earth juice fert (bloom) then i would really like to experiemnt with Dr. Hornby's "Big Bud" bloom fert (which ive heard amazing things about) from advancednutrientsonline.com but im unsure whether to use the liquid or the solid one? The 'Big Bud' powder is NPK 0-17-38 but the 'Big Bud" liquid is NPK 0-1.6-3.6 (both sulfur 0.85). Anyone have good results with this stuff? Does it matter if i choose the powder or the liquid if im growing in a soil medium?
Also, with a 150watt HPS light (for both vegetative and bloom periods, i cant get MH right now) how many plants can i successfully grow at once? Ive heard 5000k lumens per 1 plant and a 150watt hps produces 15k lumens so im growing 2 plants. Would i be able to grow maybe 4-5 plants with one 150watt HPS light?
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Furthermore, does using liquid fertilizer mixed into declorinated aerated water work fine for soil plants even though its meant for hydroponics?
Also, for the carbon dioxide production, i have some dasani bottles that i will fill with baking soda and vinegar and shake real well and poke a small hole in the cap so the CO2 can escape and the plants can use it. Should i put the bottles in to provide the plant with CO2 during the light hours when the cabinet is open and the fan is on, or during the dark period when the cabinet is closed so the CO2 can accumulate better inside the cabinet? If i do that with the light on im afraid that the CO2 will just leak out around the room and the plants wont be abel to use as much as they could.
Thank you for answering these questions, expect me to post pictures and information at leats once a week for you guys to see and for me to describe how my plants are growing and to recieve advice from the pros. I will also post other questions that I may have overlooked or simply forgot to ask. Thank you all for your help, i really, really appreciate it.
I shall humbly pray to Dionysus for huge bud yields for myself and all of you!
-Drake, 21, Southeast USA
P.S. if ur having trouble seeing or reading the attached pic then go to http://i44.tinypic.com/2uo6g4n.png
Okay, i bought 10 white widow seeds from nirvana(which I've heard bad things about
) for about $50 and a 150watt HPS all-in-one setup from growlights.net for 89$ which is very cheap from what i have seen, they have alot of all-in-one systems for MH and HPS so u dont have ot have a separate ballast box or anything, the bulb/reflector/ballast/plug its all in one metal thing that u can hang anywhere. I bought the 89$ one u can see on their main page. For making sure the light doesnt increase the temperature too much ive taped a piece of plastic that covers the light longways but still has 1.5 inches on either side for air to flow through. By doing this i got the temperature to drop a 10-12deg Farenheit. I also got a 5-10$ digital humidity and temperature reader that keeps track of the lows and highs in temperature. I bought sta-green 0.13-0.04-0.09 fertilzer from lowes; its a time released fertilizer that supposedly lasts 9 months. With such a low concentration of NPK in it i shouldnt have to worry about burning the poor little seedlings as they are growing correct? Because I dont plan on adding extra fertilizer until about 2 weeks or so. I'm mainly following widowmakers growing post right now among other things and i let the white widow seeds sit in a moist paper towel for about 2 days and the 2 seeds have sprouted (the sprout is about 2-3 millimeters) and so i planted them about half an inch into the plastic cups you see in the picture with a 1cm(diameter) hole cut at the bottom for drainage. This seems to be a decent enough sized hole cus the cups are about 8oz and 6oz of water is plenty enough to flush the soil and have dirty water leaking and dripping fast out of the hole at the bottom so i plan to use about 3 during my regular waterings-maybe less maybe more, is that ok? too much? not enough? I will start with 50ppm and move on up once i get a ppm reader. Also I know that as soon as you plant the seed you should water it but dont water again until the soil is almost completely dry in order to stimulate the roots of to grow and seek out and search for that water, which will eventually strengthen your plant cus roots are the heart of the plant. Having no growing experience and being a relatively poor college student, should i invest in some "take-root" forumlas for my seedlings or will they develop fine as long as i take care of them? Are take-root forumlas more for advanced growers or can newbs like me benefit from them to a great degree?
Because of the NPK fertilizer already present in the soil and considering that this is my first grow of ANY plant EVER im being cautious and have decided to let the NPK in the fertilizer do its work until the plant sprouts to about 1-2 inches and decently visible leaves before i start to add the 2-1-1 earth juice liquid fertiler i bought online (ill have to get a ppm reader asap before i start adding fert). Of course ill be adding it very slowly to make sure the plant gets used to it. From what i have recently learned, liquid fertilizer is meant to be mixed with water for hydroponic systems but i figured it would just be easier to mix the liquid fertilizer with regular aerated de-clorinated clean water to pour into the soil...is that ok or should i invest in some sort of solid dissolvable fertilizer?
I keep my metal cabinet open always while the HPS light is on and the 16inch diameter pole fan i have is on full speed to ensure proper air flow, to keep the temperature down (it can get to 105-110 in a matter of minutes if i close the cabinet doors) and when it starts to sprout out of the soil i want the stems to be strong.
At night the temp is around 78F and 40% humidity and during the day it might go up to around 85F with maybe 45% humidity, is that ok? I keep my HPS light on 18/6 light:dark. I turn it on at midnight and turn it off at 6pm. This way i hope the little bit of sunlight that comes through my windows/curtains will help the plant (i doubt it will but whats the harm in trying right?). At 6pm, the HPS light is off, the cabinet doors are shut and it is pitch black inside the grow-cabinet from 6pm to midnight. This is during the vegetative stage.
My main question about this is ive heard that maryjane grows best with high humidity and 40% seems quite low,is there any way i can increase the humidity without some sort of humidifier that will blow up my light, cause mold, and simply be too bulky for a stealth grow? Or is 40% humidity during light periods acceptable, it gets to around 50% during the dark periods, and yes i will spray the leaves and stems once they start to sprout.
Once the buds start to flower decently im gonna switch from my the 2-1-1 earth juice fert (grow) to 0-3-1 earth juice fert (bloom) then i would really like to experiemnt with Dr. Hornby's "Big Bud" bloom fert (which ive heard amazing things about) from advancednutrientsonline.com but im unsure whether to use the liquid or the solid one? The 'Big Bud' powder is NPK 0-17-38 but the 'Big Bud" liquid is NPK 0-1.6-3.6 (both sulfur 0.85). Anyone have good results with this stuff? Does it matter if i choose the powder or the liquid if im growing in a soil medium?
Also, with a 150watt HPS light (for both vegetative and bloom periods, i cant get MH right now) how many plants can i successfully grow at once? Ive heard 5000k lumens per 1 plant and a 150watt hps produces 15k lumens so im growing 2 plants. Would i be able to grow maybe 4-5 plants with one 150watt HPS light?
'
Furthermore, does using liquid fertilizer mixed into declorinated aerated water work fine for soil plants even though its meant for hydroponics?
Also, for the carbon dioxide production, i have some dasani bottles that i will fill with baking soda and vinegar and shake real well and poke a small hole in the cap so the CO2 can escape and the plants can use it. Should i put the bottles in to provide the plant with CO2 during the light hours when the cabinet is open and the fan is on, or during the dark period when the cabinet is closed so the CO2 can accumulate better inside the cabinet? If i do that with the light on im afraid that the CO2 will just leak out around the room and the plants wont be abel to use as much as they could.
Thank you for answering these questions, expect me to post pictures and information at leats once a week for you guys to see and for me to describe how my plants are growing and to recieve advice from the pros. I will also post other questions that I may have overlooked or simply forgot to ask. Thank you all for your help, i really, really appreciate it.
I shall humbly pray to Dionysus for huge bud yields for myself and all of you!
-Drake, 21, Southeast USA
P.S. if ur having trouble seeing or reading the attached pic then go to http://i44.tinypic.com/2uo6g4n.png
