My First Real Grow

Ok so My first attempt was basically a trial thing with bagseed. I really learned a lot from various books, this site, and a couple grow videos. I am using a grow cabinet. In the cabinet I built an exhaust and a fan inside the top of the cabinet. I have four CFL's inside. Two are 150 equivalent (42 watt) soft white. The other two are 100 equivalent (23 watt) bright light. I am currently germing in a paper towel 4 hindu kush seeds and 5 original haze seeds. I will post pictures in a few days.

I germinated 5 original haze seeds and four of my hindu kush seeds. Some of them were showing the initial root coming out of the seed, but I had to plant them all because I had to leave for a few days. Each seed is in its own individual rockwool cube. Each rockwool cube is in a ziplock bag to help germinate more and add some humidity. So far so good, no sprouting yet, but it hasn't even been 24 hours. New update in a few days. Please feel free to let me know what I am doing right and what I am doing wrong. I put a lot of time and money into trying to grow, and I am looking forward to smoking my own bud in 3 months.

hi there all sounds cool .hope u do well. spliff

Well some good and bad news. I planted some of my seeds to early, before they could germinate, and obviously did not grow. Out of my original 9 seeds, 3 of my original haze seeds germed. I am currently germinating the hindu kush seeds that did not germ from before and some leftover bagseed. Here are some pictures of my set-up and 3 haze seedlings.

oh and please let me know what I am doing right and what I am not

any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!

Ok so one week later and I have three healthy original haze seedlings and a few two day old bag seeds. When would it be good to transplant the rockwool cubes into larger pots? I am germing some of my remaining hindu kush seeds if they actually germ.

please, i am not sure what to do here. Do the older ones look okay?

what r you doin hydro or soil? wait till there are roots showing from the bottom of the cube thats when to transplant

that cabnet you got going is not gonna be enough space for the grow it will do for a seedling cabnet tho

i think i am going to buy a locker....a couple of the cubes have roots coming in as well

just a little suggestion. Cover walls of your box with mylar or aluminum foil.

no i wouldnt do that cause it causes hot spots but do what ever and you plants look like they are streching a lil. try moveing the plants closer to the light 4 inches would be fine just set some bookes under the plants. just a sejestion

So I moved my rockwool cubes into larger containers. The soil I have chosen is 3 parts organic soil, and one part vermiculite. I water every 2/3 days, depending on what my moisture meter tells me. I also like to spray the cabinet as well as the leaves on the plants. Today, I watered the plants with a teaspoon of Fox Farms Grow Big Formula in a half gallon of distilled purified water. I have about 18,600 lumens in my box. Temperature ranges from 68 at night no light, to about 82 at the hottest. I boosted up the plants so they are about 2-3 inches away from the CFLs. I talked to the guy I get my bud from, he said that the stuff I get is poorly cared for and maintained northern lights...hopefully i can use the seeds and bring it back. 3- Haze 3- Crappy NL 2- Germinating Kush

and here is the new setup lights

And here is like the layout of my grow cabinet

these plants are about 14 days old.... these are my best 3...i have two others that look similar to the third

ok so one week from my last pictures, and i must say, i think they look bad ass...i have never done this before so i am not too sure about it but so far so good i guess. i did lose one after the light fell on it and burned it while i was not home. i redid the entire lighting and should never have that problem again. here are my plants 3 weeks from germ, 2 haze, 2 bag seed remain

it seems like i have a small sprout coming out of one of my pots....what is it and should i just pluck it? you can see it on this picture

You need more light and a bigger grow space for that many plants. Good luck.