Skunk Monk's first Grow

Welcome to my first grow

First of all i got my seeds from marijuana-seeds-canada.com and they showed up after 6 days, they have been germinating in the soil for 2 days now, and I hope they will pop

the strains I am growing are
Dutch Passion's white widow,
World of Seeds' Afghan Kush and
white label's Purple Haze

I am using a DIY grow box I made out of some plywood i found in the basement of my building I am using two 3" AC cooling fans for output and inner circulation with an air flow of 32ft^3/minute (o.9m^2/m)

Right now i have 2 40watt cfl 2700 lumen( i think)
and a 45 watt CFL the other 45 watt smashed this morning sadly

Questions answered:
- I started to germinate in a paper towel, but when they paper towel was mistaken for garbage i decided it was safer to just plant in the soil. - any advice on how much water i should be using for this method , currently i am moistening the soil around the seed but the rest is dry, I'm scared of drowning the seed.

- I have an extra socket for the fourth light when i replace it, and the box is built to handle about 9

- the box is about 3' tall, 2' deep and 2' wide

- according to the SeeMoreBuds guide I read I will flower at about 2.5 weeks for about 8 weeks

- lights are 18 on 6 off (6am-12am on)




for my journal I will use the second post for the growth of the plant replacing each day with the next day, and the 3rd post i will utilize for flowering to show the contrast between the final day of both for my own learning and perhaps for others education as well.

Feel free to comment or question and constructive criticism is most welcome
as well as any tips to light proof the door to the box

Peace
~Skunk Monk~

Reserved for Growth/Veg journal

- Well looks like I am going to 12/12 from seed so this section may not fill up to much...

Afghan Kush has popped, not sure on the others don't want to disturb them but im assuming they should all reach the surface tomorrow or wednesday

Reserved for flowering journal

... now feel free to post

Wow! I applaud your organization skills!

Looks like you have it all setup.
Did you germ in like a paper towel or let the seeds sit in some water?
Are you planning on adding any more lights? /
Whats your lighting schedule? How tall is your box? How long are you planning to veg/flower?


+Rep and Subbing, Great job so far and Ill be following the grow!


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DaCDaC

Thanks for the feedback Ill answer the questions in the first post to make it more accessible...
as for my organization skills, there would have been now applauding had you seen my apartment while i was constructing the box ha ha.

Also I read your 12/12 from seed i like the idea I think ill look into before my seeds sprout as i want to keep my plants small and have the cutting ready for the next grow immediately after

For the water ?, When my seeds were in the soil before sprouting. I watered 1/4 of pure H2O Daily until sprout.
Then it was 1/2 every other day the first week
Then do finger test(stick finger in soil. if dry about 1.5 knuckles down then water slowly until water comes out of the drainage holes.


With 3FT of height I would 12/12 from sprout. Because it will take 3 weeks alone just to show sex. So as soon as she shows sex she will already have it in her mind to start budding.
Instead of veg for 2.5 weeks then wait 3 weeks for buds to even start forming.

So..At 3 weeks buds will be starting to form, they will have extra time to fluff up and grow big colas.

A fully grown plant with 12/12 from sprout will mature at about 2.5-3 FT tall. Thats about how much room you have before your pots and lighting systems. So It will be squeezed if you start after sprout.

So Id keep on 24/7 or 18/6 until they all sprout up.


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DaCDaC

Oh also for your lights you can run by lowes and get a Y splitters for you light sockets. Will let you put 2 bulbs in one socket. There $1.88 at lowes : )



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DaCDaC

wicked yeh i forgot about those while i was getting things... make it 18 lights for my box mwahaha...after harvest when i have the cash

Ya Thats kool. Thats my plan. After harvest,youll have some cash comming in. So you pimp out the box so your next grow will have a wayy better yield.

So you have room for 9 lights...like 9 holes in the top?

You might wanna think about getting power strips and plugging the Y splitters in them. (check out my Thread,thats how I have my lights)




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DaCDaC

yeah that looks way cool, i was looking for a fresh light idea for the splitters since im not sure my current light circuit could handle double the lights, how do you raise or lower them?

also the two fans i have don't seem to be able to keep it coolone is uilt in the wall for exhaust but the other just sits in there for circulation and the temperature quikly reaches 91.2 after closing the door but the box temp goes down to 76 with the door open, if i made the other fan into the wall to take fresh air in would it be more efficient at cooling the box?

Should work if the fan is pulling it in. just have the fan on low pointing at the lights if you can.

I have my power strips suspended by small chain(lowes) on a shower rod in my closet. Works perfect.


Im sure that it should be able to handle it. I have (12) 150watt CFL's and a fan on one plug. I know, sounds unsafe but I checked into it and they are able to hold it just fine. so i think yours will be fine. The circle breaker will switch if it overloads. Way before wires start frying and everything. You should be just fine.



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DaCDaC

Hey Monk, I Threw the link to your journal in mine, I have alota people run through mine. So hopefully theyll swing by here and help you out too, Like they did me : )

Hopefully you dont mind : P


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DaCDaC

nice grow box skunk, u could get some mylarfor the light problem on your door or just black plastic

thanks dac i think the shower rod is a great idea right now i have gun line (that strong red rope, we use it for tying onto projectiles we shoot from the line throwing gun on ship) it goes up through the roof and the tie together so i just have to pinch it at the point where the lights need to be, but i like the chain and shower rod lol

socialsmoker how should i attach it, i cant figure out a way without sealing off the whole door lol

cool cool! Ya the shower rod just came to me one day when I was looking at a grow that this guy would bring his babies in the bathroom when he took a shower to "mist" them with the steam.

Ended up killing them....But moral of the story is I got an Idea on how to hang my lights in my closet!



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DaCDaC

haha nice find!
white widow and kush are both out and about now... and it looks like the kush turned out to be twins! just waiting on the purple haze now

Ugh,so nice! : )


Pics?



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DaCDaC

Heres some update pictures of my babies

second one is the kush twins and the first is the white widow sprout
the white widow has been above ground since about wednesday and the kush sprouted thursday... and although the widow has yet to grow much since it emerged the twins shot up between today and yesterday

Hmm. They seem healthy. But growing is slow at the first of the grow. Just give it time.

What is your watering schedule?




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DaCDaC

i water when soil around the plant has dried out... mayby i should have a better scheduale... but i was worried about my white widow it was the first to break the surface and then it started dropping i read something that said it was probably over watering so i left it to dry for a day now it looks like this and Im worried that it is something else... it seems to be smaller than yesterday and it is very dark in color(genetics i was thinking but mayby not)
and the little spiky leave it grows after the round sprout leaves are curled up and the round leaves are wilting down ill try to get a closer picture if needed