vtguy

hey all new to the growing thing and wanted to post a pic of my baby. all first timmers please post a pic here of your first

Attached Thumbnails

 

EZMark

Ola vtguy

Welcome to the GardensCure

Congrads on having your first grow started

Please review the links in my signature, they will help you.

__________________
EZ Does It
cancer survivor, Legal Medical Marijuana User and state licensed Grower
SHADY

"Finally, decriminalization of marijuana would allow the police and prosecutors the ability to focus and devote their limited resources to crimes that truly affect our safety and quality of life. Culture-war values aside, do we truly benefit by expressing a legal preference for alcohol over marijuana? " By KONRAD MOORE

Journal of the YEAR nominations

Nursery Questionair


Guide to helping SICK PLANTSOR PLANT ABUSE
Stoney's PH Guide


Posting Guidelines

REPUTATION POINTS

My Grow Journal

fourtwentydoc

Nice green leaves. What are the stats? How are you growing it, lights, space, nutes, etc.?

__________________
The DOC in my profile name stands for Division Of Corrections. I did 4 years in the pen. It has nothing to do with being a Dr. lol. Sometimes a player, but always a PIMP

vtguy

hey thanks doc. as far as nutes go i have only been using a blend of soils part mirical grow part moodoo and part organic soil and it has been doing awsome so i am not gonna mess with it. i mad a grow box about 4 foot hight 3 foot wide and 3 food deep as i want to keep the plant somewat small and i am using only one screw in arifical sunlight floro it puts out about 100 watts and uses only 25 watts. i keep it only about 2 inches from the plant. i have no idea what kind of plant it is its just some bag seeds but it came from some decent stuff with good flavor. i just droped it to 12/12 now its like 18-20 inches high.

Silentsmoke

Nice lookin lil one there Welcome to the garden

__________________
BCBD - The Purps -- An Epic Tale (Finished)
Reserva Privada - Cole Train (Finished)
Silent's Stealthy Kush Factory (In Progress)

Welcome to GardensCure!
Check out the Posting Guidelines

fourtwentydoc

I would definitely add some more lighting to it. Adding a HID would be best, but would create more work, you would have to have more ventilation, cooling, space, etc. So what i would suggest is getting yourself some more CFL's. Id say add atleast 300 more watts of cfl to the space. Good luck

__________________
The DOC in my profile name stands for Division Of Corrections. I did 4 years in the pen. It has nothing to do with being a Dr. lol. Sometimes a player, but always a PIMP

vtguy

thanks everyone for the help. i think im gonna stick with the lighting i have for now and see if it can be done woth next to nothing for an electric bill. they seem to be doing awsome with what i have but if it doesnt work than i will switch it to a brighter bulb.

Futuregrower

Welcome to the garden, great looking plant! I like the broad leaves.

I would definatley add more light, though. a good guide is 50-100 Watts of HID per square foot.

If you have a 3 X 3 box, it = 9 square feet. you need roughly 75 watts/sq foot for best results.
so 9 X 75 = 625W. You could do with less, like you do with keeping the light 2" from the plant, but I would add more anyway, if you want growth and flower eventually. If you just want a mother plant to keep and take clones from (1) 23W CFL is fine.

You could do probably a 400W HID in a DIY cool tube and have the temps/light be ok.

Read up on it first, it's not that hard.

EDIT= was typing when you made your reply at 1:58 pm.

__________________
~~ The Once And FutureGrower
The futures here, we are it, we are on our own....Singing Ashes, ashes all fall down......

"I inhaled, frequently," Senator Obama said before being elected President "That was the point."

First Grow! Twofer, Mandalas "Satori" and KC Brain's "Northern Lights Special"
http://www.gardenscure.com/420/hydro...kc-brains.html

Caution! (Do not stop on tracks). Grow 2

LINK to a great way to search, written by Burndt

Silentsmoke

You can keep that bulb just to get by if you'd like... but I wouldn't expect more than a few grams worth of bud from your harvest while using it alone.

You should really check out some of the CFL grows around here, there are some good, cheap ideas to get enough lighting in there on a budget.

__________________
BCBD - The Purps -- An Epic Tale (Finished)
Reserva Privada - Cole Train (Finished)
Silent's Stealthy Kush Factory (In Progress)

Welcome to GardensCure!
Check out the Posting Guidelines

vtguy

thanks again. im not looking for huge crop anyways i have limited space and i am just watching her to see what the cycles are. again this is my first grow so its just a learning curve plus i have some sprouts that will chang my setup if need be im starting to make a constant cycle with my plants so i have a constant turn over for my crops. and it helps to have friends that also grow so if im short they will hook it up. my next step once i buy a house is hydro i have a friend that sets them up for green houses and his own.