420Noob's First grow

420Noob

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Feel free to post in here if you have any suggestions or questions... :joint:

I have 8 plants growing and have given them names from A-H.

I named them because i read in here i can clone them and sex them with out messing the grow cycle up.

Plants A, B, C, and D are all on day 9 they got there names by first come up first named.(that goes the same with E,F, and G)E, F, and G are 7 days old the reason there not 9 days old is well i didn't know how much room i was going to have. Well that just leaves H my first H didn't start to root so i got a new one so H is only 4 days old he has not come up yet but has a root. to get them to come up i did not do the paper towel or soak them in water i just kept the soil very wet.

(Sorry no pics i don't have a cam or a job I'm in college so i am broke thats why i am trying to grow my own.:joint:)

Ok my set up is all CFL's i started off with just one 13 watt soft white i used it for 3 days and realized i needed more light. So i got a 42 watt soft white light and used it for about 1 more day. I had a desk lamp that used the flat CFL's so i put that on my plants too. It is a full spectrum one at 27 watts and 3 arms so i can adjust the position of the light. (I'm only putting out 3200 lumen's but no ones perfect :P)

I am in a 4x4 area under some stairs !!!!
 

420Noob

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Today i was looking at A and realized she(hoping) stopped growing!!!!

I picked up the container and seen that about a inch of root sticking out the bottom. seeing that i knew the error of my ways i thought that if i used little soil at first and planted the seeds low in the containers as it grow i just put more soil in but failed to anticipate the consequences..

To solve my problem i bummed $40 from my mom and off to Wal-Mart i went. I got 8(10" wide and 10" deep pots), 4 bags of potting mix, 2 clip on light fixtures, and 2(23 watt cool CFL's).
 

420Noob

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Thanks smkpt

Well now i have 1(42 watt warm CFL), 1(desk lamp 27 watt flat CFL), 2(cool 24 watt CFL's), and 1(warm 13 watt CFL). I also have 8 pots so i sounded them with the lights but had to keep the lights about 18 inches away so all the pots would get light.(I might get in paint and draw a diagram to give you guys and gals a better idea on what it looks like its kinda a mess.)
 

420Noob

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Well the pic i drew did not really give you the real picture of the cluster f*** i got going on lol.

Plant A don't look like its going to produce the 3rd set of leaves before it splits into 2 branches(is that normal?) but plant B i can see the 3rd set of leaves.(I am calling the second set of jagged leaves the 3rd set). Plant C and D is same hight as B but i am not seeing 3rd set of leaves on them ether. Plant A's second set of leaves is the biggest and there pulling away from the first set. B,C, and D are still against the first set.

Plants E,F and G are just now stretching out there second set of leaves. Plant H still has shell on it.
 

420Noob

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Last night after i logged off here i realized another problem i had. I started my plants in potting soil and it was holding a lot of water so i spent about 20 min. and removed the fiber starter cups and broke up all the soil. to day it looks like my plants are growing faster. Plant A looks a little rough it had lots of water stored in the soil and when i removed the soil she was very limp.(I think she will pull through thow)
 

420Noob

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Good news guys i got my growing setup and it only cost $160 i got 2 24 gallon rubber made containers set on top of each other with hinges holding them together it has 3 cfl's in it one is the 43watt warm light and the other 2 are the 23 watt cool light i also have 2 40 gallon containers that im doing the same thing too but it will have 5 lights 3 23 watt warm cfl's and 2 23 watt cool cfl's the bad thing is plant a has died and it looks like im not going to have room for plant h. i got a web cam so im going to try and get some pictures of them and you will beable to see the setup too.
 

k-town

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yes! I've been waiting for these since I read your thread about 30 minutes ago! I too was thinking of one of these rubbermaid plastic bucket grow I didn't even think about a 44 gallon or whatever you said.

how tall are your big buckets when on top of eachother?

never reall thought about hinges(brilliant)
 

k-town

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it looks like you got pretty decent amount of light leaking out are your big totes interlockable you know where you can stack them on top of eachother if so I would stack them and cut the bottom out of top toe and the top out of the bottom lid leaving enough so it still stack and slap some hinges on the back so it opens up. think it would do good for keeping your light in and light out blah blah.(just suggestion)

looking good though
peace
 

420Noob

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the big one is not done yet but it will be about the same hight as the 22 gallons right at 3 foot with the 10inch pots and lights sticking down about 5 inches there is around 22 inches for growth i might cut the top out of the lid bucket for extra grow room i used the lids for the light hangers just cut round holes in them.

i will try and finish up the big room tonight and post pics of it the little room holds 2 10 inch pots and the big one hold 4 10inch pots.

i might also try using one of the lids on the very top and putting hinges on it or maybe make a extension out of a bigger container to put in the middle of the 2.
 

420Noob

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the light you see coming out is not that much it just looks like it is(cheap web cam) and it would not be that hard to lock them together just need some type of fabric or brackets that can hold a screw.
 

k-town

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Ok so you plan on taking care of the plants through the top of your setup?

what do you mean by making an extension of a bigger container to put in the middle of two?

I'm a little high and need a better description of what ur talking about?
 

420Noob

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and i dont think i could reach to the bottom to water them if i just used the top to take care of the plants
 
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