Kinda cliche: could I ask for a yield estimate/advice?

BCbudEZ

Member
Hey all!

This is my first grow, And I've set this up mostly for free... I've spent around 10 dollars on some supplimental lighting,

but that's it. I know it's kind of hard without all of the proper information, so I'll try my best to give you everything

you need. Here goes; I'll include pictures.

Strain:
One seed - Bagseed from low middies, not sure of names but pretty sure it's from Mexico.

Size of space:
1.5'x2.5'x4'

Lights:
3 54 watt t5 ecolux CFLs from 6 to 12 inches away from the foliage
2 CFL circulars, 21 watts each, 5700k 10 inches from foliage
1 3/4 Blue-red LED 2-3 inches from the foliage
1 Incandescent Radioshack 30 Watt Spot light 15" from foliage

These are all currently timed at 18/6, but I was wondering if 24/0 would be better, considering my relatively low wattage

lights. The cabin is lined with the dull side of tinfoil, and no reflectors are used.

Grow Media:
Loose Peat with rocks in a netcup, fed down to a bubbleponics bucket... With a nutrient line run to the top.
Unfortunately, I'm using (Trace amounts of) MG at the moment, but I think if I'm careful I can make it work.

General Environment:

We germed the plant in a rinsed black hand towel at 80F. It took about 12 hours for it to have a sizeable taproot, and the plaint is four days into veg in these pictures.

The water temp remains constant at 71F , and our ph is resting around 5.8, and the air temp is

constant at 70F.We have an atomizer Vicks vapor machine running, with super low nutes in the res, so productive humidity remains at about

70%... oh, and a Res. of beer fermenting to provide co2. The cabinet is not sealed, and we have a 12v fan running to

keep air circulation up.

We plan on either scroging or if that fails, we'll definitely LST it. Also expiramenting with training it to follow the blue LED light, because it veers sharply towards it if you put it super close to the plant.



The pics are at the bottom: It looks kinda ghetto, but We've created a pretty nice little plant environment for 10 dollars + whatever we had laying around, and hope it works well. Any estimates you provide would be awesome, and any advice to give

would also be pretty sweet.

Good luck and Big buds
-BCbudEZ
 

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ElectricPineapple

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first of all move all of those CFL and Flouros to a few inches of canopy. like 4 max. make sure its not to hot. put hand on top of canopy. if top of hand get warm then too close. if you dont, itll stretch like crazy. if you dont it could look like this guys . man you should top and SCrog. here this is the best topping thread. and yield, only expect an ounce. and if you get more than that, then its even the more better
 

DryGrain

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Get rid of the incandescent. It does not produce light that your plant can use.

Flat white paint is a LOT more effective than foil, which can create hot spots on your plants and reflects light inefficiently and unevenly.

You're going to want to get a high-pressure sodium lamp by the time you start flowering. CFL's are good for rooting clones and starting seeds, acceptable for vegetative growth, and useless for flowering. Keep your light cycle at 18/6, switching the photoperoid around can light stress your plants and potentially cause hermaphrodites.

Are you REALLY asking for a yield estimate at this stage of growth?
 

BCbudEZ

Member
Thanks for the lights advice, I moved 'em as close as I could now...

And as far as the spot light goes, It's as much there to warm the air as it is to provide light, and since I'm not using much power and I find it more pleasant when I'm high to imagine my pot is growing on an island, It's there to stay.


That is, unless I just get a 1-200 watt MH or HPS, which I might be able to do come pay day.


And a grow estimate, yeah...

Based on all the similar system's you've seen, or your personal experience with a similar system, please let me know how much could be expected. Using Scrog, and either topping or supercropping, or not. It's actually a pretty broad range of experiences that one could have, and I'm just putting this out there in case one of those folks sees it and wants to help out.:bigjoint::leaf:
 

ElectricPineapple

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also forget the beer. get a few 2 litre bottles. put 1 TBS of self rising yeast and a cup of sugar. fill it 1/3 full of water about 120 degrees F. but a small hole in the lid and put the lid back on. better more CO2
 

ElectricPineapple

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ya. go get some perlit with no nutes in it. use that instead of rocks. it will cost you 10 bucks more. or better yet, hydroton. and the jiffy should bein the rocks not on.
 
How much will you yield???
more like, how much will i learn from this grow?
the spotlight is friggin sweet should illuminate your massive harvest nicely
 
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