my first grow micro

hey everyone im new to this fourm and wanted to post my journal and pictures of my first micro grow ive done larger grows before but this is my first
i bought some seeds online
im growing four plants right now they just
sprouted and i planted them today
i have 2 white widow 1 super silver haze
and one g-13 x haze any tips would be apreicated my last grow was with soil to
it was 20 orange bud plants they came out quite good
here are pictures of my set up the seedlings havent come threw the dirt yet hopefully in a few days

looks decent What kind of light are you using????? also just a lil tip paint the interior of the box white or cover the walls with mylar emergency blankets or panda film is the best. regular flat white paint works very well though from what ive heard. this will greatly increase the light getting to your plants... that wood textured stuff abosorbs alot of the plants much needed lighht!!!

thanks for the tip i was wondering weather are not to do that my last grow the walls in the room where flat white
ill do that thow thanks the light im using is a 100watt light that goes in a lamp i guess from walmart
im on a budget what kind of light should i get that i can get cheaply right now the temp is around 90 witch means that the light is too hot i dont know is that too hot i was thinking about putting somthing over them to keep moister in
should i do this now are wait untill they come threw the soil i barried them about 3/4 of and inch in but i doug a bigger hole in the middle so when it gets a little bigger i can fill in around it and help support

the lights i used in my last grow where long 6 foot floreecents i used 10 of them in the room witch worked ok
the bud was good lol

heres a update i covered the walls with white paper and have noticed a decrease in the boxs outside heat im broke so i couldnt afford any mylar are paint but im happy with what i came up with i switched the bulb this mourning with a 75 watt clear bulb
the temp was getting way to hot with the 100 watt this one seems to be keeping it around 90 and its not to dry in the box
the first white widow has sprouted and it looks like the other white widow and the ssh is bulging threw the dirt hopefully later tonight are tomarrow they should be out
my g-13 x haze has not shown anything yet
but im still hopeful here are updated pics

heres and update by the looks of it some one put two extra seeds in one pot i had i think it was a freind of mine
i was wondering is this going to bealright for now
and ill move them later
i also added a 13watt cfls light i was planing on using mg but i read that its not good for the plants so im staying clear of that
i already messed up and used miricle grow potting soil heres some updated photos

heres a update from yesterday
im going to start rotating them daily for
more light distrobution

Ditch the incandescent bulb and get another cfl. Try to get at least a 20 watt one, preferably more. In fact, get a few. They are cheap as fook, and more light = more weed.

A 20 watt CFL will give as much light as a 100 watt incandescent, for 1/5 of the electric cost, and with much less heat.

Nocturn3 said:

Ditch the incandescent bulb and get another cfl. Try to get at least a 20 watt one, preferably more. In fact, get a few. They are cheap as fook, and more light = more weed.

A 20 watt CFL will give as much light as a 100 watt incandescent, for 1/5 of the electric cost, and with much less heat.

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I completely agree here. Even if you stick with the one bulb, for a couple of dollars you can get a 20-30w florescent bulb that's equivalent to a 100w incandescent, and is cool enough for you to touch. (I've still had some leaves get a bit singed touching them directly, though.)

However, you should really try to cram more lights in there. The ideal amount is 10,000 lumens per square foot of space, and you're probably only going to get about 1,000 or so lumens from just one light. The one light will work, but like the previous poster said, more light means more weed.

Good luck with your grow, man.

thank you very much ill do this tomarrow
i bought a phillips plant light today
and then i gooogled it right befor ei put it in and wow im glad i didnt do that there was way tomuch neg stuff about it
so thats going back tomarrow
and ill get a cfls i found a hps but its 400watts and that would set the box on fire i think lol but thank you very much for the help the one bulb is a 13 watt cfls
ill try to get a good 20 watt
i transplanted the three into seperate containers the g-13 x haze never sprouted i found the seed nouthing happened to it
dont no so i have 3 ssh and 2 white widow for now thanks every one

ok so i thougth i should do things right today i went and bought a 70 watt high pressure sodium bulb from lowes sylvina are something like that

i put it in my light fixture and nouthing
i then saw it says it needs a ansi ballast s62
i looked that up and i wanted to know how does that connect to the wall do you have to wire it in our does it just plug into the outlet
any help would be very greatful
i would like to use this bulb but i cant wire into anything this isent my house

fixed the problem took the hps back and got two 100watt our 23watt
cfls bulbs they are bright effects
daylight blubs heres some updated pictures for today as you can see one is in a bk cup i cant fit any more pots in here so i hope this works i puyt holes in the bottom for drainage
how often should i be wattering them and how much


ps i added the 13 watt cfls back in with another light fixture this should give it close to 4000 lumens is this enough
the temp is down to 75F ive read this is ideal for mj plants one ssh and one white widow aprear to be starting there
3rd set of leaves

hey everyone here is an update my transplants seem to be recovering from the move and are on there third set of leafs
my other 3 are doing great
and have just began there 4th set the tird set apears to have 3 points on each they are still babys thow ive been rotating daily and water once a day jsut light water thow not alot is this to much water thow since i switched from the incandecsent the heat prob is gone adn it gets to about 65 at night and 81 top during the day i figured i have around 4000 lumens i heard the ideal amount is 7 to 10 thousand per sq ft
im counting this as a little bigger than a sq ft aera i havent messaured it yet should i add more lights in here yet are keep it like it is for now here are pictures toupdate every one i only have a camera phone so itsa pretty hard to get good qualtiy pics

jawman2000 said:

ok so i thougth i should do things right today i went and bought a 70 watt high pressure sodium bulb from lowes sylvina are something like that

i put it in my light fixture and nouthing
i then saw it says it needs a ansi ballast s62
i looked that up and i wanted to know how does that connect to the wall do you have to wire it in our does it just plug into the outlet
any help would be very greatful
i would like to use this bulb but i cant wire into anything this isent my house

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walmart has 6500k cfls 2 packs for like 7 bucks ... get those
when you are ready to flower you can get a HPS light going
return that bulb you bought and order this
http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EProductDetail.asp?ProductFamilyID=7&FGNumber=E-MT5H151G
other than that ... i wouldnt have started those seedlings in the same pot next to each other ... it is best to start in their own small cup and then transplant ..
happy growing

jawman2000 said:

hey everyone here is an update my transplants seem to be recovering from the move and are on there third set of leafs
my other 3 are doing great
and have just began there 4th set the tird set apears to have 3 points on each they are still babys thow ive been rotating daily and water once a day jsut light water thow not alot is this to much water thow since i switched from the incandecsent the heat prob is gone adn it gets to about 65 at night and 81 top during the day i figured i have around 4000 lumens i heard the ideal amount is 7 to 10 thousand per sq ft
im counting this as a little bigger than a sq ft aera i havent messaured it yet should i add more lights in here yet are keep it like it is for now here are pictures toupdate every one i only have a camera phone so itsa pretty hard to get good qualtiy pics

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looks like those bulbs are better ... next time ur at lowes get 2 light socket splitters then u can have 4 bulbs in there ... and that should be plenty of light for veg

420weedman said:

looks like those bulbs are better ... next time ur at lowes get 2 light socket splitters then u can have 4 bulbs in there ... and that should be plenty of light for veg

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thanks i was thinking about that while i was looking at your setup with the cfl's i transplanted them into there own pots
already i just found out thow that i have gnats and ill be going on a killing spree tongiht for shure i have the 6500k daylight cfl's
the hps im confused about cuse i dont know anything about wiring a ballast are how the wires into the wall are weather it jsut plugs into the wall i would like one that plugs into that wall i cant wire anything since i rent a room and this isent my house but the ppl i live with are cool with me growing just not the wireing stuff up part thanks thow how was that multi colored bud you had that was all purpleish when it was growing

looks like your already!

lildre said:

looks like your already!

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yea i need to add to more lights but other than that and the gnats witch ive only seen one but still i want to make shure i catch them before they get out of hand i move the one in the burger king cup to a seperate box i made and have a 13 watt cfl's a inch from it im planing on growing this one on 18 hour day cycles i read about in the fourms just to see how it works
im also looking into a thing called sonic bloom
i dont beleave it but its worth trying i cant seem to find anything solid about it so what beter way than trial and error ill prob try it next grow since this is a micro grow im planing on veging for only 30 days
then going straight to flowering lower yeilds but quicker crops i dont know i do have enought room thow to grow them to about 18 inchs total how high should i let them get before flowering keeping in mind i have about 18 to 24 inchs with the lights

jawman2000 said:

thanks i was thinking about that while i was looking at your setup with the cfl's i transplanted them into there own pots
already i just found out thow that i have gnats and ill be going on a killing spree tongiht for shure i have the 6500k daylight cfl's
the hps im confused about cuse i dont know anything about wiring a ballast are how the wires into the wall are weather it jsut plugs into the wall i would like one that plugs into that wall i cant wire anything since i rent a room and this isent my house but the ppl i live with are cool with me growing just not the wireing stuff up part thanks thow how was that multi colored bud you had that was all purpleish when it was growing

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its still grown man , ill be chopin in a week or so tho ...
that link i gave you ... all you need is a grounded ext cord ... 3 wires to wire together ... done

thank you ive been lookin for anything on how to do it and its all like turnin off the power and wireing into the house and i cant do that thats what i was worried about but this will def kick ass im worried thow i
had a 100 watt incandecsent in there and temps got over 100f im deff gona need exshaust for this one then im hoping to get my own place soon then i can set up a good closet with some decent amount of product i hate buying the stuff now knowing that i can grow better stuff at home for almost next to nouthing thanks for the help ill be watching your thread

how tall is that box ? you should be able to add exhaust fan to the top and get that heat out of there ... and add a fan toward the bottom to draw fresh air in