DK11789
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Hey everyone just recently joined the board and I just wanted to share my first grow. For my first grow I decided to go for the Rubbermaid route I doubled the bottom container for now these are the parts I used as followed
2-18gallon Rubbermaid bins with tops - 4$ each
2- Wal***t cheapo desk fans - 4$ each
1 - assorted box of wire connectors ( the twist on ones) -2.50$
2- 3 light vanity bars - 9$ each
2- small potting cups - .65¢ each
2- medium potting cups - 86¢ each
1- cheap wal***t ext. Cable -9$
2- shoe strings for height adjusting the lights - free took them off a spare pair of shoes
1- box of aluminium foil - free already had it
1- roll of scotch tape for the aluminum foil
6- 5k 23 watt cfl bulbs came in box of four- I'll update the price
Now for my intake the light fixtures came with these white circles that fit around the base of where the bulb goes I took those off of all six and cut out the intake hole the same size and forced it in so it was nice and snugg the stuck one of the two cheap 4 inch wal***t desk fan in front of the 2 inch hole to promote a suction of fresh air
And for the exhaust I cut a circle on the lid of the Rubbermaid bid to fit another 4 inch cheap wal***t fan with the fan sitting flush on lid and pulling the hot air from the box out into my apt. Planning on filtering when the time comes
Now when I sprouted my seeds I used the waterlogging method just sat them in a little dish full of water and after the 3 day the seeds had sprouted a little and the YouTube video I watched said not to keep them in the water for more than 3 to 4 days so I went ahead and planted them and at first I started with the 24 hour light phase then swapped to the 16 on 8 off because I had read that the extra 8 hours doesn't really do much for you so.....please correct me if any of my info is wrong and let me know what I'm doing wrong so I can correct it
For my potting soil I'm just using some organic indoor / outdoor potting mix and I picked up some extra perlite still need to find some food to give to them when they mature a little
And last but not least just using some regular bag seed with this being my first grow and all
And I'm sorry if some of you guys information takes a bit to set in haven't really grown anything before
I will update my pics asap
Thanks in advance
2-18gallon Rubbermaid bins with tops - 4$ each
2- Wal***t cheapo desk fans - 4$ each
1 - assorted box of wire connectors ( the twist on ones) -2.50$
2- 3 light vanity bars - 9$ each
2- small potting cups - .65¢ each
2- medium potting cups - 86¢ each
1- cheap wal***t ext. Cable -9$
2- shoe strings for height adjusting the lights - free took them off a spare pair of shoes
1- box of aluminium foil - free already had it
1- roll of scotch tape for the aluminum foil
6- 5k 23 watt cfl bulbs came in box of four- I'll update the price
Now for my intake the light fixtures came with these white circles that fit around the base of where the bulb goes I took those off of all six and cut out the intake hole the same size and forced it in so it was nice and snugg the stuck one of the two cheap 4 inch wal***t desk fan in front of the 2 inch hole to promote a suction of fresh air
And for the exhaust I cut a circle on the lid of the Rubbermaid bid to fit another 4 inch cheap wal***t fan with the fan sitting flush on lid and pulling the hot air from the box out into my apt. Planning on filtering when the time comes
Now when I sprouted my seeds I used the waterlogging method just sat them in a little dish full of water and after the 3 day the seeds had sprouted a little and the YouTube video I watched said not to keep them in the water for more than 3 to 4 days so I went ahead and planted them and at first I started with the 24 hour light phase then swapped to the 16 on 8 off because I had read that the extra 8 hours doesn't really do much for you so.....please correct me if any of my info is wrong and let me know what I'm doing wrong so I can correct it
For my potting soil I'm just using some organic indoor / outdoor potting mix and I picked up some extra perlite still need to find some food to give to them when they mature a little
And last but not least just using some regular bag seed with this being my first grow and all
And I'm sorry if some of you guys information takes a bit to set in haven't really grown anything before
I will update my pics asap
Thanks in advance
my box temp was unmonitered for a few days (because i didnt have time to swing by the store to purchase one). once i finally had purchased i left everything on overnight just to find out the next morning the box temp had hit over 100 degrees which i now understand why my soil was drying out overnight.... So im thankful i did not invest more than bag seed for my first experiment...Since learning from these mistakes ive ordered seed from herbie(trans siberian Auto) and they did arrive in the states safely... revamped my box a little to produce more airflow now the box sits at about 70-80 degrees... i have also invested in the good ol fox farms ocean forest soil so hopefully things this time around go much smoother and i will keep everyone posted because its been hell trying to find grow guides on the particular strain that i chose 
The box is sitting at 80 degrees during the day and drops to about 70-72 degrees throughout the night i have only watered the ladies once since planting because the FFOF holds water like a champ i will keep everyone posted as the days progress here is my trans siberian so far:
