XX04
Active Member
I would like to first say thank you to everyone on RIU for taking the time to pass their knowledge on to us new growers. I have learned a lot from reading this site and have tried to apply what I've learned in my first little experimental grow.
Setup details:
The bag seed I have is old. I saved some seeds from my teen years and then saved some more from about 6 years ago when I was living in Northern California. Some growers I knew up there gave me some seeds that I know have very good genetics. Obviously, germination has been pretty difficult. The seeds were packed in white rice and stored in a locker. I actually didn't remeber I had them until I found them on a recent move. Using the "paper towel" method in the FAQ, I have gotten 2 out of 15 to germinate and then only one of those survived.
Before anyone tells me to get better seeds, I am doing a trial run to get the rookie mistakes out of the way on these tired old things before I get some real seeds.
On to the pictures:
I bought some basic supplies that I've seen others have success with on this site. The wood there will eventually be a frame to hold up a 150 watt HPS. That fan is too strong so I ended up not using it. There is also some rooting hormone there (for clones eventually I hope) and some ph testing kits for both soil and water.
This is the space I will be growing in. It is less than ideal because I can not ventilate. There is living space all around and stairs above. The opening here is to the garage. Temperature is not a problem for now. It gets as high as about 84 or 85 degrees, but an oscillating fan helps keep it cooler.
Here is my seedling set up on the rolling shelf in the left of the space. I admit that I got excited about the upside of LEDs and bought this blue one and the same one in red before I thoroughly researched them, although the seedling always seemed to tilt toward the LED light. They are the 13 watt LEDs you can find on ebay. I turned off the two 40 watt CFLs just to take this picture because I thought it looked cool.
Here is the completed and painted frame. That fan on top draws the hot air from the light up and blows it out toward the opening. I moved my supplemental lighting over to the right while I'm trying to get more seeds to germinate. I figured I might as well give the one viable plant all the light I have. I have two mylar covered pannels to go over the exposed sides of the frame.
With all the supplemental lighting on, the temp is about 83 or 84 with about 40% humidity.
Setup details:
The bag seed I have is old. I saved some seeds from my teen years and then saved some more from about 6 years ago when I was living in Northern California. Some growers I knew up there gave me some seeds that I know have very good genetics. Obviously, germination has been pretty difficult. The seeds were packed in white rice and stored in a locker. I actually didn't remeber I had them until I found them on a recent move. Using the "paper towel" method in the FAQ, I have gotten 2 out of 15 to germinate and then only one of those survived.
Before anyone tells me to get better seeds, I am doing a trial run to get the rookie mistakes out of the way on these tired old things before I get some real seeds.
On to the pictures:
I bought some basic supplies that I've seen others have success with on this site. The wood there will eventually be a frame to hold up a 150 watt HPS. That fan is too strong so I ended up not using it. There is also some rooting hormone there (for clones eventually I hope) and some ph testing kits for both soil and water.
This is the space I will be growing in. It is less than ideal because I can not ventilate. There is living space all around and stairs above. The opening here is to the garage. Temperature is not a problem for now. It gets as high as about 84 or 85 degrees, but an oscillating fan helps keep it cooler.
Here is my seedling set up on the rolling shelf in the left of the space. I admit that I got excited about the upside of LEDs and bought this blue one and the same one in red before I thoroughly researched them, although the seedling always seemed to tilt toward the LED light. They are the 13 watt LEDs you can find on ebay. I turned off the two 40 watt CFLs just to take this picture because I thought it looked cool.
Here is the completed and painted frame. That fan on top draws the hot air from the light up and blows it out toward the opening. I moved my supplemental lighting over to the right while I'm trying to get more seeds to germinate. I figured I might as well give the one viable plant all the light I have. I have two mylar covered pannels to go over the exposed sides of the frame.
With all the supplemental lighting on, the temp is about 83 or 84 with about 40% humidity.