Normajean1
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Damn your bud has some nice frost on it. Great job man
3 weeks into flowering!!Mix and match HPS and CFL grow.PICS.
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robbzilla
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I understand where your coming from. The main reason I started growing was because I didn't want to have to go out and buy weed anymore. If you don't want to spend the money to get a fan your going to have to at least have some way of letting the hot air out. Whether that be opening one side of your box and putting pc fans in it. I don't really just want to tell you what to do because there are different ways of growing. But if I were you I would go out and buy me a powerstrip. Than I would fashion the powerstrip to the top of my box. I would then go buy some light sockets that plug into a outlet (found at home depot etc) and some y splitters. Then your gonna need to go out and buy 4-6 6500k CFL bulbs. I would go with 23w bulbs. Now you'll prob only be able to fit 3 sets of lights on that power strip. So I would buy 3 of each (outlet things and y splitters) and 6 bulbs. You could also just go buy reg sockets that mount by screws also found at home depot. Screw those into the top of your box ysplit them and then you could prob fit 4 bulbs in like that. Really after lighting and ventaltion all you need is sizable pots and soil. Not really much after that.
If you don't want to do all that you could go to HTG.com (high tech gardening) and buy yourself 1 bulb 2ft T5 fixtures. I would either buy 2 1 bulb fixtures or 1 2 bulbs fixture. Mount those in your box and your ready to go. With those you prob wont even need to vent the box except that the plants will need fresh air every now and then. T5's are great though. They work fine for vegging and flowering.
Help?
*Edit: (Help?) meaning does this help you at all?
robbzilla
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Thanks man. Glad you could join me. I enjoy our discussions....or discussion....w/e.
robbzilla
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So we are officially on day what....23 of flowering.
I moved the lights around this morning and postioned the floros a little closer after I recieved some advice from my colleague.
3 days after the epsom salt flush and they seem to be ready for some water already. These ladys are drinkers!
I took some more pics this moring for you guys. This is only pics of the BV. She tends to photograph better than the NL.
Just want to thank everyone whos showing the love when they stop by
I moved the lights around this morning and postioned the floros a little closer after I recieved some advice from my colleague.
3 days after the epsom salt flush and they seem to be ready for some water already. These ladys are drinkers!
I took some more pics this moring for you guys. This is only pics of the BV. She tends to photograph better than the NL.
Just want to thank everyone whos showing the love when they stop by
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@robbzilla because i live in england im buying it from another website in the uk but its 4 tube t5 light wave, they dnt have 2 tube, will 4 still be alright, when i get the light can u tlk me through it from there, when i do get the light how long do u reckon b4 i will have buds! yhur wicked help mate
robbzilla
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Ya a four blub fixture will work too. Did you check the dimensions and make sure it will fit in the box? Thats the only thing that I might be worried about. Once you get the light and set it up you can start budding your plants right away. All you have to do is swtich your lights to a 12/12 schedule. Meaning 12 hours on 12 hours off. Like night and day. If you want to keep the plants in vegging, meaning they wont produce and buds, than you leave them on a 20/4 or a 18/6 like schedule. I can explain it more if you want once you get the lights.
yh i understand that mate, so im guna get the light and a fan then i should be away, but when u saying keep it vegging what do u mean? cos i want buds defo cos i wanna smoke it, i dnt understand when u say keep em vegging, how long with me having the lights on the plants will it take to get to the point where i can cut the buds off? just out of concern would this light show up to pigs??
robbzilla
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No it wont show up. MJ has two stages vegging and flowering. Vegging is what MJ does during the summer when the light period is long. If you keep MJ on a 18/6 and up light regiment, meaning have your lights on 18 hours and off 6 hours in a 24 hour day, then it will stay in the vegitative state and wont produce buds. Once you switch your lights to a 12/12 regiment you trick the plant into thinking it is winter time. Because of the shorter light period. The plant then starts to flower to produce seeds for winter.
You have male and female MJ plants. Males produce pollen sacs that pollinate the female to make seeds for the winter. If you have male plant they do not produce any bud. Now if you have a female they are the ones that produce the flower, or buds, that you see everywhere around this site. You kind of just have to hope that you at least have one female.
Flowering times are different for each strain but usually run anywhere from 6-10 weeks. Meaning once you switch your plants to a 12/12 regiment it will be 6-10 weeks before the buds will be done and ready to smoke. Of course you can always cut earlier/later but your bud will be not as good.
You have male and female MJ plants. Males produce pollen sacs that pollinate the female to make seeds for the winter. If you have male plant they do not produce any bud. Now if you have a female they are the ones that produce the flower, or buds, that you see everywhere around this site. You kind of just have to hope that you at least have one female.
Flowering times are different for each strain but usually run anywhere from 6-10 weeks. Meaning once you switch your plants to a 12/12 regiment it will be 6-10 weeks before the buds will be done and ready to smoke. Of course you can always cut earlier/later but your bud will be not as good.