Let the Adventure Begin!! (pictures included)

koulajitong

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Merry and I were traveling our local hardware store when we happened upon a 65 watt CFL Work Light in the 6500k spectrum. We decided this would be a great upgrade from the 23 watt cfls in the 5000-5500k. After destroying the assembly we removed the power supply and installed the new bulb into the box. Since the ballast was remote we installed it on top of the box. Now we have 1 65watt bulb in the 6500k spectrum with our same ventilation setup. All and all, we feel it was a great upgrade. It provided us with a little bit of extra space, even if it was only an inch, more wattage, and though we don't know the full specs of the bulb yet, we assume more lumens. Which leads into my second part of this post...

I have heard that watts are the most important factor to your plants growth. I have also heard that lumens are the most important. My belief is that lumens are the most important part of the grow, but im curious as to if there are better "quality" lumens than others. I understand that the spectrum of light affects how the plant grows, but does 1 65 watt bulb put out "better lumens" then another?
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What spectrum is the most important. Having intense lighting in the wrong spectrum doesn't exactly help the plant out. You should be looking for FULL or broad spectrum lighting. That is why people use daylight and warm cfl's, because they want to give the plant the full spectrum needed for optimum growth.

My friend uses two 125w cfl's in his veg chamber. They rock.

Peace,

K
 
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koulajitong said:
What spectrum is the most important. Having intense lighting in the wrong spectrum doesn't exactly help the plant out. You should be looking for FULL or broad spectrum lighting. That is why people use daylight and warm cfl's, because they want to give the plant the full spectrum needed for optimum growth.

My friend uses two 125w cfl's in his veg chamber. They rock.

Peace,

K
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Sounds like we'll be in business then! Thanks K! Here's a few pics of our new set up!
 

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The seeds. They came. AND WE REJOICED! We wasted no time! BOOM! Germination! BOOM! Soil Purchase! BOOM! Baby Box Upgrade! Here are some pics of the seeds in their personalized ziplocks!


We purchased our seeds from NirvanaShop.com. We spent the money to get feminized seeds so we don't have to worry about male plants. The delivery time was awesome! It took about a week at most to get to us! If you can't make out the names from the photos, we got 5 seeds of AK-48 and 5 seeds of Blue Mystic. We are excited!

-Merry and Pippin!!
"OY!"
 

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Also love those Knightlike people from Shire. :P great box though, we should all get into retail together will all those self build systems.
 
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Thank you to everyone who is tagging along with us on this journey! There have been a few hardships already, nothing major, and a lot of remodeling. Being the perfectionists that Merry and I are, we had to have the box perfect, so, as we learned, we made our box better! Our seeds will be into soil within the next 48 hours! Pics will come the day of first leaves! CRUNCH-TIME is on! Thank you to everyone who has provided us with knowledge, you have improved our buds home! If anyone is willing to stick around and help us throughout the grow with any complications we may or may not have arise, we'd be eternally happy! Pics will be updated as often as we can!
Again, thanks to everyone, and hope you stay with us!
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:leaf:Pippin:leaf:
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I'm here bro. Just been busy setting up my grow, started today actually and will be starting my journal too soon :D Love the box btw and still tuned!
 
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We haven't posted recently, but we've been busy nonetheless I assure you! We got a little adventurous when we saw an old webcam lying around, and since we couldn't keep our eyes off our new children, we installed that in for a little fun...And a little something to drift off to sleep watching! We hope to have live video stream of sorts going at some point! Maybe, maybe not! We'll keep you posted on that as they get a little bit larger and more visible. Speaking of! Our first two girls broke soil today! 1 Blue Mystic(BM) and 1 AK-48(AK). Pics are here!:joint: Hopefully the rest of them break soil alright too! We had all eight successfully germinate and we're just awaiting the results of the transplant! Pretty high tech for Shire Folk eh?
OY!

Merry and Pippin.
 

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koulajitong

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Thank you to everyone who is tagging along with us on this journey! There have been a few hardships already, nothing major, and a lot of remodeling. Being the perfectionists that Merry and I are, we had to have the box perfect, so, as we learned, we made our box better! Our seeds will be into soil within the next 48 hours! Pics will come the day of first leaves! CRUNCH-TIME is on! Thank you to everyone who has provided us with knowledge, you have improved our buds home! If anyone is willing to stick around and help us throughout the grow with any complications we may or may not have arise, we'd be eternally happy! Pics will be updated as often as we can!
Again, thanks to everyone, and hope you stay with us!
:leaf::leaf::leaf::leaf:
:leaf:Pippin:leaf:
:leaf::leaf::leaf::leaf:
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Here to help until you are stoned on your own.

Question.

I see you are starting your seedlings in one container with dividers, how do you plan to transplant when they get bigger?

Everything else looks great though. Keep on keepin' on.

K
 
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koulajitong said:
Here to help until you are stoned on your own.

Question.

I see you are starting your seedlings in one container with dividers, how do you plan to transplant when they get bigger?

Everything else looks great though. Keep on keepin' on.

K
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I think the only correct answer to that is very carefully!! Although the box we have built is great at providing a good enviroment for our little girls, we recognize the limited space we have to work around. Initially we were going to use individual cups, but after a few math equations, we found that we would maximize our amount of total soil if we use one large container. The sections are not even by any means, and it isn't exactly ideal, but there it is anyway, the best we got for now! We are not to worried about it though! I think things will turn out okay!! If ANYONE has anything to add or thoughts to express, we welcome them to be thrown our way greatly!

UPDATE! 6 of the 8 have burst from the soil and we are only waiting on the runts of the litter now!

-Merrybongsmilie
 
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koulajitong said:
Gettin' close to 100% germ rate. You guys are going to be so happy when you are toking on your own.:joint::weed:

Here's some inspiration. This is a clone only (original purple haze X grape ape). One plant 6 zips. CFL's. :clap:

I taught this guy everything he knows.

Check it out: http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/n538/koulajitong/

Peace,

K
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Our sixth little girl is still hiding! Hope she comes out for a 100% germ rate!! We've said "we're going to be so happy when we're blazing our own Blue-48, set set HIKE!"
Nice plants, what kind of lights are those? High output t5s?
 
koulajitong

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Our sixth little girl is still hiding! Hope she comes out for a 100% germ rate!! We've said "we're going to be so happy when we're blazing our own Blue-48, set set HIKE!"
Nice plants, what kind of lights are those? High output t5s?
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Yessir. The T5's were a gift halfway through flower.

BLUE 48!

Rock on.
 
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