FirstTimer420
New Member
Hey there 420 magazine, FirstTimer420 here with my first attempt at a grow. I'll be needing a lot of help but I'm confident with the help of everyone on these forums I can have a decent thriving garden.
My grow is starting in a armoire converted into a stealth grow cabinet. As of right now I have 6 Cfls under a homemade hood. I'm using 5 26 watt 6500k and 1 26 3500k. Just to give it a broader spectrum. I have a 80 mm computer fan mounted to the bottom right and a 120 mm mounted to the left top corner. I also have a 6" fan blowing on the canopy and lights.
My grow medium is Fox farms OceAn forest. I wanted to add perlite but time restrictions didn't allow me to add it. I will be using the full line of fox farms nutes once the initial soil nutes are used.
The temperature in the cab has been sitting high at 85 with the lights on. I'm adding a second 80mm intake to the lower left corner to hopefully draw in more fresh air and create better air circulation. Any other ideas to help with the heat issue?
The seeds Im using are a few bag seeds I saved of various strains unkown. I'd like to acquire seeds with better genetics but I don't know how or where to begin that search. Any ideas would be appreciated.
The first plant I have in there was started outside a few weeks ago got raveged by a catipillar and is now tall bushy up top and very little under growth. Any ideas on how to promote under growth?
The second was started just yesterday and has sense sprouted and looking good.
Here's a few shots of everything. I'll be checking often to reply to any feedback from the community thanks for everythig Hope you enjoy the journal and feel free to contact me anytime.
My grow is starting in a armoire converted into a stealth grow cabinet. As of right now I have 6 Cfls under a homemade hood. I'm using 5 26 watt 6500k and 1 26 3500k. Just to give it a broader spectrum. I have a 80 mm computer fan mounted to the bottom right and a 120 mm mounted to the left top corner. I also have a 6" fan blowing on the canopy and lights.
My grow medium is Fox farms OceAn forest. I wanted to add perlite but time restrictions didn't allow me to add it. I will be using the full line of fox farms nutes once the initial soil nutes are used.
The temperature in the cab has been sitting high at 85 with the lights on. I'm adding a second 80mm intake to the lower left corner to hopefully draw in more fresh air and create better air circulation. Any other ideas to help with the heat issue?
The seeds Im using are a few bag seeds I saved of various strains unkown. I'd like to acquire seeds with better genetics but I don't know how or where to begin that search. Any ideas would be appreciated.
The first plant I have in there was started outside a few weeks ago got raveged by a catipillar and is now tall bushy up top and very little under growth. Any ideas on how to promote under growth?
The second was started just yesterday and has sense sprouted and looking good.
Here's a few shots of everything. I'll be checking often to reply to any feedback from the community thanks for everythig Hope you enjoy the journal and feel free to contact me anytime.