So this is definitely my first grow, and have been learning a bit by trial and error as well as reading. After a couple crises with my first two seedlings (who will also be seen in some pictures but not focussed on), my 3rd and 4th plant seem to be moving along nicely. I basically just converted some space in a weird nook of my closet to house the girls. I covered most of the space involved in aluminium and have my CFL bulbs fixed in a sort of an aluminum turkey pan made into a reflector. You'll see...
Lights: (4) 24 watt cool white CFLs (each one supposedly gives off 130 watts. I don't really understand this but thats what the GE bulbs said on the package.)
Light schedule: 20/4
Seeds: 1 Auto Blue (7 liter green pot) and 1 Auto AK (7 liter red pot) from "Seedmakers"
Growing medium: Bio Bizz Organic
So here is the progression of the Auto AK which is currently on Day 13, born on October 7th:
Day 2:
Day 5:
Day 8:
Day 12:
So I definitely have not given her nutrients yet, she's only been watered twice so far, about 2/3 of liter each time. This one seems to be going faily well, however nowhere near as well as her big sister who is currently on Day 17. Check out my Auto Blue plant that was born on October 3rd.
Day 3:
Day 6:
Day 9:
Day 12:
Day 16:
So yeah shes been watered exactly 3 times, about 2/3 liters of water each time. No nutrients yet, but I am planning on giving her about 1ml of Bio Grow (by Bio BIzz) at her next watering (4 or 5 days from now; Day 21 for the plant.) I plan on doing the same with the Auto Ak when it looks about the same size or is on the same day 21.
Like I said the plants are in a kind of weird nook in my closet that seemed perfect for this. I covered the majority of the space in aluminium foil. The normal temp seems to be about 29 C, 85 F, and I have a small fan blowing on them. Check out the growing space:
As you can see, there are two other sick children sharing the space. They are also an auto Ak and blue, but they have not had the best life. They both started off in crappy soil, and were very stressed because I was moving them back and forth everday from the window to the closet. To make matters worse, the AK had about a foot of roots cut off in a transplant to better soil, and the blue had a light fall on top of it. Rather than letting them just go, I have held on to them anyway.
The sick blue is actually flowering at this point. I am feeding it a small amount of Bio Grow and Bio bloom in its water. As you can see, I have switched the closest bulb to this plant to warm light (2700 K). Its on Day 40 or something like that. Ha.ha.
Very sad looking blue that is actually smelling up my bedroom...
The sick Ak is doing slightly better and has not started flowering yet. It is receving Bio Grow 2 mls per liter. You can see it on the right in this picture.
Here is the sick Auto ak that is on like Day 33 or something like that.
So anyway, that's where I'm at right now. All comments and advice al welcome, like I said I'm a first timer. Thanks for viewing and I'll keep you posted on how things go!
Saludos desde Chile!
-Chile 420
Lights: (4) 24 watt cool white CFLs (each one supposedly gives off 130 watts. I don't really understand this but thats what the GE bulbs said on the package.)
Light schedule: 20/4
Seeds: 1 Auto Blue (7 liter green pot) and 1 Auto AK (7 liter red pot) from "Seedmakers"
Growing medium: Bio Bizz Organic
So here is the progression of the Auto AK which is currently on Day 13, born on October 7th:
Day 2:
Day 5:
Day 8:
Day 12:
So I definitely have not given her nutrients yet, she's only been watered twice so far, about 2/3 of liter each time. This one seems to be going faily well, however nowhere near as well as her big sister who is currently on Day 17. Check out my Auto Blue plant that was born on October 3rd.
Day 3:
Day 6:
Day 9:
Day 12:
Day 16:
So yeah shes been watered exactly 3 times, about 2/3 liters of water each time. No nutrients yet, but I am planning on giving her about 1ml of Bio Grow (by Bio BIzz) at her next watering (4 or 5 days from now; Day 21 for the plant.) I plan on doing the same with the Auto Ak when it looks about the same size or is on the same day 21.
Like I said the plants are in a kind of weird nook in my closet that seemed perfect for this. I covered the majority of the space in aluminium foil. The normal temp seems to be about 29 C, 85 F, and I have a small fan blowing on them. Check out the growing space:
As you can see, there are two other sick children sharing the space. They are also an auto Ak and blue, but they have not had the best life. They both started off in crappy soil, and were very stressed because I was moving them back and forth everday from the window to the closet. To make matters worse, the AK had about a foot of roots cut off in a transplant to better soil, and the blue had a light fall on top of it. Rather than letting them just go, I have held on to them anyway.
The sick blue is actually flowering at this point. I am feeding it a small amount of Bio Grow and Bio bloom in its water. As you can see, I have switched the closest bulb to this plant to warm light (2700 K). Its on Day 40 or something like that. Ha.ha.
Very sad looking blue that is actually smelling up my bedroom...
The sick Ak is doing slightly better and has not started flowering yet. It is receving Bio Grow 2 mls per liter. You can see it on the right in this picture.
Here is the sick Auto ak that is on like Day 33 or something like that.
So anyway, that's where I'm at right now. All comments and advice al welcome, like I said I'm a first timer. Thanks for viewing and I'll keep you posted on how things go!
Saludos desde Chile!
-Chile 420
