kieron2050
New Member
hi evry 1 this is my first post .. been reading loads of threads on this site and have learnt loads so i thought i'd join and share my first experience of growing with you all. please leave your htoughts on what i'm doing.. thanx in advance..
ok i started with a wardrobe which measured
20 inches deep
30 inches wide
and 5 ft 6 inches tall
the first thing i did was buy an extractor and mounted it in the top if the wardrob . i also moved the wardbrobe in front of the chimney breast so that i could extract hot air out of the vent in the chimney breast.
extractor cost £50 pounds
i then mounted a 250 watt phillips son -t light bulb as close to the top as i could get it (light around £20 ballast around £60).
my next step wa to use blackout sheeting to stop light leaking in and out of the room .
i am growing 4 big buddah feminised blue cheese plants frmo seed. as soon as the seeds cracked i put them in peat discs and ten in to the propagator which i then put under 18-6 after 2 weeks i took the lid off the propagator . the seedlings were a bit leggy but i guess that was because they were reaching for the light so i made a shelf for them to get them closer. they seem fine now.
after another week of 18-6 i put them on 12-12 they were about 6-7 inches tall with 3 or 4 sets of leaves . ( i also cut the tops off a couple of days after i changed the cycle)
i am now at the stage where they are around nine inches tall and have been on 12/12 for a week. no signs of any flowers yet not that i can see anyway .
will post sum pictures when they wake up later
some of my bottom leaves are turning yellow is this a problem as new growht seems fine and sum of my leaves seeems to be hooking down as well .
my temp sometimes on very hot days get's to a bout 31.5 c
feedbak apreciated
ok i started with a wardrobe which measured
20 inches deep
30 inches wide
and 5 ft 6 inches tall
the first thing i did was buy an extractor and mounted it in the top if the wardrob . i also moved the wardbrobe in front of the chimney breast so that i could extract hot air out of the vent in the chimney breast.
extractor cost £50 pounds
i then mounted a 250 watt phillips son -t light bulb as close to the top as i could get it (light around £20 ballast around £60).
my next step wa to use blackout sheeting to stop light leaking in and out of the room .
i am growing 4 big buddah feminised blue cheese plants frmo seed. as soon as the seeds cracked i put them in peat discs and ten in to the propagator which i then put under 18-6 after 2 weeks i took the lid off the propagator . the seedlings were a bit leggy but i guess that was because they were reaching for the light so i made a shelf for them to get them closer. they seem fine now.
after another week of 18-6 i put them on 12-12 they were about 6-7 inches tall with 3 or 4 sets of leaves . ( i also cut the tops off a couple of days after i changed the cycle)
i am now at the stage where they are around nine inches tall and have been on 12/12 for a week. no signs of any flowers yet not that i can see anyway .
will post sum pictures when they wake up later
some of my bottom leaves are turning yellow is this a problem as new growht seems fine and sum of my leaves seeems to be hooking down as well .
my temp sometimes on very hot days get's to a bout 31.5 c
feedbak apreciated