Stirstick
Well-Known Member
Hey there I have been lurking for a month or so as I start my first attempt at growing. I have been a regular user for 20 years and now with the legalization here in Canada I want to grow my own and save some cash in the long run.
Decided to start the grow journal as I'm early on and wanted to get some of the great input I see on others journals.
I appoligize if the first post is a little lengthy but just getting up to date.
My son was doing a project for school and I needed lumber so used the same as he lol. 1x2 to frame my box. Originally I was going to make it wider but realized it was too much for the space (still had to take it apart to take it upstairs to its spot)
I ended up with 48" long by 60" Tal and about 26" deep.
I then got three sheets of 1/4" osb to box it in.
I gave the inside a quick coat of flat white paint (not as thourogh as I'd like but on a shoestring budget)
I ordered a 7 split light fixture from Amazon which is currently my primary lighting.
I started germinating some bag seed I had, two of which were promising and the other two I just put in for odds.
Within about 24 hours I had my first tap root.
And then the other one popped and decided to get them in some Solo cups.
They went in the dirt on the 12th of November, by the 14th they were out saying hello.
So I leave them by the window for the first day as I didn't want to shock them with light I got the fan and lights set up. I wired an old computer fan to a 12v adaptor for an old laptop. Seems to do the trick. I cut out a hole and mounted it on the top.
Plan is if smell becomes a problem I'm going to move to box next to the window and vent directly out doors. Gotta love it being legal.
In my light I'm running led bulbs. I've got 3x9.5w 2700k bulbs and 4x10w 5000k bulbs.
Sorry about the light and dark patches, I think the fan is pulling at a frequency that's interupting my camera.
With in a day or so I wanted more light so I had a couple of old light sockets and got a couple of 23w cfl bulbs at 6500k.
Things seemed to be going ok. I water and let dry to encourage root growth. I'm going to continue in next post as I've reached my attachment limit lol
Decided to start the grow journal as I'm early on and wanted to get some of the great input I see on others journals.
I appoligize if the first post is a little lengthy but just getting up to date.
My son was doing a project for school and I needed lumber so used the same as he lol. 1x2 to frame my box. Originally I was going to make it wider but realized it was too much for the space (still had to take it apart to take it upstairs to its spot)
I ended up with 48" long by 60" Tal and about 26" deep.
I then got three sheets of 1/4" osb to box it in.
I gave the inside a quick coat of flat white paint (not as thourogh as I'd like but on a shoestring budget)
I ordered a 7 split light fixture from Amazon which is currently my primary lighting.
I started germinating some bag seed I had, two of which were promising and the other two I just put in for odds.
Within about 24 hours I had my first tap root.
And then the other one popped and decided to get them in some Solo cups.
They went in the dirt on the 12th of November, by the 14th they were out saying hello.
So I leave them by the window for the first day as I didn't want to shock them with light I got the fan and lights set up. I wired an old computer fan to a 12v adaptor for an old laptop. Seems to do the trick. I cut out a hole and mounted it on the top.
Plan is if smell becomes a problem I'm going to move to box next to the window and vent directly out doors. Gotta love it being legal.
In my light I'm running led bulbs. I've got 3x9.5w 2700k bulbs and 4x10w 5000k bulbs.
Sorry about the light and dark patches, I think the fan is pulling at a frequency that's interupting my camera.
With in a day or so I wanted more light so I had a couple of old light sockets and got a couple of 23w cfl bulbs at 6500k.
Things seemed to be going ok. I water and let dry to encourage root growth. I'm going to continue in next post as I've reached my attachment limit lol