JGibs420
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K.I.S.S - Keep It Simple, Stupid!
(I'm the stupid one mentioned above)
Hi and welcome,
On my first grow I made many mistakes, one of which was starting a grow without planning and having equipment ready beforehand. Lighting being my biggest issue due to my location and absurdly high prices on them. For that reason I'm kind of limited to using CFL.
So now join me on my second grow as I try to cultivate decent buds from mystery seeds. I grow in a melamine cabinet that I picked up for around $25, the rest of my setup is also done in a way not to break the bank, I'm on an extremely tight budget. Thus I'm Keeping It Simple
Some information about my grow, my setup, mystery seeds and my plants
- As with my previous grow, I'm using bagseed: but this time some really good outdoor marijuana I got from an acquaintance a while back, so I have no idea about the strain or percentages. I do apologise for the lack of strain information.
- As far as memory serves.. it was Sativa..
Maybe on my Next grow I'll obtain a clone.
I actually named the seeds in order to track the different outcomes, want to see if seed selection has any impact (even though they're from the same bag)
(From left to right they were named [purely by appearance and only for my, and maybe your, entertainment] Dark Side, Gator, Middle Child, Song Sparrow, Scarface)
I put them in Jiffy Pots to germinate, wrote their names on it and the journey began
- Germination took 4 days, kept them nice and moist at all times.
- Currently in Veg, but technically only sprouted yesterday (18 July 2017) with #2 Gator popping it's head out first, followed by 1DS, 3MC, 4SS, 5SF surprisingly in that order, a few hours apart. They all sprouted between 01:00 and 22:00 on the 18th.
- They're in Jiffy Pots right now, but will be growing in a soil based medium (with some perlite / vermiculite) mix to be revealed as I transplant.
- Pot size tba
The light setup
- Doing 100% CFL lighting, for the veg beginning I'm using 2x40watt 6500K and 2x20watt 4000K
- For my cab size this works out to be about 60watt per Sqft over 2 sqft right now
- (upgrading the 20s to 40s or maybe even 85s when they get bigger)
(My previous grow I didn't have enough light during most of my grow, this time I know a little better)
- I have a separate (but attached) flower cab which is currently house to my first grow (7 week in flower)
- Air cooled with PC fans on 12V
- I'm constantly trying to optimize my grow cabinet, that's why I also have a build journal as I learn how to bettee my setup over time.
K.I.S.S
So just a quick recap
5 bagseeds, probably Sativa
2 sqft grow space
CFL spiral lights 6500K and 4000K
Soil based medium
1 day old sprouts
Thanks for coming, hope you'll join me for this adventure I'll leave you with my current flowering LST babies and a shot of my full melamine cab (different bagseed, lots of mistakes and a whole lot of learning)
Instead of moving my lights, I actually adjust the size of my cabinet using the adjustable racks (dont worry, light prooffed the flower box, no light coming in there)
(I'm the stupid one mentioned above)
Hi and welcome,
On my first grow I made many mistakes, one of which was starting a grow without planning and having equipment ready beforehand. Lighting being my biggest issue due to my location and absurdly high prices on them. For that reason I'm kind of limited to using CFL.
So now join me on my second grow as I try to cultivate decent buds from mystery seeds. I grow in a melamine cabinet that I picked up for around $25, the rest of my setup is also done in a way not to break the bank, I'm on an extremely tight budget. Thus I'm Keeping It Simple
Some information about my grow, my setup, mystery seeds and my plants
- As with my previous grow, I'm using bagseed: but this time some really good outdoor marijuana I got from an acquaintance a while back, so I have no idea about the strain or percentages. I do apologise for the lack of strain information.
- As far as memory serves.. it was Sativa..
Maybe on my Next grow I'll obtain a clone.
I actually named the seeds in order to track the different outcomes, want to see if seed selection has any impact (even though they're from the same bag)
(From left to right they were named [purely by appearance and only for my, and maybe your, entertainment] Dark Side, Gator, Middle Child, Song Sparrow, Scarface)
I put them in Jiffy Pots to germinate, wrote their names on it and the journey began
- Germination took 4 days, kept them nice and moist at all times.
- Currently in Veg, but technically only sprouted yesterday (18 July 2017) with #2 Gator popping it's head out first, followed by 1DS, 3MC, 4SS, 5SF surprisingly in that order, a few hours apart. They all sprouted between 01:00 and 22:00 on the 18th.
- They're in Jiffy Pots right now, but will be growing in a soil based medium (with some perlite / vermiculite) mix to be revealed as I transplant.
- Pot size tba
The light setup
- Doing 100% CFL lighting, for the veg beginning I'm using 2x40watt 6500K and 2x20watt 4000K
- For my cab size this works out to be about 60watt per Sqft over 2 sqft right now
- (upgrading the 20s to 40s or maybe even 85s when they get bigger)
(My previous grow I didn't have enough light during most of my grow, this time I know a little better)
- I have a separate (but attached) flower cab which is currently house to my first grow (7 week in flower)
- Air cooled with PC fans on 12V
- I'm constantly trying to optimize my grow cabinet, that's why I also have a build journal as I learn how to bettee my setup over time.
K.I.S.S
So just a quick recap
5 bagseeds, probably Sativa
2 sqft grow space
CFL spiral lights 6500K and 4000K
Soil based medium
1 day old sprouts
Thanks for coming, hope you'll join me for this adventure I'll leave you with my current flowering LST babies and a shot of my full melamine cab (different bagseed, lots of mistakes and a whole lot of learning)
Instead of moving my lights, I actually adjust the size of my cabinet using the adjustable racks (dont worry, light prooffed the flower box, no light coming in there)