Hi there,
Thank you for the warm welcome on the Intro sub forum
This is my first time growing and I don't have a lot of cash so this has been on a budget. This is my set up so far:
Auto Critical Feminised Seeds
Built-in bedroom closet (concrete walls on three sides and wooden door)
Canna Terra Professional Soil Mix
11 litre square tub and tray
CFL lights 1 x 105w daylight 6400k and 1 x 105w warm light 2700k on order, due to arrive at weekend
Fan on low setting with closet door cracked open an inch for exhaust
Bio Biz Bio Bloom (not yet used)
Thermometer/hygrometer - 21C/69.8F and 62 (arrived this morning)
Soil ph tester on order, due to arrive in next day or two
Having spent a couple of months reading and lurking on forums, I kept my fingers well and truly crossed and planted one seed in an 11 litre square tub filled with soil and put under the 6400k light 24/0, three days later she popped through.
Unfortunately I didn't take photos til day 13 (see below, pic taken before moved the cfl up a bit) but she had been fairly trouble-free despite a budget set up and a first time grower lol.
One thing I hadn't done was paint the closet inside flat white, as ran out of cash, so I lined with foil as a stop gap for this grow - not ideal but couldn't afford mylar. The reflector I made out of a large energy drink can, another stop gap til I have more month at the end of my money.
Closet mini makeover at 16 days
Close up of my girl at 16 days
Also I was getting worried that the soil wasn't drying out and still damp over two weeks after planting. Think there were two issues - I'd over watered the soil before planting my seed and that ventilation wasn't good enough with me just opening the closet door to check a few times a day.
You can see from the pic that she's showing signs of looking overwatered, so I added an old fan that has a "sleep" setting which is like a gentle breeze:
I had managed to damage three of the leaves at the bottom of her stem (you can see one bottom left and two top right with a small hole in each), moving her around as the home made reflector fell off. Luckily none of the new growth was damaged and looks healthy, or at least I think so, but smaller than I would've hoped at day 19.
Day 19 close up
and with tape measure to get idea of size
Today is day 20, will take pics later. Thanks in advance for any help and advice
Thank you for the warm welcome on the Intro sub forum
This is my first time growing and I don't have a lot of cash so this has been on a budget. This is my set up so far:
Auto Critical Feminised Seeds
Built-in bedroom closet (concrete walls on three sides and wooden door)
Canna Terra Professional Soil Mix
11 litre square tub and tray
CFL lights 1 x 105w daylight 6400k and 1 x 105w warm light 2700k on order, due to arrive at weekend
Fan on low setting with closet door cracked open an inch for exhaust
Bio Biz Bio Bloom (not yet used)
Thermometer/hygrometer - 21C/69.8F and 62 (arrived this morning)
Soil ph tester on order, due to arrive in next day or two
Having spent a couple of months reading and lurking on forums, I kept my fingers well and truly crossed and planted one seed in an 11 litre square tub filled with soil and put under the 6400k light 24/0, three days later she popped through.
Unfortunately I didn't take photos til day 13 (see below, pic taken before moved the cfl up a bit) but she had been fairly trouble-free despite a budget set up and a first time grower lol.
One thing I hadn't done was paint the closet inside flat white, as ran out of cash, so I lined with foil as a stop gap for this grow - not ideal but couldn't afford mylar. The reflector I made out of a large energy drink can, another stop gap til I have more month at the end of my money.
Closet mini makeover at 16 days
Close up of my girl at 16 days
Also I was getting worried that the soil wasn't drying out and still damp over two weeks after planting. Think there were two issues - I'd over watered the soil before planting my seed and that ventilation wasn't good enough with me just opening the closet door to check a few times a day.
You can see from the pic that she's showing signs of looking overwatered, so I added an old fan that has a "sleep" setting which is like a gentle breeze:
I had managed to damage three of the leaves at the bottom of her stem (you can see one bottom left and two top right with a small hole in each), moving her around as the home made reflector fell off. Luckily none of the new growth was damaged and looks healthy, or at least I think so, but smaller than I would've hoped at day 19.
Day 19 close up
and with tape measure to get idea of size
Today is day 20, will take pics later. Thanks in advance for any help and advice
- I'll have a search on the forums and see what I can find but any ideas/pointers in that regard would be great please. Oh I forgot to add that the fan in the pic also has an air purifier function, which I was hoping would help with smell - which isn't that big an issue as it's just me living here, is onagel any good for occasional visitors? Hopefully I'll have it sorted before she smells too strong.
