New Grower First time set up?

[grassbeginner]

Hey guys. I've just bought some Northern Light seeds (fem, auto flowering) for my first attempt at growing (I heard that they are decent beginner seeds), and I want to know if what I'm thinking of for a set up would work.

I'll be growing in a closet, it's not very big. Maybe 4 feet by 3 feet, and half of it is slanted ceiling. I'm trying to grow one plant, since it's my first time, and I want to get a feel for it.

I bought 3 CFL lights, 55W and 3600 lumens each (10,800 lumens total). I was thinking that I would line the walls with tin foil and reflective materials, so I don't lose any light. Then I was thinking to put one of the CFLs right above the plant, and the other two towards the sides, and put some reflectors on them too.

I know that I've seen people do this, but they usually have three lights on top and two on the sides, but I didn't think for one plant that this would be necessary.

I also live in a house where smell doesn't matter, so I'm not really worried about that. If I were to leave the closet door open or covered with a sheet or something would this be enough ventilation? I can't really drill a hole into the walls or anything, and there are no close by vents. I also have a small fan for air circulation.

Since it's auto flowering I was going to put it in a 3 gallon planting pot right from the start. Any suggestions on the best soil to use? I've read that some soils make it easier nutrients wise. I'm also looking for some cheap but effective nutrients for when the soil runs out. My seeds say from seed to harvest it will be 8-9 weeks.

I have pH test strips.

Let me know if I should change anything, thanks!

 

[GoAuto6]

All looks good .. i would get a ph meter as the strips are hard to read with any colored nutrients....

Pro-mix is a good grow medium....
http://www.pthorticulture.com/en/pro-mix-hp-mycorrhizae-growing-medium/

And for nutrients i suggest grow more....

Grow More Sea Grow 16-16-16 All-Purpose, 1.5-pound round jar
Grow More Sea Grow 4-26-26 Flower and Bloom, 1.5-pound round jar
Grow More Hawaiian Bud and Bloom 5-50-17, 1.5-pound round jar

check this out, it'sa sea grow grow.
Sniper visits Melmac



If you have time you can see the difference in my grow, form other stuff in the start to full on sea grow at the last 20 or so pages..
"The Mother Ship"



here's a schedule from sniper that works great
snipes feeding schedule is as follows....

water is rain water and molasses is used as needed

week 1.5-2 1/4 tsp seagrow veg

week 2.5-3 1/2 tsp veg

week 3.5-4 1 tsp veg

week 4.5-5 1 tsp veg

week 5.5-6 1 tsp veg unless its a 60 day strain and stretch has stopped 1 tsp of bloom and 1/4 tsp hb

week 6.5-7 1 tsp veg " "

week 7.5-8 1 tsp bloom and 1/4tsp hb

week 8.5-9 1 tsp bloom and 1/4tsp hb

week 9.5-10 flush

week 10.5-11 flush

hey bud just checked my old notes should actually feed bloom at 1tsp per gallon for about 4 weeks or when vertical growth stops and buds start to form :thumbs:


one last thing....
:Sharing One:

 

[Bobblunt]

Haven't seen that before, it's a good nutrient guide .

 

[az2000]

And for nutrients i suggest Grow More Sea Grow....

Grow More Sea Grow 16-16-16 All-Purpose, 1.5-pound round jar
Grow More Sea Grow 4-26-26 Flower and Bloom, 1.5-pound round jar
Grow More Hawaiian Bud and Bloom 5-50-17, 1.5-pound round jar

That's interesting. I just ordered some from Sprinklerwarehouse.com. They have the lowest shipping/product price. About $8 less (total) than plantsthatproduce.com.

Anyway, I notice calcium is not listed as an ingredient (GH Flora has 5%). Also, magnesium (0.5%) is considerably lower than GH Flora's 2% (combined through Grow & Bloom bottles). Do you do anything with supplements?

 

[az2000]

I've fed Sea Grow for 7-8 times now (over 3 weeks). I like what I see. The plant began on GH Flora Series and was 5 weeks old when I switched. Was showing the beginning of bud sites, and I fed All-Purpose for a week before switching to bloom/Hawaiian bud.

She looks great. Bud sites are developing at least as well as my first grow with GH Flora (which netted 6.5 ounces). Leaves look extremely dark green as soon as I began feeding Sea Grow. That's probably the one thing that stood out to me.

 

[Bromeo]

I saw you mention that you were thinking of using foil as a reflective materal. be carefull as foil can cause some hot spots. Mylar is avelable at most hydro stores or good old plain flat white paint also works great.