JackWeed
New Member
First off, would just like to say hi to everyone! This is my first attempt at growing anything, let alone weed, so bear with me...
I've gone with a custom Space Bucket grow using 20 litre buckets with Mylar on the inside, 4x 23w CFL'S pulling out 2500k (1600 lumens each) which are inside the bucket lid/top. I'll be using spacers made from other bucket tops stacked together as the plant gets bigger..
Going to swap two of the CFLS some time next week for 6500k during veg stage, although perhaps i can go all the way through on just the 2500? I'm not expecting massive yields, but will try to get as much off these as possible.
Eventually I plan to do SCROG when they get bigger, and get a nice canopy going so they fill the bucket as much as possible.
As you might have noticed, there's two different plants at the moment, only one will be grown inside the bucket though! Reason I've got two seedlings in there at the minute is because the 1st seedling i kind of screwed up with.
Basically the blue treacle (named Sally) was almost fried when i put her 2-3 inches away from all 4 of the CFL lights...lesson 1 learned!
One of the cotyledons is almost gone, and she looks a sorry state, but after some massive amounts of TLC I think she might now make it?
Sally's almost 1 week old, and you can see from the pic below she's suffered...so because i thought she might not make it I started off a Sweet Cheese Feminized, called Cinnamon!
So now both seedlings seem to be doing well I'm at a conundrum as to what to do next...or rather which one is going to used for this particular grow.
Cinnamon is just 1 day old and looks a picture of health...so far.
Anyway, i now have both seedlings under 2 CFL'S and two 220v fans for the exhaust and intake. Don't have them running constantly at the minute due to my temp/humidity gauge not being delivered yet, so I've got the exhaust on a timer pulling out hot air for 10 minutes every 2 hrs...this acts as a vacuum and turns the intake fan to draw in fresh air.
Next bit i need to sort out is the carbon filter which I'll just get the bro to do one at work as a custom jobby, attach it to the light top exhaust fan, along with some flexi duct and tape it to the window ledge so it blows the hot ((and eventually stinky)) air straight outside.
Potting soil is Canna Terra Pro Plus, got some organic seaweed, and also plan on getting some more nutrients next week, at the moment they'll be fine with just water.
In the white pot is Sally, and Cinnamon is in the black pot:
And closeup of the damage done to Sally from too much heat:
Due to Sally being an auto, dunno if this would be beneficial to carry on with? Should I dump her and concentrate on Cinnamon which is not an auto, or take Cinnamon out of the bucket and place her on the window sill and persevere with Sally?
The Blue Treacle Seedling was soaked in a cup of water and then planted straight to soil, took around 3 days to pop up, whereas the Sweet Cheese was soaked in wet paper towel with a squirt of organic seaweed and some normal tap water that had been standing for 48hrs, folded paper towel up, placed in a bag and in a dark room for 24 hrs.
Root had popped out by then so planted directly to soil and it was out of the ground the very next day. Next step is to put a bit more soil in the Sweet Cheese pot, so it covers the stem a bit more:
I've gone with a custom Space Bucket grow using 20 litre buckets with Mylar on the inside, 4x 23w CFL'S pulling out 2500k (1600 lumens each) which are inside the bucket lid/top. I'll be using spacers made from other bucket tops stacked together as the plant gets bigger..
Going to swap two of the CFLS some time next week for 6500k during veg stage, although perhaps i can go all the way through on just the 2500? I'm not expecting massive yields, but will try to get as much off these as possible.
Eventually I plan to do SCROG when they get bigger, and get a nice canopy going so they fill the bucket as much as possible.
As you might have noticed, there's two different plants at the moment, only one will be grown inside the bucket though! Reason I've got two seedlings in there at the minute is because the 1st seedling i kind of screwed up with.
Basically the blue treacle (named Sally) was almost fried when i put her 2-3 inches away from all 4 of the CFL lights...lesson 1 learned!
One of the cotyledons is almost gone, and she looks a sorry state, but after some massive amounts of TLC I think she might now make it?
Sally's almost 1 week old, and you can see from the pic below she's suffered...so because i thought she might not make it I started off a Sweet Cheese Feminized, called Cinnamon!
So now both seedlings seem to be doing well I'm at a conundrum as to what to do next...or rather which one is going to used for this particular grow.
Cinnamon is just 1 day old and looks a picture of health...so far.
Anyway, i now have both seedlings under 2 CFL'S and two 220v fans for the exhaust and intake. Don't have them running constantly at the minute due to my temp/humidity gauge not being delivered yet, so I've got the exhaust on a timer pulling out hot air for 10 minutes every 2 hrs...this acts as a vacuum and turns the intake fan to draw in fresh air.
Next bit i need to sort out is the carbon filter which I'll just get the bro to do one at work as a custom jobby, attach it to the light top exhaust fan, along with some flexi duct and tape it to the window ledge so it blows the hot ((and eventually stinky)) air straight outside.
Potting soil is Canna Terra Pro Plus, got some organic seaweed, and also plan on getting some more nutrients next week, at the moment they'll be fine with just water.
In the white pot is Sally, and Cinnamon is in the black pot:
And closeup of the damage done to Sally from too much heat:
Due to Sally being an auto, dunno if this would be beneficial to carry on with? Should I dump her and concentrate on Cinnamon which is not an auto, or take Cinnamon out of the bucket and place her on the window sill and persevere with Sally?
The Blue Treacle Seedling was soaked in a cup of water and then planted straight to soil, took around 3 days to pop up, whereas the Sweet Cheese was soaked in wet paper towel with a squirt of organic seaweed and some normal tap water that had been standing for 48hrs, folded paper towel up, placed in a bag and in a dark room for 24 hrs.
Root had popped out by then so planted directly to soil and it was out of the ground the very next day. Next step is to put a bit more soil in the Sweet Cheese pot, so it covers the stem a bit more:
