trailblazer
New Member
Hi all this is my first official post in the forums, i have been holding out until i felt that i had read and gathered enough info for me to feel confident in contributing.
Anyway its lemon skunk feminised seeds, and i have built my own stealth grow, i know this may not be the best, however it works within my limitations at the moment.
I welcome all to comment and would like to thank Tnoldon for his input into the site and every one else's poor man grows! Also forgot to mention a thank u to funnystyle!
Firstly i built a cupboard that i got for a good price, this is three draws and the top is still a draw but the middle is just the front of the draw and the bottom is a hollow draw.
I got my seeds in the mail and when i opened them two pinged into the air and god knows where it went so i found one and down to four seeds.
I started with reading on here and knew i needed lights so i did some reading and decided on CFL's the first being 40w 1000 lumens, the second i installed today is 18w energy producing 100watt light and 1100 lumens.
I have some knowledge growing plants but in the form of chill's.
So i used the paper towel method of germination and they took two to three days for all of them to sprout, i used sterilised seedling soil and their still in this now.
At the beginning i just used natural light as i didn't have the cupboard and i didn't want to invest in something that could fail.
After this i then built the cupboard and modified it to fit the plant pot and lights. I used reflecting sheeting and some reflective tape, i needed to keep all of the light out as to keep it stealth.
This stayed like the above picture for a week, and i lost one more plant due to me not planting the seed deep enough.
Three days ago, i introduced another light but this was producing too much heat, its also forty watt. It could still be used as i put more reflective tape on the draw at the top:
This also helped keep light leaking out, below is a link to another image if anyone else is interested to how i stopped light getting out of the top draw.
This is how it is at present, it looks better than it is in the image
I have read that the lemon skunk grows tall however mine is really stretching now but i have introduced the new light that i hope will fix this issue. I am trying to keep the 24 hour light method and introduce 12/12 when it is necessary. However this light seems very strong and i think the leaves might start to be drooping.
I have been spraying them with water now and again but nothing heavy. Should i introduce nutes soon?
If these fail i have more on the way.
Peace to all and please comment!
Anyway its lemon skunk feminised seeds, and i have built my own stealth grow, i know this may not be the best, however it works within my limitations at the moment.
I welcome all to comment and would like to thank Tnoldon for his input into the site and every one else's poor man grows! Also forgot to mention a thank u to funnystyle!
Firstly i built a cupboard that i got for a good price, this is three draws and the top is still a draw but the middle is just the front of the draw and the bottom is a hollow draw.
I got my seeds in the mail and when i opened them two pinged into the air and god knows where it went so i found one and down to four seeds.
I started with reading on here and knew i needed lights so i did some reading and decided on CFL's the first being 40w 1000 lumens, the second i installed today is 18w energy producing 100watt light and 1100 lumens.
I have some knowledge growing plants but in the form of chill's.
So i used the paper towel method of germination and they took two to three days for all of them to sprout, i used sterilised seedling soil and their still in this now.
At the beginning i just used natural light as i didn't have the cupboard and i didn't want to invest in something that could fail.
After this i then built the cupboard and modified it to fit the plant pot and lights. I used reflecting sheeting and some reflective tape, i needed to keep all of the light out as to keep it stealth.
This stayed like the above picture for a week, and i lost one more plant due to me not planting the seed deep enough.
Three days ago, i introduced another light but this was producing too much heat, its also forty watt. It could still be used as i put more reflective tape on the draw at the top:
This also helped keep light leaking out, below is a link to another image if anyone else is interested to how i stopped light getting out of the top draw.
This is how it is at present, it looks better than it is in the image
I have read that the lemon skunk grows tall however mine is really stretching now but i have introduced the new light that i hope will fix this issue. I am trying to keep the 24 hour light method and introduce 12/12 when it is necessary. However this light seems very strong and i think the leaves might start to be drooping.
I have been spraying them with water now and again but nothing heavy. Should i introduce nutes soon?
If these fail i have more on the way.
Peace to all and please comment!
lets getem grown!
to 420magazine! Glad you decided to take the plunge. Seems you started right by reading first, because a lot of problems can be avoided this way! Your sprouts are lookin nice and healthy! 
