[Smokahontas]

I am starting a grow log to post progress of my grow and to help questions get answered along the way. I have 7 feminized lowyder #2s I got from attitude seed bank. They also gave me a free Dinafem Roadrunner auto and a Dinafem Blue hash and Dinafem white widow indicas. My soil is foxfarm ocean forest. Pots are 6" diameter which will hopefully last the entire life cycle. Lights are two 150 watt hps that will probably have 4 autos under each and an indica under each spaced around 2-3 feet apart. Using the mylar (pic attached) that is 25' long x 54" high I am going line around a room made by hanging bedsheets and curtains so that it will reflect the hps light. I am attaching pics of what I got today from my store.

[Smokahontas]

I plan on running the lights on 20/4 cycle until it is sent outside August 16th. I plan on starting the seedlings using the paper towel method and I will then transport the seedlings into jiffy pots with trays underneath them to start a seedling and then transport them to the 6" plastic pots. My first questions are simple. I plan on germinating using jiffy pellets. I can use warm RO in a 5 gallon bucket to soak the pellets in and then I would just put the pellets on trays, and put the seedlings under the peat and leave it in darkness, right? Or should I put the jiffy pellets under my hps lights? Also for the entire grow how far should the lights be from the plants? The next update will be wednsday when I receive the lights and set the room up. The seeds should be here by next friday.

Sounds good - I start my beans right in the peat pellets. I pour boiling water from kettle on pellets, they plump right up and are sterilized.

Let them cool (IMPORTANT), and just plant 1/4 inch into the peat. Try a 24/0 light, the AFs love it.

The LR grow sounds great, good luck.

[Smokahontas]

Do you put the pellets into the water or should pouring the water on them make them fat enough? So i pretty much just put the seed into the jiffy pellet, put a tray under the pellet and put them under 24/0 hps light? How far from the light should the tray be? And would one 150 watt light be sufficient to start? Do i need to have fans blowing? I bought 3 crappy 6 inch desk fans that are in the picture posted will that be decent circulation and cooling and how should I place them in the mini room. Thanks

Wow - lots of questions...

1. Soak the beans in room temp tap water for 24 hrs. first.
2. Pour the boiling water over the pellets, they'll plump up. If not plump, pour more water. Don't saturate, you'll see what I mean.
3. After they cool (did I mention this was important), plant the beans 1/4 inch into pellets, and lightly pack some peat over them. Lightly...
4. Put them in warm, dark spot for a day or two, until the beans start to sprout up.
5. Keep light well away from beans, but the sun is bright, so beans expect to get bright light. Not too hot, tho' - just bright.

I think some folks over analyze this - these are weeds, they grow everywhere in the world. Mother nature wouldn't cuddle them, you don't have to.

Peace and pot to you - good luck...

[reverev313]

good luck buddy be back to check you out later

[lowrdr]

"I think some folks over analyze this - these are weeds, they grow everywhere in the world. Mother nature wouldn't cuddle them, you don't have to"

bang on the money! some people do seem to think that ganja plants will only grow under strict conditions, whereas ive found once they sprout and get a few leaves and are developed they are pretty hard to kill

[Smokahontas]

I am basically going to spell out what i am going to do because this is my first time growing and I have invested too much to fuck up doing something stupid. I am going to receive the seeds and take them out using sterilized tweezers and put them into warm cups of RO water for 12 hours. I am then going to take them out with the tweezers and place them under a plate with the wet paper towel sandwhich in a ziploc for around 24 hours. Hopefully they germinate within that time if not I will leave ungerminated seeds. I am going to then put the sprouted seeds into jiffy pots using the method described above. After the seedling sprouts should I just put the jiffy pot into the 6" pots or should i leave them on tiny trays and put them under one 150 watt HPS? The soil in the 6" pots will consist of 75% fox farm ocean forest and 25% perlite. After the initial soaking of the jiffy pot the seed wont need to be watered again for like a week right? And then when the sprout pops I shud just water the entire medium again... right?

[Smokahontas]

One more thing. Will this carbon scrubber be sufficient for 8 auto flowers and 2 indicas in a guest room of a basement? https://cgi.ebay.com/6-x-14-ACTIVATED...3A1%7C294%3A50 . I am willing to drop the money for this if it will make the room odorless I need to do something my friend said that there will be a broker going in and out of the house to try to sell it . We are installing a lock on the door and if this thing will clear the smell I will be happy! Will this air purifier be better ?https://www.amazon.com/Ionic-Pro-Comp...f=pd_sim_hpc_1

[zappa66]

No. Sorry but a scrubber will not be effective if installed in an open room. It NEEDS to be installed so that the static pressure of the fan (air pressure pulling) will keep smell from escaping through cracks etc. This is why you don't see many people using open room setups, and cabs are vastly more common. If you still want to do this get a 5 gal. Bucket of ona gel, this will run a few hundred dollars, and MAY be enough. Other than that Id say build a frame out of 1 or 2 inch pvc or something then cover with plastic so that it is air tight. Stop by the grow room design sub forum, lots of good info in there....

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if the broker is showing the house won't people want to see All the rooms before they buy it? I'm not giving you a hard time to be a dick, I just don't want to see you and your buddy get busted, this shits for real...