Well after much toil saving and a well placed giro refund later and here it is our 1st grow we took a lot of advice took our time and made this completely out of stealth plastic over a wooden frame starting with a 150w enviro light (blue spectrum) for veg then change to 250w (red spectrum) for flower wish us luck will keep it updated.
Have went for active ventilation (pls take note i haven't attached the carbon filter out pipe to the filter on the pics) and we got Coco 70% and perlite 30% mix and starting off Train wreck
cheers hope this helps.
Full Version: OUR 1ST GROW
any comments are most welcome good or bad 
Looks like an excellent setup, clean tidy and plenty of effort, should be a decent grow matey, one thing, would avoid uploading pics from photobucket as it is not secure, far better off uploading them from this site and safer as well.
Good luck with the grow, looks like a decent setup.
Quick edit, just noticed your extraction ducting is low down the tent, you want the extraction ducting at the highest point in tent as heat rises, this way you will get good air flow also.
If that is an envirolight then also can get that much closer than that, have mine about 10 inches or less, im using 250w enviro, will take piccy if it will help.
Another edit
, they don't look as if they have popped above the surface as in sprouted, until they pop above your growing material you want the lights off, as they will search for light and pop above surface. Soon as the seedling is above the surface bang the lights on them.
Also if lights to far away they will stretch and possibly fall over, want to try and avoid stretching them by keeping light at optimum distance.
Good luck with the grow, looks like a decent setup.
Quick edit, just noticed your extraction ducting is low down the tent, you want the extraction ducting at the highest point in tent as heat rises, this way you will get good air flow also.
If that is an envirolight then also can get that much closer than that, have mine about 10 inches or less, im using 250w enviro, will take piccy if it will help.
Another edit
, they don't look as if they have popped above the surface as in sprouted, until they pop above your growing material you want the lights off, as they will search for light and pop above surface. Soon as the seedling is above the surface bang the lights on them. Also if lights to far away they will stretch and possibly fall over, want to try and avoid stretching them by keeping light at optimum distance.
that looks like a very tidy set up ..nice work and hope it produces the goods ..good luck
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An example of my 250w enviro, it is 4 inches from seedlings, plants are 4-5 days old, took a day to germ so 6 days in total.
Enviro's tend to give of little heat so can get them really close, I plant on upping the wattage to 600w in another 5-6 days when they abit more stronger, also have a little clip on fan blowing on the seedling to get the stem stalks really strong for the phat buds.
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An example of my 250w enviro, it is 4 inches from seedlings, plants are 4-5 days old, took a day to germ so 6 days in total.
Enviro's tend to give of little heat so can get them really close, I plant on upping the wattage to 600w in another 5-6 days when they abit more stronger, also have a little clip on fan blowing on the seedling to get the stem stalks really strong for the phat buds.
QUOTE(potsmoker93 @ Jul 19 2008, 04:17 PM) 
An example of my 250w enviro, it is 4 inches from seedlings, plants are 4-5 days old, took a day to germ so 6 days in total.
Enviro's tend to give of little heat so can get them really close, I plant on upping the wattage to 600w in another 5-6 days when they abit more stronger, also have a little clip on fan blowing on the seedling to get the stem stalks really strong for the phat buds.
Enviro's tend to give of little heat so can get them really close, I plant on upping the wattage to 600w in another 5-6 days when they abit more stronger, also have a little clip on fan blowing on the seedling to get the stem stalks really strong for the phat buds.
looks great m8 and you say yours have been ok real close to the light i had ours bout 8 inches away as i thought it was too hot but thanks for the tip and gl with the grow
QUOTE(vince noir rock n roll star @ Jul 19 2008, 03:54 PM)
that looks like a very tidy set up ..nice work and hope it produces the goods ..good luck
cheers m8 thanks for havin a look
QUOTE(potsmoker93 @ Jul 19 2008, 03:53 PM)
Looks like an excellent setup, clean tidy and plenty of effort, should be a decent grow matey, one thing, would avoid uploading pics from photobucket as it is not secure, far better off uploading them from this site and safer as well.
Good luck with the grow, looks like a decent setup.
Quick edit, just noticed your extraction ducting is low down the tent, you want the extraction ducting at the highest point in tent as heat rises, this way you will get good air flow also.
If that is an envirolight then also can get that much closer than that, have mine about 10 inches or less, im using 250w enviro, will take piccy if it will help.
Another edit, they don't look as if they have popped above the surface as in sprouted, until they pop above your growing material you want the lights off, as they will search for light and pop above surface. Soon as the seedling is above the surface bang the lights on them.
Also if lights to far away they will stretch and possibly fall over, want to try and avoid stretching them by keeping light at optimum distance.
Good luck with the grow, looks like a decent setup.
Quick edit, just noticed your extraction ducting is low down the tent, you want the extraction ducting at the highest point in tent as heat rises, this way you will get good air flow also.
If that is an envirolight then also can get that much closer than that, have mine about 10 inches or less, im using 250w enviro, will take piccy if it will help.
Another edit
, they don't look as if they have popped above the surface as in sprouted, until they pop above your growing material you want the lights off, as they will search for light and pop above surface. Soon as the seedling is above the surface bang the lights on them. Also if lights to far away they will stretch and possibly fall over, want to try and avoid stretching them by keeping light at optimum distance.
cheers for the comments
yea the extraction wasnt attatched to the carbon filter at the time the lower left tube is a active fresh air intake coming from a roof vent then extracted through the filter shes all fixed up now like and workin spot on 
and its defo alright to have the light that close i was just worried i was gonna frazzle em ther just babies
looking good 
, another toker has seen the light 
btw can you please upload them here though, nobody likes external links
all the best with the grow, nothing better than growing your own
, another toker has seen the light btw can you please upload them here though, nobody likes external links
all the best with the grow, nothing better than growing your own
QUOTE(Smokey @ Jul 19 2008, 07:16 PM)
looking good , another toker has seen the light
btw can you please upload them here though, nobody likes external links
all the best with the grow, nothing better than growing your own
, another toker has seen the light btw can you please upload them here though, nobody likes external links
all the best with the grow, nothing better than growing your own
yea i took the pics with me digi camera think i will do it with the fone from now on cheers for the tip and comments
you've got all the makings of an excellent grow good luck
what potsmoker & smokey meant about your pics is that in your original post, the pics are linked from another site
ie - (photobucket) its best to not link from any other sites & if your wanting to post pics on uk420, then as long as theyre
not bigger than 350k (your best saving them in the JPEG format for this) then you can just add them as an attachment !
as for pics, your best stickin to the digi camera, mobiles just arent upto the same level of clarity.
its safer for your own security
if your unable to edit the original post to remove the linked pics, send a pm to the forum mods & theyll sort you out.
e2a - nice looking spaniel
good luckwhat potsmoker & smokey meant about your pics is that in your original post, the pics are linked from another site
ie - (photobucket) its best to not link from any other sites & if your wanting to post pics on uk420, then as long as theyre
not bigger than 350k (your best saving them in the JPEG format for this) then you can just add them as an attachment !
as for pics, your best stickin to the digi camera, mobiles just arent upto the same level of clarity.
its safer for your own security
if your unable to edit the original post to remove the linked pics, send a pm to the forum mods & theyll sort you out.
e2a - nice looking spaniel
QUOTE(arai @ Jul 21 2008, 02:13 AM)
you've got all the makings of an excellent grow good luck
what potsmoker & smokey meant about your pics is that in your original post, the pics are linked from another site
ie - (photobucket) its best to not link from any other sites & if your wanting to post pics on uk420, then as long as theyre
not bigger than 350k (your best saving them in the JPEG format for this) then you can just add them as an attachment !
as for pics, your best stickin to the digi camera, mobiles just arent upto the same level of clarity.
its safer for your own security
if your unable to edit the original post to remove the linked pics, send a pm to the forum mods & theyll sort you out.
e2a - nice looking spaniel
good luckwhat potsmoker & smokey meant about your pics is that in your original post, the pics are linked from another site
ie - (photobucket) its best to not link from any other sites & if your wanting to post pics on uk420, then as long as theyre
not bigger than 350k (your best saving them in the JPEG format for this) then you can just add them as an attachment !
as for pics, your best stickin to the digi camera, mobiles just arent upto the same level of clarity.
its safer for your own security
if your unable to edit the original post to remove the linked pics, send a pm to the forum mods & theyll sort you out.
e2a - nice looking spaniel
hey m8 ty for tips the room aint at my pad so coppers can come knock here all they want all they will find is my spaniel and a well kept garden
any hoo i am a photo noob so i wonder my cmera seems to save the files as j-peg but there like sometimes 2meg any idea what is a smaller file format or is it just a case of makin the pics smaller hence less size camera is a coolpix 4.0 megapix anyhow thanks again srry to be a nub am learnin tho
nice set up be gd to see how they come along
Wassup bro,enjoyin the post so far!..right tidy setup n stuff.
il pull up a beanbag n get best seat in the house for this one me thinks?...iv got biccys tho so all is cool...
As for ur pic size dude,just google picture resizer.theres pleny of free progs about ya can download in mins..also ya can use the MS prog but cant remember name of that one..good luck n see ya about.
il pull up a beanbag n get best seat in the house for this one me thinks?...iv got biccys tho so all is cool..
.As for ur pic size dude,just google picture resizer.theres pleny of free progs about ya can download in mins..also ya can use the MS prog but cant remember name of that one..good luck n see ya about.
righty few update photos (not external this time! yey, am a nubcake i know 
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so i didn't manage to show our nifty tent so here it is the vent comes from a ridge vent in the roof with active intake pulling nice fresh air in
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and once the door is shut
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its just about air tight so its just fresh air in and then actively pulled out through the carbon filter
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and let to disburse in the rest of the room outside so a sealed environment this is our 1st go at this ever but we wanted to do it right and get the best out of it anyway and we had some really good advice from ppl who know there stuff and ofc here on 420 nuf talk picture is worth a 1000 words n all that
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) so i didn't manage to show our nifty tent so here it is the vent comes from a ridge vent in the roof with active intake pulling nice fresh air in
Click to view attachment
and once the door is shut
Click to view attachment
its just about air tight so its just fresh air in and then actively pulled out through the carbon filter
Click to view attachment
and let to disburse in the rest of the room outside so a sealed environment this is our 1st go at this ever but we wanted to do it right and get the best out of it anyway and we had some really good advice from ppl who know there stuff and ofc here on 420 nuf talk picture is worth a 1000 words n all that
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righty just some replacement pics for external ones just for looksies
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hey things are going well so far to have a look goto http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=138037 cheers for the comments
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