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 T-Rex
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Registered: 03/15/10
Posts: 4,920
Loc: Devils Marbles 
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 Re: First Grow (Would love some assistance)  [Re: mcc23]
#496254 - 11/08/10 08:39 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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First of all welcome! Looks like you've definitely done your research which is key, so good on you!
A 250W HPS would be perfect for that area, if you spent a little extra you could get a cool tube, and that combined with a few cheap computer fans for intake/outtake airflow would solve your heat and ventilation issues 
As for soil, I know alot of members here use FoxFarm and love it to death, so look into that if you get a chance.
For an area of that size you could have maybe ~2plants, and with your area shaped as it is I think you would benefit greatly from a LST tek like a Scrog or tying them down
Everything you need to know about LST is in this thread:
http://www.growery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/239247#239247
Good luck and I hope you make a log for us 
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T-Rex
Herbsman
Registered: 03/15/10
Posts: 4,920
Loc: Devils Marbles
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Re: First Grow (Would love some assistance) [Re: mcc23]
#496264 - 11/08/10 08:53 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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A 250 wouldn't really do much to your power bill, in Aus we have jacked electricity prices and my 400W didn't make much of a difference  if cost is a huge issue then I would recommend picking up a couple of CFL's >28W and using those.
And yes LST is used mainly on smaller grows as its harder to maintain more than a few plants continuously with all the tying/weaving needed. I think LST would easily double your yield in that space while also eliminating the risk of running out of hight in your room
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T-Rex
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Registered: 03/15/10
Posts: 4,920
Loc: Devils Marbles
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Re: First Grow (Would love some assistance) [Re: mcc23]
#496269 - 11/08/10 09:09 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Trust me with a space like that alot more would go wrong if you didn't LST than if you did. The grow I'm doing now was the first time I had ever used a LST tek and I found it alot easier than I thought it would be. Don't prepare yourself for failure, read up and get to know what your going to be doing before you do it, and even if it goes to shit, there is an entire forum on this site dedicated to helping out people with problems so don't stress!
If your out at the hardware store try to grab at least one or two CFL's if you can, they're cheap and will fit into most lamps and such if you get one with the correct fitting, and that would do seedlings fine until you got the 250HPS installed
Here is my log if you wanna see how I've done my LST
http://www.growery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=7&Number=472891&PHPSESSID=&fpart=1#472891
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T-Rex
Herbsman
Registered: 03/15/10
Posts: 4,920
Loc: Devils Marbles
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Re: First Grow (Would love some assistance) [Re: mcc23]
#496292 - 11/08/10 09:44 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've always used the wet paper towel method with great results, I've only ever had 3 seeds that didn't pop and they were from the same batch so I'm pretty sure it was them. Grab 6 seeds if you can, unless they're fem you're gonna have a few males to kill along the way
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T-Rex
Herbsman
Registered: 03/15/10
Posts: 4,920
Loc: Devils Marbles
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Re: First Grow (Would love some assistance) [Re: mcc23]
#496308 - 11/08/10 10:17 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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If they are all feminized then pick how ever many you wanna buy, but I would stick to no more than 4 if I were in your situation, but you may want more and that's cool too
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