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Hi guys, sorry its me again haha, just want to make sure I have all the basic knowledge down before I really start getting into my first grow I have an 80 x 80 x 160cm grow tent and need to get a light for flowering within the next 3-4 weeks. I had no idea how expensive these were before I started lol I'm growing 3 seeds that will only take up about 40cm once they're in their final pots.. so I think that I need about 200W for flowering? I saw that most people say 40-50W per square foot My budget is about R2k max I saw this light and it looks pretty good to me, outputs 300W from 150W input https://legalgrow.co.za/product/150w-cob-led-grow-light/?v=edb5dc74af1c Otherwise I could do a 200W HPS? I've seen these 1000W LED and LED cobs on gumtree, facebook etc for <1.5k, but something doesn't seem right about them to me

Thank you very much :) I'm starting to look for flowering lights now.. but not sure what wattages i need for LED or HPS so that's what i'll be researching this weekend haha

Thanks man, budget is only allowing for 3 right now, but will try some more out for the second grow ;) Appreciate it

Hi guys I started my first grow today in an 80cm x 80cm grow tent. I just did one seed for now but I'm hoping to do 2-3, I'm thinking 3 might be a bit much for my tent? My question is how many times do I need to transplant, and what pot sizes should I have? My seeds: https://www.cannabist.co.za/cannabis-seeds/strawberry-banana-cheese-feminised/?attribute_pa_pack-size=3-seeds I was thinking transplanting to a 2l pot and then a 10l a week or two before flowering. I'm looking at getting those freedom fabric pots I have one of these lights, would this be enough for 2-3 plants in 80cm x 80cm? https://www.acdc.co.za/products/220-240-150w-cool-white-led-alum-flood-light-ip65?variant=32751529689165 TLDR: Would 3 plants be possible in my 80cm x 80cm tent with this light? https://www.acdc.co.za/products/220-240-150w-cool-white-led-alum-flood-light-ip65?variant=32751529689165 How many times should I ideally be transplanting? What size pots would be ideal for each transplant? Is polystyrene cup > 5l fabric > 10l fabric okay?

Thanks man, really appreciate the help. I ordered the light. I see the vegetative lasts over a month so hopefully I can get to the next pay day before getting my flowering light Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@CreX @afternoon blazer Shot guys. I'm not too keen on spending an additional 2-5k on the light just yet.. but will definitely do for future grows, if I think that I can do this long term and enjoy it. Would one of these 150W lights be enough in a >1m tent? https://www.acdc.co.za/pages/product-individual?FL-150W-CW Saw that people were praising them a lot in that thread you tagged me in @afternoon blazer One more thing, I'll probably plant my seed by Friday, some people say no light until its sprouted and some say a little light is good. I'm going to do this, but just want to make 100% sure I'm doing the right thing Plant seed with no light until sprouted After sprouting 24h of ~6400k light 18 hours of 100W ~6400k light in vegetative stage 12 hours of light for flowering stage, not sure on exact light levels and watts but I think it's lower?

Really? Damn. What bulb(s) would you recommend for the beginning? I was hoping to get the flowering stage stuff at the end of the month after pay day haha. I would have thought it would be fine since that thing is huge. I only have a few hundred bucks left to spend on this, probably around R300-400, R500 max for this stage's light. I'm just starting this as a hobby right now, but I'm hoping to really get into all of the technicalities after my first or second successful grow. The tent I bought is 80 x 80 x 160cm This is a list of stuff I have right now: Hygrometer TDS / PPM / EC Meter Analogue timer plug My crappy bulb (pics attached, see the battery for scale haha) Polystyrene cups to start my grow, then a 36cm pot to transplant Freedom farms soil (coming tomorrow) PH kits Nitrosol

Hey man, thanks so much. This morning that my tap root has come out a little, pic below :) It's an 85W bulb. I actually managed to find a grow tent on FB marketplace for 500 bucks, so I'll pick that up sometime this week. Someone convinced me to get another medium instead, was thinking those freedom farms ones? I'm ordering some goodies from hydroponic.co.za today anyway

Howzit everyone, I'm starting my first grow this week and just have a few simple questions. I have 3 of these https://www.cannabist.co.za/cannabis-seeds/strawberry-banana-cheese-feminised/?mc_cid=da921550bb and just going to plant 1 seed for now. I have a 36cm pot and some soil but I've been reading that it's better to start in something smaller? Would a cut plastic bottle with some holes at the bottom be fine for the beginning? I'm doing them in a spare cupboard, about 50cm x 50cm x 300cm. I have an MH bulb and a timer too, but my original plan was to grow outside before being convinced not to :P I'm going to start germinating tonight, so far what looks like the best method to me is putting it in water for 24 hours then putting in moist paper towels in a zip lock bag for a few days. If anyone thinks there's a better method for me to use please let me know. Here's a list of what I have to work with (a lot of this stuff was given to me by a buddy of mine so not entirely sure what it's all for just yet haha) Strawberry Banana Cheese Feminised seeds Nitrosol Organic fertiliser 85W 6400k Fluorescent CFL Liquid PH Up & Down PH testing kit Analogue timer 46cm pot Potting soil (pics attached) Soil and room temp thermometers TLDR: Basically what I'm asking is: * Is this germination method okay?: Putting it in water for 24 hours then putting in moist paper towels in a zip lock bag for a few days. * Is my pot too big for these seeds right now? If so can I use a cut plastic bottle? * Is my medium okay?