Greetings to all and thank you for the wonderful forum full of great knowledge!
So on the 9th of this month I started the journey! One seed in water, shell cracked, then placed between paper towels and shortly after it sprouted I stuck the little PPP into her final growing medium. No fus so far.
She is a week old today, 2.5 inch tall and under four 23W CFLs with a little clip on fan blowing.
I am reading and reading and I came to a conclusion that all is good so far, however, I need a better setting before this gets out of control;) especially the smellâŚif I am lucky enough to not kill her before she has a chance to stink up the roomđ
Thinking of growing just one lady at a time, for very personal use so I donât need much space. For now sheâs in the spare shower in my en suite but I also have a spare room that is used for storage and laundry etc. I am thinking of setting up a tent in there a 60/60 base and 120cm? high at a min?
Now I need to figure out if the height would be enough, what light and fans and filter sizes. Sooo much fun. I definetly know that I want a LED light that doesnât require much fus, balasts or cooling. Maybe this?
I wonder if 300 watt would be enough for the full growth of one plant.
As for a fan and filter I am confused a bit at the moment. I know I have some more time to figure it out before she definetly starts to smell but having just the CFLs for to long might not be enough, am I right? She does seem a bit tall for a week old baby (2.5 inch).
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Iâve used that light in a 2x4 space. It works, but your buds wonât reach their maximum potential. If youâre going with roleadro, try the 600w; itâs only a little more expensive & youâll get nicer buds.
There are a gazillion light options. Some better, some worse. For starting out in this hobby, those roleadro are great!
Once you decide youâre in love with growing, youâll probably want to kick your lighting game up a notch. For now, though, a 600w (true draw 270) is better than a 300w (true draw 140).
If budget isnât a problem, the world is your grow light. We can send in the calvary to get you hooked up with a better, more efficient light setup. 
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Thank you @blackthumbbetty! That definitely makes sense, 600W sounds a bit scary, is it also plug and play? As I am a totall newbie I am seriously afraid not to go overboard with hooking up to much powerful devices in the house.
omg the calvary 
I am not sure if I should be happy or a little scared 
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The actual wattage draw of Roleadro 600w is only about 270watts from the wall. It is still just a simple plug-in, plus it has daisy chain capabilities. It doesnât produce a lot of heat, but it will raise your grow area temp by about 8-10F, which isnât too bad.
I have 2 300w (actual draw 140 each) in my 2x4 tent with 3 plants, and 1 300w & 1 600w (actual total draw 410) with 5 plants. I have used these lights for 1.5 grow seasons w/o any issues.
With leds, the wattage the manufacturers give tends to be the max POTENTIAL of the lights, but the ACTUAL power of the lights is much less.
A lot of the cool, in-the-know kids are switching to quantum boards. Theyâre led lights, too, but next level & very efficient. They cost a bit more, but seem worth it, in the long run. I hope to switch to them this fall.
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Thank you @blackthumbbetty, I have looked at amazon.co.uk and canât locate a 600 Watt model of this, I see a 800W cob model though. Think I might go with two 300W as you suggest, that should be enough up to 3 plants if I want to go bigger at some stage, and plenty for 1 lady:)
My boyfriend is already asking how much higher the electricity bill will go;D upsâŚI donât think I was totally honest with him when I said âbarely noticeable hunâ⌠Youâll hide me will you when it arrives in the post in 2 months and I have to seek asylum status?
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Look-up Galaxyhydro. Same company, different name.
With all my lights & several fans, my electric bill only goes up by $60 month, and I live in Alaska. Itâs really not too bad.
Galaxyhydro 600W LED Plant Grow Light Full Spectrum with UV&IR for Indoor Greenhouse Plants Veg and Flower
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00INM0DSG?tag=greenrel-20
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My wife disapproves of my growing, so if things really go down, weâll both be weed refugees. Lol!
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Thank you for the link @blackthumbbetty !
Well you see my partner doesnât disaprove, he is very much looking forward to the results 
however, he is the one paying electricity billsâŚsesese. But yes, if they both go against us we can run somewhere nice and warm and grow all we want 
wouldnât that be beautifulâŚehhh
My ligts will turn on shortly, will check on the little lady, maybe top her up with some soil to cover a bit of the 2,5 inch she grew. She should root the covered stem, right? I left some space to add soil for that in the pot, bloody new she will stretch with those CFLâs and me not knowing what I am doing.
Yep, roots will grow from the stem, if you need to bury the stem for support. You can lower your lights a bit, too, to help with stretching.
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Thanks, will add a bit of soil, donât know how much more I can lower those lights, they are literally 2 inches above her as I lowered them the other day. Maybe she stretched cus they were much higher at the beggining.
I started reading your journal @blackthumbbetty, those are some fine girls!
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Welcome to the forum @rumpelstiltskin
Your off to a great start! enjoy your grow!
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Thank you @Sasquatch, glad there are so many lovely people here:)
Do I look glowing this fine morning?
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I am looking at a tent, and considering a bit bigger one than what I said previously 90x90x185 cm the model is called Secret Jarding DR90 Rev. 3.0
One thing bothers me though, it says the size of sockets is 230mm for the fans etc. *see below a screenshoot of specs.
I then looked at fans and filter sizes and see stuff like the Red Scorpion Inline Duct Fan 200mm - 1220m3âŚthe size of it is 200mm the size of the socket is 230âŚhow on earth does it connect (I have a phd in duct tape and WD40 fixes everythingâŚbut I have no clue what to do here ;D )
Also wouldnât that fan be way to powerfull for that size of a tent and LEDâs 300W up to max 600W? Plus a carbon filter to fit that is a whole other story.
Help me kind people, pretty pleaseee cus rumpel is crumbling under all of it;)
In my small tent, I have my 6" fan hooked-up to my 8" vent hole, using a duct clamp; the fan is 220cfms.
In my bigger tent, I have my 6" ducting hooked-up to my 8" vent hole using duct clamps . The fan is 400cfm, which is way more cfms than I need. Iâll be upgrading fans next year to lower cfm, higher efficiency. I bought these fan/filters in a pinch, b/c my house was getting skunky.
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Evening seedling pornđ
Sheâs so pretty I am going to meltđ
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Thank you @blackthumbbetty, I guess I am going to read up some more on that.
On a good note somehow I manage without doing anything really to keep humidity at a lovely constant between 56 to 60 and temperature at 22-23 Celsius, did spike once to 26-27 but the fan is blowing now all the time and cools the lights.
I watered her today a bit more cus the top dried out completely. Still need to hurry and get a proper ph meter before I ruin her!
I am completing my shopping list for the tent and light for now. Canât wait to have her under the LED in the tent! I am constantly checking on her and reading, checking and reading and then reading moreâŚmy outside life will suffer eventuallyđ I have spent 6 solid hours at work reading the forumđłâŚworked 15 min and throughout lunch did moreâŚhave a guess
âŚreadingđ
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Good morning girls and boysđ Although I am in bits and have to drive 2 hours to a silly meeting the little girl is looking scrumpfy dumpy delicious! She has grown visibly over night and is spreading her little wings at 5cm as off now. The second set of leaves coming out got a tiny bit bigger and she has grown up a little as well leaving her baby leafs a notch belowđ
I know I knowâŚseriously detailed description of a 10 hour growth of a baby. What can I say, she is so precious I canât resistđ And I am a proud mama! I
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Cute as a button I tell ya !
Nice work so far, but just remember too much love and we kill the babies.
H.N.S
Hovering Newbie Syndrome
I had it my first time too⌠shoot I believe everyone does. But youâll be fine and so will she. Good luck my friend, happy growing 
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Thank you @Nug-bug, much appreciated:) The nesting syndrome kicks in in new mama. Itâs I imagine normal to go overboard with a first bornđ
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