B-52 [newbie needs help] [Nirvana Seed Bank]

[pureevil]

Hi All

I got some seeds off my brother (B-52) i put them in some moist tissue and put these in a seal bag on my window legde, after a few days a sprout had come through. I planted these in some basic moisture retaining soil i got from my garden centre.

I put them under a normal 60w bulb until my new 100w sodium bulb came.

upto now its all standard still i need help do i move it to the new light now... what light do i give it etc etc please help..

[pureevil]

Here are some more pics still under the basic light..

The new bulb is a: 100 WATT HPS SODIUM LIGHT NEW SON T LAMP

[pureevil]

2 new images, sorry could not add them all

[DreadedHermie]

Welcome!
That's a neat little light. I've never seen one of those here. It should work well to cover about 1 square foot.

That's the "special" one you use when the plant is flowering. :hippy:

Now put that baby away till you want to flower your plant! It's "stretching" a bit already, and that light is why. :wtf:

All you need for that plant right now is "bluish" bulbs. Around 6500 K color temp if possible, like a regular "daylight" fluorotube in a shoplight. Might be called "cool white," too. That doesn't mean much. Look for the actual color temp. 5500 deg K is OK, too. Also, CFL bulbs work fine. You just have to use the cold, blue looking ones for your plant right now.

That HPS bulb you've got is ~2300 K.--way too red for this stage, but a great budding lamp.:thumbsup:

How long are you running the light each day? Should be AT LEAST 16 hrs a day.

There's a lot to read here. You better get started! :D Everything you need to know is written here, I betcha.

HTH, Hermie
And be careful not to burn down your cardboard box. That doesn't look very safe.

That's a pretty little plant, BTW. ;)

[pureevil]

Thanks for your info, the lights not been used yet, at the min i have my timer set at 12hrs but will increase it to 16, do you have a link to the correct light i should be using at this stage.

when will i be able to sex my plant.

does it look healthy at this stage..

how long shud it take to start flowering.

sorry for the questions with been a newbie

[disrupt86]

seedling and cuttings in a veg stage must have 18 on 6 off or 24 on a 0 off .when u want to switch to flowering cut your lights back to 12/12

[pureevil]

thanks for the info disrupt how long would i need to leave it before i put it to flowering stage, and what ph levels should my water be ...

thanks in advance,

[pureevil]

2 new pics from today, i ordered my new 125w Dual Spectrum CFL so its going under that when that arrives.

[pureevil]

I checked on my plant this morning and the lights either fell or its grown rapid through the nite, it was touching 2 of my leaves these have shriveled up on the tips (burnt) do i trim these off or just leave them.

Thanks

[disrupt86]

dont trim anything let them be,they have enough stress. from seed about 2 months,then u flip to 12/12 for an aditional 2 months. ph in soil should be 6.5,do a run off test to make sure thats what is coming out the bottom of the planter.if u want u can grow those seeds out for 2 months and take cuttings of them.when your cuttings get roots and are older than 2 weeks u can flower those in a seperate room 2 make sure they are female,plus if u keep a mom u would only have to veg your cuttings for one month and flower for 2. its saves u a month starting from seed and u will have an exact replica of your mom.

[pureevil]

dont trim anything let them be,they have enough stress. from seed about 2 months,then u flip to 12/12 for an aditional 2 months. ph in soil should be 6.5,do a run off test to make sure thats what is coming out the bottom of the planter.if u want u can grow those seeds out for 2 months and take cuttings of them.when your cuttings get roots and are older than 2 weeks u can flower those in a seperate room 2 make sure they are female,plus if u keep a mom u would only have to veg your cuttings for one month and flower for 2. its saves u a month starting from seed and u will have an exact replica of your mom.

Thanks for your reply disrupt, sorry for the delay in gettig back on to reply we have just moved house and we are only on dial up for the moment, i will do what you state & get some new pics soon...

Regards

[pureevil]

some more pictures as stated do these look high for the age they are 2 people have commented and said there too tall and these are going to fail.

[nickdev]

i'd put it on 12/12 for a few weeks until you see if it's a male or female, put a stick or similar beside it to keep it propped up if it droops. once you figure out if it's a female cut 2-3 clones off it if you can then start over with those three clones under the 125watt CFL keep it closer to the plants so they don't stretch like that

[secret420]

except for the fact that the plant has done nothing but strectch and has no branches to clone.

-secret:)

[pureevil]

i'll change it to 12/12 can i just knock 6 hours off the timer or do i need to wait until the lights out