WSS, first grow(cfl), come watch !!

[Charbud]

Hi, this is my first proper grow, hope u can all give me tips and advice etc,

My first grow using a 300 watt cfl. Growing WSS skunk feminised from amsterdam.

4 out of the five have slight yellowing, gave them nitrogen and hasnt seemed to do anything ?!? Been feeding them tap water up to 13th day then i spotted the yellow leaves so have started weak soultion of multi purpose miracle grow.

Here are my pics of them so far (2 - 12 days) -

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if someone could tell me how to get the pics to come up without that weird looking link that would also be good !

Charbud :thumbsup:

[Charbud]

hope these pics show up ...



Charbud

[LetsSeeYa]

So how many cfl's and watts/lumen's are ya using?

[Charbud]

one 300 watt blue spectrum 10 u lamp. and its around 19500 - 20000 lumens according to the website i bought it off.

Only problem i have at the moment is the smell!! any cheap suggestions that dont involve pipes going out of windows would help me !!

Latest pics at 14 and 17 days old.

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17 Days
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Charbud :thumbsup:

[LetsSeeYa]

They look pretty health to me. WHat kind of soil ya using, and any ferts, how close is the light?:rasta:

[F1SEEDS]

you want to try get some ona blocks they work a treat man .....

the company also do sprays and gel .


there products work bio level and kill the smell rather than mask it!

[Charbud]

Thanks f1seeds, ill def look into to getting some of their products !

The light is about 6 inches away because i wont them to grow a bit taller before i flower them so the light can penetrate right down the plant I just used normal potting soil and have used miracle grow twice but they dont seem to like it !

Started flowering today (21st day, week early) as i dont have a huge space for them to grow into but hopefully they'll make sum nice bud.

Most recent pics -
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Charbud

[bondjamesbond]

im going to buy a small ion air purifier Amazon.com: Bell+Howell Ionic Whisper Air Purifier and Ionizer: Health & Personal Care (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GE9W40)
like that one.
smell control:thumbsup:

[LetsSeeYa]

Thanks f1seeds, ill def look into to getting some of their products !

The light is about 6 inches away because i wont them to grow a bit taller before i flower them so the light can penetrate right down the plant I just used normal potting soil and have used miracle grow twice but they dont seem to like it !

Started flowering today (21st day, week early) as i dont have a huge space for them to grow into but hopefully they'll make sum nice bud.

Most recent pics -
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Charbud

Wow those really look nice. They blow mine away. Recentlly i got more light on them, 4 26w cfl's, 7,000 lumens of light according to the box. My space is very small tho. Keep er green:thumbsup::rasta:

[Charbud]

Well i actually started budding yesterday, doubt there will be any signs of sexing or buds for about two weeks. Am going to buy one of those odour block things although i have no money at the moment but they do look like they will work !!. May post a pic tomo with new height growth, see how i go !

PEACE

charbud

[LetsSeeYa]

Well i actually started budding yesterday, doubt there will be any signs of sexing or buds for about two weeks. Am going to buy one of those odour block things although i have no money at the moment but they do look like they will work !!. May post a pic tomo with new height growth, see how i go !

PEACE

charbud

Post them pics any time Carbud, its fun to watch the progress:thumbsup::rasta:

[Charbud]

Well day 27 and around the fourth or fifth day of flowering, can see some nice looking pistils coming through on the top nodes !!

Been giving them a weak solution of blooming nutes to encourage bud growth but will stop this 3 weeks before harvest to flush it out nicely !!

They have grown up a lot from being bushy little things !!

Day 27
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You might be able to see the pistils if you open up full screen
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Any advice comments appreciated !

Charbud :thumbsup:

[Charbud]

Already see the buds starting to form and all those white pistils coming through. looks like theres about 5 budding spots per plant so should get a nice yield if all go's to plan !!

Close ups on proper camera of top bud (head).

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enjoy.

[LetsSeeYa]

Looking nice man:thumbsup:. I was wondering what size pots your using and was curious why ya didn't fill up the pots with soil? Mine are about same age, but not that tall at all. I need to get some space between my light and my plants i think:rasta:

[Charbud]

I havent got a clue what size pots i got but they hold around 2 and a half litres of soil each i think. i dont know why i didnt fill them up to be honest, just didnt ! although recently i topped them up as some of the roots were coming through the surface !! they looked really nice strong and white though, so everythings good. My plants have shot up recently ! when i was vegging they didnt grow up much at all, just out. Now im flowering they are growing way too high !! and the light isnt even close. Just compare day 27 with day 32.

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hope your enjoyin watching !!

Charbud

[drudown11]

When plants flower all of the stems stretch and sometimes youll notice a couple of inches of growth each day. A basic rule I use is that when you flower a plant, it will usually double to triple in size by the end of flower.

[LetsSeeYa]

When plants flower all of the stems stretch and sometimes youll notice a couple of inches of growth each day. A basic rule I use is that when you flower a plant, it will usually double to triple in size by the end of flower.

True, but i think ya need to get your lights down closer to the plants. They are stretching for the light and if you had hps or something, but the cfl's cant penetrate into your plants. With the light lowered and even some side lighting your buds will be more dense and bigger:thumbsup::rasta:

[Charbud]

Light is pretty close 1.5 - 2 inches away. dont want to burn them !! and with the height issue i may have to build a new grow cuboard !!!

going to post some more bud pics tomorrow or day after. I think they have got a bit bigger

peace

[Charbud]

grown even taller!!! but buds are getting bigger so its all goood!

37 Days
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[LetsSeeYa]

Looking nice my man:thumbsup: Looks like your going to get some good buds man. They look healthy as heck. Nice looking leaves raising to the light:thumbsup:



:weedpoke: Keep er green:rasta:

[LetsSeeYa]

Sorry Carbud they wont let me give ya anymore rep. till iv spread some, but i have:wtf::rasta:

[Charbud]

cheers, dont know what rep is or how to see how much i got but much appreciated !! just saw it and says i disabled it but i cant figure out how to enable it ! any ideas ?

bought an ozone to get rid of the smell !! hopefully does the job and doesnt affect my plants.

[senorx12562]

cheers, dont know what rep is or how to see how much i got but much appreciated !! just saw it and says i disabled it but i cant figure out how to enable it ! any ideas ?

bought an ozone to get rid of the smell !! hopefully does the job and doesnt affect my plants.
Me too. Only found out about what that little black square meant a couple months after I joined, and I can't change it either. Maybe that's better anyway. Thought you might like to see some very close in age to yours. They went into flower 3 days after your girls.

[Charbud]

gheezzz. nice setup, what lamps u running ? i just got one huge cfl !! havent got enough space etc. You have a grow log going on this site ? and btw your rep is a little green square when i see it, maybe everyone see's it as disbled ?! :stoned:

[LetsSeeYa]

cheers, dont know what rep is or how to see how much i got but much appreciated !! just saw it and says i disabled it but i cant figure out how to enable it ! any ideas ?

bought an ozone to get rid of the smell !! hopefully does the job and doesnt affect my plants.

At the top of every page you will see ''user CP'', click on it and you can set up everything and see your rep. Rep. is given and taken based on your posts. You have seen those green bars to the right of peoples posts, thats rep.
When a person has more rep. then you, thy can give you positive rep. for different reasons, like good info in the post. Or, a person can give neg. rep., but iv never gave neg. rep so i guess its for a person giving bad advise or wrong info?

BTW you might try to drop lights to sides of your grow, like cfl's to help your side branches. Also, i started a CFL thread to get ideas to improve growing with them in the lighting section. Check it out, we can use any info cfl growers have:rasta:

[tangent1]

i am no pro but i reed a lot and i think you can drop the light closer defiantly cfls they don't put off much heat at all i read 4 inches away with a fan works fine.
i have 1 300 cfl with many others and i made a dumb noob mistake of using mirrors so i don't know it all but i do know somethings about certain aspects of growing and cfls are very low temp compared to hps or mh-hid lighting. also i think you started flowering a little early. thats just me though not a fact.:jointsmile:

[senorx12562]

gheezzz. nice setup, what lamps u running ? i just got one huge cfl !! havent got enough space etc. You have a grow log going on this site ? and btw your rep is a little green square when i see it, maybe everyone see's it as disbled ?! :stoned:
After your post I went looking for info on the rep thing and was able to disable the disable, if you know what I mean. I don't remember ever disabling it but I must've. Not that I care what people think of me anyway, which is a good thing as I've already been told today on this site that I'm either a douchebag or ignorant.:thumbsup: I'm running 4 600 watt HPS lamps and 2 400 watt MH lamps in my flower room, and 2 400 watt MH lamps and a 8 tube t-8 flourescent (for clones and l'il seedlings) in my veg room. I'm only running half of my flower room now as I only have 16 plants in flower. I don't really have a grow log, but I've been posting updates and photos in the indoor growing section in a thread entitled "1st grow." Check it out.

[senorx12562]

Your girls look good.

[Charbud]

Ye i started flowering quite early because i dont have much space for them to grow into and im going to be flowering for a long time because im using one cfl so they should grow pretty big. And i moved my plants closer a couple of days ago, already can see thc crystals forming! thanks for info senorx and letsseeya

[Charbud]

been 40 days since i germinated my seeds ! quite happy with them so far just hope these buds get huge !

40th day
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Couple bud pics, can see thc crystals ! :stoned:
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[Charbud]

buds arent really growin that much recently. am i just being imaptient ? I have another bulb which i used to veg, would it be worth putting that on the side during the day ? I dont wake up before the light comes on and the door has to be closed during the night, would it turn them hermie if i added the light after i woke up ? and would they like the veg light anyway ?!

[senorx12562]

Mine seem to go in bursts, like I'll check 'em after 24 hours and it seems like the buds are way bigger, then they'll go 3-4 days without seemingly changing at all. If you put another light on them when your existing lights are on, I don't see a problem. Just don't put it on them while the plants think it's supposed to be dark. Whether it will do any good or not depends on what kind of light and how close you can get it. Are you feeding with a bloom fert of some kind?

[tangent1]

The "crystals" are tricombs wich are not really crystals they are little opaque stalks with a liquid ball on the end of them, which is where most of your thc comes from. when they get milkey to amber is a good time to harvest. I would get at least a 16x hobby loop to look closer its fun and might make your mouth water cause it looks like little rain drops up close. as far as your light it looks as close as you can get it now good job man. I am in week 5 of my grow and made a couple of mistakes but adding more light during there light period will not hurt at all.:thumbsup:

[Charbud]

senorx, completely agree with the growth spurts. Sometimes i come home and they just seem a lot bigger ! I still think they are a bit far behind compared to other flowering plants of the same time, has been about 23 days but i suppose im using cfls. Im using orchid bloom, although for orchids apparently it works for any blooming plant ?!

Tangent, can see the mushroom shaped trichomes when i look really closely and will get a light fixture for my other bulb soon as possible, sure it wont do anything abnormal because its a veg light and they are flowering ?

Thanks for replys - rep given !

[senorx12562]

I think the worst danger is that the light won't really do anything at all.

[Charbud]

lol fair enough, i just flushed my plants cos i think they might have got nute lock because they really havent grown much recently, will go easy on the bloom in future ! will upload some more pics after the next bursts...if they come !:jointsmile:

[Charbud]

update - 45 days and buds got a bit bigger

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buds still look tiny compared to other grows on here...
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[LetsSeeYa]

I think you will be surprised. Mine just about doubled just before they were done and they look very healthy too:thumbsup:





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[rob25san]

The end result/yield is all in the bulb unfortunately. I would suggest a 250w to 400w next time around. MH for veg HPS for flower. I use both MH and HPS at the same time. 2 1000w lights on 12 plants. They are super bushy like your lower plants. You should look into LSTing your plants next time around.

[monny10]

Hey Cahrbud,

Just been checking out your grow man! they are looking Great! and nice log bye the way!

Hope you get some big buds off of those ladies!

Oh' and heres a little something for your rep :thumbsup:

[Charbud]

haha cheers monny. Returned to you also. My next grow should be starting next feburary. Going to use 250 watt Hps and use fluros for veg. orerdering seeds wednesday - getting LSD, Super Lemon Haze and Jack Diesel. Going to be the BANGERS !

:stoned::stoned::stoned::stoned::stoned::stoned::s toned::stoned:

[smallgrow1]

Nice grow and log. I'm currently at week one of growth and I'm so excited. I like looking at nicely updated logs like yours cause I only have about 2.5-3 feet of grow space and like to see roughly how big my plants will be and when I should flower. I figured i'd start flowering at about 2-3 weeks old and that way they should b around 2 to 3 ft tall when done. It's my first grow and I'm just seeing how it goes and will def. do it again after this on a bigger and better scale. But anyways, good work and keep it up. :smokin::thumbsup:

[Charbud]

hi smallgrow,
I stated to flower at 21 days and they werent that big, now there about 2 feet tall as they had a growth spurt when i started flowering, so id suggest 21 days for veg then flower. What light are you using ? This is my first proper grow aswell, its good fun but remember not to tell anyone and leave any paper trails !! keep me updated with your progess etc

Charbud

[smallgrow1]

hey again, I'm using 4 100w equivalent daylight cfl's. workin well so far but im sure i'll have to add some more after i go into flowering cycle. I figure half will be males so i'll have a few ladies to take care of. And not telling anyone has been my biggest thing, plus all this stuff is just ficticious anyways. Just dreaming about growing. But nobody knows of my daydreaming ideas. haha. Good girmination rate has left me with slightly more then I intended but oh well. I was thinking that if they where to produce at least half an O each thatd be nice. I need it for pain and its way better, cheaper and non-habit forming as painkillers. I would post pics but once again this is all just a plan that I've had for awhile so I dont have anything to actually take a pic of. ;):thumbsup:

[Charbud]

lol, you should definately start growing, its good fun. Well if you do decide to grow make sure u send pictures my way !

[sambo88]

peoples plants from germination seem to be a decent size around a month.Is this because they keep the lighting at 24 hrs daylight.if so how long till you begin to change from 24 to 12/12 or do you keep the lights on 24/7 for a month then switch to 12/12 for flower.sorry noob here.

[twitch]

put the in 12/12 when ever u want u could veg them for a year then flower if u wanted too

[senorx12562]

put the in 12/12 when ever u want u could veg them for a year then flower if u wanted too
But you shouldn't try to flower before they show pre-flowers or have about 4-5 nodes if grown from seeds. If from clones, as long as the mother would've been ready to flower when the clones were taken, they only need to develop a decent root system to be switched to 12/12, although more veg time will up your yield.

[Charbud]

this all very true, what was said above !

Update-Plants moved out of my bedroom because they smell so much ! now in my friends loft which is very cold so i made an attempt to warm them up with a sleeping mat - third pic on buds section. I think it may be way too cold because no water evaporates or gets used up by the plants ! might have to move them back inside my cuboard for flushing before harvest so they use all the fresh water to remove ferts.

55 Days since i germinated my seeds.
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and bubs are looking lushcious, with a nice citrusy/orange smell coming off them.
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:jumphappy::jumphappy::jumphappy::jumphappy:

*Charbud*

[senorx12562]

Looking good, charbud!

[smallgrow1]

hey charbud, nice pics, I'm keepin up with your log. My sunflower plants are comin up on their 4th set of leaves already and it hasnt even been 2 full weeks yet since germination. So I've came up with my plan....There all in 16oz. dixie cups and I figure I don't have much space to grow in, keepin them in a box. I am going to have about 2.5 feet max to work with unless I make a bigger box. So I am going to put them into flower at 2.5 maybe 3 weeks and basically going to have 12 dixie cups all next to each other until they show sex...males will go immediately and hopefully be left with half females. After that I will space out the cups a bit to give them more room and add a few more cfl's. I'm just doin this on micro scale and don't really care as long as I get a decent amount from each(sunflower seeds that is). I will send you pics so you can see. So anyways what u think? btw I have a very retarded plant. leaves everywhere and there all disfigured and all. Idk but im keepin it. still healthy and green otherwise.

[monny10]

Looking 'GREAT' Charbud! :thumbsup:

How many days into flower are your girls then?

I know you've said 55 days since germination..... or are they autoflowering?

All the best :)

[Tendril.traY]

lookin nice man as far as ur light and height issues,,

!1. early on in the begining of flower or, the mid- late veg , u could have tied them down (LST) carefully! in order to amend your light level .
get a little more light to the lower areas. :thumbsup:

Also because the stems expand to allow mor water and nutes to the sbuds, in the begining of flowering, i sugguest that if you do any (LST) do it in the mid- late vegg. while the stems are still bend-able .. just B careful.

And any extra light is much accepted .. remember its adaptation when u bring a species into the new.... i think its somthing like 100k plus lumen that the sun beams onto the face of the earth per square inch .!? dont quote me yet
lol:jointsmile:

and in your closet your pumping 10k per ft or wht eva, and that diminishis after 3 feet to 2k and ths pushin it to survive.

JMPO

my lighting scedual fer the last 2 years indoor has been 17/7.
peeps think it kinda screwy but its jus my method..

and check out some greensand for the final transplant into bag/bucket

it dose wonders thruout the entire cycle..

:smokin:

hope this word helps

[Tendril.traY]

lookin nice man as far as ur light and height issues,,



and in your closet your pumping 10k per ft or wht eva, and that diminishis after 3 feet to 2k and ths pushin it to survive.



sorry :( 20000

but do ya dig what im sayn':thumbsup:

[Charbud]

Tendril.traY's i know what your sayin ! sounds like a nice little system you got goin on even though i dont really get the 17/7 ! i Havent really looked into lst'ing etc because im just too scared or ruining the plant ! but could do it with a bagseed or something so nothing is lost. thanks for all the info aswell, much appreciated.

Smallgrow - hope those 'sun flower' seeds are coming along well! i would highly:stoned: recommend 21 days of veg as that is what i have done and they only grew so big because as i put the light quite far away from the tops. Defiantly start a grow log and i will subscribe ! keep the retareded plant, there jokes to have jamming around the place - bathrooms, window ledges etc .

Monny - there about 35 daysish i think into flowering, cant be bothered to work out the precise time as im very tired !! lol. And they are not an auto flowering strain - peace

charbud :rastasmoke:

[Tendril.traY]

pretty much it boils down to somewhat of a bodyclock fer your ladies ..

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TIME IN--TIME OUT
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24 - 0 . your ladies are working full time,

20 - 4 . your ladies are working hard but they have a break.

18 - 6 . this is most preached and practiced !

(17 - 7) . my sched.

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so what im getting to, is i kinda just came around to the idea , thinking about putting my self in that work horse position..would i want to work 24hrs nonstop ..? NO... 20,18 so on and so on..

this is how it was met to be ..

in the light, the stems, leaves, and stock all do most of their growing.

in the dark, the tap root starts to search for water ,once found it sends out the fiberous roots .

this is why i use a bottom fed watering system, with some misting on the top soil .

if you watch those "dancing pot plant videos" when they reach up they are streaching and using the water that the roots pulled up the night before,

then they kinda fall and go limp thats when the roots are loading up the stem again

true they do this under 24 hrs but what im getting at is its a bit of a lighter load for the plant to carry .

if you work for your ladies they will pay you more then you excpect..

so this all might be a little confusing but im stoned and and tired

:stoned:

dreambig

[Tendril.traY]

Not to mention i went to the 2008 seattle hemp fest i got to meet ED Rosnthal and asked him about my 17 /7 idea and i made him

say

"hmmmm"

and i got a stoned nod :hippy:

happy today to you

[Charbud]

does make more sense but it sounds that ED rosnthal was just as confused as me !! haha

[Tendril.traY]

ahahaha :D

[sambo88]

'preciate the suggestions,makes alot of sense

[Charbud]

Cut a small bud of today going to see what its like in a week or two !! Smells very citrusy and my hands got covered in resin from handiling it !

Hope yall had a good christmas

Charbud

[smallgrow1]

same to you

[MrMarijuana12]

can you use african violet miracle grow?? an what about a 250 watt red light??

[Charbud]

I have only ever used a weak solution of all purpose miracle grow which has a lot of nitrogen in it for veg growth. If the violet miracle grow has a high amount i guess it would be ok. Start using a weak solution to start with ortherwise you may damage your plants.

Im using a 250 watt red spectrum light at the moment for flowering. I would reccomend to buy a blue spectrum 300 watt light for veg growth and then switch to the red for flower, this will give you the best results.

Charbud

[mainegrown]

they looking good man..
sorry i havent kept up with your grow..
and here's some rep for ya
-MG

[LetsSeeYa]

Hey Charbud what about a pic update. Mine and yours are about the same age, but yours are 3 times bigger then mine. They did go through a lot of stress:wtf:, over watered, lights fell on them and lived at a friends house as a house plant for a week:wtf:. Not as easy when i cant get my hands on them.


:weedpoke: :rasta:

[frostedwonder]

Hey nice grow and show your putting on! Hey question on your bulb. How long before you have to replace them for maximum lumens? I replace my mh and hps every other grow and haven't really used CFL other then side lighting and veg situations. How much was it? Totally dig the reflector your using as well, it seems to spread the light nicely.

[Charbud]

Letseeya is it about time for an update ! have been very busy and plants havent been at the top of my agenda.

I have harvested 3 out of the five as they matured earlier than the other two which are still just a couple days away from harvest.

Bit dissapointed with the yield up to now, probably get between1.5 ounces to 2 ounces alltogether. Maybe thats ok for cfl's ?!

Low yield mainly because of the light penetration, cfls arent penetrating at all so all the lower buds didnt develop much, so next time i shall try that technique where you train your plants to grow on their sides, well bent over. Not sure what the name for the technique is though..anyone ?

frostedwonder, i could highly reccomend the cfl for vegging small plants. I have a 300 watt bulb cfl for that which works wonders although the 250watt flowering light doesn't really cut the bread. The bulb was around $65-70 or £35. I would definately stick with the hps and mh ! Also i have no idea when i have to change bulbs. I think they degrade slowly but my lamp is around 20,000 lumens.

Picture time..( i will upload some better pics when i have dried all the colas) and my overall harvest weight!

Colas are drying of line upside down and little buds are on a suspended net - pics soon

anyway...

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next grows is going to be Vanilla kush and LSD. (done with the bend over technique to help light penetration!)

[smallgrow1]

very nice charbud, I am siked as my babies are coming along very well. Just made a new box for em and it is absolutely the shit. way more lights and very good ventilation and even a cool viewing window. I will post up pics when I start my log after I'm done with everything. I'm comin up to 5 weeks now in a couples days and I started flowering at 3 weeks like you said. I'm just barely able to tell their sex now but def looks like I got a lot of females, just wanna make sure I know a hundred percent before I scrap the males. dont wanna make any mistakes and scrap a female by accident. using mylar and 10 26w cfl's in the new box plus its way taller so I can easily fit 3 ft tall flowers now. You would think this box was professionally built for this sole purpose if looking at it. Hoping I'll be done here in the next 6 weeks or so. Your plants came out very nice, I've been waitin for u to update with harvest info, haha. finally. Well def check in for my log. for security reasons I dont want to start the log til the grow is done. well I'll check back. seeya :thumbsup:

[senorx12562]

Congrats, Charbud. Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.

[Charbud]

This weekend most def !

[LetsSeeYa]

Letseeya is it about time for an update ! have been very busy and plants havent been at the top of my agenda.

I have harvested 3 out of the five as they matured earlier than the other two which are still just a couple days away from harvest.

Bit dissapointed with the yield up to now, probably get between1.5 ounces to 2 ounces alltogether. Maybe thats ok for cfl's ?!

Low yield mainly because of the light penetration, cfls arent penetrating at all so all the lower buds didnt develop much, so next time i shall try that technique where you train your plants to grow on their sides, well bent over. Not sure what the name for the technique is though..anyone ?

frostedwonder, i could highly reccomend the cfl for vegging small plants. I have a 300 watt bulb cfl for that which works wonders although the 250watt flowering light doesn't really cut the bread. The bulb was around $65-70 or £35. I would definately stick with the hps and mh ! Also i have no idea when i have to change bulbs. I think they degrade slowly but my lamp is around 20,000 lumens.

Picture time..( i will upload some better pics when i have dried all the colas) and my overall harvest weight!

Colas are drying of line upside down and little buds are on a suspended net - pics soon

anyway...

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:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

next grows is going to be Vanilla kush and LSD. (done with the bend over technique to help light penetration!)


Man dont under estimate your grow. We grow and learn and thats all we can do. Your next go-round will be better and so on... So, id be proud of what ya got and take it into the next one. We started at the same time and i have at least a month to go. I did have problems, but if i can get an oz, il be thrilled.
But il bet you had a blast with your grow and that only gets you pumped up for the next grow, as it sounds like a good one. Just let me know my man, cuz il be tuned in:thumbsup:

:rasta:

[Charbud]

haha nice to know i got your support bro ! I will also be very happy with an oz as three plants is weighing at 15g's! They were the smallest but still !! I havent checked out your grow for ages, will do that now.

Def look out for the next grow, vanilla kush only released this year so i will get some real nice pics up.

Couple macro pics of my buds

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[ShittyJon]

Hey great stuff and the technique you had mentioned is called SOG. Not sea of green,:thumbsup: but Screen of green!

[mainegrown]

hey charbud..
you succeeded. ya got pot right? well that is the first step and now that you got some you can try again, and again, and again... have fun bro

~MG a.k.a. le Maine développé

[Charbud]

hey charbud..
you succeeded. ya got pot right? well that is the first step and now that you got some you can try again, and again, and again... have fun bro

~MG a.k.a. le Maine développé


I did indeed. Not much but like you said as I do more grows and improve my techniques, my yield will increase.

Still havent smoked it yet. Will update in a couple of days and tell you guys what its saying.

- Charbud
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[LetsSeeYa]

Hey Charbud, looks like ya got some nice buds my man. I cant remember how many you grew, 4-5 i thought. But everyone that started around the same time i did is harvesting and i got a month or so:wtf: Had issues, but dang man, im just not an indoor guy i guess. Well i think the cold has slowed them, sitting on bare floor, fixed now but, i want buds:jointsmile:

:rasta:

[Charbud]

Ye i think the cold slowed my growth but didnt affect them maturing. bit of a shame as they were packing on the weight before they were transported to my buds house !

[pgrayf81]

Hey charbud, the end products look VERY nice.:thumbsup:

Where did you get that cfl light from?:wtf:

[Charbud]

From ebay. Would reccomend buying some smaller cfls for around the sides of the plants otherwise those buds wont grow that much.

[canni13is]

im personally running 8 42w cfls hanging above my plants. I did notice thou when i had my lights all around the plant insteed shinning from above is that the side growth was growing just as fast if not faster then the main growth point. Also in early growth i used LST method a bit to get more light to the inner parts of the plant. As for your yeild, something is better then nothing. Your plants didnt die, they flowered, they produced bud. They did what they were suppose to do. Mission accomplished!!!!!!

[Charbud]

Finally smoked some of my stuff. Rolled up a nice blunt with my buds and friends. Havent been so high in a long time ! Had a very homey smell coming from it after it had been ground. Tastes like normal skunk although a lot smoother. Not bad considering the seeds where $25 for 5 fems ! Look out for my next grow in a week or two. Growing the Vanilla Kush with an LST technique. (Vanilla kush new to 2010) gheez !!

one spliff a day keep the evil away

[BLAYZIN]

Do your seeds have good genetics?? I have about 20 plants started (bag seed & only keeping good ones) for almost 25 days and they dont look anything like that. Mine seem to be healthy. This is my first time with this type of plant but I have a good backround in growing other types of similar plants. I am using 4 fluro's in a tight area (2 grow & 2 cool white) a couple inches away. White walls around them. I have used miracle grow twice but am getting some 20-20-20 today. Why are mine not growing??

[Charbud]

Ye they are F1's and feminised. Bag seeds are generally slower to grow and their germination rate is a lot lower than f1's. You shouldnt be gowing easy on that fertiliser otherwise you will give them nute burn or nute lock which will stop them from growing. You may need more than four fluros over 20 plants ! each plant needs a couple thousand lumens to its self to survive, so its either throw a few away or buy more bulbs ! Upload some pictures and people will be able to help you with your problems a lot better.

Good luck

Charbud