what 8 days under cfls did

[mattbury]

i had a seedling outside late in the year in low light and in cold temps so i brought it inside and threw it in the closet under 3 (26) soft white cfls. the plant only grew to the 5th node outside under the poor conditions for a month! and was about 6 inches tall. im gonna pick up a couple warm white cfls here soon. its been getting Pure Blend Pro Bloom for the last 6 days.

the first pic is what it looked like 8days ago or the day i brought it inside.
the second pic is how it is now.

[emmpey]

looking good man - keep it going.

[TheGreenFog]

Yay for controlled environments!

Good stuff, mang.

Flower it now!!! lol j/k Keep that thing healthy and we'll be seeing your log soon, eh? ;)

What ever happened to that "Grow Log Section" idea? :D:D:D

:rastasmoke:

TGF

[mattbury]

yup ill get a grow log going here shortly. :) thanks for the comments

[StankyGreenBush]

Looks like there are pistils on the lower nodes. Is it already flowering? If it is then I wouldn't expect to much wieght from it and by that I mean probably enough for a single skinny joint at the very very most. I find flowering with flouros to be a disappointing and frustrating experience. Feel free to slap me for being negative.

[TheGreenFog]

Looks like there are pistils on the lower nodes. Is it already flowering? If it is then I wouldn't expect to much wieght from it and by that I mean probably enough for a single skinny joint at the very very most. I find flowering with flouros to be a disappointing and frustrating experience. Feel free to slap me for being negative.

4-5 CFLs...(see pic below)

;)

:rastasmoke:

TGF

Edit: Sorry the 2nd pic is blurry.

[StankyGreenBush]

definitely better than any CFL grow I've done, but I have no plans to ever use em again for flowering. How was the high from those in picture?

[mattbury]

Looks like there are pistils on the lower nodes. Is it already flowering? If it is then I wouldn't expect to much wieght from it and by that I mean probably enough for a single skinny joint at the very very most. I find flowering with flouros to be a disappointing and frustrating experience. Feel free to slap me for being negative.

it has reached maturity and shown sex. those few calyxes are only pre-flowers.bud sites are about to appear. its only been under 12/12 for a week mang. once it gets going with flowering it will go for atleast 7-8 more weeks. i do intend to put some warm spectrum bulbs in there soon.
as far as yeild goes....1/2 ounce maybe. nothing special.

[TheKidThatLovesMary]

nice. and TGF how the hell did u get that much what was the total weight in of that masterpiece?

[Garden Knowm]

nice! How close to the plant are you hanging the cfls?

cheers

[mattbury]

the lights are all 3-4 inches away . i topped it the other night. gonna let the side branches catch up and try to get a nice even canopy.

[Garden Knowm]

Hey Matt..

You should consider -

1. getting the lights even closer to your plants... like 1 inch..
2. you should also consider flowering your plant in the next 3-7 days..
3. transplant into a 3 gallon container

cheers

and I look forward to more pictures!!
People love watching CFL grows.. THANXS!!!

[mattbury]

garden knowm, i appreciate your comments .
the plant has been on 12/12 or 14/10 some nights, but its been steadily on 12/12 for a couple days now.

id like to get the bulbs to 1 inch from the plants . i need to find a quiet fan!! its in the closet in my bedroom and i dont wanna hear it while im asleep . too bad portable fans are out of season at department stores!

its in a 8 inch pot right now. which is like 1.5 gallons when full which of course its not. i might put it in something bigger like a 2-3 gallon container. new pictures later tonight when lights get turned on!

[StankyGreenBush]

Personally I wouldn't transplant it after you've started 12/12. That's partly because I'm horrible at transplanting and always seem to send the plant into at least a minor shock. Kinda curious to hear if other folks here would transplant at that stage.

[whoreable]

Maybe, if you have to, you have to, but I wouldnt wait until then.

[mattbury]

update: I topped the plant 2 nights ago. these pictures are from tonight.

[Garden Knowm]

YUMMY!!!! she's looking GOOD ... I mean GREAT!!!

[mattbury]

as of a couple nights ago....
. these pics were from 2 nights ago.


transplanted to a 10 inch container yesterday. its been under steady 12/12 for bout 1 1/2 weeks.

[mattbury]

10 days 12/12... its had great growth over the last several days and i cant wait to see her filling in and packing on the calyxes :dance:

[faithless]

Nice. Is that still under 3 * 26W?

[rottenfork]

why dont you cut the bottom out of your pot and place into a bigger one that way the plant doesnt stress and the roots can splay more also invest in hps light and let that sucker bloom loooks nice well saved mate!

[mattbury]

Nice. Is that still under 3 * 26W?

yeh its still under just 3 (26)watt cfls. ive grown with HPS lights before but i cannot use it for this closet grow.i have a 400w hps sun system unit.

rottenfork: i just transplanted to the bigger container from the half gallon of soil it was in and it was only somewhat rootbound in that. the plant is only 13 inches tall right now and its already into flowering so in my opinion a bigger 3-5 gallon container wasnt nescessary.the container fits just over 2 gallons.

thanks for the comments!

[faithless]

Wow. I'm impressed and encouraged to build a fluor veg room.

[mattbury]

Wow. I'm impressed and encouraged to build a fluor veg room.


hahah, yeh these cfls really grow plants fast! i'd like to get some ~36w or 42w warm white's if i could just find them locally. home depot and walmart carry mostly soft white and cool white but never warm white!!!. the spectrum on these soft white i believe is around 2900kelvin, so they have a decent red spectrum..

[Garden Knowm]

Your plant is FAT.. and PHAT too!!!

[mattbury]

thanks GK. !