My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
Well, despite being a few weeks into flower already I thought I would start a log. I always have new questions and this way I can keep them in one place. I hope some of you find it interesting.
Some info on the grow:
- 2 x Sour Diesel and 2 x MK Ultra clones.
- SuperSoil w. 25% perilite
- Using GH 3 part nutes, CalMag, Liquid Karma, SuperThrive and sometimes hydrogen peroxide and alfalfa tea.
- Light is 1 x 100w CFL + 3 x 23w CFL + 1 x 18w CFL.
- Space is approx 3 sq.ft.
I started flowering on 9/14 so now I'm almost a month in. I have no experience but they look good to me. What do you think?
These plants were actually started way back in July, I ended up vegging for two whole months but really only got growth in the second month. The first month I was .... well.... learning, and almost lost the lot.
I have LST'ed them since they were quite small, probably too small, which was part of my many original problems.
These days I'm thinking of replacing the CFL's with a 150 or 250 watt HPS light. I wonder if 150w HPS will yield the same or more than my close to 200w CFL's?????
I will post the pictures below in 3 separate posts and note the dates the pictures were taken so you can 'keep up'.
Would love to hear comments and questions.
Peace !
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
So here we are back on 8/16, six days after I got them, they look pretty sad with spider mites and growing in 100 degrees F. :what:
Two plants per pot and straight in the big pot, no transplanting. Not sure I'd do it that way next time.
These are 4 gal pots.
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
Fast forward to 9/7.. no difference, the plants haven't grown at all and vultures are starting to circle above the grow ! :sadcrying:
It's hard to see the size of the plants in these pic's but they are pretty close to every bit as small as when I got them and I'm losing my mind :yippee:
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
OK, now fast forward all the way to 10/28.... Two weeks after I started the flower cycle... sorry no pics in between.
As you can see all is well now, to make a long story short I finally flushed the heck out of them and started giving them the GH 3 part nutes at very low dose, and bought a good ph meter. BLAM....they perked up and grew like mad. :woohoo:
I was going to start flower at around 12 inches of height but got delayed so they were more like 14-16 inches.
As mentioned this is two weeks in....
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
And now on to 11/7 - 24 days of flower. Still going strong... have been adjusting the nutes to more PK and less N and have increased the amount of total nutes with each watering. At this point I started to see slightly burnt tips and stopped increasing the nutes. My TDS/PPM is about 1150 for those who care and they need water every 3 days.
Also have continued to LST in order to keep a relatively even canopy.
These are my last pics and from 3 days ago, I'll wait a few more days now before posting more since there isn't that much happening.... they're just chuggin' along.
Man, I just love the thought of being able to avoid illegal dealers and get my medicine for less $.. and better quality too! (I hope) :clap:
What do you all think? Am I looking fine for 24 days in? REALLY fine? Not so fine? You wanna smoke this?
Anyway, I'm playing with the idea of changing to 150 or 250 watt HPS... not sure if it's worth it? I mean of course the 250 is .... but the 150???
PEACE!
PS: The pic that's taken from above is of the MK Ultra (90% sativa), didn't take one of those of the Sour Diesel (Indica).
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
nice man, you can get the 150w and keep some cfls for side coverage.
those nugs are looking awesome that is going to kick street seaweed in the head. ( just dont harvest early and resist the temptation, but you already knew that.. just checking ;) )
keep em coming:)
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
Thanks guys. I hear you on the harvesting early part, but I am armed with patience and focused on maximum yield. I wonder how much I'll get? Is it too early to guestimate at this point?
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
My first grow, 200W CFL, whatcha think?
Another successful CFL grow! congrats! My grow is also CFL, Check it out in my sig.