Blue Russians invade flower room

Blue Russian bagseedbeans from a very nice friend.

Germed and veg'd under day/blue 26/100 cfl's for 10 weeks 18/6 wth 2 tippings.
1 week healing and 1 week growth recovery time for each tipping. Thats why its 10 weeks.
Theoretically, this would be the 6th week of veg when u subtract the tipping time.

decent MG soil mix cut with plain n perlite
superthrived water
FF Grow Big
lotsa love

they are approx 1-1.5 ft tall, before getting tied down.
LST'd the taller shoots when they moved to veg.
sprayed with Reverse, just in case.

now under 250 HPS 12-12

week 11 Thai clones in the backround.

if the fates allow, all these should finish in about 5 or 6 weeks.

:D

Damn Rock those look REALLY NICE! Short and bushy.....that's got to be your lighting. What are you vegging things under these days? I know you have that nice hps for flowering. What are you using for veg? It sure worked nicely on those.

damm I must be useing some crappy soil. cuz thouse look mouth watering. for real.

How many cfls?

3 cfls,
in a "T" socket
hung horizontal above them
white walls
35h x 30w x 24d veg box
thats it

see in top of pic?

veg box

Looking nice Rock...:thumbsup:....the Russians are coming...:)

When you say tipping, I take it you mean topping. You got some very nice branching going on there. Next round concider only doing LST save the recovery time with similar results. Also consider getting more cfl's or even a MH lamp for veg you will get better results.

All in all good work using what you have:)

tipping, topping, yes, i mean i snipped em to get em to split.
i actually try to FIMM, and there are a few spots where it did split more than once as i intended.

also, i had thought about it and i am pretty sure i get more budsites when they split. i dont mind the extra week or 2. my first grow was thai, so im getting used to waiting.

also, my main reason for the topping is that i want them low and bushy.
my setup doesnt allow for maniacal verticle growth.

my veg box is small, MH is out of the question.
and i've been trying to scale down my power useage.
so thats why only a few cfl's.
the HPS is 1st priority.

Ok, if it works for you than stick with it, I see your concerns and they are good ones. I still would concider adding a cfl or 2, they look like they would bennifit from a little more light in the veg stage IMO.

Right on Jerry:thumbsup:
for the next set;)

tied down lil more.
they'r levelin off really nice:)