First grow under envirolite

Hay, this is my first grow...... i`ve started off 6 un-feminised nivan "ice" plants in a soil about a week ago and was given 2 lil ladys from a friend. Atm im useing a 125w envirolite for the veg stage (as to poor to run hps right now). hopefully i will have access to a friends 400w by the time i`m ready to put them in flowering. anyway my main question atm is, is 125w enought light to get my plants throught the veg stage?:)..ohh and how far away from the light should the lil ladys be?:rastasmoke:

i have my 250watt cfl about 2-3 inch away amazing results

got em under 400watt hps now but there getting 2 big

is that crisply leaf tips in that pic? apart from that looks good

ditch the foil and get mylar :thumbsup:

hay cheers for the reply , yeah it is a bit of crispy leaf it is one of the ones my friend gave me. the "foil" is quilted mylar or something was the most expensive in the grow shop anyway XD

The last baby poped up early :) hope it becomes a fine woman ;) the temp is staying around 28 atm which i think is a lil bit high? i havent fitted an extractor fan yet but have cut four wholes in the box 2 at the bottom and 2 at the top. rekon thats enough for now? i`ll put some photos up when there a bit more action happening.

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hay cheers for the reply , yeah it is a bit of crispy leaf it is one of the ones my friend gave me. the "foil" is quilted mylar or something was the most expensive in the grow shop anyway XD

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good good i use mylar diamond sheeting

28c is a bit hot try for around 20-25

cool cheers for the reply, i will install an xtractor fan when i get payed. any ideas about humidity it is betwen 35-55 most of the time is that about right i not how can i controll it?:jointsmile:

humidity?
no idea
im also a noob

umm..... we can learn togethere haha:jointsmile: i got rid of the troth and repotted the plants befor it was to late :) the temp is still to high around 28-30 :( but that my fault as i havent got a fan yet but they seem to be doing good. there is soom good growth on the 2 larger plants whih is good as where a bit sick when got given them.

when sould i start feeding the plants, im guess not yet..... but in a week?

90 degrees F ain't too bad as long as you keep the hydrated.Definitely get a fan for air circulation and to build nice strong stems.Looking very good.

yea feed em little to start then gradually increase

just passing on info i learned on here

i see your light is alot closer now :thumbsup:

cheers for the feed back got my extractor fan fitted today and dam is it noisy :( ,going to take awhile to get used to the noise when sleeping. just have to smoke a fat one befor bed i guess:jointsmile: but the temp has deff dropped so cant complain

hay i got another grow going atm in a friend house and could do with some help. i got a threadgoing but thought would post a link here to help spead the word "help"


http://boards.cannabis.com/plant-problems/139700-yo-need-some-help-over-here-xd.html[/URL]

any help would be grate :)

try this link XD
[URL="http://boards.cannabis.com/plant-problems/139700-yo-need-some-help-over-here-xd.html"]

Hay all i havent updated for a few weeks because i been updateing my room :). i got ride of the envirolite to make room for a better light with a real refelector it is lower wattage but gives better light coverage(110w) . I have cut my room space down a litle because i have lightproffed my grow space. i done this by building a frame just inside the doors then takeing velcro to it. then cutting a peace of millar the right size and stiking it on. a small amount of light still shines through but bairly noticable :D

I now only have 1 of the origanl plants which is doing well under the new light. I also have 1 seedling of about a week old and 8 cuttings from a seprate grow at a friends house. this is the first time i have taken cuttings and will be happy if 4 root any extra will bea bonus :)

The temp of the room stays around 28-30 still even with the extractor fan fitted but i think that is because the roo where the cab is stays quite warm. guess ill have to pump air into the room when i get a more power full light. i was going to use a 400 w hps light for flowering but i am worried about the temps i will get in such a small room. i was thinking about getting an air cooled reflector to reduce heat and as i have an extrator rated to pump a much larger room at another grow im hopeing for the best but in worse case ill have to settle for a 250w hps (hope not still poor).

as i have awhile to wait for my main light back i have decided to start off a few uttings and mothers.
so far i have 2 "ice" plants 1 is a seedling and 1 is about 3 weeks old and doing well. i also have 6 "hempstar" cutting. i have used clonex rooting gel and some root riot blocks (abit like rockwall cubes). They have been cut for 5 days now and no sign of root but 3 are starting to look healther. whichim takeing as a good sign :)

my plan is to grow 2 plants to maturaty in a stagered growth so that i harvest 1 plant a month for personal smoke with some kind of scrog to utalize the limated space i have. the plants that i grow are going to have to be short liltle buggers due to the lake of hight on the cub.

so if any of u have any sudgestions on short plants strains would be cool???

hear ar some photos of the cuttings and older "ice " plant

feedback would be cool :rastasmoke:

Wooot,2 out of my 6 cutting have finaly rooted took them 8 days and im hopeing rest will show roots soon :) 1 of the cutting died think it was a bit small to root.

The 2 older plants are still growing well. i topped the tallest oneto sea what happens. haha.will it bush out or make 2 main stems from the top nodes??

Here are soe photos taken a min ago...

advise and feed back would be cool :pimp:

hay to any1 that might read this i was wondering weather i should keep a plastic bag over the newly rooted and potted cutting for awhile to keep the humidity up??
plz reply i dont want to damage the babys as only 2 have rooted so far :stoned:

any1?? :wtf:

hay thought i might aswell update not that im shure if any1 is readying this log lol........

well i have 5 heathy cuttings now wooot :) they all have new growth im going to wait a week or so to sea which are the most healthy as i dont have much room in the veg room.
i might be getting some visitor for a few weeks around christmas........8 hempstar ladys about 1 month into flowering. cant wait but means i got to build the flowering room earlyer then i thought and larger then it was going to be as i was only going to make it big enough for 2-3 plants. ill post a few pics off these plants with the update shots.
The two "ice" plants are vegin away i have started to tie up the topped older plant to get as much light to the side suits as pos it seems to be resonding well :) hopeing to make it into a bush while i wait for the 400w hps to be free. im leaveing the younger plant to do what it likes to what it does.
the younger "ice" plant is showing yellowing of some of its lower leaves should i starts nut`s? i think is still a bit small

Good lookin. The smaller ones could use some nitrogen though...

hay peeps..... i thought i would update as im a bit board atm XD

not alot has changed since last time i have retoped the older "ice" plant and it has responed realy well with it side branches almost streching to the top of the plant as intended and seem to be over it shock peroid.
i`ve bought 2 oxi pots in preperation for my light being returned to me. i thought this would be the easyest way of getting into basic hydroponics and for the price i ant complain only 15 pound each with pumps pot and clay balls.....result :). i`ve also ordered my cool tube reflector so now all i need is my bloody ballest.
The 5 "hempstar" cuttings had a bit of a bad turn when the room got to hot due to a prob with the fan (not being on) and crispifide a few of the top leaves im shure they will pull through but was a shock to come home to lol. the younger "ice" plant seems to bedoing well and as not shown anymore sighnes of leaf damage since i started feeding nuts.
i`ve manged to get the temp`s down quite a bit in the last week it is stable at about 26 now when is is sealed up which in my book is perfect :)
i got some new photos of the hempstar plants that my clones came from which ill post jst for any1 that likes to look at plants in flowering.....they look nice.. haha

hempstar plants 2-3 weeks into flowering.. sorrey for low quality photo they off my phone. only showing as they are mine just at a mates house

on the last pic i see some leafs yellowing ! PH ?

But very nice plants ! :thumbsup:

very nice plant man!!!!

cheers dreamer and 50ul for your comments. Yeah there is a bit of yellowing on the lower leaves but its from a few weeks ago i think it was nute burn. They sorted them selves out after a flush. The p.h. run off was 6.8 so that kinda ruled out ph probs. :)

`ello just thought i would update because i have begun to lst the smaller "ice" plant. this is the first time i have tied to train a plant. should be fun to play with and nice to be able to compaire the results of the 2 ice plants as 1 has been toped and other lst`ed.
The cutting are still recovering from the heat damage but have got new growth.
The toped plant is starting to get bushy with several of its side stems reaching above the new growth where i toped the plant origanaly.
I got a question...... how long from seed to plant in 24 hr light does it take a plant to reach sexual maturity and produce preflowers?? and would it be a good idea to switch to 18/6 to help them show sex??
The oldest of the 2 "ice" plants is 6-7 weeks old but still not showing any signs of sex as far as i can sea. it has started to smell a lil bit. is that a sign that it is starting to mature?

Any help would be great :)

heres some photos of the newly lst`ed plants and 2 of the hempstar flowering atm.

well ossian i had my sour d plant show pre-flowers on 24/0 on Day 26 from seed...When i use 24/0 my plants always show perflowers...well it works for me

Looking good!!! Drool -][-

cheers soul so i guess mine are just late showers:) i had a proper look at the older plant last night with a magnifing glass and i think i saw a few femail pre flowers but im only about 60% shure thats what they are. ill c if i can get a photo over the next couple of days.would be grate if at least of of the ice plants are femail as they are so nice and short. which is perfect for my grow space.
my cool tubes arrived to day....woot. i cant wait to get on with the flowering, i cant wait the month till my light comes back. ill just have to make do with playing around with them in veg. ill try to get photos of the preflowers over he next coupleof days when they hopefully develop a bit more...... peace...

well i just went and had a look at the younger "ice" plant and WoW it is showing what i think is femail pre-flowers but there are no white hairs yet so aint counting my chickens yet but wahoooo.
heres some photos any thoughts would be cool

any1 got any idea if it is a femail pre-flower?? :)

its Hard to Tell here is a pic of my preflower!!!

yeah yours are much more formed guess ill just wait and sea. its odd that the younger plant is howing signs first i read somewhere that males show sex first .. would be a shame to loss it. :(
so whats your set up like soul?

well here is a link to my LOG

It's My Setup

nice set up but aint ya going to miss haveing a bath for a few months lol

no its a extra ...no one uses...So +

LMMFAO!!!!!!

ahh fair play thought ya might stink more then the plants after 2 months haha.
u tried doing lst befor?

yes in my last grow i did!!!!

cool just read the log looks like it helped boost the size of your harvest quite a bit hope it does the same foor me

X2 ossian