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Plants are looking nice LSY. Sorry to hear to got another male, I grew outside once and thought i had the best plant inside because it was the biggest and strongest but it turned out to me a man ! I got a couple questions bout ur cfl grow you did arounf the time of my one. I saw this by DrBud on another site and it was truely inspirational, he really shows what cfls can do in producing a lot of ganja without the need of lst etc. Im sure you will find it interesting ***DrBud Takes CFL SOG to the Next Level*** - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums So my questions are what bulbs did you use for flower ? obviously 2700k but this guy uses 42 watt bulbs which i cant find anywhere here in the uk. Is there a watt equivalent between cfls in the states and the uk ?

Keep up good work man :jointsmile:

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Plants are looking nice LSY. Sorry to hear to got another male, I grew outside once and thought i had the best plant inside because it was the biggest and strongest but it turned out to me a man ! I got a couple questions bout ur cfl grow you did arounf the time of my one. I saw this by DrBud on another site and it was truely inspirational, he really shows what cfls can do in producing a lot of ganja without the need of lst etc. Im sure you will find it interesting ***DrBud Takes CFL SOG to the Next Level*** - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums So my questions are what bulbs did you use for flower ? obviously 2700k but this guy uses 42 watt bulbs which i cant find anywhere here in the uk. Is there a watt equivalent between cfls in the states and the uk ?

Keep up good work man :jointsmile:

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Yeah char, hows it going bro:hippy:I started out using 27w cfl's, but then after all the reading, people were saying 27k to bud and 65k for veg. Until i got to reading about a mix spectrum and found that IMO it made sense. So, i started to buy a few 23w cfl's and put a few in the mix. So i basically had half 27w and 23w through most of the grow. Now it was my first experience with growing inside, but i was happy in the end. I think with cfl's the bigger, the more they might penetrate better. But, if you can get side lighting in your grow it would equal the same as using the 42w cfl's. It might take more then if you were using all 42w's, but in the end a mix of different bulbs i believe will be just as good. But there are people who switch out to 23w cfl's which are 27k to flower. There is a big difference in the brightness, to the human eye as the 23's are not as bright to the eye that is. There is a website you could order them from, or on ebay iv found a lot of cfl's there as well. I saw a sale the other day that was in the paper, selling 8 cfl's for 9.99, which is the cheapest iv ever seen, to bad i was broke. 1000lights.com i know sells just about any light ya need and iv seen that a lot of people use that site. But, i think the more you can put on your plants, with different spectrum's works well and i will continue to grow just as i did last indoor grow.

Hope this helps man and if ya need me to i could get some and mail em to ya, if you cant find what you want. I have a paypal account, which could make things easy.

Let me know bro,:rasta:

So, im thinking i really dont need all of them to open, but just how many do i need to open, before i can get the plant outta here. But just how long should i wait before taking pollen? Also, how long will the pollen last in my fridge?


Thanks everyone:rasta:

If you are super anxious to get rid of him you can cut a limb off and leave it in water for the next couple days on a windowsill or something. The flowers should continue to open.

You only need probably one "cluster" worth or so to create seeds. Each single pollen grain has the capacity to reproduce with a single calyx, so really you only need a couple flowers worth. I would try to get as much as possible if I were you, just to ensure success.

I read that pollen can be stored in the freezer for up to several months. However, you must be sure that it's COMPLETELY dry to maintain viability. Moisture is the nemesis of pollen. Try hard to separate any male flower material from the actual pollen with a screen or something to prevent a wet piece of flower from killing pollen when you store it.

Hope this is what you were looking for:thumbsup:
C-ya

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Originally Posted by irydyum

If you are super anxious to get rid of him you can cut a limb off and leave it in water for the next couple days on a windowsill or something. The flowers should continue to open.

You only need probably one "cluster" worth or so to create seeds. Each single pollen grain has the capacity to reproduce with a single calyx, so really you only need a couple flowers worth. I would try to get as much as possible if I were you, just to ensure success.

I read that pollen can be stored in the freezer for up to several months. However, you must be sure that it's COMPLETELY dry to maintain viability. Moisture is the nemesis of pollen. Try hard to separate any male flower material from the actual pollen with a screen or something to prevent a wet piece of flower from killing pollen when you store it.

Hope this is what you were looking for:thumbsup:
C-ya

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Thanks irydyum, thats just what i needed. I knew that moisture isn't a good thing when it comes to pollen. But the main thing i was unsure of was how Long it would keep. I plan to let a few open before i collect anything from it, that way im sure to get some and just not waste my time.

I was surprised they started to open this fast. I hope my plants way outta here didn't get balls, cuz my dude didn't show up to check em. Oh well, i guess thats what i get:wtf:theres only 2.


Thanks man:rasta:

Well it was a good day for pic's and my camera was working:wtf:Damn thing stop working while at my kids graduation, i was pissed. But i guess if ya charge the batteries, it will make the camera work,:wtf:.''Can ya say dumb ass''

Anyway, the rain made em grow just like i had thought, nice:) I got at least 3-4 inches on the Edna, so i posted them as the first two. Yeah i had to put two up, cuz i wasn't sure which looked the best. Oh and i tossed my pak of smokes down to show size, but not sure it will work or not. Lets hope i don't post the same pic, lol.

Next would be the Skunk 1 x NL 5. Its starting to bush out a bit more as it gets bigger. I sure would like this one to be a monster plant. With its cross it makes for some pretty potent shit man. I can only use it at night and iv smoked for 29 years, so i can handle the higher stuff. But id end up curled up in bed for the day and not get shit done, so i use it for sleep and pain, works great:stoned:.

The next pic is the NL which is the best iv ever had before. It keeps ya going and helps with my issues, but doesnt put you to sleep till ya want it to, then work great. But if i need to smoke in the day, thats what i would use to get me through a tough day without crashing. I really only smoke at night, so you could call me a ''midnight toker'' sorta smoker. But on occasion i will have a bit to make things a bit more interesting. I will concentrate better sometime if iv indulged in the afternoon, or once and a while il wake an bake, but its been a long time since iv done that. Gotta say though, it goes great with coffee:thumbsup:

:rasta:

Well my NL plants got pistils all over and hope its doing ok. I just hope its not trying to start to flower yet. These pic's didn't show as well as i had wished they would.

Then a ''family'' pic im calling Maxine, lol. If you cant tell, do not ask. This was the only thing i had at the time to put her in, but shes gotten to big for me to mess with her now. So, its a permanent thing for her as iv grown a 4' ter in a gallon jug that was only half full of soil. I need to move it though, it could get better sun then where shes at.

Then there is the 5 gal plant:hippy: i want to do a SOG with her, but im not sure if its to late. I should have bent her over a month ago to get stated. The branch growth looks better everyday, so will see what happens. I got this idea, but its one of those things that either gets done when i feel like it or she just grows:wtf:sorta lame, but gotta lot on the plate right now. I tried to get her top as its a nice pink, like some of the other ''family'' members have looked.


:weedpoke: havin fun yet:rasta:

edna looks real nice man lovely and green:thumbsup::jointsmile: the others look good too (dnt get jelous lil planties) just edna is a beast:jointsmile: mine get munched she looks clean, how u keep the bugs off her?

good job man keep it up:thumbsup:

Yes i posted wrong plant and forgot my male plant, thats started to open his flowers. So the first 2 are the male plant im growing in a box to try and make some beans. I could just pollenate a female and grow em out next grow, but im on a mission to make the best beans i can. So i need to grow a bunch of plants and keep my shit straight. That means i really need to label everything and only use the best plants grown. I am not sure which one to pllenate first, but i have one with great genetics in it and was breed in Holland. If she does well il put some on her, but would like to pull in the NL as well at some point. My plans are to do this right, no short cuts:thumbsup:

And then here is the 5 gal plant, lets see if there is any difference between the other post pic an this one, cuz its only a couple days.

Hope you enjoy the pics, cuz my arm is about ready to fall off from typing, geez man:cool:

:rasta:

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edna looks real nice man lovely and green:thumbsup::jointsmile: the others look good too (dnt get jelous lil planties) just edna is a beast:jointsmile: mine get munched she looks clean, how u keep the bugs off her?

good job man keep it up:thumbsup:

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Hey man the Edna is the best looking so far, but the Skunk x NL is catching up a bit. I have been lucky i guess, but when you start them inside then set them in the shade a couple weeks. The bugs don't mess with them as much, but since iv moved the 5gal, shes been getting a few bugs. If you make some soapy water and just splash it all over the plant, they will leave them alone. Just make sure the sun is as close to down or at dark, cuz last year when i put it on mine, i burn the shit outta them. But they came back fine. It was cloudy as hell and the wind was blowing so i thought id be fine, but burned em cuz the sun came out and the wind slowed down:wtf:

Try it, it will work and its cheap:thumbsup:

Keep er green man:weedpoke::rasta: