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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
So Im on day 20, Ive made some changes, and I am fasinated by this. There is so much growing under the leaves and tomorrow I get to repot. This is going to be exciting. I will post some pictures tomorrow of their progress as Ive been slacking a bit.:thumbsup:
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
you have a ton of choices on nutes. i guess the first question is what is your budget?
also, are you pulling air through your filter or are you pushing it through?
the ladies are alooking very nice by the way!
keep up the good work.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Well, Im not really on a budget but I guess you could say I dont want to spend like 50 bucks on one bottle. For the filter, I am pushing air threw as it filters out the side of the filter. Im going to have to mod that eventually b.c the air isnt coming out as much as I want it to. They were smelling alot and now its going better, still have some smell. Why do you ask, would pulling the air out be a better idea? Iv got to run to work so Ill post picks when I get home, I just transplanted 2 of them as well into newer better soil. Only 10 hours:)
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
i can't speak from experience as far as the carbon scrubber is concerned, but everything i have read and have seen posted says it's better to pull air through the filter.
and as far as nutes go, i would recommend fox farm. i use both the liquids and the solubles and am loving them because the plants seem to.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
I haven't seen a plant yet that didn't have a skin on the stem below the cotyledons. As the stem gets bigger around, this membrane peels off, especially where you see roots starting to bump out. I think it's pretty cool, but back on my first grow I thought it might be a problem. It's just a natural part of the plant. :) I don't think it goes any higher than the seed leaves.
Don't you wish cannabis had root nodules all the way up the stem like that, just waiting to grow as soon as we take clones? That would be badass.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Thanks guys I really do appreciate your advice.
That filter has the fan pushing air threw, and you know what I never thought to set it to pull the air threw but it actually makes alot more sense so tomorrow after work Im going to mod it again. I can deffinitly still smell it but not nearly as much as I could be. Today was start of week 4 so I checked them all for the roots and 2 of the smaller potted ones needed transplanting so I took care of that and just with those 2 babies in my kitchen my whole living room smelled nice and fresh. Enough talk. Pictures. Oh and one other thing. I changed my room a bit to maximize the light usage. I made a lamp out of the perfect piece of cardboard, its sick. Here it is.
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Im going to start LST tomorrow morning I think and next Wed Im starting Flowering. Also this week coming Ill be on my hunnymoon as Im getting married this Saturday so my momma is gonna take good care of em. I cant wait.:rastasmoke:
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
damn enhanced! them babies are looking and the foliage is beautiful. the new set-up you have with the carbon filter is the shit! your plants look like they are loving life atm! keep the thumb green!
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
You say your going to start LST them today and then start flower next week? Be honest I think there really is no point in LST them when you plan on starting flower next week....
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
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Originally Posted by Italiano715
You say your going to start LST them today and then start flower next week? Be honest I think there really is no point in LST them when you plan on starting flower next week....
that's true, you could just tie the tops down to keep them out of the lights.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Also, if you do decide to do it, be REALLY careful as looking at your pictures your stalk looks pretty hardened and could snap if tied to tight. Just an extra precaution! :D
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
and don't forget to water atleast an hour before.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
i concur about the LST. the point of LST is to train your plants so you get multiple colas as opposed to one with side shoots. when you bend the tops over and tie them down it distributes the growth hormone from the main cola to the other nodes that then begin growing up towards the light. so if you are not gonna let them veg any longer then LST is a waste.
it is also recommended that you stop LSTing at least 2 weeks before flower.
the plants look mighty nice though. let us know how the scrubber works when you flip it.
congrats on the wedding, by the way!
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Thanks for the advice guys. Ya Im not gonna lst this round. The stems are really think and to be honest the light is pretty nice in there as its all bouncing around. The Biggest one is sorta doing it already, but Im just gonna wait till next round and see the difference. Every time I spend a decent amount of time in there I get a bit of sun burn on my face and chest haha.
Here is the filter after I flipped it. I feel like a pro, I really do
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Im going to take some pics tomorrow and post them. Day 23.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
And just to be clear, when would I start lst if I need to stop 2 weeks before flower?
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Throughout the veg. stage up until 2 weeks before you decide to start flowering. I usually start LST them when it gets around 4 to 5 nodes. Also, make sure to do it when the plants stalk is more flexible and not so stiff.
LST is also good for getting the other sites branching to take clones from! :D
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Well Ill try it next time. Thanks for the info.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Well, hello everyone, sorry I havent updated in a long while. I got married on June6th and was on my hunnymoon all week so I had my momma watchen them. As for this week, Iv just been to busy/lazy to jump on here.I am officially on day 37 of grow, day 8 of 12/12. I am sad. Only b.c this is my first grow, but out of my 5 I only ended up with 1 female. What sucks even more let me tell you is, during my 18/6 the lamp I made fell loose and one of the bulbs burned a bunch of leaves and it really is the runt of the 5 which really friggen suckksss. So Im dealing with it. Hopefully they do well, we will see.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
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so thats what all 5 looked like once sexed.
The one on the far right is what im left with, I will make her strong tho, I promised her:P
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This gets me excited
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as does this
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And here we have my last baby.
Anyways, Ill update as I go along.
I have added a mixture of all my lights tho. This plant had a bulb fall right on the main cola a bit back and caused so much damage, it stuned the shit out of the poor girl. So I did trim a bit, and now Im trying to bud as well still induce regular growing using the 6500k lamps, with the 4100k big ones, and 4 2700k bulbs to promt bud growth, In a week Im going to take out the 6500k and a week later the 4100k and go all 2700. I also put her into a nice big pot with more perlite and still running with no nutes just b.c I dont think she really needs it, well she acutally looks like she could but the others were monsteres. Damn. Oh well, Next time.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Just picked this up for 25 bucks, was nice and small and unique, has a coloured mouthpiece and a picture of a sick sun at the top, its nice.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
wow this site times out wayy to fast, Iv tried twice to update with photos and a nice speal and everytime I get this damn message about not doing it fast enough. Man I must be slow.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Hello everyone, Finally I have pictures. Finally.
Here is what all 5 looked like originally.
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This is my girl, she looks so weak and small.
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Here she is as of yesturday.
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Looking yummy.
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Ill update in a couple days.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
hmmm, Im not feeling the love guys. wheres everyone at?
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
looking pretty good enhanced. looks like you have a little stretch on two of your plants.
nothing to worry about though.
all confirmed females?
good growing.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Only one girl. That was a pic that I loaded earlier but for some reason all 5 pics of that post will not load. The one runt ended being my girl. Shes actually looking amazing now, just waiting. thanks for stoping by
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
nice piece you got for $25 by the way.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
thanks shake, she hits like a charm:) ya the stretching is kinda bugging me. I just need stronger light.
I have 4 40watt bulbs, 2 are 2700kalvin 2 are 4100kalvin each putting out 2600klumens, and 5 23watt 2700k lumens each putting out 1600 lumens. Iv trimmed some as well to get the lights closer b.c they were burning the branches that would shoot out. Shes looking good. Im gonna start nutes on next water. And Ill make sure I stop about 2.5 weeks from finish.
Ill post some picks later this week. MMM Im getting excited.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
flush for 2 weeks then the last week before harvest don't water them at all. It will help aide in drying them a tad faster. Just food for thought! :thumbsup:
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
The reason I need to stop 3 weeks prior is so that the levels of npk can even out right. It will take longer for my buds to cure if I dont stop with nutes early. I think Im asking this actually haha, correct me if im wrong.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
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Originally Posted by EnhAnceD
The reason I need to stop 3 weeks prior is so that the levels of npk can even out right. It will take longer for my buds to cure if I dont stop with nutes early. I think Im asking this actually haha, correct me if im wrong.
its not so much that it'll take longer, but you want the plant to kind of run out of nutes before you chop them down - mainly its to take the chemical taste out of the smoke
looking good btw! i am surprised they are stretching as much as they are with the lights you have in there.
where'd ya pickup the bong for 25$ btw? thats a pretty good steal... i've been trying to find a good place to order one from recently but i haven;t really found much I like. i've mostly been looking at acrylic ones though since thats all i've used before, i;m a little afraid of breaking a glass one :\
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Im in ontario canada so we have shops all over that sell bongs, pipes, papers, bowls, everything. I got it from a local bigbee. Ya, they stretched alot b.c I left on vacation for a week and my mom was watching them, she had the lamps a bit far away, she hasnt grown in years, and nevr with cfls, but she kept them alive so I cant complain. In a weeks time I will swap out all 4100k lamps and go 2700k all. Its just one plant so, she be fine haha. Thanks for stopping by.:rastasmoke:
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
wow, i've never seen bongs that nice in a bigbee.... i suspect we live very close to one another haha - considering big bee only exists in niagara region and hamilton i think lol
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Haha thats awesome syde. Ya I live in the niagara region really close to niagara falls. WHere you abouts? Ya I actaully just went to T.O and checked out nearly all the smoke shops, thc lounge, all of it. I even went to the kindred cafe, paid 5 bucks for all day access, you get to use their rooms with internet, tv, and vaporizers, and they even had a rooftop chill spot, sooo sick, chill on young street and when you wanna blaze head to kindred haha. It was even on my hunnymoon haha. Ya the guy I got it from gave me a deal cuz Im always in there getting wraps.
Either way it smokes incredibly.
Plus my wife likes it which is mainly the reason I got it.
I thought Id update today with some pics just b.c I changed the room a bit I added 2 reflectors as well. Plus shes looking massiveeeee.
Front door.
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2 feet tall
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Thanks again for the help guys.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
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Originally Posted by EnhAnceD
Haha thats awesome syde. Ya I live in the niagara region really close to niagara falls. WHere you abouts? Ya I actaully just went to T.O and checked out nearly all the smoke shops, thc lounge, all of it. I even went to the kindred cafe, paid 5 bucks for all day access, you get to use their rooms with internet, tv, and vaporizers, and they even had a rooftop chill spot, sooo sick, chill on young street and when you wanna blaze head to kindred haha. It was even on my hunnymoon haha. Ya the guy I got it from gave me a deal cuz Im always in there getting wraps.
I;m right in niagara falls actually :) Lived in Toronto for about 5 years before though, never really did check out much of the head shops when I lived there, but then again, most of them didn;t exist then... i think THC on younge st. was probably about the only one i knew of.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
ya young street had about 4-5 places. This one shope had 3 levels, middle was all hemp clothing, braclettes, all that crap, uppper level had soo many kinds of papers and TONES of glassware. I was drooling. Thats cool you live in Niagara Falls to man. Good place to be.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
So I got some pics, the buds are getting me excited. The sugar leaves are starting to get frosty. Ive decided to take 4 cuttings from the button of my plant. Im going to run out in the morning and get a root hormone and Im going to attempt clone them and then stick each one under a lamp and see if I can juice her better as the cuttings will be from the very bottom. They just havent gotten high enough and as the plant grows up they stay low.
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This is a pic of the bottom of the plant. There are about 4 arms that are small and are getting hairs, but I dont think they are getting the light they need. So Im gonna chop them down.
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this is how tall she is. aprox 28inches tall.
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Tricomes are a starting.
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Gonna wait 3 days and post some pics.
Im also watering with some MG Bloom mix 5-30-5, watering 1/4 nutes 3/4 water and at a quarter strength. We will see in a couple days how she reacts.
Im off to bed. Night all.:rastasmoke:
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
Things are looking nice over in these parts! :thumbsup: Can't wait to see how much they fatten in the following weeks. Keep up the good work m8!:D
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
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Originally Posted by Italiano715
Things are looking nice over in these parts! :thumbsup: Can't wait to see how much they fatten in the following weeks. Keep up the good work m8!:D
Oh I know dude, the leaves are getting frosty and they are deffinitly going to bud up over the next 5 weeks so, ya thanks.:jointsmile:
Im out.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
So Yesturday morning I decided that I was going to make cuttings out of 6 of the arms that were about 70% smaller than the rest and I did. I did not have a razor and I realize that would be better for a clean cut. BUT what I did use was a pair of mini clipping snippers that are made for this kinda thing, paid 15 bucks for them, so they better be good. I cut close to the main stem and after I made an angled cut for the bottom as well. I used the snippers and made small cuts in the stems about 15mm up from the bottom to give stronger spots for root development. I went out and bought a gel root hormone that you dip the end in about 15mm. So I planted them all in dirt and by the end of yesturday they were looking horrible, droopy as hell, there was nearly no strength in the stems, they turned to rubber. Now I made these cuttings in the morning b.c I figured right after clipping them off the mother they should go into the light and start growing but now that I think about it, it may have been a better idea to do it at night so they could rest and attempt to adapt before they start "trying"to grow. If anyone has a thought on that or can advize something better for cloning please do so.
I do realize that I am 3 weeks into flower, but these branges were going nowhere. a few were getting white hairs but only a couple. So I figured if I could get them to root then at least I could get fatter nugs on these then if they were on the plant. Ive read so many different oppinions on if its a good idea to trim branches early, later, not at all, different lengths from main stem, the fan leaves, all this stuff and I cant come to a conclusion so Im just going to see. I did however read a thread that talked about clipping the fan leaves off being no good, he displayed a picture where the bud arm on the side where he removed the fan leaf was significantly smaller than the one with the leaf. To bad I read that after I removed a bunch of them. I dont really feel that bad tho b.c this girl had her tips burned a few times by the lamps as Im doing a cfl grow so I try and get the lights close as possible, and honestly I cant believe I am growing cronic b.c this girl had a lamp fall on her earlyer in veg and that fucked up alot of fan leaves which is why I removed them, but like, I feel bad for the plant, Im surprised she hasnt hermied with all the ruffing around shes gotten. Shes growing so tall to I really dont know what Im going to do if she keeps growing. She is probably 30 inches tall today. I kinda wish I trained her b.c the main stem keeps shooting up. Like Im on day 24 of flower, will this stop, maybe next time I should start flower earlier. I dunno.
Ill go take some pics in a bit an upload them, the cuttings are looking stronger so Im going to be patient. So ya. Hope everyones doing good. Happy 4th of july.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
hey man, i suspect your problem with the clones was that you didn;t use a humidity dome with them.
They need to be kept in super high humidity for about 7-10 days after you cut them while you are waiting for them to start growing roots.
I took the cheap-ass route and just cut the tops off of water bottles and put them over the plants - just gotta take them off for a few minutes every couple days so they get some fresh air. if you get store-bought domes though, they normally have little windows in them that you can open so you don;t have to do that.
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Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt
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Originally Posted by syde00
hey man, i suspect your problem with the clones was that you didn;t use a humidity dome with them.
They need to be kept in super high humidity for about 7-10 days after you cut them while you are waiting for them to start growing roots.
I took the cheap-ass route and just cut the tops off of water bottles and put them over the plants - just gotta take them off for a few minutes every couple days so they get some fresh air. if you get store-bought domes though, they normally have little windows in them that you can open so you don;t have to do that.
Ya lol, I didnt do enough research and now that Ive done it and they have dropped out to the nth degree I really wish I didnt.
I read the few links I got in another post and found that I did many things wrong in this.
1. didnt use a dome. DIdnt know. I did go to CanadainTire and found a bunch of those small little dirt circes, the ones that when you add water they get bigger and have a mesh shell to hold the dirt. But I didnt get them b.c I thought they were only for seeds.
2. I didnt use a razor blaze, thought I should but was impatient and used these good snippers I got from home hardware.
3. Cool dry air moving around and no moisture, it does get to about 82 degrees f but still I just didnt start it out right.
4. I didnt scrape the bottm 15 mm I put little cuts all around 15mm up from the bottom.
5. I didnt water her heavily before hand.
6. I dipped my cuttings right into the gel.
7. I cant give them 24 hour light. Id have to get a new cubby, which now
that I think about it I do have one. Hmm, well have to see.
So ya they were looking so bad I just decided to get rid of them, the leaves were drying up hard core and getting yellow. They are still in the dirt and sitting there. Anyone think I should go get a dome and give em another go?