WSS, first grow(cfl), come watch !!

hey charbud, nice pics, I'm keepin up with your log. My sunflower plants are comin up on their 4th set of leaves already and it hasnt even been 2 full weeks yet since germination. So I've came up with my plan....There all in 16oz. dixie cups and I figure I don't have much space to grow in, keepin them in a box. I am going to have about 2.5 feet max to work with unless I make a bigger box. So I am going to put them into flower at 2.5 maybe 3 weeks and basically going to have 12 dixie cups all next to each other until they show sex...males will go immediately and hopefully be left with half females. After that I will space out the cups a bit to give them more room and add a few more cfl's. I'm just doin this on micro scale and don't really care as long as I get a decent amount from each(sunflower seeds that is). I will send you pics so you can see. So anyways what u think? btw I have a very retarded plant. leaves everywhere and there all disfigured and all. Idk but im keepin it. still healthy and green otherwise.

Looking 'GREAT' Charbud! :thumbsup:

How many days into flower are your girls then?

I know you've said 55 days since germination..... or are they autoflowering?

All the best :)

lookin nice man as far as ur light and height issues,,

!1. early on in the begining of flower or, the mid- late veg , u could have tied them down (LST) carefully! in order to amend your light level .
get a little more light to the lower areas. :thumbsup:

Also because the stems expand to allow mor water and nutes to the sbuds, in the begining of flowering, i sugguest that if you do any (LST) do it in the mid- late vegg. while the stems are still bend-able .. just B careful.

And any extra light is much accepted .. remember its adaptation when u bring a species into the new.... i think its somthing like 100k plus lumen that the sun beams onto the face of the earth per square inch .!? dont quote me yet
lol:jointsmile:

and in your closet your pumping 10k per ft or wht eva, and that diminishis after 3 feet to 2k and ths pushin it to survive.

JMPO

my lighting scedual fer the last 2 years indoor has been 17/7.
peeps think it kinda screwy but its jus my method..

and check out some greensand for the final transplant into bag/bucket

it dose wonders thruout the entire cycle..

:smokin:

hope this word helps

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Originally Posted by Tendril.traY

lookin nice man as far as ur light and height issues,,



and in your closet your pumping 10k per ft or wht eva, and that diminishis after 3 feet to 2k and ths pushin it to survive.

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sorry :( 20000

but do ya dig what im sayn':thumbsup:

Tendril.traY's i know what your sayin ! sounds like a nice little system you got goin on even though i dont really get the 17/7 ! i Havent really looked into lst'ing etc because im just too scared or ruining the plant ! but could do it with a bagseed or something so nothing is lost. thanks for all the info aswell, much appreciated.

Smallgrow - hope those 'sun flower' seeds are coming along well! i would highly:stoned: recommend 21 days of veg as that is what i have done and they only grew so big because as i put the light quite far away from the tops. Defiantly start a grow log and i will subscribe ! keep the retareded plant, there jokes to have jamming around the place - bathrooms, window ledges etc .

Monny - there about 35 daysish i think into flowering, cant be bothered to work out the precise time as im very tired !! lol. And they are not an auto flowering strain - peace

charbud :rastasmoke:

pretty much it boils down to somewhat of a bodyclock fer your ladies ..

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TIME IN--TIME OUT
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24 - 0 . your ladies are working full time,

20 - 4 . your ladies are working hard but they have a break.

18 - 6 . this is most preached and practiced !

(17 - 7) . my sched.

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so what im getting to, is i kinda just came around to the idea , thinking about putting my self in that work horse position..would i want to work 24hrs nonstop ..? NO... 20,18 so on and so on..

this is how it was met to be ..

in the light, the stems, leaves, and stock all do most of their growing.

in the dark, the tap root starts to search for water ,once found it sends out the fiberous roots .

this is why i use a bottom fed watering system, with some misting on the top soil .

if you watch those "dancing pot plant videos" when they reach up they are streaching and using the water that the roots pulled up the night before,

then they kinda fall and go limp thats when the roots are loading up the stem again

true they do this under 24 hrs but what im getting at is its a bit of a lighter load for the plant to carry .

if you work for your ladies they will pay you more then you excpect..

so this all might be a little confusing but im stoned and and tired

:stoned:

dreambig

Not to mention i went to the 2008 seattle hemp fest i got to meet ED Rosnthal and asked him about my 17 /7 idea and i made him

say

"hmmmm"

and i got a stoned nod :hippy:

happy today to you

does make more sense but it sounds that ED rosnthal was just as confused as me !! haha

ahahaha :D

'preciate the suggestions,makes alot of sense