First grow. Looking for advice

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Originally Posted by canni13is

I found a grow shop in my local area that is a growers paradise. I picked up 3 bags of fox farm ocean forest, clonex, some root starters, and some koolbloom dry. I took some cuttings from my other female plant who i feel has some good qualitys that i want (vigiorous growth, medium height, very bushy). This is my first attempt at cloning so only time will tell. I also started my furtherest along plant on a its first nute feeding. I started very very very light maybe if lucky 1/4 of regular dose. Attached are some pics of her. She looks yummy and i cant wait to burn the bitch. :jointsmile: Im still undecided on my lighting. the guy at my grow shop was very positive on using CFL's. I was thinking i might just mix the spectrums rather then just going all 6500k. He suggusted to wait till my next grow as switchin spectrums at this point would put unneeded and unwanted stress on them. But at least ill be better prepared on my next grow.

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Hey Cann your plant looks nice man:thumbsup:. The cfl's did well for me, but i think we all want that killer set up. I know i will some day as well as your self. Looking like your going to smoke some nice buds off her soon:jointsmile:

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This first grow was really to just learn from, if i get anything smokeable i will be really really happy. All my plants are from HQ bagseed so i figured they were gonna be just as good as the stuff that was in the bag if not hopefully better. The more i got to think about it the more i was pushed towards using nutes. If im gonna learn i might as well try to cover as many details as i can on this test grow. My next grow i wanna be alot better prepared and armed with info to help my girls serve me better. In the end i wanna be able provide for myself and maybe have a little extra to socially smoke with friends. I dont need a big large grow nor do i want one. Just enough to get by. Thanks everyone for helping and watching me learn.

So i have started to build a CFL lighting system for a walkin closet i have. I used a T12 fixture and attached security light fixtures to the inside. I only have 1 light fixture added as i wanted to make sure it would work good and be a nice clean install for me. the setup will hold 22 bulbs ( double that if i put in a Y splitter per lamp). This should provide me plenty enough light for the closet. the fixture itself only has cost me about $50 plus all the bulbs but i already have 11. I have included some pictures of the fixture. 1 of the pictures is photoshoped to give a better idea what final product will look like when done. Let me know your thoughts.

I also wanna get some opinions or advice on spectrums. Currently right now im only using 6500k spectrum bulbs for both veg and flower. Have been reading and talking to people and seems there is alot of knowledge about using more warm and redish spectrums during flowering opposed to blueish. What if i ran Full spectrum for both would that be better? what am i losing by running only 6500k in flowering. what would i be losing if i didnt run 6500k at all in flowering.

well with MH and HPS its better to run both i run both spectrums with cfls but that because i never have enough for all cool or all warm i use wat i have like you should do! the plants never notice ....shit when i was about 14 me and my cousn grew three females with two 60wat bulbs they strecht alot but it was good bud when it was done i think it took like 4 month to grow about a foot and i dont remember how long they flowered for but yor light setup is wat cfls growers wetdream about

new pics as of today. Soon im going to get a microscope so i can start actively watchin the trichs. Dont wanna harvest too soon or too late.

looks like my first grow. i recommend less water. those roots go deep and these plants can go with out water for some time. and since you are using CFL... no heat so you will want to wait for about 4-6 days before a real watering and maybe a little mist inbetween. you want those leaves t perk up towards the light.

Think as tho the trichs protect the plant... so less water the more trichs will produce trying to protect the plant from the light.

I havnt watered that plant in 8 days. I dont water if i feel any moisture in the soil and i go down 4-5 inches. I do however mist once a day. Thou the plant pictured is 105 days old, leaves are dying and its coming to an end. I dont think there is much more "perking" this plant is gonna do. Another one of my plants just started flowering and looks as you describe, nice green color, leaves pointing sky high and very happy. I will post pictures of her tomorrow. The plant pictured was my first plant ever grown, i abused her alot. the fact that she is producing any buds at all let alone the quality of the ones she has now is a miricle.

Well i finished my CFL lighting system as well as preparing a new grow area. This closet area is 6"x2"x6". I lined it with Reflectix Insulation. http://www.reflectixinc.com/images/u...s%20larger.jpg. I added a 6 Inch fan in the top corner of the area for air movement. The CFL lighting system holds 20 bulbs and each head can be adjusted any direction. Im thinking about moding the reflector a bit to extend out more so it can actually reflect all the light downward. FRom the looks of it i should be able to fit about 8-10 plants in there. I will be laying a sheet of wood on top of a few blocks so the plants are not sitting directly on the floor thats why there is no Refeltix on the bottem 6 inches of the wall ( waste ). If anyone can give me any advice to better prepare this area for my new grow that doesnt involve alot of installation that would be cool.

I picked 4 of these bad boys up for $13.00 a piece at home depot.68w 2700k and 4200 lumens on a cfl is great considering it doesnt put out alot of heat light can be spot directed.