my first grow 250 watts cfl
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Originally Posted by ILoveMaryJane<3
ya cause i had in with no light well general sunlight coming in de window and it spouted but that took about 3 weeks so I think ima try it propper now after de info u sent on hopefully it'll be a sucess like urs lol how's ur batch goin u still growing or budding?
budding for 3 1/2 weeks now, any problems let me know and ill do my best to help you, that guy low on my page is awesome with helping ppl also. So if im not around you can always ask him. But you really need to get some artificial light on em bro, it's winter well at least in ny and the sun is not that strong right now. Plus inside plants require inside light. For veg you dont need anything too serious go pick up some compact fluros the 23 watters seem to be the most efficient as far as lumens go, get enough to equal around 150-200 watts since you only have one plant and treat it well, cause unless it's a feminized seed it could be male so you gotta be careful with light leaks at night, what type of lighting schedule are you using bro?
my first grow 250 watts cfl
Billy so glad you asked my opinion, much love.
Okay, check your temps, make sure you've got a thermometer recording the highs and lows, you can see that your leaf tips are pointed up, not just the brown ones, but the edges as well, they're burning. I think the hots might actually be hotspots, did you accidentally let the plants grow into the lights? I've seen these spots before too on my bubbles, they grew into the CFL's and I didn't catch it for a few hours.
If its not nutes or mights, it's gotta be the temps.
Also check your humidity, and... are you foilar feeding? (using a spray bottle) - Water can act as a magnifying glass (seen this as well), if your not letting your water sit long enough, you might also be seeing drying out from the partials that are left after the water has evaporated.
Wanted to add - bottom trich's are already looking rich! gonna be a nice smoke :D If need be, trim off your fan leaves, you don't really need them, but don't let that spread.
my first grow 250 watts cfl
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Originally Posted by low_rdr
Billy so glad you asked my opinion, much love.
Okay, check your temps, make sure you've got a thermometer recording the highs and lows, you can see that your leaf tips are pointed up, not just the brown ones, but the edges as well, they're burning. I think the hots might actually be hotspots, did you accidentally let the plants grow into the lights? I've seen these spots before too on my bubbles, they grew into the CFL's and I didn't catch it for a few hours.
If its not nutes or mights, it's gotta be the temps.
Also check your humidity, and... are you foilar feeding? (using a spray bottle) - Water can act as a magnifying glass (seen this as well), if your not letting your water sit long enough, you might also be seeing drying out from the partials that are left after the water has evaporated.
Wanted to add - bottom trich's are already looking rich! gonna be a nice smoke :D If need be, trim off your fan leaves, you don't really need them, but don't let that spread.
It averages 80-84 during the day and gets to about 65 at night. My cfl's are pretty close but who doesn't have their cfl's close. My hps light is about 14 inches from the top, I really don't know if it's a hotspot as it started at the bottom then worked its way up and it's weird cause one part of the plant will be filled with it, then another half of the plant will be fine. I am starting to wonder cause I have a mixture of happy frog and roots organic perlite mix, but I made a big layer of straight roots organic at the bottom for extra drainage, and from what I can tell the roots organic is pretty acidic so my conclusion came to the roots at the bottom are sitting in the roots organic which is pretty acidic like I said and messing with the ph in that area,which would explain the one part of the plant being fine and one part spotting cause just the roots on the very bottom are laying in the layer of the soil-less mix,and the rest of the roots are just in the happy frog. Im at a loss of ideas here I will try to back the lights up a bit see if that helps but I dont know if its that, and no I stopped foliar feeding once the first sign of buds showed. Let me know what you think about my idea
my first grow 250 watts cfl
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Originally Posted by low_rdr
Billy so glad you asked my opinion, much love.
Okay, check your temps, make sure you've got a thermometer recording the highs and lows, you can see that your leaf tips are pointed up, not just the brown ones, but the edges as well, they're burning. I think the hots might actually be hotspots, did you accidentally let the plants grow into the lights? I've seen these spots before too on my bubbles, they grew into the CFL's and I didn't catch it for a few hours.
If its not nutes or mights, it's gotta be the temps.
Also check your humidity, and... are you foilar feeding? (using a spray bottle) - Water can act as a magnifying glass (seen this as well), if your not letting your water sit long enough, you might also be seeing drying out from the partials that are left after the water has evaporated.
Wanted to add - bottom trich's are already looking rich! gonna be a nice smoke :D If need be, trim off your fan leaves, you don't really need them, but don't let that spread.
Also I really have no means of checking humidity,I always wondered that basically whatever my house's humidity is is what the plants are. Now let me add it's winter here in ny and my furnace is now running and ik furnace heat and winter air equals DRY DRY DRY. You think this could cause these spots?
my first grow 250 watts cfl
I'd cover up the heat ducts in that room, and turn the bathroom exaust on....
Your cooking them - There should be a 5-10 degree difference in day/night cycles. Not a 20+ difference, so there is a small part, another one, is the ideal temps are 72-76 degrees. A good thermometer has an RH reading, this is room humidity (no, it isn't, it's relevant humidity, and no, this isn't edited, I'm high, so this is the shit I think in my head while I'm typing)
If the room is dry, yes, get some moisture in there, but the fact that your budding, you don't want it super moist, my cab is about 20%, I'm just building my new flower cab (DIY guide to come, maybe) and I'm going to keep that at about 20% as well. Could that cause the spots? Well, my BEST GUESS is a combination of the foilar feeding, the low lights (600w should be 18"), the high temps - Because you know if the room temp is 84, the plants closest to the lights are just under 100 - The lack of humidity and perhaps the roots, but if they're not leaking out the bottom hard core, I wouldn't be too concerned about that, but if your runoff is that acidic, I'm sure there are a few things you can do.
Just keep in mind, when you told me to give you my best guess, you told me to leave out nutes ;)
More pics!
my first grow 250 watts cfl
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You got some clones or seeds going? Your gonna wanna get them up quick, this is going to be a good harvest for you, but this wouldn't last me until the next crop time at 9+ weeks
my first grow 250 watts cfl
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Originally Posted by low_rdr
btw-
You got some clones or seeds going? Your gonna wanna get them up quick, this is going to be a good harvest for you, but this wouldn't last me until the next crop time at 9+ weeks
No im ordering seeds next week figure I got at least another 4 weeks of flower maybe more, not sure what strains I'm gonna go for yet. Whats a good site, I plan on switching to DWC soon hopefully before my next grow, just wanted to see if I could be successful in soil first, some things went wrong this grow but it could have been alot worse,now I will never make that mistake again or twice. I want to get a few auto flower strains, and some regular cycle plants,and this next grow I will keep a mother plant to take clones Just wanna find which strain is worth cloning. Hey your absolutely right about the temp difference the exhaust fan is always going though, but its a bathroom with tile floor and the heat vent is closed so the tile gets pretty cold at night which is why there is such a big difference. And I'm not foliar feeding!! I did however raise the HPS light, but kept the cfl's the same I changed my water too. I figure change the things I have not to rule everything out to fix the problem instead of doing the same old thing wondering why the problem persists. My run off averages low 6 so the run off is decent remind you I put it in at a high 8 so next grow I will use much less roots organic soiless mix.Thanks for your insight dude, always a pleasure
my first grow 250 watts cfl
I use the attitude - Some tips on your order, you can't successfully clone an auto flowering plant and expect it to grow, it will grow, but it will bud at the same time as the mom - Remember, the autoflower gene is in the genetics, its a timed release, not forced. You can still get quick flowering non autoflowering strains. Example is bubblicious, there is the normal strain which can be cloned, and the autoflowering strain. The auto finishes a few weeks faster, but the non auto yields more and can be cloned, non autos also react to topping better.
I build a carbon filter and I'm building a new flowering chamber now, I'm doing a DIY guide to the entire process, but I'm on my 4th or 5th joint break (I don't know, its all recorded) today, so a three hour job has gone, well, behind schedule... lol - Anyway, you'll be able to see how I handle some of these issues your dealing with now.
Also.... if its getting that cold in there because of the tile, use an electric blanket
Cmon now, I know I'm an engineer, but couldn't anyone have figured that out? :D Just teasin bro, but the electric blanked would be a good idea (maybe with a plastic drop cloth over the top... Cover your ass...)
Anyway, my new guide will be posted tonight, or tomorrow afternoon, depending on how many more breaks I take! :rasta:
my first grow 250 watts cfl
I put a little heater in there keeps it at 70 degrees and the ventilation fan is running so it doesnt get hot and stale. Since backing the lights up and making sure my run off is at least a low 6 things have seemed to get better. The progression of the brown dots have def slowed down, idk if it is completely fixed but as long as I can make it to the end of the flowering cycle I will be happy. The plaants grow extremely fast and every time I come home from work the buds get bigger and more dense. I know the plants are healthy by the rate they are growing just those damed brown spots, as long as it finishes right I'm happy I guess they just won't look very pretty, but idc, I will be chopping them down soon anyway :)
my first grow 250 watts cfl
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Originally Posted by low_rdr
I use the attitude - Some tips on your order, you can't successfully clone an auto flowering plant and expect it to grow, it will grow, but it will bud at the same time as the mom - Remember, the autoflower gene is in the genetics, its a timed release, not forced. You can still get quick flowering non autoflowering strains. Example is bubblicious, there is the normal strain which can be cloned, and the autoflowering strain. The auto finishes a few weeks faster, but the non auto yields more and can be cloned, non autos also react to topping better.
I build a carbon filter and I'm building a new flowering chamber now, I'm doing a DIY guide to the entire process, but I'm on my 4th or 5th joint break (I don't know, its all recorded) today, so a three hour job has gone, well, behind schedule... lol - Anyway, you'll be able to see how I handle some of these issues your dealing with now.
Also.... if its getting that cold in there because of the tile, use an electric blanket
Cmon now, I know I'm an engineer, but couldn't anyone have figured that out? :D Just teasin bro, but the electric blanked would be a good idea (maybe with a plastic drop cloth over the top... Cover your ass...)
Anyway, my new guide will be posted tonight, or tomorrow afternoon, depending on how many more breaks I take! :rasta:
I put a little heater in there keeps it at 70 degrees and the ventilation fan is running so it doesnt get hot and stale. Since backing the lights up and making sure my run off is at least a low 6 things have seemed to get better. The progression of the brown dots have def slowed down, idk if it is completely fixed but as long as I can make it to the end of the flowering cycle I will be happy. The plaants grow extremely fast and every time I come home from work the buds get bigger and more dense. I know the plants are healthy by the rate they are growing just those damed brown spots, as long as it finishes right I'm happy I guess they just won't look very pretty, but idc, I will be chopping them down soon anyway :)
