First grow with cfls and bag seed

Well after months of filling my mind with knowledge while my lungs were filled with smoke. I'm finally goin to start growin just bag seed (piney sativa/indica stone :thumbsup:) right now untill i can get a good grasp on how things work.


Its been about 2 and half days since my baby sprouted its about an inch 1/2 under 24/7 light. soil is mg feeds plants up to 3months, temp stays around 73-80 theres a small fan constantly blowing.

I do have a few ?'s

1. How is the proper way to lst i know its supposed to have 4 or 5 sets of leaves but how do you tie it?

2. Is plant food anygood for mj, i am going to get some fox farm nutes but i was just wonderin bout the plantfood though?

I know i had a few more but i cant remember right now oh well, I'll post pics as soon as i find my camera.


Its almost 4:20 so got to go :jointsmile:

Quick update another seed sprouted tuesday oh yeah i have them both under a 26w daylight cfl and a 23w cfl they are doin great wish i could find my camera though well happy growin everyone

First of all... Congrats and Good luck on your new adventure :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Richol

soil is mg feeds plants up to 3months, temp stays around 73-80 theres a small fan constantly blowing.

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The MG is considered pretty hot for starting seedlings. How big are your pots? Hopefully nice and small to start out. I'm not sure if plants can be too young to have their soil flushed... but that might help cool off the MG. You'd have to be really gentle though. Also, since it "feeds up to 3 months," and you are eventually getting Fox Farm nutrients... don't bother with that "plant food." Most of them are not appropriate for Cannabis anyway. You will only want to start using the FF when the nutrients have been used up in the pre-fertilized soil. Look up info and pics of what plants look like when they need a specific N-P-K. That way you won't burn your plants when you start the good stuff. (I used the Fox Farm trio and it is super user friendly :hippy:) 73-80F is a pretty good range to shoot for. Is the air re-circulating from the room or do you have a separate intake source for fresh air? And fans blowing in the room are good too.

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Originally Posted by Richol

1. How is the proper way to lst i know its supposed to have 4 or 5 sets of leaves but how do you tie it?

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I'm not sure about a minimum age for LST, but 4-5 nodes is a good one to shoot for. It's no longer a seedling, but a young plant in the vegetative state and can handle some manipulation. There are plenty of in-depth threads... actually:
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...-training.html

That has a lot of good info and a few pics. It's really a simple way to improve your potential harvest. Perfect for the beginner who wants added budsites, but doesn't want to risk making a bad cut and stressing the plant... or worse :( You can really be pretty creative with the training. Especially with CFL's because you want to expose every spot to usable lumens. It's really IDEAL for it. Even if you only tie down the main cola... it helps. But be gentle!

P.S. You have probably read that CFL's should be placed only 2-3 inches above the plants... which is very true. They don't spit lumens out very far. BUT at this point, since they are so young, you don't have to have them very close at all. It doesn't need such intense light and it will also just dry up the soil faster. Just in case you got them sitting right on top of the cups.;)

And find your camera.... :stoned:

Thanks TM1 i have them in some 16oz cups the air is re-circulating from the room with a small fan blowin in the box, the temp usually stays from 73-78 with a couple of 80's but not that long the hum. is 40 to 45%.


Thanks for the LST link also

well heres an update, my first plant to sprout isnt doin so good :( i think its stopped growin cuz its been about 1 week since it sprouted and the second one is two days behind it, but it already caught up with it and now startin to pass it.


here are some pics of when the first one sprouted [attachment=o199923]

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then the second one
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here they are now the one with the bigger leaves is the first one that sprouted

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One seed per cup/pot. It's almost impossible to transplant two seedlings from one container. The whole purpose of the small cup, is to allow the seedling to become rootbound, before transplanting...:thumbsup: Two seedlings will get tangled up.

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Originally Posted by Dutch Pimp

One seed per cup/pot. It's almost impossible to transplant two seedlings from one container. The whole purpose of the small cup, is to allow the seedling to become rootbound, before transplanting...:thumbsup: Two seedlings will get tangled up.

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thanks for the info

You are free to begin LST anytime, you don't have to wait until there's 4 or 5 sets of leaves. I usually start at 1.5 - 2 weeks. I usually screw some drywall screws into the rim of the pot, then use string or twist ties to pull the plant over & tie down with.
If you want to see some pics, I have them :)

I'm not sure about anyone else but some pics WOULD be nice to keep in mind for my next operation.

Happy Tokin:jointsmile: