Orangeman's 1st log!

[WeedyBoyWonder]

Cool grow Orangeman, we have pretty much the same thing 1 week into flower. Also had a bug problem, but lucky we didn't over use the killer. Similar temperature problem aswell, its at about 95d F but we can't put holes in the walls for fans and such.
Enjoy the smoke you get. Homegrown produce.

[invision]

Well of course a CFL would be better lol but I don't have any so hey it's better than nothing. And honestly if you go back to the first few pages rather you realize it or not my plants were growing under 300 watts of incandescents so trust me, they do work. Their only flaw is the heat, other than that it's just as normal as any other light. I mean FFS it is light lol.

but is the added heat really needed this time a year from a bulb that doesnt do shit but make things hot?

cmon man you should know better than that and that 250watt light can and will produce over a 1/4 pound of herb so dont lose hope and get mad over mistakes made from being new at it, my 1st plant wasnt all that great but hey it was mine and i grew it out to what it was.

if you dont already have one get a glass cool tube for you if keeping the light close to the plants is a problem, its a 70.00 investment that wull save you from killing your neibors from being frustrated.

mdhydro.com

[orangeman]

but is the added heat really needed this time a year from a bulb that doesnt do shit but make things hot?

cmon man you should know better than that and that 250watt light can and will produce over a 1/4 pound of herb so dont lose hope and get mad over mistakes made from being new at it, my 1st plant wasnt all that great but hey it was mine and i grew it out to what it was.

if you dont already have one get a glass cool tube for you if keeping the light close to the plants is a problem, its a 70.00 investment that wull save you from killing your neibors from being frustrated.

mdhydro.com

Well the more I study my grow, (and yet I'm still reading as I go on for more and more knowledge) the more I am experience and realize different things I never thought that mattered. And rather you realize it or not I have an open space so I am losing a lot of light that could have been directed towards my plants with that 250 watt. The only way I could efficiently use that as in utilizing all the light I have would be to build a cabinet. I don't have an air cooled hood or anything to exhaust the heat from the light so I have to keep them at 15'' which is limiting it's penetration. Trust me I'm the one monitoring my grow and I see the suffering that bottom growth is going through due to lack of light. When I added the new bulb those bottom bud sites just lit up, now that I rotate my plants everyday the bottom growth is developing faster. And no heat is not an issue because I have a fan in there, and I learned how to control the dehumidifier. Now the temp doesn't even rise above 83 degrees. I'm not trying to sound arrogant but me being new has nothing to do with this. Everything I've studied hard for has just lights up like a bulb in my head when I actually encountered it, it's just how I thought it would be and I think I know what I'm doing.

Unless you've actually tried an incandescent then I can understand how you would think, because of what everyone else says, that they are rendered useless..not true. In fact I'll start to show the bottom growth to show how it's picking up. And the only way for ME to yield 1/4 lb of herb with a 250 watt would be for me to get an even canopy and or ScroG WHICH I didn't do and do not have have, it's like a tree with lower bud sites, trust me I know how to work my grow and you'll see in the end that everything that I'm doing is going to pay off. I know exactly what I could and can do but this thing is probably only going to go on for a maximum of 3 more weeks so I'm working with what I have. Next time will be better because I know a few things that I'm going to upgrade and change. I got this. :thumbsup:

[horror business]

Orangeman, I'm sure it's doing something (the incandescent bulb) but probably something minor. Yes, now your plants have light, where they didn't before, but that light is not of the right spectrum or anything to do anything sufficient. You can go to wal-mart, and get a low-wattage CFL, for under 5 dollars. You can get a 150-watt equivalent warm CFL at wal-mart for 8 dollars. You COULD flower a plant under that, so by adding it to the lower bud sites, they would increase a lot more, than that basically useless light.

So, do your plants a favor, and get a CFL instead of that incandescent. You'll be happier in the long run.

Oh, and by the way, last year, when I first started, I used an incandecent on my first attempt. It without saying failed. My second attempt, when I used a CFL, it grew like it should.

Yes, a plant will grow under it, but very poorly, and it will not flourish.

[orangeman]

Well it's not like I was depending soley on that incandescent to grow my plant I mean I still do have a 250 watt. I'm just saying I don't have a CFL and I'm not going out to buy one so I was just using that. It's not like I'm doing anything wrong I mean they are still growing...but anyways I'm going out of town on Monday or Tuesday...dunno which one so I'm gonna water them one last time next week Sunday or Monday and then that will be the last time. I don't expect them to go for any more than 2 more weeks so I'm gonna start giving them straight water from now on after the next watering. Btw people seemed disappointed when I added the incandescent so instead I removed it and put reflective material on the underside of the floor so that light reflects back up. Anyways..unless it was just growing like it should have I did see some improvement but any who pray for my plants. I don't want to feed them and then come back and they're burned lol but I don't think they should be, they seem to like the nutes.

[orangeman]

Btw, is it cool if the lights are warm on the tops? Not hot or uncomfortable...just warm. Because I can't go down there to turn on the fan right now. Some people are staying the night down there.

[orangeman]

One question, they say to stop feeding at least 2 weeks before harvest. Well Tuesday makes the 8th week so I've decided to stop feeding the plants already. Since I'm not feeding it anymore it wont slow the bud growth down will it? I don't think I've completely run out all of the nutrients out of the soil yet but I'm not feeding it anymore. I'll probably have pictures up next week.

[orangeman]

I took a sample off today. Tomorrow makes week 8. Cuttin next week probably. It hurt when I snipped it off, I didn't even snip off the whole bud, just most of it. I missed some lol. Not to mention the circuit breaker switched off because of too much power for a few mins, but after like 2 mins I switched it back on and the lights came back on. I hope it didn't stress em out too bad :-/. Most trichomes were milky and clear but I saw a trichome or two that seemed a bit black. Maybe it was amber but it was small so it looked like there was black in it.

[horror business]

Well, don't be disappointed or get discouraged if you don't get that high off of the bud you sampled as it looks quite immature, judging by the stigmas. It will have no reflection on the finished product, so if it isn't that great, don't worry it will be, but if it is great already, then you'll be in for a treat once it's finally done. It's looking great as it is.
Peace :rasta:

[orangeman]

I think it'll be good.