First Grow, 500$ and a dream

[Zcomp]

Cloning is not an easy process, So read up on that if you want to give it a go. Now is probably a fine time to start flower. Remember that they double, triple and sometime's quadruple in size during flower.
A little hint on cloning, Remember in 3rd grade when your teacher had you grow marigold or whatever in a 2-liter bottle with saran wrap on top. Then we had put them in a windowsill,
That has much of the principles of cloning in that experiment.

[JoeSchmoe]

Well I am now two days into flowering, and have switched my plants over to 12 12 light cycle. It turns out that my best plant was a male so I had to pull it out. I have now run out of room for LSTing, so I am let my plants grow upwards now. My lights have been switchd to red color for optimal flowering. I think i did pretty good 1 out of 5 plants male, I would say that is a pretty good ratio. Here are some pictures of my crop

[tokr2153]

lookin good man thats one of the nicest cfl grows i seen in a while:thumbsup:

[JoeSchmoe]

Well I am now a week into flowering. I have started feeding my plants 5-30-5 bloom nutes and adding sugar to the water mix. Im not sure if this is better or worse the molasses but, i think it will have to same effect. I have added a 150watt HPS light into my grow cab along with the full setup of CFL bulbs. So now I have a mix of lights. I didnt realize how much more watering my plants needed, I almost killed one of them by not watering it enough. I solved a problem with my PH also where it was to alkaline, so i started adding a cup of lemon juice to the water to bring the PH down and it seems to have worked well. Because of my early low stress training ( Thanks zcomp) I have over twice the bud sites that I would have had otherwise. I just hope the plant dont outgrow my cab, I have about 3 feet of verticle room left.

[Zcomp]

lookin goood!!
Its a shame when your actually sorry you didn't get more males. I had a space issue too after 5/6 of my seeds turned Fem. Turns out though that 2 of my friends where happy to receive a fem.(I only had space for 3).
That does look pretty stuffy. whats your RH?? do you have a min/max humidity meter??
Once budding really starts your gonna have to keep a close eye on that. Dense buds need under 60% RH.
Keep up the good work :thumbsup: .

[JoeSchmoe]

whats RH? and no i dont have a humidity meter.

[Zcomp]

RH = Relative Humidity(Average Humidity), Hey no prob you don't have one. You should stop at walmart and check one out. Mine is about 2"*3", its digital and has a "min" and "max" button(this way I can check how it got overnight).
Its not a big prob until about 1 to 1-1/2 Months into flower. After that you'll need to check it. Good airflow is #1 when buds hit.
Check you out soon.
Ps. I found the meter in the home section not the garden for my store. Yours may be diff. but don't give up. You need one and there only about $6.

[Shovelhandle]

Joe, I started my grow on 12-12 just about the same time as you...we're still on pace for a coincidental harvest. I also have a space issue as my first dozen to sex were females! I still have two bubblegum to sex as they got a few week later start when the first batch of BG seedlings didn't fare well.

Oh, and your plants are looking healthy as heck!

Shov

[CannabisCarl2134]

More!!! The people demand more Flicks!!! Nice Grow.

[JoeSchmoe]

well its now week two of flowering and the plants are growing some really nice buds. I have been misting in the cab to keep the humidity up and have increased the bloom nutes. My PH is still under control and the plants are really getting fat.











I can hardly wait to sample some of this marvolous weed