Small Grow first time All CFL

[stickyichy]

well im sure my plants might go Hermie with the amount of stress i have put on them so far. i mean i had them under a small 18 watt white light florescent for the first week then moved them into 135 watt white light CFL... Re potted them because they were to stressed and then put them under some natural lighting 6500k CFL. So stress is their name at this point. but who knows i am hoping for the best and well i think now that everything is straightened out it will work.

stickyichy Reviewed by stickyichy on 11-06-2007. Small Grow first time All CFL This is my first log and first grow here! Few of them problems i face right now. i'm still in the set up stage and i have to keep this room a secret so its hard for me to work on it. I am going to have 6 CFL going at once. I don't know what is better. a light cycle that is a 24/0 or something like 18/6... power bill is not a problem so id rather go 24 hours if its better. since i took so long setting up my room my plants stretched way out. im wondering if this is going to be a problem for Rating: 5

[GreenLadyOfDankDowns]

What is your grow medium?

[stickyichy]

if your asking about the size of the grow i'm yeah defiantly small to medium i don't expect a lot and well i would be happy with anything!

[Mic-Mechanic]

So long as there aren't real visible signs of stress (sad wilty plants). I mean some stress is unavoidable, espically for us newbies.

He wasnt asking about the size, he meant what soil or soil substitute are you using?

Anyhow, keep us posted on how your plants are!

[klondike_bar]

im growing under similar lights. i actually mad a plywood board with cheap wiring and 6 sockets.

ive got 3 23-watt daylights, 2 60watt floodlights (incandesent) and a 60watt household reg. bulb since one cfl died.

theyre finicky, expect to replace one by the end of the month. besides that, my plants love em, arch towards the cfls and not the floods yellowish light.

(ps: my plants are happily 2 ft tall at 7 weeks old and 2 weeks flowering)

PPS: by grow medium, he meant soil, rockwool, etc, not crop size. looks like soil tho

[GreenLadyOfDankDowns]

LOL! No no no. I meant, what is your medium, as in soil or coco? A mix?

if your asking about the size of the grow i'm yeah defiantly small to medium i don't expect a lot and well i would be happy with anything!

[stickyichy]

Oh well to answer that. i got some potting soil from the grochery store. Turf King Potting soil. Its Nitrogen .10% phospale .05% and potash.05%
It says it comes with a 30day feeding already in the soil. I just figured this would be better then plan old dirt out of my yard.

[klondike_bar]

good idea. id suggest feeding it it more ferts tho as soon as ya can, even in reduced amounts... if you dont want to shell out for hydroponic pro. stuff, ive always had a great experience with miracle gro

[stickyichy]

yeah i have had good experances with the grow spikes you can buy at the stores. You just need to chop them up and then let them desolve in water. I give them some water feedings of that plus normal water feedings so that they dont get an overflow of nut.

[stickyichy]

Just a quick question.... so i noticed that after i put up some reflection it got a little warm on my plants so i put in a fan. It was pretty noisey so i took it apart and spayed it with a little w840. the only thing i'm worried about is if w8-40 is bad on fast moving parts such as a house hold fan.

Its also getting kind of cold here and well the place i have might as well be outside under cover... i cant keep it warm when the lights are off so do you think it would be best to run at 24-0 just for heat purposes?