CFL Bagseed, Take 2

[melodious fellow]

The 2 month old plant is officially dead

But with death, there is new beginning...... my seedlings have sprouted!

4 or 5 little sprouts popped up today... unfortunately I only have room in my set-up for 1 single 10 inch diameter pot. Perhaps I will try to transplant or kill the 2 or 3 weakest and then leave the 2 healthiest-looking plants growing together in the pot.

The seedlings are in the 60% - 40% peat moss and perlite mix with two 40 watt CFL's and one 23 watt CFL, for a total of 100 watts and 7150 lumens, under a 20 hours on, 4 hours off light cycle.

I am wondering if I should remove the 23 watt CLF, thus reducing the wattage and lumens to 80 watts and 5400 lumens. I ask this because I have read that in flowering, there should be at least twice as much light as the plants received in veg. In my small set up, I think I will only be able to fit enough CFL's to provide around 11,000 or 12,000 lumens maximum. So would it be better to veg under the current 7,150 lumens and then flower with 11 or 12 thousand, or veg under 5400 lumens, so when I switch to 11 or 12 thousand it will be double what they received in veg?

Also, how long can the peat moss/ perlite mix sustain the seedlings before I need to begin fertilizing? I am guessing I shall start feeding after 2 weeks? Then start flower stage after 5 weeks?

Still not much of a vent system: I had a small fan running at the bottom of my grow bucket, with the top of the bucket open for air to vent out I guess... unfortunately the fan runs on batteries.... after visiting every store in town, I could not find ANY small fans...

melodious fellow Reviewed by melodious fellow on 12-17-2007. CFL Bagseed, Take 2 The 2 month old plant is officially dead :( But with death, there is new beginning...... my seedlings have sprouted! 4 or 5 little sprouts popped up today... unfortunately I only have room in my set-up for 1 single 10 inch diameter pot. Perhaps I will try to transplant or kill the 2 or 3 weakest and then leave the 2 healthiest-looking plants growing together in the pot. The seedlings are in the 60% - 40% peat moss and perlite mix with two 40 watt CFL's and one 23 watt CFL, for a Rating: 5

[melodious fellow]

O, by the way,

The original grow was being logged in a thread in indoor growing entitled "closet set-up possible without box- please evaluate"

That was until the 2 or 3 month old purple something plant I had brought in from outside died.

So this shall be the new thread for my new seedlings.

Hopefully all you great growers can help me not kill my grow this time!

[melodious fellow]

These pics are from day 2. Hopefully everything looks peachy.

Except there are waaaay tooooo maaaannnny seeeeeeeedlings in one of the pots. The seeds were month old and had just been sitting around out in the light and air, and thus I planted 10 or so in one pot, thinking 2 would sprout. Well.....

Running two 40 watt CFL's and one 26 watt CFL for a total of 7150 lumens for the veg state, upping it to 16,000 lumens for flower.

Trying hard to get a pic up... damn server

[melodious fellow]

Here they are! Damn, I shore wish someone would reply

[melodious fellow]

Whoops, earlier I said the soil was 60%, 40% peat moss and perlite, but it is actually peat moss and Vermiculite

And it might be 50 50, not shore how accurate my mixing was...

[Zcomp]

separate those seedlings. Once there roots become entangled, You'll damage part of the roots when you transplant.
Also, is that a dead stump I see? You should remove those dead roots before some kind of rootrot kicks in.

[melodious fellow]

Hey Stinky, can you or one of the other mods move this to basic growing, as it is indoors, but is very ghetto *caughs* I mean "basic." lol.

Also, I think basic growing gets more traffic than indoor, yes? My replies have been swell

[melodious fellow]

The stump was the first plant, started outdoors 2 months ago, a purple something strain, that died from nute burn when brought indoors.

How should I transplant the seedlings the best way possible?

Also, as you can see I prolly do not have room for any more pots, other than maybe a small 2-3 inch diameter, but I wouldn't have the space to transplant later anyway...

So should I put a few in the other pot already in the grow bucket, since it has only one seedling so far:

Then raise 4 or 5 seedlings per pot for a few weeks, then decide which to keep, and leave 2 plants per pot?

[HateHeaven]

Your plants are around the same age as mine, I'll be checking on this :jointsmile:

[Zcomp]

Sorry mellow, I don't think that will work very well for ya. dead roots left in the pot will rot. I would personally use half of a dixie cup for each maybe(not sure your exact constraints). Then you can toss some later. Think about the trouble you'd have untangling roots. Better to have them rootbound than rootrotted.
2"-3" pots would be perfect for now. I've used 6" pots till the end(now I use 8" due to actual size discrepancies.)
But I do start them in 2" water bottle bottoms, transplant to 4" then 8".