my first closed cabinet grow. need all the help i can get.

[liviurock]

ps: do you think i coud flower this plant(assumming that it's a female) with my existing lights? (3X24WCFL, 2X6500K;1X2700K, aprox 4000 lumens)

liviurock Reviewed by liviurock on 02-09-2008. my first closed cabinet grow. need all the help i can get. hello all! this is my first grow ever, after a month or so i've build a cabinet for my little plant. i've germinated 3 bag seeds and only one made it. i think i've planted too deep the other 2. live and learn... here's my setup: -lights-3*23W CFL(2*6500K, 1*2700K)---aprox.4000 lumens -lights are on 18/6 for 3-4 for days , before that 24/0 and before that it was not sow exact schedrule... -light posted about 2-2,5 inches above the top of the plant -soil mixed with sand(20 % sand) -i've Rating: 5

[trynagethigh]

Hi Liv,

As far as flowering goes I would definitely add some more 2700K. These are the ones you want moreso for flowering. :thumbsup:

[liviurock]

hi to all.
the plant has started to grow real nice. i'm happy to anounce that the variegation pattern has dissapeard. thanks for the advices.
i've posted some pics with the plant.
btw do you think i can tell the sex? have the preflowers appeared?

[liviurock]

could you tell me please if the preflowers have appeared and if it's a male or a female?

[twitch]

nope cant tell... do u have them in flowering... as in the 12/12 cycle

[theelectrician]

hows the drainage of that soil? when u transplanted how was the dirt? 4real perlite is something i alwas add to my soil bout 10% dont now bout sand tho

[liviurock]

no, i don't have them in flower, the light cycle is 18/6, but i understood that it's possible to see the preflowers even in the veg state. anyway, thanks for the info.
the sand+soil works good for drenations...i tryed to find perlite but it's almoust impossible in my country, thats why i've gone with sand.

[liviurock]

can i bring it to flowering(12/12 light cycle) and then switch back to veg state without any stress to the plant, i mean turn it into hermi or someting like that?

[Backpacker420]

I have heard it's possible but causes a lot of stress to the plant.

Also, how did you wire the CPU fan? Can you just plug it in to an outlet?

[trynagethigh]

If you are trying to figure out if its a girl or not the plant will have to be in 12/12. Once it has been in 12/12 for a few days (or more), you will begin to see the pistils (girl), or balls (boy).

Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are trying to do. I am a little confused here as to why you want to switch it back into veg if you just changed it to flower.:wtf:

Are you asking if you can switch it back to veg after flowering and re-flower again?. If so, yes you can, but it may not yield as much as the first so I have heard. If you are trying to switch it back to veg after you have sexed them the answer is no you shouldnt because it may hermie from stress or worse if I am not mistaken.