McToker's 1st Grow with CFL

[BeFree]

Thanks for stoppin' in my log. :jointsmile: And yeah, it was a slight bummer.
But, it's happens and it's something you got to get used to. (slaying the pollen maker), that is.

Are the brown spots spreading? Or is it clearing up?

And the one with both sexed flowers? What are ya gona do with that one? :stoned:

Sorry about the questions. Hehe, wake 'n :bigsmoke:

Have a good one McT. :jointsmile:

[McToker]

BeFree ~ I think the brown spots were just damage from getting beat up by the fixed fan I had in tent. That plant was directly in front of the fan. It is now living happily in the back yard. If anything, the spots are worse but now it is getting beat up by the wind.

The hermie is in the yard, too. He/she is sprouting lots of bud sites. I needed to clear out some space in the tent anyway as things were getting pretty crowded. If the hermie pollinates itself and the one with the spots, then I'll have some more seeds for the next grow.

So far they are both enjoying the "real" sunlight even though it's 110 degrees outside.

When life deals you lemons................ make lemonade!

[BeFree]

Ah, okay. Thanks for the informative post. =)
Must be why a couple fan leaves in my grow box are showing some brown damage spots because I get stoned, let the lights go out and forget about the 24/0 fan in there. Hehe.

I'd like the pollen bud the trinode and get a batch of seeds with the chance of the same minor deformity. But I gots nowhere to finish him at.

No one talks about the sugar additives we put in the 'said' lemonade.:hippy:

Be Good McT.

:jointsmile:

[killa12345]

Nice log McToker....the plants look great and the CFL light contraption you made looks awesome.....good luck....the grow looks to produce some dank.....i wish you sucess in the near future...

[McToker]

Thanks killa.

Just got done feeding the babies. It would appear that we have met the criteria for moving on to the flowering phase:

1) Most of the plants are at 1/2 the height we would like to end up with.

2) Lots of branches have alternating nodes.

3) Preflowers are starting to show. Second oldest sprout is a GIRL!!!:dance::clap::rastabanna:

I'll probably let them veg for a few more days until my new light hanger arrives. That way we can change out the bulbs and install the new hanger at the same time. Besides, it may give a few more plants a chance to show their sex.

[weedheaduknow]

thanks for the info, i hope your grow goes well and please enjoy that shit!!

[anbesol]

YEAH! THATS GREAT LOOKIN'

If you go into flower with CFL's....haha, add more light. like more light near the bottom. I used a vanity light at the base of my plants for more light. it plumped the lowers up. I just finished harvesting. I know your trying to keep it relativly cheap, but even if you add some 60 watts or 20 watts at the bottom would be beneficial.

However, You have such a large homebox, you should be running a 400 watt. you can. If i had the space, and extra cash for electric bill ($90 a month by my est.) i would.

[McToker]

Thanks anbesol.

Any side or bottom lights will have to wait until I can thin out the number of plants to make room. We were going to wait to start flowering but now plan to make the switch today.

Today's plant inspection may cull out a couple more plants. We'll see. We could certainly use the room. Most of the babies are getting quite bushy.

Ultimately, I'd like to get it down to 3 or 4 plants. Time will tell.

[McToker]

Weird It would seem that an entire post from yesterday has vanished.

Oh well.......... Maybe tomorrow it will magically reappear.

In any case, here's a recap.

Couldn't wait any longer. Plants were getting too tall. We changed out to the 2700k bulbs and put the timer on 12/12. We already had to raise the lights twice in the last 24 hours. I don't know if it's the new spectrum or the 12 hours of dark or both, but the plants are loving it.

An empty long-neck box made for safe storage of the bulbs.

One plant showed severe signs of either heat stress or salt build up. I think it was salt so we flushed it using our handy dandy flush bucket.

[BeFree]

Lookin' good, just like all the other times I stop by.:jointsmile:

You and the wife must have amazing green thumbs. Hehe. Also, the stretching completely normal when you start to flower. That means they are making the room for the buds to full out on the stems instead of getting too thick and not letting air flow. And you know that no air flow and moisture = mold. And bud rot is a true catastrophe. Take it easy McT.

Be Good:jointsmile:

Good vibes headed your way. :hippy: