My sexy Afghan first grow with CFLs

[GoldenGraham84]

yeah i do hydro (ebb/flow) with straight CFLs all the way through veg and flower. works for me. glad to hear your littluns are doing well!

[oSecretGardeno]

GG84, thanks for stoppin by. I am definitely looking into some sort of hydro for the next grow. I am pretty positive I am going to make a clone bubbler so I can attempt to keep a consistent SOG going.

Ladies are looking great. I got my yeast today so I set up a little trial CO2 generator. We'll see how it works out.

I just wanted to post some pics. They are growing so quickly now! 3rd and 4th set of true leaves coming out. They are staying nice and short also, which I am assuming is from adequate light. This is definitely key for my grow to reduce stretch so that I can take advantage of the low head room.

Alright the pics are as follows:

1. Big girl close up
2. The runt next to the CO2 bottle
3. The other big girl, about a day behind
4. Good shot of the big girl, she is leaning because of the light, I turned her and she'll head back by morning
5. The full room. Biggest girl, front left, 2nd place, back middle, runt and CO2 bottle from right.


Enjoy! Let me know if anyone sees anything going in the wrong direction... Much appreciated.

[oSecretGardeno]

damn, these ladies are growing crazy everyday. Even the runt is growing. The biggest of the plants (lets pray she is a female) is showing huge growth everytime I look. I have trouble keeping her away from the lights! I love the fact that they are using all that light and really producing now.

I think today is watering day! Should be fun!

I love these ladies!

Peace always,

:smokin:

[GoldenGraham84]

good to hear about the vigorous growth! hope that biggun is a girl!

[oSecretGardeno]

Hey whats up GG84? Thanks for stopping by again!! Definitely praying for girls ... as everyone on this site is haha.

I am about to go shopping for my clone bubbler supplies to make sure I have that all set up so I can cut some clones in a week or two. I was thinking about a few changes and/or additions, so tell me what you think:

1) Turn the current box into a permanent flowering box
2) Build a half sized clone/veg room.
3) Run a constant SOG with harvests every 2 weeks or so.
4) Move to DSW hydro.

Ambitious? I'd say so.

I am going to start with the hydro clone bubbler and a new clone box and then we can move on from there.

I'll post more details later when I am feeling up to it. Right now I'm going to water and snap some pics!

Peace all

:smokin:

[GoldenGraham84]

righteous! i actually just made a bubble cloner the other day. but i made the mistake of buying the cheapest air pump from wal-mart. had to go back and trade up for the bigger one. now i'm pleased. if you get a chance, buy a nice thick BLACK container (keeps the duct tape fiasco at bay). another lesson learned for me. the one clone i took and put into the bubbler, i don't expect to live. took it from a plant thats 40 days into flower! hope it all works out for ya man.

[oSecretGardeno]

hey GG84, I had a couple of questions (or anyone else watching for that matter). I am a virgin to hydro so I'd be interested to know what you use for nutes? I was going to use the suggestion of superthrive and thrivealive B-1 for the clones, but I don't really know what is best for normal vegging and flowering. I kinda wanted to get it all at once, so let me know. Also, how many clones do you cut at a time? just one? Have you taken clones from a vegging mother?

Sorry the question assault, I am just dying for knowledge on this. I have checked out a bunch of threads, but would like to hear what people have used and how things turned out.

Thanks!

:smokin:

[icbh707]

up too late and found your thread. im hooked, i cant wait to see what happens next, maybe its just the kush talking.
i love the enthusiasm. after so many runs, run after run after run...i think i lost that feeling you have when you look at your girls.
im about ready to toss the all 1000hps and make myself a little box room with some cfls...although my wife would leave due to insufficient funds...hhheeyyy!
topping- i top as soon as i have 4 usable nodes, that splits your top bud into 4 top buds
clones and mothering- ive made lots of clones, when my clone guy was out of business, but did it by not topping and over vegging a little and then cut a few inches off the top to make one clone and removing all branches from the bottom up to the top 4, and using them to make about 4-5 more. this way i was able to get 5-6 per plant and still able to flower that plant a few days later. i did this 2 or 3 times with no adverse effects to my yield. i would not do it more then that as a clone from a clone from a clone ... will degrade the genetics. i had no room for a mother room which is the right way to do it. clones are for sale everywhere now so now i just pay the $10.
watering- i teach a lot of my friends and thats the hardest thing for a noob, not to do anything. its funny because the whole time youre talking about overwatering and not knowing when to water, im thinking just pick it up, get used to the way they feel, then youll know when they feel light, and then you say the same thing later on. good stuff.
very nice work and keep the passion
ps- you think you stare at them a lot now just wait til youre 5 days from harvest.

[GoldenGraham84]

well said icbh707. as far as the nutes go with hydroponics, i'd suggest botanicare or fox farm. both have good hydro nutes and both offer veg and flower nutes. i'd get the superthrive for cloning too. i have a four plant ebb/flow table and four site cloner, so in a perfect world i'd take one clone every 2-3 weeks and have four clones at seperate growth stages and four mature plants at different stages of flowering. <--did that make sense?

[oSecretGardeno]

hey icbh707 and GG84, thanks for stopping by again, or for the first time in the case of icbh707.

GG84 - Good info on the cloning and hydro bins, I will definitely look into fox farm and botanicare for my clone box.
icbh707 - I'm glad you can enjoy my enthusiasm. I feel like I look at them so much everyday I know everything about them. Could you explain your topping a bit more? I'd appreciate the info.

A little update for what's going on. These babies are growing up strong. The biggest one is absolutely huge and the second one isn't doing bad either. Even the runt has been growing at a pretty steady rate (granted it is at least a week behind). I'll post some pics tonight so people can see; it's been 6 days since the last ones, so I'm sure you will see a large difference.

A bought some of the supplies for my clone bubbler. Pump, airstones, tubing, bin, sealant, pH testing supplies, etc. I put some of the air stones in and created holes for the tubes then seals the tubes in. I'll test it out tomorrow, but either way I am excited. Tomorrow I'll order some Superthrive and ThriveAlive so I'll have that stuff when I'm ready. Once I have it all built I'll take some pics for everyone to enjoy.

I'll post the small issues I am having when I post the pics.

Keep safe everyone,

:smokin: