1st Go-Round - CFL's and Bagseed

[RamblerGambler]

Thanks MonkeyBone

cman - They're a couple days into the 3rd week of flower at this point, so we'll just have to see how it goes

Here's a few pic's of the 2nd female

[jkalb42]

hey guy, the plants look awesome. i like what i see here, very good. my cab's dimensions so far are 29" wide x 2' deep x 5'6" tall.

[RamblerGambler]

Things have been going too well as of late, so misfortune seemed inevitable. While taking a gander at the girls, your humble narrator somehow managed to drop a light fixture onto both, burning several leaves in the process. Meanwhile, it appears a number of fan leaves are yellowing on Plant A. Is this a natural development seeing as she's at almost 4 weeks of flower, or should I be concerned? I wonder because at no point in her life has she been flushed.

Pic 1 - Burn on Plant A
Pic 2 & 3 - Yellowing fan leaves

[jkalb42]

sorry about the burns, hope it wasnt too bad. and i cant really answer your question about yellowing, since i havent gotten that far in my own grow yet. but your plants still look good, i wouldnt complain about having a couple like that. im almost finished with my new grow cabinet. pretty excited...wiring it up now. its going to have 14 light sockets and 1 18" fluorescent. 12 sockets are in the bottom portion, some of them have splitters for more bulbs. 2 sockets are in the top, along with the 18" fluorescent. i hope i wont need more light lol.

[RamblerGambler]

With a setup like that, you should do all right for yourself. Now to find a way to cram more light into my cab...

[RamblerGambler]

Pushing week 5 of flower, and my have things changed. The weather is turning warm once more, throughly demonstrating the utter failing of the cab's ventilation. Whether this is due to the relatively short height of the cab or the inability of a single 120mm computer fan to properly vent the area is anyones guess. Unfortunately, the larger female is in the midst of shedding her fan leaves. There's a thread discussing it here

Here's a few pics of the older girl for your viewing pleasure:

[RamblerGambler]

Almost forgot to mention, in an attempt to rectify the drooping/yellowing fan leaf issue the plant was uprooted from her 8" pot and transplanted into a 10". This was probably too little too late. Judging by how rootbound she was, the poor girl probably needed a bigger container somewhere around the final days of vegetative growth. Oh well, live and learn.

The next pictures are of the 2nd female. Though coming from the same bagseed as her sister, there are several characteristics that appear distinctly different. She's bushier then her sister, possessing far more leaves and significantly less distinct bud. Considering that she took about two weeks or so to start showing her sex, maybe she's just a little slow. If this trend continues, she'll probably end up being harvested a couple weeks later then her overeager sister. Other than the odd nute burn, the only discouraging thing about this plant is the sugar leaves pointing downwards on a couple of the colas - as seen in the 5th picture:

[cman20118ut]

i feel ya on the ventilation issues same for me...damn this warm weather and the fact that its too expensive to run the A/C haha...i've been thinking about throwing her outside and moving her in every night but idk about that cuz i dont know if i can get away with it...still man...looking good for sure

[RamblerGambler]

Unfortunately, mover her outside is a no go with the current light cycle. The light turn on at 8pm and shut off at 8am in an attempt to capitalize on cooler nighttime temps. You can see how well that's working.

[RamblerGambler]

Today a deep sadness overshadowed the grow. Several seeds sprouted on the larger plant, standing out like an adams apple on a go-go dancer. The other plant seems to be seed free, a trend that hopefully will continue until harvest. Trying to look at the bright side, perhaps there will be at least a few viable seeds that will come of this. Perpetuate the bag seed line.