CFL growlog, round 2 of 1st grow

[jkalb42]

i take that back, i have 10 CFL's in the box at the moment. im thinking cardboard was not the best building medium...i'm drawing up a design for a box made of plywood, hopefully i can build it nicely, though it will be much smaller than this, i may go to 12/12 from when clones root, if i ever get to that point lol.

[jkalb42]

I cut a clone about 5 minutes ago, dipped it in Schultz Take Root and put it in a seed starting jiffy mix watered with a bit of Superthrive. I've read many posts on taking clones, but reading still isn't doing. So i just did, and i have no idea if i messed up or not. on the bright side, cutting this clone should not make my plant die regardless of how well i did, so i guess i'll just sit back and watch 'er grow! (hopefully) another plus, i seem to have great luck with transplants, every time i've done it they seem to bounce right back within a few hours. pretty nice.

[GoldenGraham84]

i dig the lighting rig, man. almost exactly the same as mine, but i have 2 three bulb fixtures with y splitters, for 12 total bulbs. very nicely done.
best of luck with the clone. maybe in the future you could get the little peat pellets for cloning. my friend has had great success with them. a few more tips, try cutting the fan leaves down to 1/2" each, and consider using a humidity dome. mist frequently and be patient for them roots to show!

stay safe
-GG84

[jkalb42]

hey thanks, yeah i was gone over the weekend and got back, i did two clones and they both look healthy still, i thought i'd try peat pellets next. but i went to check on them, and the light fixture fell down, surrounding my smallest plant with like 4 cfls lol. needless to say it's done-ski now, shriveled up. only the bulbs fell though, since i was lazy and instead of screwing them to the board i duct taped them. fixin it now, ill post pics later. thanks for the cloning tips too.

[jkalb42]

heres the pics, the first one is the middle sized plant, second is the bigger plant after i took the clones and tied it, third is the roasted plant, and last is the clones. i do keep the clones in a humidity dome, i just took them out for the pictures.

[GrinKyle]

I always get sad when I see a dead cannabis plant.

[jkalb42]

me too...makes me very sad...that lowers my chances of females lol

[jkalb42]

hey, these are the plans for the box i want to build. any advice on it is welcome.

The first part just kind of shows the dimensions, with the flowering portion on bottom and cloning portion on top.

The second part is the light setup down below. I'm planning on SOG with 12/12 from when the clones take root, so one side has lower bulbs to be closer to new plants while the back and other side are all higher so there plants stretch up to them. the hope is that they end up with 1 cola.

The third part is the cloning setup, the shelf is there for the cuttings with extra room underneath for supplies, and extra room to the right side for a mom or two. there will be lights for the mom, i just forgot to draw them.

So, if anyone has any input, it would be great asap. Where do you thing the best place for the input and output air would be? should i make a hole between the two chambers or put separate fans in them? i thought about putting the bulbs below cased in a long plastic thing, blowing air through that to take the heat away. any help on anything would be great.

[jkalb42]

I just took a new cutting off of the other plant, i'm hoping for roots, and sometime next week i'll be putting them under 12/12 and see what i have. Any info on previous posts would be appreciated, and ill be adding pics later tonight.

[jkalb42]

The first and second pictures are new growth on the plant that i took 2 cuttings from.

the next picture is the medium height plant (or smaller since my other died tragically) after i took a cutting earlier today.

the last two pics are the rooting (hopefully) clones, the two that are more fanned out are from plant one and the other is from plant 2.