JaJoJo's First Grow (Help Appreciated)

[jajojo]

Hello all im JaJoJo ive been lurkin for awhile absorbing knowledge from the expertise of other growers so i now feel its time to start my grow log. So if you enjoy CFL grows "Turn On Tune In An Drop Out". Ok so im starting with 4 23watt (100watt equivelant) CFLs MG potting soil all pots contain 30% perlite 70% soil. Temps stay steady at 75F and humidity stays steady at 60 i just transplanted today. In the pics you'll see the best plant in the back, the next best to the right, and the last three are in the seedling starter pot until i can find bigger ones. The last pic is of the top of my best growing plant. It already is smelling of skunk :jointsmile: Im not using any nutes yet until it has reached at least the third node then IMO i think its ready but thats wat im here for is advice all will be greatly appreciated. Ill be posting till the end so kick back pull out your favorite water piece and enjoy. :rastasmoke:

jajojo Reviewed by jajojo on 02-27-2009. JaJoJo's First Grow (Help Appreciated) Hello all im JaJoJo ive been lurkin for awhile absorbing knowledge from the expertise of other growers so i now feel its time to start my grow log. So if you enjoy CFL grows "Turn On Tune In An Drop Out". Ok so im starting with 4 23watt (100watt equivelant) CFLs MG potting soil all pots contain 30% perlite 70% soil. Temps stay steady at 75F and humidity stays steady at 60 i just transplanted today. In the pics you'll see the best plant in the back, the next best to the right, and the last three Rating: 5

[jajojo]

Oh and by the way the 3 plants together have been going for three days now and the other bigger two in their own pots have been growing 1 week today. Just givin ya a timeline lol

[killerweed420]

Looks like a good start. Are you going to move them under hps lights in a month or so?

[jajojo]

thanks killerweed420 if work seriously pics up or i come into some cash then yes i would love to add a 600 watt hps but for right now im usin CFLs because of the low cost ha ha ya im very broke right now

[the image reaper]

try using half-strength nutes at first, since you are using the pre-nuted MG soil ... also, watch out for over-watering, she needs to go thru wet-and-dry cycles ... good growing ! :smokin:

[jajojo]

thanks for the advice reaper i have a question. Would not using nutes start causing yellow spots? im not using nutes of any kind and the soil had sat out about a month or so. So i was hopin it would tune down the pre-mixed nutes in the soil. Below is a pic of wat i woke up to and im gettin really worried because just yesterday they were doing very well and now im getting yellow spots anyone out there with advice will help

[adam59600]

I think it could be the MG soil, the nutes mixed with the soil may be the problem. test your ph. and i'd say you should flush them... anyone else agree?

[jajojo]

thanks for the advice adam. The MG soil could be the issue as it did have pre-mixed nutes added. So today at Wal-Mart i picked up MG brand organic choice with no nutes pre-mixed (my walmart is small MG is all they have) and some MG bloom booster it says 15-30-15 does anybody know if thats good for flowering?. And a bag of perlite to help with the drainage i think that other MG soil was holding way to much water. any advice would be great as im still very much a noob thanks.

[jajojo]

Update pics. Transplanted all plants into the organic soil with no pre-mixed nutes. Seperated the other three that were so crowded into there own pots. Was gonna pick up some 6500k CFLs but ran out of money. Does anyone think using 6500k and 2700k together during veg and flower will give the plants a better spectrum of light to work with? or is their little difference? thanks in advance for the advice :stoned:

[denialisback]

hey jojo I'm just starting a CFL grow log myself! Hope things go well for you dude!
I forgot to mention I'm using 2x125W - 6.4k and 2.7k cfl (125watt each) 5U's with success!

Pictures coming when i reach 10 posts or whatever it is



Peace
Denial