CFL First Grow from Bagseed

[albatrossSKY]

Complete Cabinet Cfl Grow

Seeds: Regs Bagseed
Soil: Botanicare Cocogro
Nutes: FoxFarm Grow Big and Big Bloom
Light: 9 26 watt CFLs equaling roughly 900 regular watts
Ventilation: Intake Central Air Exaust 365 cfm inline fan
Odor Control: none atm
Closet/Cabinet: 34.5'x17.5'x71'
Vegetation: Started on 24/0 but soon moved to 18/6 light cycle

Ok. I didnt want to start a grow log too soon as it seems many people start and never finish.
March 3rd: Seeds were Germed. Germed about 15 all came out. Picked the best looking ones. 4 were planted.
Planted on the 6th into Miracle Grow 2 Month Feeding garbage soil. (i wish i took the advice of the forum and didnt use a pre mix, anyway). They were not proforming as well as i wanted in the first days so i took a trip to the local hydro shop and picked up some cocogro.
March 13th: Transpalnted into the Cocogro. Into 4' pots. Most are yellow from shock i am guessing.
March 29th: I started using FoxFarm Nuts at the 2 week point. Grow Big is all im using at the moment, but will start to add BigBloom very soon. All 4 are looking quite well with most having 5 fan leaves and starting to show their 7 fan leaves.

About 5 days ago i started to germ another batch of seeds, this time it was from some mids, Arizona. Planted them into the cocogro and they are looking good. About 2 days out of the soil now.


Sorry for not having pictures tonight, but i assure you tomorrow they will be up. :jointsmile:

albatrossSKY Reviewed by albatrossSKY on 03-29-2009. CFL First Grow from Bagseed Complete Cabinet Cfl Grow Seeds: Regs Bagseed Soil: Botanicare Cocogro Nutes: FoxFarm Grow Big and Big Bloom Light: 9 26 watt CFLs equaling roughly 900 regular watts Ventilation: Intake Central Air Exaust 365 cfm inline fan Odor Control: none atm Closet/Cabinet: 34.5'x17.5'x71' Vegetation: Started on 24/0 but soon moved to 18/6 light cycle Rating: 5

[albatrossSKY]

Its been 26 days since gem for the 4 bigger plants, and about 4 days for the ones in the cups. Some of the leaf tips are brown or yellow i think its from the stress of transplanted and using nuts too soon. I think i have it under control now though as the new growth looks amazing. Let me know what you think....

[Shovelhandle]

gosh, they are looking fine from here. good luck with your first grow, A-sky. :thumbsup:

[BeFree]

lookin' good. glad ya got them out of the auto feeding shit. But you should build a makeshift shelf under the babies in the beer cups. They are really stretched.(2-3 inches is ideal for CFL's, a little less than 2 inches if you can keep the temps at a constant 72.)

Loving the mylar though. Also, go by the actual wattage on the CFL's. 9 x 26 is what you're running. =) Hehe, another also. >.> Are ya ph'ing anything or just running with whatever your tap comes out at?:smokin:

beSafe.

[albatrossSKY]

Thanks for stopping by.

Ya they are stretched cause i left them in the dark for too long. Im not very concerned right now, they will be strong plants.

Temps are running between 68-85 day and night.

I am ph'ing, tap water is 7 and im bring it down to about 6 before i use it.

[RamblerGambler]

Nice looking setup. Any plans on topping or training them?

[albatrossSKY]

i got the room to grow them to atleast 4-6 feet so im not really sure. I think they should be ok with out any. what do you think?

[RamblerGambler]

I'm probably not the best person to ask that, seeing as my cab is only about 3' tall. If you want to see what happens when you top and train like a crazy person, check out the link in my sig.

[bigtopsfinn]

Plants are looking great! :thumbsup:

If I may add one thing... the clear plastic cups are not the best, because the roots will want to grow to the edges, but they don't like light. I'd cover up the sides of those cups with something light-proof.

Otherwise, keep up the good work, and keep us updated! :jointsmile:

[albatrossSKY]

when i woke up i look at the cups and sure enough the roots have hit the sides. im gonna tape them up right now. how long do you think i should wait before transplanting those into real pots?