Rubbermaid CFL bag seed grow

[gsosure]

Ok I went through the stressful task of transplanting the babies to 3 gal pots and not a moment to soon. When I cut the bottoms of the cups they were covered in roots( see pic 1). The temp in the box with the lights on is at a steady 82 degrees not sure what its at with the lights off. But here they are transplanted and under the lights. ( pic2)

I started out at 24/0 for the first 2 weeks because my timer was broken so at the end of week 2 I had a new timer and switched it to 18/6. it seemed like while at 24/0 I had a lot of fast growth and the switch to 18/6 made them jump more... but that's just what I noticed :jointsmile:

[gsosure]

Ok so I just checked the babies, they have all perked back up, the shock didn't last or look as bad as I thought it would. Even in the new pots I have them around 5-6" from the lights. Is this still good or should I start moving them further away? I checked last night after the lights had been out for about 3 hours and the temp was about 69 degrees. Just checked it and the lights are about 82 degrees so I'm holding pretty strong for now.

One thing I noticed in a few cfl grow logs is the placement of white paper plates under the pants I assume as a reflector, is this something to help with flowering and get lights up under the plant or could this be practiced in veg to?

I know I have about 2' of grow height. which would be the better method lst or scrog and whens a good time to start? I've read the faq on how to do them just not sure when to start.

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with 5 plants, let's guess that you'll have 2 females. you can clone for sex or whatnot.

so with 2 females you could pull a scrog but it would be a waste because they would fill the screen very fast (unless you put them through a horizontal screen that then went vertical up the rest of the height of your cab or something). so 5 in a scrog is out of the question.

the scrog will start at what height you set the screen. or you can make an adjustable one.

if more than that are female then you should LST them. if you go with LST i would let them get a bit bigger first. then just bend them over 90 degrees near the base (water at least 1 hour prior, prefferebly a day prior) and tie them down. use string or landscaping wire....anything that works.

this will re-route the growth hormone from the main cola to the other nodes and they will start to grow up. now you will have many colas. you can combine this with topping or other methods. you can top with the scrog too.

you should finish LSTing at least 2 weeks prior to flower.

hope this helps.


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[gsosure]

Awesome, Yeah that was very helpful. Sounds like LST is going to be the route. So I just want to post comparison pics from yesterday at 4pm (pic 1) and today at 4pm (pic 2).. The transplant looks to be a success.

[gsosure]

Ok just got back from a weekend vacation and wow.. They really jumped up. They all have 3 sprouts I'm thinking come Wednesday I'm going to switch the lights and start flowering. Any one have any tips on when to start nutes? After some reading on the organic nutes I'm going with Fox Farm Big Bloom. So anyway here are the babies in no real order.

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not sure the kinda results you will get with just the big bloom. it can be used as a stand alone product, but it was designed to go with the others in the lineup (tiger bloom, big bloom). but of course, the other two aren't organic.

you might supplement with some black strap molasses. some people say it does nothing, but it seemed to work well for me. the next day after watering/feeding there seemed to be an abundance of new growth. not necessarily on the main cola height wise, but an overall thickening of the plant, especially down below. the dosage is 1 tablespoon (Tbsp) per gallon of water.

you can start giving nutes as soon as you have alternating nodes. usually around 4-5. you might want to wait to start flowering until then as well as this denotes when the plants are mature.

good growing.


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[gsosure]

Cool I appreciate the info. I've been doing alot of reading of other cfl rubbermaid style grows and I'm noticing the height growth on the plants doesn't seem to have alot of comparison to others. I'm wondering if I need to add more lights or move the plants down. I'm just hoping I didn't stun them in the FF Ocean Forest. But on a up note when I opened the door this morning I was hit with a nice skunky smell. :jointsmile:

[gsosure]

Ok so I moved the plants down to be about 5-6" from the lights last night before the lights went dark. Woke up this morning to water them and this is what I woke to. Everything is looking good so far when it comes to watering I've just been soaking the soil till i get a little run off out the bottom. Pic 1 is a group photo and pic 2 is the best grower.

[gsosure]

OK so wow, I was out of town for a long weekend came home to these. I'm for sure glad I waited. But I am switching the lights out tonight and starting flowering because I do have limited grow height and space. I do see why some people said I will run into space issues... But I'll figure that out when i get there. So here they are.. pic1: group, pic2: the smallest of the bunch, pic3-4: the one with the best foliage.

[Italiano715]

So they are all the same age? If so, I'm betting the front two to be males and the back three your females. Ask me how, I don't know. The just look like the vigorous growing ones, so that's what I'm going with! :stoned::stoned: Only time will tell though