First Grow - 2600 + watt CFL!!!!

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So on to the bubbles:

I met a guy locally who seemed to know a little too much about growing - We got to
talking, and guess what? Yup. So he gave me these bubble autos, I put them in root
riot cubes, on a heating pad, and 24 hours later, they popped and after 48 hours, they
were unfolding Here are the bubbles:

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These are shots of both plants, and here
is 1 week later -

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Now, I'm going to show you some more
pics of these lovelies, but since they are
bubblicious autos, chances are I'm going
to put them on opposite sides of a 5 gallon
and LST them together.

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Now of course in the process of all this time, I have had to trim as well as train the Pineapple Express. I plan on putting
the majority of the plant matter through a cold extraction process so most of the larger fan leaves that have been trimmed
are going straight to the freezer. However, some of the smaller trimmings are dried and added into party favors. Here is a party
favor offering a 50/50 blend of trim to kind - It did the job well, and was very smooth.

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Now, back to the kids:

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I don't like to transplant alot, so these two
should be in a 5 gallon the next time you see them.

Next Post - More Pineapple Express, your going to love it!

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In my personal opinion, she is doing fantastic. I have taken some clones, and we'll get to pictures of those,
and I've trimmed, ALOT - I've also LST'd and twisted her, and the result so far is a J shaped main stem and
turning the plant itself into a nice bush. I believe I said I'd cover this in the OP to maximize yield on a CFL grow.
I would like to point out that she has NOT BEEN TOPPED - This is only LST, FIM has been done on the
nodes that clones were taken from, but the top has been left alone - I'm short on supply

I have just switched her over to 12/12, and I fully expect her to be in a Q shape around the container by the time
the first buds show. I will be tying down branches, I know that this utilizes more space than a scrog, however,
my new flower box will be here this week So I don't have to worry too much about space, cept for the fact
I have 9 plants to veg in the coming weeks and only 6 spots, haha! Don't worry, I'll make room

So here are the pictures - Enjoy!

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This first one is just showing how she looks
more like a bush than your typical plant. The
tie downs are loose on the stem, but taunt
on the line. The top of the plant is actually
pointing kinda towards the camera in this
picture.

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This picture you see the top of the plant pointing
towards the right, and yes, the top is under most
of the other nodes.

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Here is a closeup of the top.

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This is more of a picture showing the light meter/ph/moisture
meter as well as the thermometer wire, but also showing where
and how the tiedowns are placed. You can't really see the
main stem here, but it is in a J form.

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Here is a closer look of how I'm shaping the stem. Remember,
I started shaping two days after I transplanted, just gave her
time to get over the transplant, and slowly started. The first
part of the J is SOLID, it's a very good flat stem. The curve
part is still a little flimsy, but I've had to tighten down several
times in the past few days, so its working, and getting closer
to the soil line as well!

Next update will be clones and new seedlings.

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I Originally took 5 clones hoping 1 would survive, it's been a week.

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One of these will be my rootbound mom -
I'll put the other two straight into flower with
some teiramist to produce some female PX seeds

I used a fresh scalpel to make the cuts, and I used roottech for the gel.
I've heard its just like clonex without the stains - These clones are 7 days
old, and I'm too scared to pull the riotcubes apart to check for roots, I'd
rather just wait. So far, so good though, and the other two clones died.
All of these have been topped, and you can tell they've been trimmed

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These are the other strains, C99, White Widow
Power Bud, Durban Poison - As soon as the leaves
are showing on each pair, I'll put into 1 gal pots for
veg.

One will be a mom, one will be flowered (the better looking
plant will be the mom)

The C99 and Bubblicious are both normal I will be breeding
soon.

Enjoy the pics!

+rep to me if you like the thread, I'll keep it going through the first harvest

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Day 1 of Flower for Fiona.

Some immediate changes can be noticed, such as the fact that we have gone from a 4" vertical to about 6.5" vertical. I trimmed some fan leaves yesterday expecting a delay to see any changes for her, so I was much surprised when I woke up to this:

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As you can see, she bushed out alot
in just 1 day of flower. I did have to
tighten the tiedowns again, and I will
have to spend a few minutes each day
separating branches and allowing the most
light penetration into Fiona. She's looking
great!

Auto Flower Bubblicious:
These two amazed me as well yesterday. I noticed on Bridget (formerly bubble #1) that some of the roots had come through the riot cube in an upward direction. I realize that the rootball is healthy, so instead of doing anything to impede that growth, I covered the top in perlite. Britney (formerly bubble #2) did catch the wrong side of me not paying any attention, and got a crispy leaf or two while I was transplanting seedlings.

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Bridget

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Britney and her burn

Seedlings:
They have all done great, last two to come up I'm waiting on are WW and C99, but I've already got 1 of each up. Since most of them look similar, here is just a benchmark shot for day 2 of a seedlings life.

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Next Update - Clones

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Okay - here's the skinny.

I took 5 clones hoping for 1. This was my first time cloning. I made some noobish mistakes, which i planned on, and here's what I did:

I waited until Fiona (My Pineapple Express by G13 Labs) was about 10 nodes elongated, and the bottom nodes were 3-4" tall. On the 1st node up from the main stem I would FIM the budtips and stem, and immediately scrape the cuttling with the scalpel. I dipped the cuttling into a spoonfull (plastic spoon) of rootech rooting gel hormone, and dipped the cuttling into the riotcubes on the heating pad, under 2 20w Fluros - I did this 5 times, sprayed heavily, domed, and left it alone.

8 days later, 3 have survived, and all 3 are showing roots coming out of the cubes. They'll be transplanted in the next few days. Here is a pic:

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I noticed the root coming out first thing in the morning.

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Group shot


Things I would change:

When I first cut them, I would have also rolled them in a dry rooting hormone after they were geled
I would have taken more, knowing that I can create a duel chamber if need be.
I would have used a larger dome, I started with a 2" dome, which is what killed 1 of the clones that died.
I would NOT have trimmed the leaves before I got started. The plants are going to use the nutrients from those leaves, however, leaving them on would have given me a natural LST which I'm a huge fan of, so I would have trimmed as needed.

I used a fresh scalpel for these cuts, and my trimmers on the leaves.

I would like to mention that each of these tops has been FIM'd so each clone, including mom, will have 2 tops to start, and after we clone each of those tops, they'll have 4 each, all LST'd

Now, who's the noob?

Love ya.

[billydakid6812]

glad your back bro been needing your help, and the girls look FANTASTIC. keep it up

[billydakid6812]

Just posted pics of my girls...check em need advice

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Okay, so I've spent the last 3 days getting baked beyond memory, and building a cabinet and carbon filter that should have realistically taken me less than 2 hours. But.... It's been a few good daze.

Anyway, in my daze I forgot to transplant Britney and Bridgett, so they both got stunted a few days. Also in my process of building the new flowering cabinet and moving lights, I interrupted the cycle on fiona, so we're starting over at day 1 of flower. I moved her today, and tied her down, ALOT - It looks like we've currently got about 12 bud sites, I'm looking for 16-20 but these should show in the next few days from my previous clippings.

Here is her shot right after LST and about 8 hours in the new cabinet:

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I'm not trimming these fan leaves as this cabinet is a bit warmer than the last (even vented and exhausted) so I'm placing 2 6" fans in here today (or tomorrow). The temp right around the plants is just over 75, but just above the filter, the temps are in the mid 80's, so I need to fix this problem asap before fiona pops up too much more. I'm not planning on much more trimming on this plant until closer to harvest, but I am going to introduce some bubblicious x ruddy pollen to produce a few seeds to test the phenotype. What I'm looking for is a smoother less psychedelic pineapple that finishes a few weeks faster with a decent yield, If I can't get it to kick out at least 4 oz per plant in this cabinet with good nutes, and it's not amazing smoke, then I'll ditch it, otherwise, I'll work harder on the strain.

Okay, heres the bubbles:
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They were just transplanted today - They were severly rootbound, and that's my fault. I'm expecting it to slightly affect the yields, but not too much. I'm expecting just over 2oz per plant.

I was hoping for christmas smoke, but I won't get much cept for crappy undernuggets until fiona is ready, and the bubbles will finish about the same time, so lucky for me in a few weeks time, but for now... oh well.

I'll keep updating every few days.

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Okay, new cab is completely setup, and sealed - It's 18"Dx3'Wx3'H I used heat resistant mylar lined insulation, installed an 8" carbon filter, a 4" intake vent (pre filtered to get odors and help stop any pests) Currently there is 1 6" oscillating fan, but I plan on installing another today. Cab temps are a steady 76 degrees, going down to 70 during lights out.

Nutes are Fox Farms Tiger Bloom + Fox Farms Big Bloom

Each pot is sucking up almost 1/2 gallon of treated water, and then plain water every other day right now. Soil mix is 50% fox farm Happy Frog mixed with 30% cocoa fiber and 20% perlite. Each container has a 1" layer of perlite then a 2" layer of cocoa fiber on the bottom. As soon as the hairs start to come out, I'll be adding molasses in the plain water to thicken up the buds and show some more sugar leaf.

I counted tops again, we've got about 14 right now, so even 1 day makes a difference, like I said, I'm looking for 16-20, and I'm hoping that the pineapple and the bubbles finish at the same time, or close to it.

Pics:
Here is a shot of the cabinet, you can see I have the two bubblicious autos sharing a 5 gallon pot, this is because I want to LST these together, they won't be topped, and because I'm going to treat one so I can pollinate the other, as well as fiona, the pineapple express. The fan you see in the corner is a clipon, and it also comes with a mounting bracket - These fans are great!
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Here is my lovely lady fiona. I'd like to mention that my wife helped me construct this cabinet, and there is nothing like watching a beautiful woman in a thong taping up mylar to help the plants - I don't like the tedious work, but she did a phenomenal job!
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