Elcheapo's First Indoor Grow.

[RUKind]

keep growin brother ;^)

[elcheapo]

Update - #3 Plant is now thriving after the flush. It was looking much better after a few hours and nearly 24hrs on it's looking better than ever. I'm using a totally organic liquid fertilizer and I think it's building up in the soil between feedings. So I'm going to cut the dose in half and semi flush before every feeding.
I'm starting to worry about pot size and overall height after I switch to 12/12. Just wishing the little #2 and #4 plants would get a bit bigger first. I was hoping to take a clone from each plant.

**BKSkillz - Thanks for the heads up. I am aware that flat white is supposed to be better than foil and mylar etc. I have upgraded from the foil to the mylar because it was easier and cheaper to get, looks much better and I'm not worried about hot spots as I'm only using CFLs. It seems to be reflecting a lot better than the foil was thatâ??s for sure. I will use the mylar for the rest of this grow and consider going white for the next if I decide to do it again. I'll keep an eye on your grow too and give you some feedback.
**Trichome Creator - I'm also aware that I won't get a huge yield from flouros. I've done some research before hand and if I get half as much as BobBong has from his CFL grows I'll be very happy. I don't smoke a lot anymore and this grow will last me for a long long time. I also wanted to try and produce some more seeds as my seed stock is at the end of its shelf life.
**RUKind - I will

[elcheapo]

Another week on and I'm preparing to take a clone from #3 plant. Moved it away from the lights to begin some stretching. 12/12 will take place within the week. Also just gave her further LST since these pics. #1 plant is continuing nicely and is now showing a few female preflowers. I've given up on #2 and #4. They are pathetic and although I won't chuck them out I will reveg them if they turn out to be a potent strain.
You may notice a secondary branch on the far left of #3 plant seems to be popping 4 leaves instead of 2.

[mand]

Hello elcheapo I like those plants nice, bushy and healthy

You mentioned a bit back about the tips of the leaves being a bit lighter, I wouldn't worry about that at all, it happened on my summer grow and the cause then was the heat in the growroom.
I wouldn't describe it has a problem at all because they are coming along very nicely, I just wondered if it was the same thing


love mand xxx

[elcheapo]

Another week on.. plants seem to be doing ok. I had switched to 14/10 for a few days and have now just switched to 12/12. Also taken a clone from the number 3 plant so hopefully it takes. I'm finding growing in soil indoors is more difficult than I'd hoped. Itâ??s a little too labor intensive trying to maintain the correct environment. So I've been brainstorming a few ideas for a simple and very low maintenance hydro grow after these have finished. I will start a thread with details of the setup and the progress when the time comes.

[elcheapo]

Week one down of 12/12. Number 1 plant is really stretching now. The main tip has breached the lights. I will tie it down again within the next couple of days. Number 3 plant is still very compact. It just won't stretch between the nodes at all. There are pistils evident over both plants as you can see in the pics. Number 2 and 4 seem to have really picked up since I moved the lights away from them. Also one of my warm white 48w 2700k globes died so until I can replace it I've dropped in a spare spiral 23w 6500K globe. I may even replace the warm white with another natural 48w 5000k globe. The plants seem to always face their leaves towards them and ignore the warm whites.

[Trichome Creator]

Don't be scared of the hydro shops. They are your friend.

[elcheapo]

Just finishing week 2 of 12/12. I know some people don't like pruning but I took the scissors to both plants . With weak CFL globes I need all the light penetration I can get. Anyway, the girls are starting to show some potential now. There are obvious signs of trichomes especially on the #1 Sativa type plant. I've also replaced the faulty globe with another warm white. As the bag seed I've grown from was most likely hermie, I've noticed a couple of male pods. Most would be disappointed but I'm excited. I started this grow hoping to produce a few seeds too. #1 Sativa plant has just the one male pod, #2 and #4 have a couple each. #3 Plant has none. The pods are growing where preflowers would be and there are none actually throughout the main flowers. I will attempt to pick them just before they open so I can crossbreed amongst the different strains. #4 Plant seems like it might be a dynamite smoke as it smells fantastic. Pollinating #4 with itself, #1 and #3 will be the main priority.
Surprisingly, the one and only clone I took from the #3 plant that I gave no light, ignored and abused has actually rooted. At one point I actually kicked it over and it came out of the medium! This was 7 days after cutting and it seemed to have stem rot and no sign of roots. I gently jiggled it out of the perlite at 14 days and noticed strong fluffy white roots! So I've now transplanted it into a bigger pot and rigged up a dodgy low maintenance hydro setup for it. I think I will get that 23watt 6500K light onto it.
So I can safely say at this point (with tongue in cheek) that I've had 100% success rate with cloning
The first pic is of #1 plant showing trichomes.
The next 3 are various shots of #3 plant.
The last pic is of both but you can't see the main tip of #1 plant.

[scobbie]

lookin good mate and i have used flouros you want to get yourself a red spectrum bulb for flowering i have five blue spectrum and three blue and my yeild is lookin good and i am also going totry a hydro grow but want it cheep as possible so let me know how you get on

[scobbie]

five blue threered sorry smashed