Elcheapo's First Indoor Grow.

[scobbie]

fuckin hell im off

scobbie Reviewed by scobbie on 12-21-2005. Elcheapo's First Indoor Grow. I initially started out with the idea of using a CFL or 2, wanting to avoid hydro shops and HID lighting. After researching it a little I found one of BobBongs threads and was stunned to see his amazing results. Although money isn't a factor, my goal was to spend what it costs to buy an ounce, on equipment. Also trying to keep everything really simple. Lighting I purchased was :- 3 x Natural CFLs (48watt/240watt equiv. 5000k) Energy Saving 3 x Warm White CFLs (48watt/240watt equiv. 3000k) Rating: 5

[elcheapo]

Just past 3 weeks of flowering. #1 Plant is now my favourite. #3 Plant that I cloned doesn't seem as potent looking/smelling and not producing as much yeild compared to #1 Plant. But hopefully it will continue to fill out over the next 5+ weeks. I have taken pics of little #2 and #4 plants this time as well.
First pic is of #1 Plant.
Second pic is of #2 Plant.
Thrid pic is of #3 Plant.
Forth pic is of #4 Plant.
Fifth pic is of #1 Plant showing trichomes on a small bud.

[Conky]

nice trees mang :stoned:

[elcheapo]

Day 29 of 12/12. Oops! I accidentally let 1 of only 2 male flowers from #1 plant open when I wasn't around! Looks like I'm going to have a lot of seeds. Iâ??m feeling sort of happy and sad at the same time. Happy I will have a whole new batch of viable seeds and cross breeds of the #1 plant. Especially #1 crossed with #4. Sad I won't get as much yield or quality this time around. I'd have to say I'm already overly impressed with the performance of the CFL globes and the size of the buds for day 29 of 12/12. At least next time I can grow the best cross breed, not have to stress about a limited stock of non viable seeds and can remove any male flowers if they appear. Also thanks for your support Conky.
First and second pics are of #1 Plant.
Third pic is of #2 Plant.
Forth pic is of #3 Plant.
Fifth pic is of #4 Plant.

[Powder Puff]

The males are bummers..! lol..!

Looking good though!

Hope to see you harvest!

[BukDatAss]

yeah man I hope everything is workin out for you

[Garden Knowm]

cheapo ,,,, you rock!!!

nice thread!!!

[elcheapo]

Thanks for your support guys. I was a little disappointed my ladies got so heavily impregnated. But its better I get some seeds than none this time around. I'm just waiting for these seeds to mature so I can harvest and start the next round. It serves me right for dealing with possible hermaphrodite bag seeds to begin with. Hopefully next time I end up with no seeds from my new crossbreeds. Otherwise I can revert back to using my 100% female #3 plant that I took a clone of.
I've gone hydro with this clone using perlite as the medium. Itâ??s on a 24/0 light cycle using a 23w 6500K energy saving globe. At the start of the week I made up a little enclosure as it hasn't really had much light. Its growing very strongly now and showing preflowers. So far I'm finding hydro is much easier, cleaner and the plant seems happy and healthy.

[Powder Puff]

Looking good! To bad about the pregnancy though.. Why no condom??

[elcheapo]

Harvest Part 1 - #1 and #3 Plants

#1 and #3 plants have been chopped down at around 60 days of 12/12. Although I'm quite impressed by the performance of the CFL globes, I know I could've still done a lot better. Apart from the fact they were partly pollinated, they also developed some problems with yellowing/browning and leaf death around 30 days of 12/12. For at least 2 or 3 weeks, other than more yellowing, almost no further growth/fattening was evident. Excess heat from days ranging between 35c to 43c+ over a period of 4 weeks, lack of fresh air to the grow space, lack of root space and various other problems were probably to blame. Iâ??m looking forward to harvesting the smaller #2 and #4 plants as they seem to be the most potent strains and contain the seeds for my next grow. The size and density of the main bud on the #2 plant is impressive. Itâ??s tipping over from its own weight. Pics of #2 and #4 will be posted next week sometime. For now the following pics are from part 1 of the harvest.
First 4 pics are of #3 Plant.
Fifth pic is of both #3 and #1 Plants.