Grim's first Grow !

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and by "cutting an hour out", I meant weekly.

Any takers? Yay? Nay?

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Ok, well I didn't get any answers on my post but due to reasons I believe in, I'm going to switch them to 24/24 for a few days and take it from there. Today is their 12th day since sprouting, so I think on the 15th day I may start retracting a day. However, that all depends on how these next few days go!

Until next time! :stoned: :thumbsup:

[mand]

Hello Grim Hmmmm I've read about gradually reducing the length of light down to the 12/12 cycle. I can see the reasoning behind it, it gives the plants a more natural reduction in light rather than a sudden change.

However I've never bothered, I just run them on 18/6 and then drop them to 12/12 and I've never really noticed any adverse effects.
Although if you wish to try it then try it and see how it goes


Red stems, I think it will be just the variety, I've never had any but I have heard of red stemed plants before, if there healthy I wouldn't worry


love mand xxx

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Thanks Mand
Gave me some confidence.

Here are a few pictures.. sorry about the horrible quality:

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By the way, if my soil looks thick with pearlite, it is.

30% Pearlite
5% Sand
5% Sphagnum Rock

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Day #12

-My girlies are drooping which bothers me quite a bit. Going to do a bit of research and see what I can do.

-Hooked up a c02 system which feeds from a 5 gallon bottle, through an aquarium tube and directly feeding into a desk fan over the plants. I'll post some pictures of my babies as well as my c02 system a bit later.

-I'm thinking the droopage might have been caused from underwatering as I let the top inch or so of the soil get pretty dry.

Tune in for pics tonight!

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c02 !

This baby sure is taking awhile to get bubbling, which I should expect with 4 gallons of water mixed with 15 cups of sugar and 7 teaspoons of yeast.

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Day #16

-Switched from 24/24 to 23/1 yesterday.

-The drooping is slowly going away.. slowly.
I'm pretty sure it was overwatering. I'm going to wait until my soil dries out a bit more between waterings.

-The plant that was drooping's leaves are still pretty curled under. I'll check the condition tomorrow and see if it's worsened.

-Transplanting the 3 little runts from the clay pots tomorrow.. it's a last ditch effort. If they don't start thriving, they're gone. :dance:
I'm sure the new soil/pot will be more than helpful.

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So I woke up this morning to open my growroom and check on my ladies to find out it was 93 effing degrees!

I'm wondering if the heat is having something to do with the curling under, though I've read a few posts about heat and am not sure this is a definite sign.

I went ahead and put my A/C swamp unit onto a chair to make it blow directly onto the plants and it brought the temp down all the way to a sexy 77.5 - Keep in mind the average was mid - high 80s before this change.

Hopefully this helps.. if anyone has any input I'm more than open to suggestion!

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c02 !

This baby sure is taking awhile to get bubbling, which I should expect with 4 gallons of water mixed with 15 cups of sugar and 7 teaspoons of yeast.

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Hmmm

The Co2 should be above the plants.. Seeing as Co2 is heavier than air..

Good luck!:thumbsup: