another NL99 crop started ... pics ...

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started my second set of Northern Lights/Cinderella 99 seeds, 'Joey Weed' seeds, from Hemp Depot ... 100% germination again, and doing very well so far ... went from germination paper towels, to Jiffy Pots, to soil ... this time, I got them into soil as quickly as possible ... (those Jiffy pots are too easily over-watered, etc) ... in potting soil, in 4" clay pots, ... gave them a WEAK dose of Miracid (30-10-10), SuperThrive, and Earth Juice Micro-Blast, and Earth Juice Catalyst, at the 10th day ... solution was very diluted, I attempted to give them only a 'trace' of nutrients ... under a 500-watt equivalent CFL (the cheapo I got from WalMart) ... the seedlings seem to be doing very well under it ... my first NL99 crop should finish in about 4 weeks, so I will have to harvest it, before I can put these into my big 'flowering' cabinet ... if necessary, these may have to go outside for a few days, if my timing is off ... this is first time I have had two crops going at once, I may have started these a wee bit early, as my 'veg cabinet' has limited room ... 18" x 18" x 24" ... I doubt it will hold four of these for another 4 weeks, they have really taken off since the feeding ... :dance: anyway, here's a pic or two, for my fellow dirt farmers ... :smokin:

the image reaper Reviewed by the image reaper on 05-29-2006. another NL99 crop started ... pics ... started my second set of Northern Lights/Cinderella 99 seeds, 'Joey Weed' seeds, from Hemp Depot ... 100% germination again, and doing very well so far ... went from germination paper towels, to Jiffy Pots, to soil ... this time, I got them into soil as quickly as possible ... (those Jiffy pots are too easily over-watered, etc) ... in potting soil, in 4" clay pots, ... gave them a WEAK dose of Miracid (30-10-10), SuperThrive, and Earth Juice Micro-Blast, and Earth Juice Catalyst, at the 10th Rating: 5

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Now THOSE look healthy.

That's the first set of real healthy seedstarts I've seen around here in a while.

CFLs rock for babies. I use crazy little CFL shoplights for mine... works like a charm.

[HapaPride]

great job... look forward to your updates as time goes by....

interested in seeing how your current crop comes out.....

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Day 20, from seed, 100% flourescent tube grow ... :smokin:

[cactusman23]

I like well done fluorescent grow setups like yours, the plants have that great dense foliage about them.

[Trivium]

Day 20, from seed, 100% flourescent tube grow ... :smokin:

Great to see another mate doing fluorecent growing. Goodwork.

[SativaSoldier]

What does the 500w CFL look like? The biggest I've seen are the 150w security bulbs at Home Depot.

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awhile back, a thread was in here, announcing a big CFL yard light, available at WalMart, ((in California), that is under special pricing from PG&E (local electric company), it draws 85 watts, and it claims equivalency of a 500-watt incandescent ... (I have no idea how accurate that claim is, seems a bit optomistic, but it IS bright) ... anyway, it is just a large, powerful CFL, blue spectrum, great for vegging ... and, because the electric company is underwriting the cost, they are like $12 apiece, fixture and all, ready to install a plug ... the CFL is a Mogul base type ... :smokin:

[latewood]

I think the 150w cfl's rate that they give off 500w...He said that above basically