~Log of a Budding Lowryder~

[Markass]

Hope that you know thats not 100watts of light, its only 28 watts. I wonder how many grams you'll get with only 28 watts of light..

lol! you really should find out what you're talking about before you state something regarding it...

[maryjanehaze]

wait, was that dissing me or that guy? lol

[Markass]

That guy. I was implying that he doesn't know anything about CFL's..

[maryjanehaze]

good news guys, just reached the big 10" high mark for my gal. .

and also, there are at leadt like 10 pistil "bushes" on the tops of various braches on my plant which makes me very happy and they smell very tasty :dance:

got a question though for the growers here:

at what point do the seperate pistil "bushes" acually bud up and cover the actual branch???

and...

do new pistils grow on top of the older ones when budding becomes rapid (i figure in the next week) or do they simply bunch up next to eachother with new leaves//foliage???

~peace~

up! c'mon guys any feedback? :stoned:

[maryjanehaze]

Well, things have been going pretty well for my 1st female guys and I can't beleive how she's still getting taller and taller . The current height of this lowryder is a 11.5" and yesterday was 10.5" so i figure she's gona keep on shootin up .

What I like most of all is the amount of bud clusters all over my gal! There must be at least a dozen from top to bottom. However I'm kind of nervous, because although there are tons of pistils (as seen in pics) but there is not any bud formation ? Are the pisils bushes just gona stay small like they are in the pics, or do they start to cover the full length of the branches at one point? any feedback would be great on this question guys.

Besides that I'm very much liking my first grow and switched from a single cfl to a 2 foot flourescent tube of like 80 watts or around there...hopefully this will increase the bud formation in a few days or so...

~Day 35 and comments/opinions appreciated~

-first pic's of the central top bud
-second is a nice branch on my gal (will bud form over it soon?)
-and the rest are just some extras!

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p.s. anybody have a good name?

[hudson88]

lumens are what's important here, and cfl's have plenty of them. That "28 watt" bulb emits near 5 times the lumes of a 100-watt incendecent bulb. And I'm adding one more tonight...

someone wana look at my gal and tell me she looks unhelathy?

what features strike out to you as lack of light on my pics man?

as far as the yield, come back to this thread in a few weeks and we'll see who's right..until then back off...plenty of members have grown sucessful single plants under one cfl, all grow guides state "try and have at least 25 watts per square foot". Well guess what? my gal's just under a square foot....hmmmmm....and you said the bulb emits only 28 watts???? well according to your theory i'm still ahead of the game, and by the way bro, watts is the energy the light is using, not the amount of light the plant is getting, that would be lumens buddy :thumbsup:

So why have you switched to a 80 watt fluro?

Peace :rasta:

[maryjanehaze]

because it puts out a lot more lumens. cfl's are nice but they're small and less efficient (barely shed light on the bottom of my plant. the 80 watt cfl is a 2 foot long fluorescent tube and shines nice bright even light to all parts of my gal .

[sth]

She looks a bit streched to me. Some LST next time might be a good idea. Congrats otherwise tho :thumbsup:

[fingers]

Nice looking plant dude,

CFL's have come so far from the earlier days. Back when i started growing there were no grow specific fluro. I used to use dozens of the 4 foot double tubes. You know the common older household types.

Though that plant does look fairly healthy, you do realise of course that the only way to assure a decent sized yield is with more watts/lumens.
I mean, if one plant is all you're doing and hope to do in future, hey, nice little plant, and whatever works...works. You know what i mean?
But I'd hazard a guess after a 1-2 plant grow is finished, and so is the total weight of bud, you'll be wanting a bigger total yield and larger grow for next time.

My first grow as a closet with a 400watt HPS, not any huge amount of buddage, but a great smoke, and an even better first grow experience. For it's educational purposes if nothing else.

If you can arrange good ventilation and maybe a 400W HPS I'm sure you'll never go back. Clearly CFL is becomming a more and more viable grow light. With advancements and improvments in the spectrums that CFL provide, more and more growers are producing some decent crops. So maybe a whole lot more CFL's? lol who knows, I guess I'll just always be a HID fan

Good luck, happy growing,and again, nice little plant dude

Fingers

[busteruk7]

looking good bro
thats looking nice as fuck them buds are looking good looks like ya have a decent plant going on there i cant wait to see what the harvest is gonna be from that
keep up the good work
cheers all