Pre flowers

[50ul }{4ck3r]

Day 5 - Flowering

[canuck grower]

You might want to swap out 2-3 of those cool whites for soft whites, but it looks great anyway. Nice job man!

[50ul }{4ck3r]

well the soft whites that i got are less watt then the cool whites....well will i lose any yield due to not switching..I've read about combo grows with HPS & MH....all during flowering....well with those soft whites in there and the hps that i have its not as bright as if i but the cool white ones in (BRIGHTER) in my grow box...and i know more lumens the better...right

[canuck grower]

I'm not sure if the number of lumens matters if the spectrum is not one that they'll be using much anyway, but they certainly aren't hurting anything so I wouldn't worry about it. They do use the blue spectrum in flower, just not as much.

[GRB.4.Life]

You should be alright for flowering simply with that HPS. Don't use "soft" white bulbs. They don't really put out a usable Kelvin for the plants. I could be wrong though, check the Kelvin rating on the soft-whites...

You want your Kelvin ratings to be about 6500K for your cool spec and 3000 for your warm spec.

I've always found that during flowering if you keep the same amount of the blue spec. you used during the vegitative state for flowering, the plant will stay more lush and lose far less of its lower leaves. And in low lighting (less lumens) conditions they will benefit from this and the flowers will become more dense. Although in some cases with some strains this is not always true. But keeping the cooler spec lights on them definatly will not hurt the plant.

I would recommend a little LST for that setup. Tieing it down will help increase lower budsite activity. I'm sure you know all about that by now.

Looks really good though! Very pretty specimen you got there.

[50ul }{4ck3r]

this is the soil i got my female in....if anyone wants to know

[GRB.4.Life]

That's my soil of choice. :jointsmile:

It's great stuff. Used in junction with nutrients of your choice it offers a very well balanced diet for your plants. Plus it helps control moisture and humidity levels extremely well!

When I used to grow outdoors I used A LOT of that stuff.

What I would do is square off a 10x10 section. Dig about 1ft down all the way across the whole square. Then I would drop in about 2 bags of horse manure compost, roughly the same size as the MG Moisture control bags. Then I would drop 3 of the MG bags in.

Then I would put the dirt I dug up back in, use special tools to mix it all up really really good. Then I packed it down gently, again with special tools made for this.

When finished I would have a 10x10 square plot that is elevated about 8-10inches from the original ground.

Then I would plant and grow!

At any rate, when I did this without the MG in the same spot on the same ground with just the dirt I dug up and horse manure compost I constantly had problems.

This stuff really does do your plants good. Milk is to Bones as MG Moisture Control is to Healthy green lush plants.

[canuck grower]

You should be alright for flowering simply with that HPS. Don't use "soft" white bulbs. They don't really put out a usable Kelvin for the plants. I could be wrong though, check the Kelvin rating on the soft-whites...

You want your Kelvin ratings to be about 6500K for your cool spec and 3000 for your warm spec.

You're wrong in the first paragraph, but you do have your facts straight with the kelvin ratings. HPS lamps are in the 2200K range, daylight MH lamps are about 5500K.

I have not flowered with CFLs myself but everything I have read supports what I said. Soft whites are around 2700K a lot of the time. Cannabis wants more blue light for veg, and more red light for flowering. But having some blue and red light present at all times is great, which is why I wouldn't suggest replacing all the 5500-6500K bulbs, just a couple of them.

http://boards.cannabis.com/closet-ca...seed-grow.html
http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-li...ussion-13.html
http://boards.cannabis.com/closet-ca...-question.html

[50ul }{4ck3r]

How is this Homemade co2 source that i made will it work ......followed all the directions at Homemade co2 source

[50ul }{4ck3r]

forgot the pix