First time grow (Bagseed Indoor CFL)

Robinfj

Member
Robinfj welcome to RIU! 8)

you don't look like you're five days away but your girl sure is looking good! great job with the CFLs! :leaf: some of the leaves look burnt from the bulbs and some look like they're overfed but could be the picture. overall: :clap:

it's awesome to smoke your own.

:peace:

Hey man!

How long do you think she has left? I leave my apartment the 17th of dec and Im gone for 10 days so I have to cut the plant before that date. My leaves are burnt by the CFL yes.. Its good to get a second opinion on how she looks.

Cant wait to smoke it!
 

turbobuzz

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image.jpg Something looks off to me. Tips are burnt and the buds don't look far enough along for 7 weeks. Not trying to be negative, just my opinion, and maybe some room for some tweaks next time. Here is a couple I've got on day 43. Probably another 30 to go. These are cfl except for a 90w led I bought for shits and grins. I thought these looked weird because they never really branched. That cfl bulb on the left is 150w comparable 40w true. $12 at hardware store. I've only had it a week and I think it's already helped.
 

ISK

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Hey man!

How long do you think she has left? I leave my apartment the 17th of dec and Im gone for 10 days so
I think you just answered your own question....leave it until Dec 17th, then hang it up in one piece in your bathroom with the exhaust fan on.... should be okay for 10 days
 

undercovergrow

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i agree with ISK at least let her go until the day you leave; in the pictures, she is showing way too many white hairs still to chop now.
 

Robinfj

Member
Yeah. I come back on the 29th... So. Can I leave my plant to dry up for 12 days? I mean I would have to use a cardboardbox for stealth incase my landlord goes into my apartment (I think we share exhaust fans in the house, so I don't want marijuana stench in my bathroom).
 

undercovergrow

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from looking at your pictures, perhaps you could water her really well before you leave and just leave her to grow? she doesn't look like she will be ready in a week. no one to water her for you while you are gone?
 

farm hippie

Active Member
People blow flushing in soil way out of proportion.

Cut back to a 1/3 strength feeding your second-to-last time watering, and straight water your last time. That's all you need to do if you are using Botanicare and running soil.

Brickweed tastes like shit because it was grown in a field with 1000 other plants that no one gave a shit about...
Left to dry in the sun in a pile no one gave a shit about...
Bricked up and moved around for a year or more before your dealer ever gets their hands on it...
And then finally it's handed to you.

Some of the best weed I've ever grown was bagseed.
I agree. Way back when I first started growing I grew bag weed seeds. The result was interesting. I got a couple really nice plants a bunch of average an a couple of crap plants. I've done that again recently just for shits and giggles and one of the plants I actually think may have been a landrace sativa. It was a pure sativa I'm sure.
 

Robinfj

Member
from looking at your pictures, perhaps you could water her really well before you leave and just leave her to grow? she doesn't look like she will be ready in a week. no one to water her for you while you are gone?
Alot can happen in twelve days though....

I'm sure my plant got stunted... The temperature dropped below 13C* one night. So I think that's the reason. Week 8th mark is tomorrow.
 

Robinfj

Member
Hello guys! I am back.

My plant unfortunately got a little bit of a burn when I was gone, both nutes and light burn on some of the leaves and buds.. I cut her down yesterday and I hung her up to dry.

Some pics here.

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Robinfj

Member
Well I haven't dried or cured them yet. They've dried since Friday night.

I tried a few joints now and I'm a bit stoned (but I can't really tell because I was stoned before I smoked).. I could taste a bit of the clorophyl, so it wasn't as smooth as I want it yet.
 

GrowUrOwnDank

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Hey. Here is some new pictures.

I fed her 1/3 strength now, and I can see calyx swelling, brown hairs and she's getting smelly. I can also see alot of trichomes on the lower buds, more than on the colas on top... They are pretty cloudy too. 11. dec is my 8th week mark. I also wonder what has happened to my leaves. Anyone know?

How long do you think is left?

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As for flushing, since your plant is about ready to pull anyway and there is most likely some residual nutes left, I just use ph'ed water the last couple of weeks. I mean once it's done its done. And I really feel the weed tastes better=less harsh. I might also let it sit in the dark for a few days. Don't really have any concrete evidence that any of this does any good. But, it makes me feel good about it and that's the most important thing. Right? Don't really know but that's some good lucking bagseed buds bru.
 

Robinfj

Member
As for flushing, since your plant is about ready to pull anyway and there is most likely some residual nutes left, I just use ph'ed water the last couple of weeks. I mean once it's done its done. And I really feel the weed tastes better=less harsh. I might also let it sit in the dark for a few days. Don't really have any concrete evidence that any of this does any good. But, it makes me feel good about it and that's the most important thing. Right? Don't really know but that's some good lucking bagseed buds bru.
Hey thanks man! I've already pulled the plant and the smoke is not very harsh.

I just used plain tap water the last few times.
 

Robinfj

Member
I think I might have messed up and harvested too early..

I now got the buds in a glass jar and I am curing them now, opening the jar a few times a day. No mold or anything. But I've looked at alot of trichomes and I can see many clear and cloudy but no amber.. So I think I messed up.
 

Dr.Pecker

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Cloudy is what you want anyway, amber is a sign of thc degradation its converting from thc to cbn. If you have a lot of clear trics then your harvesting too early. IMO the curing process is very important. You don't want them too moist going into the jar or too dry. Also if you let the plant fade in the end the chlorophyll will come out and that gives you a little smoother taste. Ill show you an example. grow pics 012.jpg
 

GrowUrOwnDank

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