First time growing help (Barneys Farm Seeds Critical Kush)

G'day all thanks for any feedback im new to growing and this forum,
I started my first 2 kids soaked in water and then paper towels till the roots popped out, they have been in soil under t5 lights from the 29th of September.
Last week having saved the money since i was confident they were actually growing i bought a mars hydro cree 2 128 and a mars hydro 100x100x180 tent, so they have been sitting 18" under the LED since the 5th November and they are loving life.
Now little white hairs are popping out from up top does this mean that they are flowering?
Would it be too soon to flick the bloom light switch on my LED?
I imported the seeds from attitude seed bank, their website read "60 days flowering" does this mean they start flowering in 60 days or they have completed flowering in 60days?
Is it true seedling and vegging under t5 lights creates more nodes/buds or would it be better off just growing under my LED? was thinking about rotating 2 and 2 in veg and bloom, here in australia you only get a slap on the wrist if you have no criminal record and under 5 plants so i want as much yields as possible with up to 4 plants growing at a time.

HappiestHigh said:

G'day all thanks for any feedback im new to growing and this forum,
I started my first 2 kids soaked in water and then paper towels till the roots popped out, they have been in soil under t5 lights from the 29th of September.
Last week having saved the money since i was confident they were actually growing i bought a mars hydro cree 2 128 and a mars hydro 100x100x180 tent, so they have been sitting 18" under the LED since the 5th November and they are loving life.
Now little white hairs are popping out from up top does this mean that they are flowering?
Would it be too soon to flick the bloom light switch on my LED?
I imported the seeds from attitude seed bank, their website read "60 days flowering" does this mean they start flowering in 60 days or they have completed flowering in 60days?
Is it true seedling and vegging under t5 lights creates more nodes/buds or would it be better off just growing under my LED? was thinking about rotating 2 and 2 in veg and bloom, here in australia you only get a slap on the wrist if you have no criminal record and under 5 plants so i want as much yields as possible with up to 4 plants growing at a time.

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You’ve got those plants looking really nice and healthy well done. How many hours are you running your light for ?
I ran critical Kush for a while and had 2 different phenos one was done in about 8 weeks the other I let go for almost 10,yours look like the one I had that went 8 weeks. Usually flowering time is counted from when you flip to 12/12.
T5 is a really good veg light,I don’t use L.E.D so I couldn’t say which is a better one to use but there is a couple of guys over on the Aussie growers thread that might have a better answer https://www.rollitup.org/t/aussie-growers-thread.250691/page-1694#post-13897275 always good to have another Aussie contribute.

Yes sir flip those bloom lights on! Congrats you got females. Switch to 12/12 light cycle and start feeding potash and phosphorus!

They are not flowering yet but u do have females..... If u wants veg a little more u can if u have the head room ... White Hairs shows females congratulations great job on getting them started ...

Welcome, HH. I'm also starting my annual indoor grow and have a CK as one of the beans. I'd say that if you are limited to 4 plants/grow I would take the time for some training to maximize cola development- I manifold ALL of my plants and add some HST if needed to fit the space. I'll be interested to see how your turns out. I'd run the Mars for everything-the T5 is a good start but the Mars should be fine for everything.

Hi new grower, welcome to Icmag

Thanks for all the replies another great forum ,
Ozcoco ive had them on a 20 hours on 4 hours off cycle, under a t5 with daylight globes in a matt white cupboard i modified since seedlings , its a great little incubator, mite use it for veggies now that i have the LED and tent Great to see their is an aussie community here.

I took the advice ive gathered and have decided to go to 12/12 light cycle with the bloom switch on, today is the day of the transition they are drooping a bit as they are normally awake by now, i think i could have vegged longer and maybe got more but im desperate to smoke and start my personal stash.

Nutes Ive been mixing a bit of neem oil (fungas nat problem) and liquid seaweed in with my water and checking ph since the transition to veg they seem to love seaweed, after a week or so into veg ive been using general hydroponics 3 part solution every other feed, just following the bottle guide I started with mild veg mix and am now on aggressive veg mix in a day or 2 ill do the transition to bloom mix as i watered them with seeweed and neem today, liquid seeweed is great for transitioning and root shock and this genetics get a hard on and go a beautiful green i only put a little bit in the cap for each litre of water.

Thanks again ill keep yas posted with updates