Fluoro Tube Grow Journal

This is my first public grow journal. I ask that comments are not posted to this thread in the interest of making it more organized. If anyone feels the urge to comment, you can PM me and we can start a new thread in an appropriate area of the site for comments.

Some backstory:
I first began growing in 2006. I maintained a room with about 14 plants at a time in a rental house. My strain of choice at the time was "Monkey Pal", a cross between Durban Poison and Afghani #1 that was available at bcbuddepot. At the time, I was growing commercially. I had a close friend that handled sales so that my exposure was minimal. I fronted him and recieved 50 percent of the profit. Sadly, after only 9 months of doing this, I was forced to shut down operations due to a dispute between my partner and I. I did this based on a "gut feeling" and it was a good thing too, because not even 3 days later the home was raided by narcotics officers.

They found not one single trace of marijuana or grow equipment and I am (still) happy to say that I was never charged with any crimes.

I have since moved to another state where I have recently resumed a much smaller scale grow-op for personal consumption after being diagnosed with full blown AIDS in November. I am only 23 years old. I had been sick since August and unable to work so my op is low budget.

A Breakdown of the Costs of Setting Up:

5 4-foot Workshop fluorescent lights found in the hardware section at Wal-Mart

Cost $9.95 ea. or approx $50 total

3 packs of "daylight" fluorescent tubes emitting the 6500k spectrum, overpriced, at between 9 and 10 dollars per pack of two tubes.

Total cost for these tubes, approx $30

2 packs of "residential" fluorescent tubes emitting 4100k spectrum, priced at approx $3.95 per pack, also at Wal-Mart.

Total cost for these tubes, approx $10

A springfield hygrometer displaying temperature and humidity of grow room, also found in the hardware section of Wal-Mart,

Total cost $2.95

Two packs of hooks that screw into ceilling at 88c ea. also found at wal-mart

Total Cost $2.00

2 packs of hooks to attach to shoplights and chain to hooks in the ceilling, approx $1 each, also found at Wal Mart

Total Cost $2.00

Distilled Water, also found at Wal Mart, 78c per gallon jug.

Total cost so far 78c

Cheap 10ft dog chains to connect lights to hooks in the ceilling x5 at $3.95 each

Total Cost $20

Three six-gallon pots bought from home depot years ago at around $3 each

Total Cost est $9

1 small bag of the dreaded Miracle Grow topsoil bought at Home Depot

Total Cost $4.77 before tax

A large oscillating fanfound at Wal Mart

Total Cost $14

PH pool test kit for water, found in Lawn and Garden section of Wal-Mart

Total cost $5.95

Several bagseeds found in weed being sold locally as "Mid", scrounged.

Total cost $0

The satisfaction of growing your own pot, legally, for medicinal reasons: PRICELESS

(haha had to add a mastercard line there)

Approxiate total setup investment:

$151.45

So why not CFLs?

Why not tubes? Read aboutmy setup below and you'll understand why I opted for tubes.

The Setup

In the beginning, two shoplights with two bulbs each (1 residential, 1 daylight) were chained to the ceilling. Pots were cleaned with bleach water and soil added. Seeds were placed in a damp paper towel and left for 48 hours in a dark warm place.

Because they were bagseed, I added far more seeds than I needed, and rightfully so, since only a fraction of these old seeds germinated.

Seeds where then placed in soild approx 1/4 an inch in and moisture was maintained until they sprouted (usually within 24 - 48 more hours).

It should be noted that when using seedbank seeds in the past I have had a 100 percent germination rate so you'll want to use exactly what you need if you get them from a decent seedbank.

For the first week and a half, plants were watered with tap water. This is NOT advisable even after leaving the water to sit overnight in order to evaporate the chlorine. Tap water is EXTREMELY basic (here, anyways) and will most likely fuck up your PH. I got lucky but that doesn't mean that you will.

Until the plants began developing their second set of leaves, the soil was misted daily with a spray bottle that I scrounged to keep it nice and moist. After this, I began dumping approx a cup of water on the soil and waiting 3-7 days between waterings.

Sidenote: I know, I know, it can be hard to ressist the urge to water them more. After two years I feel like a noob again and I have that urge too. Resist it! I have had the oppurtunity to experiment with this and it seems fullproof. If the plant doesn't ask for it, then DON'T water it.

Within 16 days, the largest of the plants grew to approx 6 inches in height, exhibited significant sidegrowth and developed five fully developed sets of leaves (not counting the initial set you see after germinating).

It has begun to branch and the lower branches are already showing more than one set of leaves.

Because I am using fluorescents, which only penetrate up to about 12 inches, it is time to flower this baby. I first installed an additional shoplight vertically, so as to shine light on the plant from top to bottom. I will rotate 90 degrees every other day, as reccomended in Seemore Bud's book.

I installed the new light by simply chaining one end to a hook in the ceilling so as to keep it standing. At approximately 10pm, the plant begans it's first 12 hour dark cycle and at 10am on 12/29, I was surprised to see that it had grown an additional inch overnight!

Sidenote: In my experience with fluoros, less is more. Why wait another week or two to flower if the plant won't be able to meet it's full potential due to light limitations at that point? The plants will almost certainly triple or even quadruple in size when started at this age by the time they are done.

Grow Room Specs:

Temps are consistently between 78 and 81 degrees, though they spiked to 84 last night for around an hour after a dipshit cut off the A/C.

Walls are covered in aluminum foil.

Grow room consists of a very large walk-in closet, capable of housing about six extremely fat people semi-comfortably if they just stand still (haha I don't have specific dimensions!).

Once flowering is started for the other plants and vertical shoplights installed, there will be a total of 30k lumens shining on them during their light period. Currently, the room has approx 18k lumens in light, more than enough for four two-foot tall plants, one or more of which will AN HERO (die) once I find out they're male. I am convinced that I can achieve maximum yield with this setup.

Whew! That was alot. I need a smoke break. Images coming in about 45 minutes tops.

It should be noted that I have used fluoro's in the past to grow vegetatively only, with great success. I used an HPS for flowering. This time I will be using fluoros all the way through. It's a ballsy move on my part, but it just might work.

Also, the tubes are 40 watts each and the plants have been kept on continuous light except for the largest which I moved to 12/12 as of last night.

The lights were positioned approx 4 inches from the pots. Due to differing germ times, growth rates and heights, the smaller plant pots were placed on phone books rather than lowering the lights.

Images:
Pic 1 depicts entire setup as of 2 days ago, approx 15 days into the life of the largest plants.

Pic 2 and 3 and 4 shows the largest of the plants. Pic 2 is 15 days into growth and pic 3 and 4 is 16 days into growth.

Pic 5 depicts the middle plant. It has had problems since sprouting as you'll notice in pic 6. There has been some leaf deformation and slow growth. This plant is about 13 days old and is currently growing it's 5th set of serrated leaves.

Pic 7 depicts the rightmost plants, which share a pot. I am aware that this is inadvisable but I couldn't find a bottom for the fourth pot. If they begin to appear sick I intend to foilar feed them but ideally, I'll have started them on flowering long before and hopefully one will be a male. I realize it's stupid to plan things this way but I'm abit of a perfectionist and thus, I have even planned the unplannable. More likely, with my luck, they'll both end up being female and I'll have to kill one to avoid killing both.
Both of these plants are the youngest, yet they're larger than the middle plant and growing much quicker. They are approx 10 days old today but the image was taken last night.

Edit #2:
A more experienced member pointed out that the problem with the middle plant is most likely due to a slight PH issue. I know that the problem is likely due to a PH that is too high but I have opted to let the issue correct itself by watering less rather than adding a small amount of acetic acid to it's water so as not to accidentally make it worse.

All of these plants were last watered on the morning of 12/25. The middle plant is starting to exhibit more visible growth so I am convinced that just by hanging in here the problem will continue to correct itself. Acids from the time release nutrients will lower the PH over time and the distilled water that I am using on all of the plants now has a PH of approx 6.5

Temp 81 degrees

Humidity %38

Plant number 1 is now 18 days old and 2 days into flowering. It's filling up the pot rather nicely and it's lower branches are approx 1 inch in length with several sets of leaves. Within the week it will be very bushy indeed. It's also getting taller to make room for those branches as they grow, while still developing new sets of leaves along the main stem. Still no sign of sex yet, but that is to be expected at this point. If it's a male, I expect to know within the next 48 hours. In my experience, it will often take females longer than 7 days to show their sex. Plant number 1 is being stored in another closet for it's 12 hour dark period. Rotated pot 90 degrees during light cycle so that the vertical tubes will cover it from top to bottom. These tubes are approx 3k lumens each, so there is an additional 6k lumens shining on the sides of the plant, though due to it's height it's only getting about 1k lumens on the sides. The vertical tubes seem to be doing wonders for the branches. They're developing much quicker than I am used to. Currently there are 12 branches developing altogether and six of them have more than one set of leaves. For being only 18 days old this is very good, though the strain is obviously indica dominant, whereas the Monkey Pal strain I used before was more Sativa so it could be genetics.

It's worth noting that in Seemore Bud's book, he began flowering his plants at 4.5 inches tall and the yield was over 3 ounces when finished. Obviously, yield will be in the genetics so that is impossible to predict but one can always hope. I think installing tubes vertically as well as horizontally will make for some more even light distribution that will help the plant meet it's potential. I expect it will be approx 1.5 to 2 feet tall at finish with at least 16 small colas and of course, a larger main cola. With twelve branches already showing this is not a unreasonable expectation.

Tested soil for all plants, still moist after 5 days without water. They're all perky now, exhibiting vigorous growth so I'll wait to water until the beginning of january. Plant #1 seems to have become the home for a new visitor. A large brown spider has moved in and built a web on part of the plant. I considered killing it initially, but decided it might be good to keep pests at a minimum. It's presence here likely means that there are some bugs. I've inspected underneath the leaves of all the plants and found nothing, though there seems to be two or three gnats or small flies hanging around the lights. Definately going to leave spidey, for now at least.

Plant number 2 is showing more signs of new growth and some of it's leaves are actually looking better. I was bothered by the fact that a very small silvery insect quickly darted back under the soil while I was examining the pot though. It doesn't appear to be interested in the leaves or anything and this isn't the first time I've seen it. However, it's the roots that I'm worried about. Are there any known bugs that like to feed off of cannabis plant roots?

Plants 3 and 4 are growing very quickly and I'm fast beginning to regret placing them in the same pot. The smaller plant was stretching a little to reach the light that was being blocked out by the larger of the two. I went ahead and installed another vertical workshop light that I had set aside for flowering so as to give them more light. In a perfect world, this smaller plant would be male and I could kill it before there are anymore problems.

The largest plant of the two, plant 3, has some yellowing on the tip of one of it's lower leaves. It appears to be some nute burn as is common on the lower parts of plants growing in miracle grow soil. I'm not concerned about it now because the plant is showing very vigorous growth. Will keep an eye on it though to ensure that the problem isn't more serious than it appears.

4 of 5 of my shoplights are in use but I've been able to maintain temp in the lower 80's. There are no signs of heat stress and overall growth seems optimal. Will post pics within the next 72 hours.

I am hereby opening the thread to comments. I've given it some thought and some feedback would be nice. I'd especially like some input on the insects I've seen that could potentially present a problem at some point. Peace out.

Temp 79.7

Humidity %38

Plant #1 is 19 days old and 3 days into flowering. Growth has slowed significantly. Posting early today due to the fact that it's New Year's Eve. Plant #1 is a little droopy today. Checked soil for moisture. She definitely needs a drink. Carefully poured 2 cups of distilled water over the soil. Pulled plant from grow room during light cycle to examine for sexing. Still no indications. If there is no male growth by January 2nd, I'm pretty sure it's a female. Christ, in moving her I got a whiff of a very thick skunky aroma. The room still smells after I left for a few minutes for a cigarette. It's wonderful. Leaves are starting to look a little better 20 minutes after watering.

Checked other plant's soil for moisture. Neither plant 2 nor 3 or 4 need watering today. They're still moist and their leaves are perky.

Saw a gnat hanging out on plant #1's leaves today. Not good. Spidey is still there, alive and kicking. Asked him to handle it for me but he didn't answer. Boy, I sure need to get out. Going to go out tonight for some light partying.

Still no images. I have a camera with a dead battery and no charger so I have to wait for my best friend to come through. Once again, comments are open and will be staying that way for the duration. Can't wait to prove everyone wrong about these fluoro tubes (after harvest in approx 6-8 weeks) and post some images of the massive growth that has appeared in only 3 days!

Temp 78.3

Humidity %33

Plant #1 is 4 days into flowering and 20 days old. It is now growing it's seventh and eighth set of leaves along the main stem. Still no indication of sex yet but at this point, no news is still good news as the saying goes. Humidity is a little low. I had to raise the lights about 2 inches. ALL of the plants are getting taller, fast. Overall growth on plant #1 has is still slower than it was. This is a good sign. It means that the plant has begun to enter into it's flowering stage as intended. Could swear I see a silvery hair poking out among the petiole near the 5th set of leaves but I can't get close enough to tell definitively and it's still early. If female preflowers are there than they are still very small. Spidey is still thriving in his web that now spans across the very bottom sets of leaves on the plant. It won't hurt it though with my immune system being what it is, if it's a brown recluse it would be very bad if I was bitten. Rotting flesh is undoubtedly bad for AIDS patients.

Plant #2 is looking very healthy. All concerns that I had for it when the lower leaves were withering have evaporated. The deformation has remained at the bottom of the plant and some of the leaves are stilll looking better. Overall, the plant has widened and is growing new sets of leaves along the main stem along with some branches. It's about 3 inches tall right now.

Plant #3 is filling it's pot nicely and comes up to approx 4 inches tall. It's widened significantly and is pushing it's poor sibling, plant #4 over. I can see now that I'm going to have to snip plant #4 long before it's time to sex it. Plant #4's growth has been stunted and it shows no branching where all the other plants did at it's age and size. It's just under 3 inches tall. I won't be able to transplant it because it's roots will be tangled with plant #3. Guess I'll just dry it out and save the leaves to make brownies with leaves from all the other plants after harvest in the next 6-8 weeks. It'll prob take about an ounce in dry weight of the leaves to make decent brownies. Maybe two ounces. I've opted to leave plant #4 for a few more days. There is still plenty of time release nutes in it's soil so the only risk is that it will affect plant #3's growth. They're both 13 days old today.

Still no images, waiting for my best friend to call me back and drop by so I can use his camera. It's new years day and everyone is busy so it could be another day or two. I'll post them as soon as I get them though. On the bright side, since it's been about 4 days since the last images were taken, when I get new pics the growth of all of the plants will be much more pronounced.

Neither plant #2, #3, or #4 need water yet. They're perky and the soil is still somewhat moist. I expect it will be another day or two, maybe even three before they need it.

New images taken!

Pic #1 and pic #2 are of plant #1

Pic #3 and pic #4 are of Plant #3 and plant #4

Pic #5 is plant #2. As you can see it's doing much better.

Temp 79.2

Humidity %29

Not much to report. All plants are doing well. I haven't watered plant #2, #3, or #4 since Christmas morning and none of them need additional watering yet. Plant #1 is 21 days old and 5 days into flowering. Stems are swelling near the petiole indicating that the plant's sex will reveal itself very soon. There was approx 1/2 inch of growth in plant #1 in the last 24 hours. Leaves are looking as healthy as ever with new leaf growth on the branches and at the top of the plant. Sprayed it with some Green Light tomato bloom spray that contains mainly phosphorous to boost flowering as it starts. I've had this spray since 2006 and there is no expiry date on the bottle. Hopefully the fact that it's a little old won't hurt anything. Spidey is still alive and kicking, having taken up permanent residence at the bottom of the plant. The gnats that were hanging around seem to have mysteriously disappeared. Good to have him around to keep the ecosystem in check.

Plant #1 smells very pungent now. By my estimates, within the next 2 weeks the entire building will smell very strongly of skunk. Pulled the plant from the grow room at the beginning of it's light cycle to check for signs of sex. Still no indication whatsoever. This is good. It's beginning to look like it might be female based on the fact that it hasn't shown male characteristics yet. It looks like the silvery hair I saw yesterday was a trick of the light as it reflected on a petiole. We'll see. Seeing as how this is an indica dominant strain, things are looking good for it.

Plant #3 is definitely a different strain than plant #1, #2 and #4. It's much bushier with much thicker leaves meaning that it is likely even more indica dominant. Most of the cannabis circulating locally in the so-called "black market" is indica dominant. It appears to be mass produced by a single supplier. Buds are often lime-green with abit of frost on them, you know, the typical "mid". You can buy it for as little as $80 an ounce if you know the right person, though it usually goes for closer to $120 an ounce. I believe I can have much higher quality bud from the exact same strains with proper growing conditions and post-harvest processesing because I am not mass producing and thus, am able to put much more care into each individual plant.

Temp 78.3

Humidity %35

Plant #1 is 22 days old and 6 days into flowering. Still no signs of sex yet. I think she'll be a female. We'll know within the next 3-4 days at the most, I suspect. Plant #1 still doesn't need any watering but the soil is getting dry faster. I'll likely water her tomorrow morning. The branches on this plant are really growing. The bottom most branches are now growing their fourth sets of leaves. New sets of leaves at the top of the plant continue to develop and broaden.

Carefully poured 1 cup of water (each) over the soil around plant #2 and plant #3. Snipped plant #4 at the base of it's stem. Both plants were crowding each other and branching out less due to the crowding. Killed the smaller of the two rather than attempting to transplant because at this point their roots will be tangled so transplanting would kill both plants. Planting more than one plant in the same pot was a stupid idea.

Plant #2 and plant #3 are getting taller, developing 6th and 7th sets of leaves and some branches. In another week I'll start them flowering as well. Will post images in another day or two.

Temp 75.7

Humidity %39

Plant #1 is 23 days old and 7 days into flowering. Checked plant for sexing. No luck yet. Had to raise the lights again by another 2 inches. The spider that has been living at the bottom of the plant appears to have become rather territorial. I pressed my finger into the soil to check for moisture and had to withdraw rather quickly as it lunged at me! Ugh, I hate spiders. I'm considering killing it but now it looks like a new batch of fungus gnats has been born in my closet. I've seen about four of them this morning. Killed all but one. Hopefully the spider gets the rest of them.

All of the plants are still looking healthy. Branches on plant #1 are continuing to develop quickly as are the leaves at the top of the plant. All of the plants now have their characteristic marijuana smell. It will only get stronger as they continue to develop.

Plant #3 is going to be the bushiest. It's new branches are much leafier with less space between new leaves. This is good. It may produce higher yields if it's female once I start to flower it.

Some leaf tips on plant #1 and plant #3 are curling down a little. Poked holes in the soil carefully with a pen so the roots could get more oxygen. I should have mixed some perlite in the soil. It's too late now though. I suspect this harvest will pull through as long as I can keep my bug problem in check. The gnats have me worried, to say the least.

I plan on posting updated pictures of the plants and setup on Tuesday. It's better to have a few days in between snapshots in order to better show growth progress.

Temp 78.3

Humidity %43

Went out and bought a new bag of perlite and MG african violet potting soil for $4.28 each in preparation for next grow. Cut off tops of 8 2 liter bottles to use as containers later. It will be about 3-4 more weeks before I start the new grow.

Plant #1 is still very healthy, though it has yet to indicate sex. Leaves were drooping a little so I poured 3 cups of water over it's soil. The whole bedroom now smells of marijuana when you walk in. No point in trying to hide it. I love the smell.

Also bought some GardenSafe Fruit & Vegetable Insect Killer ($5.95) from the garden center while I was out at Wal-Mart. It says on the bottle that this can be used on tomatos up until the day of harvest. I won't be using it that late in the flowering stages but I definitely have the beginnings of an insect problem. As a rule of thumb, any type of product like this that is safe for tomatoes will be safe for cannabis. I sprayed down the garden as soon as I got home, taking careful aim for Spidey at the bottom of plant #1 before covering the rest of the plant. The spider has outworn it's welcome. He was hit but then he escaped after playing dead for a few moments. He started flexing his legs like he was going to jump at me. There are a few species of spiders that can do this. Ugh, I hate spiders.

Other than the purchase of new materials, there is little to report. Plants have exhibited steady growth and they all look healthy. It could take up to another 7 days before plant #1 shows it's sex but I'm betting that it's female at this point.

I realized this morning that I've been trying to flower plant #1 under 4100k and 6500k bulbs whereas I should be using 2700k or 3000k combined with 6500k. They'll still flower, but it might not be as dense and the buds may be fluffier with more leaves. They might take a little longer to mature as well. There is still red spectrum in those bulbs so I've opted to stick with what I have for now. I guess I've gotten out of practice over the course of the last two years....

Temp 77.2

Humidity %41

Plant #1 is 25 days old and 9 days into flowering. It grew about an inch overnight. Had to raise the lights again. Some of the bottom branches are now 3 inches long and developing their 5th and 6th sets of leaves. Still no sign of female flowers yet. When I opened the closet to move the plant for it's light cycle I was taken aback by it's very pungent skunky aroma. It's definitely getting stronger. I can now count ten sets of leaves on the plant from top to bottom (not counting branches) with the 11th set of leaves well into development.

Plant #2's bottom leaves are warping again. I'm a bit concerned but it's still growing so it's obviously not that bad. Watered with 2 more cups of water to try and balance the PH some more. Plant #2 is now developing it's 6th set of leaves

Plant #3 is by far the bushiest. Branch growth is very thick with little spaces between leaves. It's now developing it's 8th set of leaves from top to bottom (not counting branches). The bottom sets of leaves are showing signs of nutrient burns. These discolorations are now affecting more than just leave tips so there is some cause for concern. I added another 2 cups of distilled water so as to rinse out some of the nutrients that may be building up in the soil of this plant. It's still growing rather quickly so it might just be fine. Will have to keep an eye on it over the next few days.

I've noticed that the rise in humidity seems to be increasing growth in all of the plants. Ideally, we can get it up to %50. No new images yet. I'll post them as soon as I get them.

Temp 78.3

Humidity %48

Plant #1 is 26 days old and 10 days into flowering. Today at approx 10:09am I confirmed that plant #1 is FEMALE. It's first bud appeared two nodes from the very top of the plant with two white hairs protruding. Leaves and branches are continuing to develop. She is approaching 11 inches in height. I had to raise the lights yet AGAIN. She still has another week and a half of vertical growth left. By my estimates, when she is done I will have approx 24 branches and she will be about 1.5 feet tall. Not bad at all.... so far.

Conditions have improved for plant #2 and plant #3 after I watered them yesterday. There has been some increased height and new growth at the tops and in the branches. Nutrient burns have not appeared on new portions of plant #3 and affected leaves seem to be stabilized. Only time will tell. I am putting the last two plants into flowering starting today. They are both ranging from 6 to close to 8 inches in height.

Now only a few questions remain. What kind of yield can I expect? Only time will tell. The grow itself exists because of my love for cannabis but the purpose of this journal is to show that one can get decent yields for personal consumption using fluorescent tubes if a) there is adequate sidelighting as well as light at the top of the plants and b) plants are flowered early so they finish at under 2 feet tall due to limited fluoro light penetration. The yields may well be decent. Or I could end up looking kinda stupid and be out over $151. We'll see.

I still don't have images yet. Due to scheduling conflicts for my closest friend and confidante (work, college,etc.) I likely will not have images until Sunday. Sorry for those who are watching. Stay tuned!

Pic 1, 2, & 3 is of plant #1

Pic 4 is of plant #2

Pic 5 and pic 6 is of plant #3

Buds on plant #1 are still too small to show on the images but they're there. I'm guessing that bud growth will be visible in images within the week.

Temp 76.6

Humidity %35

Plant #1 is now 28 days old and 12 days into flowering. Two new small buds have developed at the top node of the plant just below a set of developing leaves that will soon unfold. Growth has proceeded as expected. Had to raise lights again.

Plant #2 has been identified as a male as of this morning. Balls were observed developing, also on the top two nodes. The plant was promptly removed from the grow room and killed. Disposed of stems and soil. Leaves are drying out in a dresser drawer for hash later. Estimated dry weight: 4 grams max

Plant #3 has had no further problems with nutrient burns. It is thriving and I suspect it will reveal itself to be female within the next few days.

Temp 77.0

Humidity %36

Plant #1 is now 29 days old and 13 days into flowering. The buds that have developed so far have increased in size enough that they will be visible in the next set of images that I take.
Plant #1 was just slightly droopy this morning, as was plant #3. Checked soil for moisture. The top 2 inches is so dry that the soil isn't even clumped together. It had a sandy consistency.
It's only been just over 3 days since it's last watering, however, growth has been minimal for the last day so she definitely needed some more water. Added approx 4 cups of water to both plants. One of the things that can be rather difficult as a plant gets older is watering it properly. Underwatering too much can affect yield almost as much as overwatering.

Since I have never been known to supersaturate the soil of my plants with water, I'll have to start watering with more water more often. Both plants drooped slightly after today's watering, however, within the next five hours they had perked back up and were already showing signs of new growth.

Plant #3 has been on 12/12 flowering cycle for approximately 3 days. Still no indications of sex but that's normal at this point.

Temp 74.9

Humidity %41

Plant #1 30 days old and 14 days into flowering. Both plants are healthy and perky. Plant #1 is exhibiting new bud growth on some more nodes today on the main stem as well as some branches. New sets of leaves appear to be growing at a slower pace as the plant shifts more towards bud production.

Plant #2 is doing great. Still no indication of gender.

Temp 75.9

Humidity %36

Plant #1 is 32 days old and 16 days into flowering. I'm seeing new bud growth on a daily basis. Water consumption seems to have increased dramatically. Some of the top leaves are drooping slightly but the soil doesn't seem to be dry enough for it to be needing more water. I think I'll hold off for now just to be safe. There has been some chlorosis on the bottom leaves which could potentially be a symptom of drowning roots. Drainage in this soil mix is shit.
Chlorosis is also a symptom of flowering, in the later stages but I think it's too early for that. Branches down to the seventh node from the top are now showing sets of white hairs pointing out. Within the next week there will be an explosion of new bud growth all over the plant. Each new node at the top of the plant has more buds than the last. I've been trying not to get too excited. Only 6-7 weeks at most left before plant #1 is ready for harvest.

Plant #3 has been on it's flowering cycle for 6 days. It's stem has already stretched quite a bit, as is normal for a plant during flowering. I've been checking it daily for signs of sex. We'll know soon enough.

Sorry for my typo in my previous post, plant #2 has been dead for awhile. Plant #3 was doing great. Chalk the typo up to stonage.

Temp 80.6

Humidity %32

Pic 1 is plant #1

Pic 2 is plant #3

Pic 3 & 4 shows some bud development on plant #1 - the resolution sucks and most bud sites currently have between 1-6 buds so at this point it's not as visible as I'd like it to be. If any of you have ever tried to take a picture of buds when they're first developing with a shitty camera then you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Pic 5 is just a good looking branch on plant #1.

Plant #1 is currently about 13 inches tall. I can see that I'll have to raise the lights yet again tomorrow.

Anyone have any idea if plant #1 is more indica or sativa dominant? When it first began growing the leaves looked fatter and I thought it was an indica but they're looking thinner now. I only have prior experience with a Sativa dominant strain I worked with in 2006...

Here is pic 5. Forgot to upload it lol.

Temp 76.5

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For those who are watching, I am sorry for my absence the last few days. I've been trying to distract myself from the plants in order to resist the urge to pick off some buds or leaves after running out of weed.

Plant #1 is 36 days old and 20 days into flowering. Buds are now starting to appear in clusters on the branches and at the top of the plant. There is now well over 60 buds on the entire plant. I have been watering each plant with 500 ml of water every 3 days. Considering the size of the pot, this may still be too little. I am concerned because leaves on the bottom of both plants are yellowing, drying up, and dying. There is still new growth at the top and on branches in the form of both leaves and buds. I realize that leaves yellowing and dying is normal to an extent but it is still very early in flowering for this to be happening.

Plant #3 is now a confirmed female. It seems to be budding faster and the buds seem thicker, with thicker pistils emerging. Even plant #3 has some yellowing at the bottom of the plant.

Took some images.

Pic #1 is plant #3

Pic #2 is plant #1

Bud growth is still not very visible in these low quality images.