leova's CFL Wal-Mart Grow

Got a little side project goin on...growin in a lampshade!

I think it's...3 weeks old? maybe 2, i forget!

haha lookin good, whats is the growing medium?

just fuckin water...in a plastic pot-bin-thing.
Tried to go w/ hydroton, but it just put 100% energy into like 3ft roots, but 0 growth. So fuck it...i know hydro, i'll stick with hydro

I bought a 60-100x microscope from radio shack, but I'm struggling to get it to "work".



It uses 2 AA batteries for the bulb. I've tried it with the light, without, etc...
Whatever i do, whatever focus/zoom setting i use, all i see are white or black blobs!

How far away should I be with one of these things?!
Can I use it to see the trichs and stuff, and if so, how far away should I be?

leova said:

I bought a 60-100x microscope from radio shack, but I'm struggling to get it to "work".

It uses 2 AA batteries for the bulb. I've tried it with the light, without, etc...
Whatever i do, whatever focus/zoom setting i use, all i see are white or black blobs!

How far away should I be with one of these things?!
Can I use it to see the trichs and stuff, and if so, how far away should I be?

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You should cut the leaf you plan on inspecting, place it on a flat, solid surface and place the microscope directly on top of it, also against the surface.

yep. keep the zoom at 60x. put it (sample)on a flat surface, turn the light on, place microscope on top, look through hole, move around to find specimen. adjust zoom/focus to desired levels.

what about trichs and shit? since theyre on the buds/colas, i cant really remove them....

leova said:

what about trichs and shit? since theyre on the buds/colas, i cant really remove them....

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You use the bud leaves that have trichs on them.

yea so only checc maybe once every couple days, so you not cuttin leaves all the time

when the time comes

yeah man checKing once every three days should show you the progress of the plant

tom__420 said:

yeah man checKing once every three days should show you the progress of the plant

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That's what I went with. I could see a difference every time.

tom__420 said:

yeah man checKing once every three days should show you the progress of the plant

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haha tom you really need to drop it, just come out and say it, no need for being a pussy, i mean pussy footing around

Another small update..not much change in the main plants, they just keep getting nicer and nicer-looking.
Wonder how much longer to flower em, been about... 8 weeks now, so they should be almost done, especially since they're small/stunted from the light/crowding issues I had before


On the other hand, my lampshade-plant is doing great! Gave it some of the Flower nutes, seemed to go along really nicely

I feel like were in the same boat. I cant figure out when to start to flush. Nice little project you got going. i am assuming it was a clone? If not damn its growing good. I had some good times playing Age of Empires 2. I wasnt all that great but it was fun.

lookin good man

cardinal7syn said:

I feel like were in the same boat. I cant figure out when to start to flush. Nice little project you got going. i am assuming it was a clone? If not damn its growing good. I had some good times playing Age of Empires 2. I wasnt all that great but it was fun.

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its actually from a seed, i just stuck a couple seeds into rockwool and see if they'd germinate
This was the one that did, and now it's exploding!

They LOVE some sexy nutes!
Exploding!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRS90V8BQGo

lampshade!

Update!

Still same old same old...I've started water-only topoffs for the main plants now, probably end up going with a all-water rez in a couple days

lampshade doin great!
I think i might have to flower it soon though, simply due to its size...thoughts?

verry nice!

what are the watts on the Cfl's?