My 1st proper CFL grow.

Ok, so i have grown before but im putting alot more effort into this one.

i have 5 plants growing in a 3/4ft wardrobe, massive compared to my first space which was 1ft lol.

3x lowryder.
2x Ice.

i have 3 x 20w CFL, not sure if they are warm white or daylight as they dont say but there lumens is 1265, i think. i also have 2x 30w warmwhite (1900 lumens) and 3x 20w (again) for when they are bigger.

so far 1 is 11 days old since sprouting, it seems to have stopped growing but its growing its 2nd set of leafs so im happy about that.

The other 4 are 4 days old since being plant. They are alot bigger then in the picture, ive just filled there pots to the top now, i usually plant half way down so then i can top up the compost as they grow.

ill add some pictures, but if anyone has any suggestions thats great. i am also getting a 125w CFL and those lights currently are going to be on the side. please dont leave nasty comments though, only suggestions.

Cool Setup man...

My sugestion would be to buy atleast 1x 125 Watt Blue & 1x 125 Watt Red

Then use those other cfl's for placing around those plants...

Look i will make a pic

Small Blue & Red Circles are your cfl's....

the 2 long bulbs are CFL's They will be placed at the top

Red = Flowering time

Blue = Veg

You can leave this setup till the end of your grow

The blue spectrum will stop your plants from stretching

Hope you enjoy'd my drawings.. Im out now going to have some fun with my girl =

Green = Marihuana Plant

and the arms are the branches as they will be filled in prop. from that cfl setup

Butt get yourself and HPS

You will just spend to much money dude

check out my grow i ended up cloning for next apartment with hps

firstly, sorry to say man, im a girl. also i think i mentioned the fact that the current light situation will soon be the side lighting.

The artistry in that diagram is astounding.

Can't really think of any suggestions...lookin good. Um, yea those cfls you have now are on the reddish side for sure, judging by the close up. My guess is warm white 2700k.

Argh right man cheers for letting me know. i am going get a 125w though, this week or next. im gutted now because i brought PH down today and added it to my water, for some reason i used half the bottle and it didnt do much to the PH level but when i sprayed my plants, went back an hour later and they were brown and shriverled... im gutted, only two look fairly ok, one is spotted brown, hope it pulls through.

Hey girl,1/4 of a teaspoon of down will drop the PH 1 whole point in a gallon of water. you should be at 6.0 for water PH, sounds like you sprayed strait cemical on those poor babys,you should wash them with clean water[right out of the tap]back your lites off till they dry and cross your fingers.

GOOD LUCK GIRL.

cheers mate. well, yeah they died but hey i got two nice ones, only ones slightly burnt but not too much. besides my parents didnt want me to have loads of plants since they are against drugs. they dont mind me having 1 or 2.. but 5 was pushing my luck and they said get rid. lol so in a way i did. i just hope these are female. i might buy female seeds from now on to save disappointment.

Day 8

I have two plants left, as i believe i said previously.

They are 8 days old from germatation. Thats all really.

they looking ok? do you think they should be futher along then this? im currently using 3 20w CFL which i have been told may be warm white, but i cant find daylight in my area. Next week i will have a 200w daylight though.

any suggestions?

This is a picture of both plants (i know you may think that the one on the left is stretched but its not, i accidently raised the plant too much when i was repotting, most of that was previously in the ground.)




Lowryder


(it has some burning to the leaves, thanks to my highly acidic water mix).

Sorry for crappy photos.

yeh apart from the burning they look good,,when you repot you can bury that streched looking one a little deeper,so thats nothing to worry about,,when you get your new light,theyll start growing alot quicker,,,remember dont give um any nutrients yet,unless there for seedlings,like formulex,,,wait atleast 2-3 weeks before you start giving um growth nutrients for vegging and make the mixture a 1/4 strength then obviously increase it each time...peace

Thanks. Yeah i havent started giving nutes yet, as i am terrible at it. i always seem to give my plants nute burn. I didnt know when to quite add them, but yeah 3 weeks sounds good. i have three foot room to grow in so vegging that long wont be a problem either.

Day 12

Hello, just a quick update and again any suggestions if anything is wrong with them.

also need some quick advice, in a few weeks time when i consider adding some nutes.. which one would be best these are my choices that i currently have brought.

NPK values

miracle grow - 24.8.16
tomato grow - 4.5.3.9 (i dont know why there are 4 numbers)
unknown brand wonder grow - 16.10.27

i dont know if they matters but they are lowryder and ice, if NPK value makes a difference to plant strain.

now for pics.

ICE

LOWRYDER

nice plants ,or plant

not sure what you mean by that, cause i have two plants. but thanks!

Im bit gutted that i believe my lowryder is male, its 2 weeks old and i swear i can see a ball shaped part where its nodes are growing. gutted. do they usually show sex this early?

Even if ur in over cast conditions its gud enough through a window is good sun during the day and flouro at night will make huge buds and loads resin u can even mirror sunlight,we need vitamind the sun has it but we dont need to lie on the beach in yhe full sun.

No, lol. Its too early to determine sex.

yeah but they are lowryder, lowryders male show sex after 17 - 21 days and females 21 - 23.. so it might not be and also to the other dude about the overcast conditions.. what are you on about sorry?

just leave tha water sitting out 4 24 hours ph will b perfect.... those lights will do for seedlings, but u def got 2 get more lights.... i have over 30,000 lumens all 6400k for veg and they vegd 4 3 weeks and where 20 in tall & bushy

yeah those were answers to questions i never asked but cheers.