FBF 1ST GROW ...CFL GROW

First and foremost i would like to give a big shout out to all the people who diligently hone their skills whilehelping others to achieve success.I would like to thank RIU for being a medium for people like myself to "soak up" vital bits of information. I plan to become an active memeber on this site and i am enthusiatic to interact with great knowledgable people

Remembering that this is my FIRST GROW (Started on 6/27/16),please goeasy on me and nurture me as if i am your plants.. Is all i ask.

I am lacking certain crucial instruments and information.

What i do have is passion and a capacity for learning.

My grow cabinet is "Home Brewed"
Consisting of a modified aquarium stand...with the top and back enclosed.the back has intake and exhaust fans installed. The top portion was affixed with a hinge to make changing bulbs and adjusting the height of the light fixture,if necessary, easy. The inside of the Cab is lined with mylar repurposed from birthday balloons readily made available at your local party supply or dollar store.

I have a small co2 (sugar & yeast) generator directly injecting some form of enrichment to CLONES that are "Monster Cropped/flowering clones" which i understand could be a complete flop or utter success,depending on strain and other variables.

I am using Olivias cloning solution as the nutes during the REvegging which is comprised of 24/0 light cycle which i plan on continuing for about 3 weeks or untill roots are visible. I DONT HAVE A TDS METER
Which is my next purchase in a few days and i have a BASIC PH KIT from Gen.Hydroponics that i used to arrive at a PH of 6 for the purified/filtered water with a PH of 6 with Olivias cloning solution added
For the watering & a PH of 6 for the run off

After the clones have (hopefully) rooted i am going to transplant these ladies into either 1then2 gallon smart pots or use the pots i have which i believe are one or two gallons... Using FFOceanForest buying myself 3-4 wks before purchasing more nutes. CFL are 26 watts 6500k and 80 watts2700k.. Going to upgrade CFLs soon

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You're going to want to tape those cut bottles to seal out all light from attacking your roots

Looking good. Fresh cuttings? When clones take off try to keep them pigtails about a half inch off them to minimze stretch and to maximize light penetration. Pic up some y adapters so you can add a couple more bulbs. Till funds allow you to upgrade

7/12/16 UPDATE

as of 7/9/16 some things have changed with the grow...

Firstly and maybe most noteworthy is the lighting.. I AM NO LONGER using CFLs to grow.. I am using LED lighting as my source of illuminant... To see what my presumptions about the technology will conclude

Secondly I have acquired H&G (Van de Zwann) Soil A/B

Which I have NOT used at this point since the rooting process is still under way.

I AM using Olivia's Cloning Solution still

Some of the cuttings have suffered Heat stress presumably from the CFLs I was using... I am trying to get them to a healthier state daily

TWO of the cuttings are more promising than the rest(having new growth which is not mutated.having serrated leaves and pistils!) and are what I project will be the candidates for transplant in about two more weeks (24/0 for about a month) which is what I deduced from research to be the typical time healthy rooting will have occurred .

Cover the bottles or replace the with pots. Or your asking for alge

farmerfischer said:

Cover the bottles or replace the with pots. Or your asking for alge

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Is it to early to transplant..
. they have been in these containers since 6/26 and I heard that it takes about a good month for the roots to develop

FATBOYFRESH said:

Is it to early to transplant..
. they have been in these containers since 6/26 and I heard that it takes about a good month for the roots to develop

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COVER THE BOTTLES. You need to either spray paint or cover your bottles with foil or other non translucent material. Your roots are probably getting destroyed by the light. That's probably the real reason why they all look dead

HazednConfused said:

COVER THE BOTTLES. You need to either spray paint or cover your bottles with foil or other non translucent material. Your roots are probably getting destroyed by the light. That's probably the real reason why they all look dead

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Ok
.. They are now covered..

Thanks

Covered them i think nicely

The new growth looks good too... Nice and green

Bluury pic...of new growth

That's what I'm talking about man

Hello folks its 7/19 and im here with an update......

One of my clones is showing very good new growth... More than the others....

And one clone.... I believe has pythium... Because it started to brown off at the main stem

More pics coming soon

What i believe to be a pythium struck clone

Also got some silica. Calmag and some other goodies... Now i have access to a tds meter also!

You've been growing these clones since 6/27. They should be 50 times bigger than they are right now bro. You need to figure out what is stunting their growth. I don't intend to be mean but they all look half past dead already. Might want to start from seed next time.

HazednConfused said:

You've been growing these clones since 6/27. They should be 50 times bigger than they are right now bro. You need to figure out what is stunting their growth. I don't intend to be mean but they all look half past dead already. Might want to start from seed next time.

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No i understand.... I believe a few things contributed to this outcome...but....im germinating some seeds now.... About 10 minutes ago lol... Thanks for

HazednConfused said:

You've been growing these clones since 6/27. They should be 50 times bigger than they are right now bro. You need to figure out what is stunting their growth. I don't intend to be mean but they all look half past dead already. Might want to start from seed next time.

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No worries.. I'm. It an overly sensitive noob lol.... I just started the germination process for two seeds this morning....
These clones where monster cropped so I heard that it takes longer than usual to root... So I was being patient with it....

A few other factor I believe contributed to this grow turning out like this but im going to correct it in the next grow...

Thanks for all your input

.I appreciate it

No problem bro. I'm a super noob too. I'm barely on my second grow now. But I can tell you that starting from seed with a good quality soil such as Fox Farms Coco loco mix will do you wonders. And don't try to over complicate things. Just pop those babies in the pots that u need to get and under some light and let them co their thing! It can get very tempting to mess with the plants when they're showing some real growth but fight that temptation! Just keep them watered and lit and top them at the 3rd node once they grow to 5 nodes and you'll be golden!