First Grow journal

Greenseedsbaby

Active Member
Heys guys just reading through here found heaps of good info but i just wanna ask some questions that i still wasnt sure about. This is my very first grow indoor and outdoor. I got a seed (not too sure on strain) from a friend when we harvested his 8ft plant which yielded a pound lol. My grow area is pretty ghetto lol it’s a large box that’s 3ft 9” high , 20” wide , and 16” deep , ive covered the inside with foil its pretty reflective , Ive added an 8cm pc fan towards the upper left side of the box to blow any hot air out of the box n placed a bowl of water in the box to keep humidity. Atm im using 2x 24w 125w equivalence 1450 lumens 6500k cool daylight spectrum cfls and a 40w incandescent bulb 600 lumens just for extra lighting. Im planning to go to the store n buy 2 more 24w 6500k cfls and 4x 24w 125w equivalence 1450 lumens 2700k warm white spectrum cfls. Using 18-6 lighting for veg n then 12-12 for flowering. My questions are:
Should I use all 8 cfls 4x 6500k n 4x 2700k (totaling 176w 1000w equivalence 10 000 lumens)all at once in both veg and flowering stages or should I use 6 cfls 4x 6500k n 2x 2700k during veg n then 4x 2700k n 2x 6500k (totaling 128w 750w equivalence 7100 lumens) during flowering ?
Is it possible to make 2 or 3 clones from this tree without using any chemicals or rooting hormone just water and darkness/light which ever they need and have them grow reasonably ?
With flowering can u make the plant go into flowering anytime or is there an optimal point like will I be picking when to start flowering or will the plant tell me , can a marijuana plant if kept in 18-6 lighting never go into flowering oh n can only a male marijuana plant pollinate a female or can other plants pollinate a female marijuana plant ?
Oh n I read this sensmila thing I think it is where if a female plant is never pollinated and in result wont produce seeds, is this true ?
And if I did clone n it was successful if I took 2 clones from the 3 n placed them outside in 10L pots at the start of spring which for me is towards the end of july would they grow until next year beginning of winter n flower n if yes would it be hard to maintain them outside being stealthy is no problem ?

Sorry for all the writing if you could help with even only 1 answer that would be great n thanx in advanced to whoever answers =)


the plant is 8 days old when the seed germinated i didnt realise it would actually germinate coz before that i tried germinating around 20 seeds n none of them worked (*i think they werent stored properly) so i was surprised n happy but i realised it was too cold outside for a seedling ( winter begins 1st of june for me) so i decided to after some long research make a grow area out of a larger box i had. up until day 6 the 40watt 600 lumen incandescent bulb was all i had as a light source so im not sure if my plant is very small, small, normal,or big, in size, i think small coz compared to other people at the same age mine looks like its growing slighty slower but that should change coz on day 7 after instaling the 2 new cfls the plant grew more quicker.


P.S lol sorry for sooo much writing.
 

Greenseedsbaby

Active Member
UPDATE : 14 days from seed.
heres an update this is the plant at 2 weeks got a set of 5 blade leafs and added 2 more 8 cm pc fans bringing cool fresh air through some pipes that lead to the bottom of the room door ( i have the heater on and it just started winter here so its really cold) using 2x 24w=125w output 6500k 1450 lumens cfls and 1x 24w=125w output 2700k 1550 lumen cfls totaling 72w=375w output 4450 lumens planning to use 3 more later on when the plant is bigger. ill keep updates every week or so. can u guys tell me if the plant looks too small for its age and if its doing alright and i need to know if now is the time to transfer it to its permanent pot its pretty big not too sure on volume (i think roughly around 3 gallons) but its 1ft tall and has a outer perimeter of 33 inches




 

Greenseedsbaby

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UPDATE : 21 days from seed.

this is the tree at 3 weeks its gotten bushier and more leaves are coming out , took 1 of the 2 fans used for intake and placed it to blow air towards the tree. i decided to put the tree in its final pot coz the last white pot i saw some root coming
out the bottom. will post another update next week.



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Greenseedsbaby

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UPDATE: Day 28 from seed

topped plant at 23 days from seed and it was successful. After looking at pics from 7 days ago i was like whoa thats a fair bit of growth. tree has got pretty bushy and nodes are splitting everywhere and i can count wat looks to be 5
colas and 2 main colas starting to branch up, cant wait to see its growth in another 7 days.


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Greenseedsbaby

Active Member
UPDATE: 35 Days From seed, Day 1 of 12/12

Heys guys sorry i lost my camera so i cant upload any pics i decided to start flowering so i now have 2x 2700k and 1x 6500k above and 1x2700k in a lamp facing more towards the side of the plant on an angle , all of the lights are 24w = 125w and 1500 lumens each. Plant is 9 inches and i can count what hopefully looks like 5 colas and 2 main colas ( thanx to that 30 second topping i did at 23 days) as soon i get a camera ill upload pics.

 
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