First time growing with cfls

I had three of em i chucked when i moved too! They have the cvs brand the kind you can put vapo rub in when your sick ..should be perfect in a small grow room!!

winkdogg420 said:

I had three of em i chucked when i moved too! They have the cvs brand the kind you can put vapo rub in when your sick ..should be perfect in a small grow room!!

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Yeah thanks for the heads up man ill probably pick one up soon.

my pleasure thanks for showing us the seed mix pack!!!!!

Alright i have a decision to make and i need your help......Look at the plant in the attachment... It is a really fun plant to work with and it really responds well to the lst..i really like the strain but i flowered it way too soon and i have no clones... The branches are really spindly and the buds are just growing weird.....soooo.... should i..

a.) Try to cut off a bud and clone it

or

b.) clop off All the extra bud material but leave lowest/tiniest buds and revert the whole plant and use it as a mother???

This plant really wont make or break my crop but i just wanna know what someone else would do. And i am aware of the hermie risk

Cut a couple long skinny branches without alot of bud and trim them a nice long clean stem 6-10" then stick them in soul and 18+hrs of light!! It will take a week to get back to revegg then a week to grow rooots but it will clone make as many as possible incase some dont make it!

Just re looked at her clip the bottom 4 branches leave the lollly pop top to finish! And clip off the lil buds too they will die when the branches go back to vegg

winkdogg420 said:

Just re looked at her clip the bottom 4 branches leave the lollly pop top to finish! And clip off the lil buds too they will die when the branches go back to vegg

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Im willing to compromise with that plan.. That top should still be fine without the rest of the plant to support it right?

The top will swell because its getting a whole plants worth of roots feeding it!! That 1 big mass will out way all those little branches! She will really fatten up!

winkdogg420 said:

The top will swell because its getting a whole plants worth of roots feeding it!! That 1 big mass will out way all those little branches! She will really fatten up!

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ok so i was sold on it and i went to prepare to take te cuts and i pussied out.. I had already topped most of the branches weeks ago so its just a single branch with 2 buds on top and im unsure how much to get rid of.....If i clip off both those buds it will just be a stick with a couple leavesand nowhere for new growth????? SHould i then just cut like half the bud off and then throw em into 18hrs?

Try to get a better pic from straight on no angle i thought it was a main stalk and four branches??

winkdogg420 said:

Try to get a better pic from straight on no angle i thought it was a main stalk and four branches??

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Here u go cant tell if these will help.. But maybee u can see what i mean, the buds are pretty much the only growth on the plant so would i have to leave the buds on in order to reveg

haahaahaha just kidding but you can prob get 2-3 good cuts off her..in red i made marks for cuts cut closer to the stem i was just pointing out where i would take the cuts from ..leave the leafy material up at the tip and dip and burry all the way to the leaf..use sharp clean blade/scissors.. dont mist just keep the soil moist dome if possible..upside down 2-liters make goodd domes

winkdogg420 said:

haahaahaha just kidding but you can prob get 2-3 good cuts off her..in red i made marks for cuts cut closer to the stem i was just pointing out where i would take the cuts from ..leave the leafy material up at the tip and dip and burry all the way to the leaf..use sharp clean blade/scissors.. dont mist just keep the soil moist dome if possible..upside down 2-liters make goodd domes

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Yeah i have really bad lighting in my house(most of my light bulbs stay in the closet) so i have to try and get all funky with the angles ....and my cam sux So on those cuts should i leave the buds on so they can reveg or prune em off

THEY WILL DIE ANYWAY SO CHOP EM.LEAVE THE LEAFAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ...LIKE I SAID JUST STICKING THEM IN THE DIRT IS THE EASIEST WAY AND THATS HOW I BROUGHT BACK THE ww CUTS NOW THEY ARE ROOTED! KEEP MOIST NOT WET....

winkdogg420 said:

THEY WILL DIE ANYWAY SO CHOP EM.LEAVE THE LEAFAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ...LIKE I SAID JUST STICKING THEM IN THE DIRT IS THE EASIEST WAY AND THATS HOW I BROUGHT BACK THE ww CUTS NOW THEY ARE ROOTED! KEEP MOIST NOT WET....

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yeah i caught on to that when i realized i was using peat pellets and no nutes in the water....So i mixed 1/2peat to 1/2 of the soil i use i started 4 of my other clones and they look great conpared to the peat pellets... Well alright im dividing her up tonight. Ill post pics of the carnage toorrow!

Yup i couldnt even start seeds in peat pucks and i have a green thumb

so u have 12, 24 watt cfls up ?

cincismoker said:

so u have 12, 24 watt cfls up ?

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close... I started out with 12 23w but i broke 4 in an accident so now im using 8 23watters and 2 32w fluoro tubes.... The tubes are the wrong spectrum but i figured the extra light would help a little anyways

Light is light more the merrier...of coarse there are exceptions ...i.e. Halogen. What a shame so bright and so cheap i guess too much heat and wrong spectrum??

sounds suficiant but down grading the light is not good. i know accidents happen ive broke tooooo many bulbs myself. but when u start flower you need to add light. mabey pick up a couple 48 watts cfls to throw in the mix if budget allows. im sure the added light would help pick up your growth. as for your re-veg ive never tried my self an would be kinda apprihencive to try my self get some more opions for sure