Flowering seedlings?

[Baz]

Ok time to stick my main plant into flowering, problem is i have 5, 4 day old seelings in the room with it, so they are going to have to go into flowering too will i get a yeild at all off of these seedlings lol or should i just throw them and concentrate all my light resorces onto my main one

 

[Baz]

Anyone flowered from seedling?

 

[Torturedzen]

The seedlings will suffer from the reduced photo period and may become stressed. A stressed plant increases the chances of becoming a hermie. I've read where people start 12/12 from seed and have decent success rates. The yield will be small but you might as well go for it and see what happens.

 

[Eharmony420]

LOl, i have posting the same problem with now repsonses. Except i have 5 clones and one flowering plant. The clones in a dwc bubbler with 5 inch roots and the flowering girl has 3 weeks or so left i think. Maybe pull the flower and flower it in a sep closet under cfls and use my one hid elight to veg the clones. My first flower plant i pollinated and before that botched it all the way a s i learned. SO i could pull it and go for a rela grow with 5 clones i fig. However the flowerer is looking nice and i would hate to disturb it. I in the same boat as you. ARRRRRRRR!

 

[leafysmell]

dont get rid of them man!!!

it can be done from seed but you will have to look after them they will need some tlc.

 

[homegrownboy]

You'd have alot more success with some flouro tubes rather then all those cfl's. Just a thought.

You can always take the flowering plant at the end of it's 12 hour day and put her in a room that is completly dark so your other plants stay on there schedule. Works fine, I do it everynight with my 3 flowering plants.

 

[oneandonly420]

those cfls produce very little light at the end. most of the light goes outward from the sides. you should try remounting those horizontally instead of vertically. just FYI

 

[Baz]

those cfls produce very little light at the end. most of the light goes outward from the sides. you should try remounting those horizontally instead of vertically. just FYI

Yea i know what your saying but the hood should bounce all light downwards, ive solved the problem now, and turned one of my kitchen cupboards into my new veg box

 

[homegrownboy]

Good job improvising! Is the inside of the cubbord white?...if not paint it white, or get some mylar wrap, the light will reflect alot better.

 

[Baz]

Yea its white already but with the door shut its reaching nearly 90 hmmmm

 

[homegrownboy]

Get out the drill and make some vent holes. Your little area should cool doen easy that way...have one fan sucking air in and one fane blowing air out.

 

[wyteberrywidow]

looks good how long did u veg your main1?

 

[Baz]

just over 8 weeks but spent first couple on windowsill in sunlight

 

[wyteberrywidow]

looks good man wish i could pick some right now

 

[Baz]

ok, ive cut a hole in the back of the cupboard near the top in an attempt to bring the temp down, its arround 86-88 with door shut, is that still too hot?

 

[Suprafrk91]

This is another newbie question, but i heard that if you try to flower your seedlings it wont allow them to build strong root systems, has anyone else heard about this?. And what type of strain are you growing Baz? thats a nice looking plant man.

 

[Scranny420]

Because of the way that your bulbs are positioned, there is not much light shining down on the plants nor is there much light shining up toward the hood (so it can get reflected down on the plant). In fact, the majority of your light is going straight to the wall.

There are two ways of solving this:

You can turn your bulbs horizontally, causing them to shine lots of light up (toward the hood) and down (toward the plant), and not shine so much light toward the walls.

- or -

You can modify your hood in such a way that the light is reflected down toward the plants before the light reaches the wall. (having the hood on top doesn't do as much as having an angled reflective surface between the light and the wall.

Just remember that the most light exists in areas perpendicular to your bulbs, so right now, the majority of the light in your box is going straight to the walls...you can either deflect it down before it gets to the wall, or you can adjust the orientation of the bulb entirely.

 

[Baz]

Because of the way that your bulbs are positioned, there is not much light shining down on the plants nor is there much light shining up toward the hood (so it can get reflected down on the plant). In fact, the majority of your light is going straight to the wall.

There are two ways of solving this:

You can turn your bulbs horizontally, causing them to shine lots of light up (toward the hood) and down (toward the plant), and not shine so much light toward the walls.

- or -

You can modify your hood in such a way that the light is reflected down toward the plants before the light reaches the wall. (having the hood on top doesn't do as much as having an angled reflective surface between the light and the wall.

Just remember that the most light exists in areas perpendicular to your bulbs, so right now, the majority of the light in your box is going straight to the walls...you can either deflect it down before it gets to the wall, or you can adjust the orientation of the bulb entirely.

Hey thanks for the advise i never thought too much into the lights positions when making my hoods, anyway i have scraped my original hood and converted the lights into a new hood designed on your drawings, im sure this will make a great diference
Thanks

 

[Scranny420]

Here ya go! Hope it helps. Just keep in mind that the top and bottom of the bulb is where the LEAST light exits.

 

[boistlyboist]

12/12 from seed my friend. It can happen.

Good luck.