Medical CFL Grow Journal - Sour Diesel & Northern Lights

[NowICanSee]

This is my medical grow journal. I will update this every few days.

I got the clones on march 7th and they were about 1-2 weeks from the cut. As of today, March 30th, they are roughly 4-5 weeks old.

I built the light hood and am running:
(4) 23w 1650Lumen 2700K Bulbs
(2) 27w 1350Lumen 6500K Bulbs

Total: 146w 9100Lumens
24 Hour Veg

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March 7th

I got 5 clones from a fellow patient and they were infested with fungus gnats.

The first plant is the Northern Lights and the rest are the Diesels.
5 Plants; 5 Pictures, 1 per plant.

Thanks for looking...

 

[NowICanSee]

March 17th

Here are the plants 10 days later.
The first picture is the NL and the rest are the D's

 

[NowICanSee]

March 27th

The gnat problem has been cured by covering the soil with sand and letting the soil dry very thoroughly.

The first picture is the NL and the rest are group shots.

 

[NowICanSee]

March 30th

I am getting an air-cooled 600w HPS in about a week and I will start flowering around April 10th.


All of the plants have been LST since around march 15th
The first picture is the NL which was just topped and is standing at just over 8 inches.

Enjoy

 

[slyfly]

looking reall nice man, i still dont completely understand this lst , i looked at the faqs and it was a spiral but it looks like from yours the plant just grew up and you tied down the side limbs and not the main stem?

 

[NowICanSee]

looking reall nice man, i still dont completely understand this lst , i looked at the faqs and it was a spiral but it looks like from yours the plant just grew up and you tied down the side limbs and not the main stem?

Thanks. I just tied the D's down so that I had an even canopy of leaves with out covering any growth. As far as the NL, it was just topped a few days ago and isn't really tied down but more tied 'back' to keep it from being a lot taller than the D's.

 

[covertgrow]

looking real good

 

[ThaDonNacci]

I'll keep an eye on this one- plants are lookin damn good! I can't even tell you how old my plants are to be honest..I'd have to look when I first posted the journal, and then go back from there...

 

[NowICanSee]

April 4th

Here is an update for everybody,

The plants are a little over 9 inches tall. I am getting my 600w HPS either tonight or tomorrow.

I am going to transplant them as soon as my HPS is installed.

Here are two pictures from today.
I will update everything as soon as my HPS is installed.

Enjoy...

(... 2nd Pic is the Northern Lights...)
...Also the NL clone has been transplanted into a larger container...

 

[ThaDonNacci]

Here is an update for everybody,

The plants are a little over 9 inches tall. I am getting my 600w HPS either tonight or tomorrow.

I am going to transplant them as soon as my HPS is installed.

Here are two pictures from today.
I will update everything as soon as my HPS is installed.

Enjoy...

(PS... 2nd Pic is the Northern Lights...)

Thumbs up for reall! Those are lookin beautiful!
IMO- I think clones grow so much better and bushier than seeds!
Good deal, lookin forward to seein u light set up!

 

[Hemp4Victory]

looking reall nice man, i still dont completely understand this lst , i looked at the faqs and it was a spiral but it looks like from yours the plant just grew up and you tied down the side limbs and not the main stem?

Check out this Grow: https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/169987-my-cfl-closet-journal-ak47-5.html starting from page 5 there is lots of info and pictures regarding LST training. The link on page 5 I posted is a GREAT LST guide. You can also follow the LST progress in the journal. It is pretty simple. You slowly bend the top of the plant over which cause several things to take place. The first thing that happens is the bottom of the plant is immediately exposed to the same amount of light as the top. The second thing that happens is the plant redistributes its growth hormones to try to have a full top again. This redistribution of hormones causes all of the bottom branches to rush for the top of the plant creating new future budd sites. You then proceed to add more and more ties to the plant bending it into whatever shape you please. The main goal is to expose as much of the plant to light as possible. Don't be afraid to bend your plants. They can take it. Always make sure you use something called a counter tie though when using LST or you risk pulling your plant out of the ground. A counter tie is simply a tie placed near the bottom of the plant that pulls it in the opposite direction of the one bending the top. Hopefully this will be helpful in helping you understand LST and its goals and uses.

 

[NySurf]

Someone told me just yesterday switching from cfls to hps will kill your plant. I think maybe he had his cfls 2 inches away and then tried to drop a hps 2 inches away. Which would be stupid. But be careful. I DID hear it. Ive only grown under MH and HPS combos. Never cfls. but im going to.. cfls are cold compared to 600 hps. Watch the temp and good luck

 

[NowICanSee]

Update:

I am still waiting on my 600w HPS from my friend. I will have it within 2 days. As soon as everything is set I will transplant take some new pictures.

Check out this Grow: https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/169987-my-cfl-closet-journal-ak47-5.html starting from page 5 there is lots of info and pictures regarding LST training. The link on page 5 I posted is a GREAT LST guide. You can also follow the LST progress in the journal. It is pretty simple. You slowly bend the top of the plant over which cause several things to take place. The first thing that happens is the bottom of the plant is immediately exposed to the same amount of light as the top. The second thing that happens is the plant redistributes its growth hormones to try to have a full top again. This redistribution of hormones causes all of the bottom branches to rush for the top of the plant creating new future budd sites. You then proceed to add more and more ties to the plant bending it into whatever shape you please. The main goal is to expose as much of the plant to light as possible. Don't be afraid to bend your plants. They can take it. Always make sure you use something called a counter tie though when using LST or you risk pulling your plant out of the ground. A counter tie is simply a tie placed near the bottom of the plant that pulls it in the opposite direction of the one bending the top. Hopefully this will be helpful in helping you understand LST and its goals and uses.

Thanks, I will check that out.

Someone told me just yesterday switching from cfls to hps will kill your plant. I think maybe he had his cfls 2 inches away and then tried to drop a hps 2 inches away. Which would be stupid. But be careful. I DID hear it. Ive only grown under MH and HPS combos. Never cfls. but im going to.. cfls are cold compared to 600 hps. Watch the temp and good luck

It sounds like he had the light way to close. Also, my HPS is air-cooled, and I live like 4 blocks to the beach, so I get a really nice ocean breeze. Temps won't be an issue.

 

[be more curious]

I wish temps weren't an issue for me, i live across the street from the beach but i am growing in a rubber maid box, temps hit 97ouch! This only happened once so I am hoping their are not too stressed. Looking good, CFL vegging is great, too bad you weren't going to go through the flowering process too +rep

 

[NowICanSee]

April 18th 2009

I finally got my 600w HPS last night! I also transplanted the girls into 1.5g pots and watered them.

Today is the first day with the new light and the first day of flowering.

All pictures are from 04/18/2009

The last two pictures are of the Northern Lights.

Enjoy

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PLEASE NOTE:

AS I AM NO LONGER USING CFL'S ALL FUTURE UPDATES WILL BE MADE IN THE NEW THREAD UNDER THE 'INDOOR GROWING' SECTION WHICH CAN BE FOUND HERE:

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/185294-medical-grow-journal-sour-diesel.html

Thanks & Enjoy!

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[Sidek!ck]

Nice strains. Nice job too, looks good.