First time CFL grow from seed (3rd week flower)

[PeeAych]

Hey peeps, this is my first ever time growing/first time ever posting. I started with two seeds, one is a definite Bubba the other is just random bag seed. Extremely lucky, both of them turned out to be female. I didn't bother cloning either of them because I wanted to see what my outcome would be like before going more in depth. The only things I've really been monitoring hardcore have been the pH (steady 6.3-6.5) and I've been giving them bloom booster since the 1st week of flowering. I don't think they look that bad, my only concern is that they need more light (currently 3 23w CFLs per). I think I also want to do something with the fan to make it a bit higher...Please let me know what you guys think!

Bubba is on the left, random is on the right.

 

[Bluntcuts]

Ya try and get some more light in their asap. Maybe on the sides for supplemental lighting. I am also on my 1st grow, Day 5 of Flower.

 

[PeeAych]

Ya try and get some more light in their asap. Maybe on the sides for supplemental lighting. I am also on my 1st grow, Day 5 of Flower.

Yeah, I figured I'd need more light... I'm also curious about cutting some of the bigger fan leaves to get more light to the rest of the plant... Should I try that? I like the idea of keeping it the way it is and letting it do its own thing.

 

[gingerbuddha]

Don't trim them, just get lights all around that bitch. CFL's are only really effective within about 6 inches of the plant. those lower bud sites aren't getting shit. You should look into lst, topping/fim'ing, and/or scrog next time. Makes a much more efficient use of the cfl's

if you can't add a whole bunch of lights id suggest dropping 2-3 in between the plants at different heights, rotating them every few days so they get full light coverage.
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-gb

 

[PeeAych]

Don't trim them, just get lights all around that bitch. CFL's are only really effective within about 6 inches of the plant. those lower bud sites aren't getting shit. You should look into lst, topping/fim'ing, and/or scrog next time. Makes a much more efficient use of the cfl's

if you can't add a whole bunch of lights id suggest dropping 2-3 in between the plants at different heights, rotating them every few days so they get full light coverage.
ex. x= plants !=lights
!!! !!!
x ! x
x ! x
x ! x

-gb

Yeah I was afraid I didn't have enough lighting but I'm on a tight budget...I do already rotate them every day for air circulation and I change the light height when I do it. The bubba is a bit taller than the other. I'ts gonna bother me so I'm going to have to get some more lights in there today.

 

[PeeAych]

Ok so I took your advice ginger and I've been rotating the plants daily and adjusting light height daily as well. I haven't been able to go out and buy more CFL fixtures but hopefully I'll do that on Friday. Here's the same bud that I took a pic of before. Looks like a little improvement to me, I'm just wondering if they'll be able to fill out more?




(pic came out sideways for some reason)

 

[gingerbuddha]

Definitely looks good man. Lights all around it will only help it. I try and keep a light within 2 inches of every bud site.

 

[PeeAych]

Definitely looks good man. Lights all around it will only help it. I try and keep a light within 2 inches of every bud site.

Word, yeah I have 3 per plant right now and 4 good looking bud sites like that one on each plant. Both main bud sites are under the lights all the time (about 2 inches away) and I rotate them so the sides get some light. This is definitely a learning experience, next time I need to stock up on LOTS of light. Thanks so much for your help man.

 

[gingerbuddha]

That's a good start for sure. 26-30 w bulbs are the best for getting them all around, 40w can work but they are just a little bigger. Unless of course you step up to 100+ in which case placing them horizontally can cover a good area.

 

[PeeAych]

That's a good start for sure. 26-30 w bulbs are the best for getting them all around, 40w can work but they are just a little bigger. Unless of course you step up to 100+ in which case placing them horizontally can cover a good area.

Right on, I think I'm going to be getting 3 more 40w, possibly a few 100w on Friday. I'm excited now Thanks again

 

[gingerbuddha]

Make sure you're looking at the actual wattage, not incandescent equivalent. Just fyi... not sure if were on the same page on wattage, a "few" 100 watters is more than enough for a complete grow. I have around 200w's total in my cab for one plant.

 

[Kybudz]

Yeah I'm running approxmatlly 240 watts mixed 6500-2700 over plant. Two clamp lights I rotatate around pot everyday. If I miss a day rotating clamp lights I can tell.

 

[PeeAych]

Make sure you're looking at the actual wattage, not incandescent equivalent. Just fyi... not sure if were on the same page on wattage, a "few" 100 watters is more than enough for a complete grow. I have around 200w's total in my cab for one plant.

I understood you, I'd rather buy them 2 or 3 at a time though. I ended up getting a couple more 23w CFL's putting out 1600 lumens each. They're filling in nicely now, (per your advice GB) and that tent smells like a bowl of fruity pebbles. I have no clue what the random one is but I think I like it more than the bubba...

EDIT: I think I was also mistaken about the time they've been flowering! I was counting weeks since I changed the light cycle but I sexed them on the 4th and changed to 12/12 on the 31st. Does that mean they're just starting their third week of flowering?

 

[imlovnit24/7]

The gender of the plant will show durring veg, of course that's not always true cuz some ppl don't veg for more than a couple days/weeks. But my ladies started preflowers more than a month away from me switching to 12/12. Your plants look great, what kind or soil and nutes are you using?

 

[PeeAych]

The gender of the plant will show durring veg, my ladies started preflowers more than a month away from me switching to 12/12. You plants look great, what kind or soil and nutes are you using?

Huh, I didn't know that... I thought it was dependent on the strain and maturity of the plant. Either way the plants I have didn't show sex until after I went to 12/12 so I'm counting the 4th as their first day I guess? I'm using just plain Miracle Gro potting soil and during flower I'm using bloom boost for them. They seem to be doing well, I guess they're 3 weeks and 2 days into flowering now?

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Bubba is on the left, and the other 2 are of the unknown.

 

[pvddread]

when should u need to add nutes to regular MG?