First Grow - CFL

SugareESpice

SugareESpice

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I'm at 5.5 weeks veg here on my first grow. Currently recovering from some really bad nute burn a week to 2 weeks ago. Very tight nodes, which I think is good from what I've read about the stretching during flowering and bud size? Also have some pretty crazy leaves, I think, with blades coming from the center and most leaves being 9's and 11's. The one on top is a 12 or possibly 13.002 modified.jpg006 modified.jpg008 modified.jpg
 
Kratose

Kratose

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SugareESpice said:
I'm at 5.5 weeks veg here on my first grow. Currently recovering from some really bad nute burn a week to 2 weeks ago. Very tight nodes, which I think is good from what I've read about the stretching during flowering and bud size? Also have some pretty crazy leaves, I think, with blades coming from the center and most leaves being 9's and 11's. The one on top is a 12 or possibly 13.View attachment 1934533View attachment 1934534View attachment 1934535
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Yeah when you put your plants into flowering they can double sometimes triple in size. Depends on the strain. When my plants go from vegging under Floro's to flowering under a HPS light they explode. I had a widow triple in size on me once. I wasn't able to move my light up anymore. It was as far as it could go.



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SugareESpice

SugareESpice

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Thanks!!! I'm honestly not sure what the perfect size is, but I'm super excited about how it's growing and am trying to be patient.... patience is Not one of my strong points =).
 
ZipDriveX

ZipDriveX

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SugareESpice said:
Thanks!!! I'm honestly not sure what the perfect size is, but I'm super excited about how it's growing and am trying to be patient.... patience is Not one of my strong points =).
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I personally like to see short, bushy plants rather than tall lanky ones. And I'll second you on the patience thing! I was impatient enough on my last grow and then had to start all over again cause it was a male!! Talk about testing your patience lol. Even started a thread about it once haha:

https://www.rollitup.org/toke-n-talk/493001-impatience.html
 
lime73

lime73

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what kind of pot is that? looks like one for outdoors ...coir pot, is not always the best for mj...i had some that had a hard time growing through the fiber into new pots.

red i think is fabric, around ...leading me to believe op is a female...lol
 
SugareESpice

SugareESpice

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I have 3 25 watt daylight cfl's on it currently. 1 from above, 1 angled, and one completely horizontal. I also rotate my plant daily to even out the distribution of light from the different angles. I also am running the lights 24 hours a day. The plant is growing in a 5 gallon coconut liner.
 
SugareESpice

SugareESpice

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I think the red you are seeing is the horrendous carpet in our rec room! LOL - I moved it from the windowless basement room into the rec room just to take some pics.
 
lime73

lime73

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SugareESpice said:
I have 3 25 watt daylight cfl's on it currently. 1 from above, 1 angled, and one completely horizontal. I also rotate my plant daily to even out the distribution of light from the different angles. I also am running the lights 24 hours a day. The plant is growing in a 5 gallon coconut liner.
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i see ( 5 gal ) wow...didn't know it was that big.

why are you running lights 24 hrs...is it an auto strain...if not best if they get to rest, even 20/4 or 18/6
 
ZipDriveX

ZipDriveX

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SugareESpice said:
I have 3 25 watt daylight cfl's on it currently.
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Do you know the color of the bulbs (6400k, 5000k?) I'm using 4 26watt 5000k's on my girls for veg and plan to switch to 2700k when flowering.

SugareESpice said:
I think the red you are seeing is the horrendous carpet in our rec room! LOL - I moved it from the windowless basement room into the rec room just to take some pics.
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Hahaha, I had dark red shag in the basement of the last house we rented, hated that shit so bad!! lol
 
Kratose

Kratose

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SugareESpice said:
Awesome blog =)... very interesting and informative!
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Thanks man. I just started the blog not to long ago. But I will be updating it regularly. I will be doing articles on growing, and even have some tips and tricks articles.
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Hey maybe when your girls are budding you can have them featured. I am sure they will come out nice. Bet you can't wait to start flowering, or better yet when you harvest.

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Kratose

Kratose

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SugareESpice said:
I have 3 25 watt daylight cfl's on it currently. 1 from above, 1 angled, and one completely horizontal. I also rotate my plant daily to even out the distribution of light from the different angles. I also am running the lights 24 hours a day. The plant is growing in a 5 gallon coconut liner.
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Are you going to be flowering with those lights too? Or do you have a HPS light to put them under for flowering. Because honestly if your going to use CFL's for flowering your going to need a lot more then that.
CFL's are great for vegging though. T5's work great.
 
SugareESpice

SugareESpice

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I currently have 3 25 watt daylight cfl's on it. 1 from above, 1 angled, and 1 completely horizontal. I'm also rotating the plant daily to even out the light distribution from the different angles. Lights run 24 hours a day (again I am impatient!) Pot is a 5 gallon coconut liner... thought this would be good for MJ :/ ? LOL - The red is the horrendous carpet in our rec room!!! Female yes =) ... but there is no denying how awful that carpet is! The plant grows in the room next to our rec room since it has no windows, I figured this would be good for when I switch to 12/12 for flower.
 
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