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Had plants in darkness for 24 hours. During that period they grew 3 inches each and have growth all over. Both plants are showing pre-flower signs of being female... so far.

Day 28 Both ladies were transplanted into 5 gallon smart pots. Lights go off in a couple of hours and they will be asleep for 36-48 hours and then straight into 12/12 schedule. I was going to wait longer but Plant #2 is growing too fast; an inch a day. Plant #1 is still lagging behind but she...

What I don't understand is why running only the 150w HPS cab is consuming 467watts.

Ya, so all this learning about CFL's, volts, electricity and shit motivated me to replace all the light bulbs in my house. I had 30+ incandescent ranging from 60-150 watts each. from my calculations I'll be saving $20-$40 a month switching to these 15w (60w inequivalent) CFL bulbs. It cost me...

Day 26 It's almost time to switch lights over to 12/12 for my bag seed plants. They seem to be happy right now. My plan is to transplant them into 5 gallon smart pots and then wait another week for them to get over any stress. Then switch 12/12. Plant #1 Plant #2 I finished the...

Day 25 Both plants have recovered over night since flushing. Plant #1 is still being her moody self though. Plant #1 Plant #2 Plant #2 LST I've been playing around with LST here are some pics after 5 days of it.

Day 24 Man I'm not feelin' so good. I was busy landscaping my yard and wasn't tending to my plants like I wanted to. I watered them with ferts and I think I got a little carried away because the lower leaves have been yellowing. Literally 2 nights after transplanting and feeding. They have...

The plants show no sign of stress from transplanting. There is no notable difference other than the response to the new lighting is really good. Greener, faster growth and the droopy stems are going away. I thought maybe I was over watering or under watering. But for some reason it appears the...

Transplanted them into 1.5 gallon pots, up from 2 quart pots. I decided to transplant because the plants managed to use all the water in the pot in 1 day. There was no way the water evaporated, so the plant must have consumed it. Boy, am I glad I did. Because when I pulled the potted plants out...

How to Convert Amps to Watts The method for calculating watts from amps is to multiply amps by the volts. Example: My ballast consumes 3.7 amps at 120 volts. 3.7 amps x 120 volts = 444 watts

How to Determine Your Power Cost Your electricity bill should show you how much you are paying per 1kWh. 1kWh = 1000 watts of electricity for 1 hour. Right now I am paying $0.078 per 1000 watts an hour and my lighting is 18 hours a day 31 days a month. Step 1 Add up your total...

The new lights are in. I took down my 390w CFL setup and replaced it with a MH+HPS 400w light in a cooling tube. Looks great, installed easier than I thought it would - the whole ballast thing made me nervous because I had no idea what a ballast was. Whatever the commonly suggested benefits...

Here's an update for you... one word: skunky. And it's a little outrageous how quickly they are growing. Like an inch a day in every direction... I'm afraid the plants will run out of room and starting to think I should have used to the whole closet instead of a grow box. It's beyond me how...

The soil was completely dry. I think it's been a week since I watered them and they are looking great. Today was the first time I noticed a little bit of droopiness. I took this opportunity to start feeding nutrients. They were fed Fox Farm Grow Big, Liquid Plant Food (Big Bloom) and a drop or...

Both plants have crystal like hair covering the leaves and they are starting to smell pretty skunk if you sniff them up close. They were bag seed and I'm pretty sure it's AK-47. Plant #1 Plant #2 Plants White Widow 5 seeds finished soaking in water this afternoon. All 5 within...

My White Widow seeds are in! I had them shipped directly to my house. Impressively stealthy shipping methods.

Both plants have really took off. There is new growth at the base of each large leaf, starting to develop the infamous 5 fingered cannabis leaf. I'm keeping the CFL's 3inches above the plants it has fixed the stretching in plant 2. Both plants are growing bushy and low to the ground and I am...

I'm not confident in these bag seeds. I don't even know how old they are and the chances I will get a female is slim. So, I ordered 30 White Widow seeds and I can't wait for them to get here. I'll probably grow 6 at a time to make sure I get a female. I'd hate to wait 3 months and find out...

Another seed has grown into being planting worthy. There are two seedlings now. Plant #1 Plant #2

Germed 6 bag seeds by soaking them in a cup of room temp water for 24 hours and then moving them into a moist paper towel in a large zip lock bag. 4 sprouted, 1 has took off (featured photo.)