1st Grow - CFL KB Seeds w/ Pics

Hey Hey,

So this is my 1st grow (aw so cute) and I wanted to share it here and get some feedback to both help myself and anyone else to become a better gardener. I'm a little behind already because I'm on day 16 of my grow already so here is a little summary...

12/1 - I planted 2 germ'd seeds into 1.4L pots with Moisture control MG. I set the pots into a plastic container (to catch any mess) and placed them in my closet which is roughly 33x18x72" (LWH). I then set up 4- 26W 3500k CFL's, a small fan, and contractor bags to cover and keep in the light.

Using a timer outlet I bought at the depot I set it to 18/6 and let mother nature take its course. Over the next few days I noticed steady growth from seedling into its veg. stage.

Last week I was reccomended by a friend to hit the plants with 24 hours of light all the way until I begin flowering and I did just that. It's been 4 days since I made the switch from 18-24 and the plants have grown significantly (pix below).

I've been doing more research as the days pass and fianlly today I realized that my CFL's arent the right size according to the CFL forum. So Im going to grab 4 6500K CFL's to continue my veg. stage and change them out for a lower K light when it comes time to flower in a few weeks.

If anyone wants to know more about my set up or anything Ive done so far let me know I just left it out cus' it was getting long. LET ME KNOW HOW IM DOING!! Im dying to know. Thanks

The Pics below are:
1. both plants today
2. both plants and an idea of the set up i have

6500K would do better then your then 35k bulbs.... Plant look really good what are they?

Good to hear cus' Im about to go buy some now. Thanks.

Im not sure on the strain. It was from a friend and all I know is that it was 'awesome' but thats it which kinda blows but this 1st grow is just a test run. Another friend and I ordered just about $200 of seeds from Attitude last night so that grow I'll know more about.

there doin good man they look healthy, subscribed.

im doin similar grow nice!! in 16 days in flower , keep it up

Sick thanks the both of you.
I just bought some 6500k lights, bigger pots, and some extra lights. Ill set it up tomorrow and post some new pics.

soooo its day 17 now since I planted my germ'd seeds. Today I transferred my plants into larger pots 1.4L to 5L.

It was my first transfer so I hope all goes well, thanks to everyone that advised me.
I added some perlite to the soil (moisture control MG) to get some airation.

I felt I needed a bit more light so I added another 2 CFLs which brings me to 6 total for 2 plants.
4 - 26W 6500k
2- 26W 3500k

I checked the levels which were
78F and a PH of about 7

Check the pics below and lemme know how my set up is I could use all the help I can get... The shield is just a cardboard strip that domes the top of the set up and is lined with tin foil... i need some mylar where do i get it?

looks good man but ur gunna have to fix that PH head down to walgreens n buy soeepsom salts n put 1 tblsp per gallon

good call Im going to do that next

sorry its epsom salt

Day 20
2 - Plants still growing (sex unknown)
4 - 26W 6500k CFL
2 - 26W 3500k CFL
Temps around 80-86F
PH around 6.8-7
24 hours of light

Day 20 and I just got home from being away for a couple days but the plants seem to be doing OK. Nothing much to update other than I found 1 of the plants had grown into a light and burnt it a lil bit but nothing bad. I did some searching around today on RIU and got some good advice from another CFL Grow. Check it out its a nice one.
Anyway I'm gonna head out soon and grab a couple 68W 2700k bulbs for flowering along with some blooming nutes, spray bottle and hopefully finally getting my hands on some mylar.
Either monday or next week I plan on switching thecycle to 12/12 and finally start the fun part of growing... Anythoughts on whether i should do it the 3rd or 4th week of veg?

Budda: Thanks, and Im gonna grab that epsom and try lowering that ph a lil bit... things looking alright?

1st and 2nd pics are plant A
3rd and 4th are plant B
Any thoughts?

do it when u feel its right just make sure u have a enough space to grow out. plant should get alot bigger in flowering

Looking good. Nice and short and thick with leafs!

blazedklown said:

do it when u feel its right just make sure u have a enough space to grow out. plant should get alot bigger in flowering

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haha i have cold feet i just dont want to regret not letting it keep growing and i dont want to run out of light haha. but yes thanks and i just might go for it this monday..

dewey: thanks yea they are both lil shorties only about 5" a piece but they are equally as wide, i didnt know if i should of stretched them a bit so i never did, maybe next grow

i feel ya lol. wouldnt have hurt to let them stretch a lil but the shortness is for a compact area. so let me know how it goes through out the flower and ill keep an eye on ur thread good luck bro

Looking good man, I would take down the foil though because its supposed to reflect heat not light. You should peep my journal cuz our shits pretty similar. Im subscribed

i dnt think its foil. i think its mylar.

Na he said its foil but he wants to get mylar

then in that case get the foil out asap. i had a bad experience with foil. cooked my plants i was pissed. i ripped it out and painted the inside the box white. lookin for a way to rig up a reflector for my lights.

Thanks a bunch, and yes its foil hahah. I was bored and came up with a quickie solution one night and its prob why its as warm as it is in there. I went out today and bought 2 heat blankets at target for like $3. Its crazy reflective but like foil its meant to reflect heat so im going to try it out for a couple hours and if it gets too warm then im axing it... i just have no idea where to buy mylar in the form that I want it... is there a mylar store somewhere I dont know about?

I was just over a friends house actually setting up his grow room and he reminded me of how short his last plants were(like 1.5') and he got a lil over an ounce with 1 plant so I think for this grow Im going to keep it as is and start the veg on monday. I guess because him and I just ordered like 20 seeds that I have atleast a lil something to fall back on if I dont get a great amount out of these plants... kinda....