22cm x 35cm x 51cm 80w cfl grow

TassieConvict said:

Like yield wise with this grow or my next grow?

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This grow? You had said earlier that this was sort of just for kicks. Did you have a goal in mind as far as the final yeild, potency, or just to test techniques?

Doogan said:

This grow? You had said earlier that this was sort of just for kicks. Did you have a goal in mind as far as the final yeild, potency, or just to test techniques?

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Sorry mate i had a bit of a baked blank haha. Yeah you're right, this one was just a bit of a hobby grow, i was intrigued by both the idea of a mini grow, and the use of cfls as i had never tried them before. I wanted to try to challenge myself to fit as many budsites at equal height as i could in the box, so i learnt quite a bit about topping and lst as ive never been this brutal with it before. After dad told me on my last attempt that id be lucky to get a 1/4oz from this setup i set anything above that weight as my ultimate goal, but after seeing how its all filling out im now really hoping it will yield up around the ounce mark. I hadnt really thought of any differences in potency from my outdoor and hps grows with this strain, but now that you mention it im interested to see if theres any difference between this one and the previous grows as ive noticed increased trichome production under the cfls. So i guess to answer your question, a bit of all of the above haha.

Bit of an update, shes become a bit thick to keep rotaing daily now, three sides are too bushy and push into the fan if theyre facing that direction so now shes staying put, and i swapped out the 6500k bulb for a 2700k bulb so it all receives 2700k evenly for the next few weeks until shes done. Other than that i think shes going pretty well

Anybody got any advice for figuring out harvest time when you have a lot of fox tailing going on? As it is the lower 2/3 - 3/4 of the buds are swelling nicely, with pistils receding and calyxes swelling, whist the tops of the buds are still quite thin and are constantly shooting off fresh pistils. I was planning on harvesting when the lower 2/3 - 3/4 are done, but does anybody have any other ideas?

Cheers

TassieConvict said:

Anybody got any advice for figuring out harvest time when you have a lot of fox tailing going on? As it is the lower 2/3 - 3/4 of the buds are swelling nicely, with pistils receding and calyxes swelling, whist the tops of the buds are still quite thin and are constantly shooting off fresh pistils. I was planning on harvesting when the lower 2/3 - 3/4 are done, but does anybody have any other ideas?

Cheers

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Let it go.

Hey all, nothing big to update except she now resides under a 250w hps for her remaining time as the tent was empty and i wanted to use the box to start some seedlings. Shes starting to smell pretty amazing now, especially before the fan and lights come on... pics will be added soon

Had to bring her in the house today as the power has gone out and its about 3 degrees outside and snowing lol. Good time to snap a few pics though

Any updates Tassie?

Sorry guys, been a bit slack with it lately... shes been chopped now however and is currently drying due to a massive bug infestation that seemed to happen when we had some wild weather down here.... luckily the bugs seem to be evacuating as the buds dry. Will add some pics after work im definitely happy with the yeild of her

yea, im North of you..its been wild the last month (including tonight).

Im doing a fridge grow for something different and your thread gave me hope..lol

Oh god you guys have probably had it worse than us. I hope the worst of it is over for both ends of the state lol.

Ahh awesome, got a thread? I hope it goes well mate

This is the only pic ive got atm... just the big nugs the popcorn became butter

I started one in LED but im now running CFL. I'll post a new thread when the plants are a tad bigger.

Its been pretty fucked weather in boags country.

Yeah good ol tassie eh...

Jarred her up tonight, thankfully most of those little prick aphids and whatever the tinier white ones are have left the buds since theyve started drying, so she hopefully i can clean more out of the jar daily until theyre all more or less gone... Havent got a weight yet but heres a couple of pics until then

TassieConvict said:

Yeah good ol tassie eh...

Jarred her up tonight, thankfully most of those little prick aphids and whatever the tinier white ones are have left the buds since theyve started drying, so she hopefully i can clean more out of the jar daily until theyre all more or less gone... Havent got a weight yet but heres a couple of pics until then

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Were there any heat issues? I ask because they look larfy AF. They didn't look like that earlier... ?

Hey mate, yeah i think there were once they went under the 250 which caused it. I also didnt trim them at all til the bugs left. I will take a couple of pics of how they look now shortly

After about 5 days in the jar ive smoked a couple of little buds, it works pretty well i must say... nice and smooth and has a nice buzz to it Still havent got a weight for the yeild but im guessing about an oz.

What's up Tassie your grow look really nice and good yield for CFLs, hope my head to same direction though smoke report wasn't so excited I have some clones from my outdoor grow especial queen that Im trying indoors now some hunters found and cut it down the tops and left her there she is growing new shoots and I give up on the guerrilla grow

Hey mate, sorry for the super late reply, im in another country atm seeing some family lol. Thanks for the kind words man, im stoked with how well the mini grow went. Your clones look good man, i hope it goes more smoothly from now on for you! Shame the hunters hacked them on you. Goodluck with the grow mate

TassieConvict said:

Hey guys and gals,

I just thought id throw up some progress shots of my first mini grow setup... In the past ive grown outdoors and dabbled in a 250w hps growbox i put together, but i decided this time i was keen for something smaller and more convenient for a hobby more than anything.

The plant in the box is a local outdoor strain we have had some decent luck with in the past, and was about a week old before i put it in the box on the 2nd of Feb. Since then i let it veg for 21 days and tipped and fimmed it with some LST thrown in to keep it low. Its growing in a 2 liter container in a 1:1 mix of topsoil and potting mix, and has been top dressed with shredded sheep manure and dynamic lifter plus. It also receives a dose of seasol, seasol: powerfeed and a little liquid potash every 2nd watering. The little lady (hopefully) is now on day 6 of flower and seems to be loving it. Anyway, enough chit chat, time for some pics

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I really like it. I would put in 3 more mini cfls in the staggers arangement you have them in now. And stack the fans they work way better then side by side