2nd Grow. (1) Fem DP Auto Blueberry. Closet CFL

Bhobbie

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This will be my second grow. First time doing an autoflower strain. Dutch Passion Auto Blueberry. Started germination on Jan 7 2012
My set up:
(4) 42w (150watt equivalent) 2700k cfl's connected to a 4-way socket splitter on a drop chord hanging above the plant as the main light source.
(2) 26w (100watt equivalent) 5600k cfl's connected to a 2-way "Y" socket splitter screwed to tieback wall to provide an extra color light source for the side of the plant.
Will be placing the seed in a 1 gallon grow bag to start out.
Will have a fan oscillating on low to strengthen stem.
I'll have the lights on a timer and I'll be going with the 20/4 light method. I heard a marijuana plant likes to have a dark period for root growth to support those heavy buds.
I'll be adding pics later.
 
Monkeyfloss

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Youre on your way there buddy. nice.

We on RIU, just love members plant pics. extra kudos for girlfriend pics LOL

peace
 
Bhobbie

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Okay the seed split so I'm placing it in the soil now. Lights are 20on 4off will be posting pics once it emerges and will have weekly updates
 
Bhobbie

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Its been about 35 hours now and it still hasnt sprouted from the soil...Is it normal to take this long? Ive been keeping it moist. This is all I have to show...the close up I have a Screw pointing to where the seed is. Im also only using 2 of the 4 (42watt 2700k cfls) and the 2 back 26watt 5600k cfls...I didnt want to use too much light for the seedling.
 

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Bhobbie

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It has finally grew out of the soil and knocked off the seed castings...I will be adding a pic in the morning.
 
Bhobbie

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Does anyone know any great nuts for this strain or what is generally best for auto flowering strains? Right now I own super thrive, Kool Bloom (pink powder), and Alaskan fish fertilizer. Do I have great nuts already? And btw I have no clue when to use them, I only think I know about Kool bloom which is the last few weeks of flowering I think. When should I use super thrive and or The fish fertilizer?
 
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Bhobbie said:
Does anyone know any great nuts for this strain or what is generally best for auto flowering strains? Right now I own super thrive, Kool Bloom (pink powder), and Alaskan fish fertilizer. Do I have great nuts already? And btw I have no clue when to use them, I only think I know about Kool bloom which is the last few weeks of flowering I think. When should I use super thrive and or The fish fertilizer?
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ive personaly never used your nutes so i couldent tell u how to use them but for my autos i use the bio bizz range there working great so far :D
 
Bhobbie

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Okay I have a small problem...I just watered my girl and I noticed tiny little white and red almost like spiders so I'm guessing they are mites...this soil I have it in now is old.....some used soil I had left over from previous grow...I did this to save money but now I guess it's butting me in the ass. I just bought a new bag of Black Gold so my question is Can I actually remove my 2 day old seedling out of this old soil and replant it without killing it or stressing it?..
 
Planet Zion

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yeah try yot to make soil too moist i beleive the dryer the better my plants are three weeks old today i topped them a week ago and nodes are appearing everywhere they are bushy too im thinking of flowering in two weeks ill have pics real soon for opinions i give them around 4 bottle caps of water every 3 days and water them ane feed miricle grow every 2 weeks.
im also using five cfls but plants can even take a week to break soil mine broke soil within a day and i think it waw due to the dry soil.
 
Bhobbie

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Day 3.
After reading about nutes stunting seedlings growth in other forums and reading more about mites I panicked and replanted my Auto Blueberry Seedling in a New 1 Gallon bag filled with new Black Gold soil with no feed. I never fed my seedling nutes but it is in used old soil that was getting fed alot of kool bloom just weeks before I planted the seed in it. I dont know if it is just me but it seems like my Auto is growing extremely slow considering how much light it is getting. Hopefully it was because of the used soil it started out in and it should start sprouting now since its in brand new soil right?
Here are day 3 pics after transplanting her in new soil. She seems small to me
 

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Bhobbie

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I dont know if anyone is following this grow but to give an update for day 5 there inst much of a change in growth. I think day 4 was a recovery day since i replanted her in new soil. She looks the same as the day 3 pics but after i purchased a small magnifying glass i can see a new set of very small true leaves coming out so she is still growing....i didnt kill her. And plus ive also noticed what at first i thought was fuzz on the first set of true leaves but when i look under the magnifying glass i can see it is crystals. its crazy to think its allready producing trichromes this young.
 
Bhobbie

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My dog pulled out the extension cord last night while I was sleeping...I have the timer set to go off at 11pm and turn back on at 3am...instead the cord got pulled out around 10pm and I turned everything back on around 8am...my girl was under complete darkness for 10 hours...(lights set to 20/4) is this sudden change going to effect my plant? Can it go hermie because of this or will everything be okay.
 
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