CFL Closet Grow For Me And Wifey

your house plant is going to use up CO2 in your closet. not sure if it really matters but........figured i would say that

did you get a digital PH tester?

matthebrute said:

your house plant is going to use up CO2 in your closet. not sure if it really matters but........figured i would say that

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I only plan to leave it in there for a couple days while it straightens back up. Then I'll continue to work on it back at the window sill it came from

I have another houseplant that I just transplanted as well, it was close to death but with a larger pot, some Happy Frog, and some good water she's springing back to life fast

matthebrute said:

did you get a digital PH tester?

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Not yet, probably gonna go pick up that same one u got today some time.

Gotta go get a new fan now, this one finally bit the dust last night. Woke up to it screaming and clattering lol

Couple things I recommend. Plants are easier to water when they are in a container that is ideal for their current size. I start seeds in Dixie cups, I don't do the paper towel in baggy stuff. They break ground in about 5 days. I leave them in the cups maybe 3-4 days before they get transplanted to 16 oz solo cups. I'd leave them in the solo cups on 12/12 light until they show sex which is about 17-18 days from the time they sprouted. Buy a digital food scale (when u can spend the money) and when you transplant to their final container do it with dry soil, weigh that plant on the scale in oz! Now you know exactly what a bone dry plant weighs. Of course as the plant grows its going to get heavier with plant matter but by the time that happens you will have a pretty solid understanding of how much water you are going through and how frequently you water. Using a soil that has nutes in it already I wouldn't add anything at all to the plants until they start yellowing on their own, then you know it's time to feed! This could take actual months so don't jump the gun and feed them too soon.

Ill stop there before my paragraph gets too long good luck with the rest of the grow!

Just checked the ph of the soil and between three of us we decided that it's around 6.7

Ill run the other tests later

Also it's a bitch to try and find a small fan in winter do I'm on the hunt today. Temps are in the 90s now with no fan and the lights raised. Yikes

jeesh, well at least your PH is in order

im really leaning towared your funky plant being a male, looked like a pollen sack on one of the internodes. i dont understand why they are showing sex so early, maybe they are autoflowering plants /shrug

Ended up buying a box fan and trading it with a buddy for a smaller oscillating fan. Love this new one way more air flow than the last. Had to run all over town trying to find a fan on the first day of the year it snows, people look at ya funny lol

^^^^ Smartass!! I wanted one today

This may clear up some of the confusion you have on your plant showing sex:

http://www.420magazine.com/forums/how-grow-marijuana/71168-what-preflowers.html

Nice Grow, looks great apart from the Male cant be worse than me though

10 Plants
8 Males

ConnorTJ said:

Nice Grow, looks great apart from the Male cant be worse than me though

10 Plants
8 Males

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dam that sucks sorry to hear

Oh ouch, those are shitty odds man!!

Anyway, I'm starting to worry that the other two plants are trying to flower now also. I can see little white hairs coming from the very top node on both plants, look like pistils.... but just like on the last one, I see nothing at the other nodes yet.

I'll post up a pic at lunch so you can see what I mean, maybe I just need to switch them to 12/12 now?

man i hate to jump to conclusions but sounds like you have some autoflowering strains on your hands, also males arent totally useless you can seperate it and use it to pollinate a couple of bud sites to get some more seeds if you need them. and if they are autos then you will know for next time and can plant like 12 hehe

a little white hair means a lady so at least you got at the lkeast 1, males tend to show first so i would not be surprised if the other 2 are female

matthebrute said:

man i hate to jump to conclusions but sounds like you have some autoflowering strains on your hands, also males arent totally useless you can seperate it and use it to pollinate a couple of bud sites to get some more seeds if you need them. and if they are autos then you will know for next time and can plant like 12 hehe

a little white hair means a lady so at least you got at the least 1, males tend to show first so i would not be surprised if the other 2 are female

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Ya, can't believe the chances of getting 3 autos though lol. From my experience, both other plants are confirmed female. Which is good, But it's just weird that they're showing so soon. If they are flowering already (which I expect they are, you'll see when I post pics) then should I switch it over to 12/12 tonight so "the stretch" can begin?

if they arent autos then they are just showing pre flowers and you can continue to veg (wich i recomend) untill the plants reach desired height, just dont forget to factor in that "stretch"

a plant will show signs of sex during veg stage but wont actually begin to flower untill you change the photoperiod, so you will see really small pistols or flower sacks even during veg stage. if they do start to show more and more of the pistols clustered together at the nodes and start forming buds even though you have them on a 18/6 schedule then they are in fact auto's (they do not need a change in photoperiod to flower out)

personally i would leave the lights on 18/6 to see what they do, your plants arent that big yet and they have much more potential, if you switch to 12/12 now you may end up a bit dissapointed

Matt

matthebrute said:

if they arent autos then they are just showing pre flowers and you can continue to veg (wich i recomend) untill the plants reach desired height, just dont forget to factor in that "stretch"

a plant will show signs of sex during veg stage but wont actually begin to flower untill you change the photoperiod, so you will see really small pistols or flower sacks even during veg stage. if they do start to show more and more of the pistols clustered together at the nodes and start forming buds even though you have them on a 18/6 schedule then they are in fact auto's (they do not need a change in photoperiod to flower out)

personally i would leave the lights on 18/6 to see what they do, your plants arent that big yet and they have much more potential, if you switch to 12/12 now you may end up a bit dissapointed

Matt

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Good info to know. I figured once they started showing preflowers it was time to switch it, did not know they could still veg with signs of preflowers.

I want them to be right around 6" tall when I switch to 12/12 so I'd like to still veg them for another week or so. It would be nice to start flower around the first of the month or on their 7th week birthdays

Alright here's the pics! Took one of one of the other nodes to show there are no pistills anywhere else.

Well they're both defiantly girls!! YIPPEE!!! All I wanted was one and we got two! Winning! Lol. Just measured them and they're both around 4" tall now. Gonna let them veg for at least another week or so or until they hit 6" tall. Got the lights nice and low now since temps aren't a problem with this new fan, hopefully that'll keep them from growing up too much and concentrate on growing OUT more

Also ran a N-P-K test on my soil just to see what it's at. Here's the outcome:

Nitrogen: High levels (very dark liquid color in test tube)
Phosphorus: Low levels (almost clear liquid color in text tube)
Potash: Sufficient levels (light liquid color in test tube)

i got the same exact results but a buddy told me that them tests arent really accurate /shrug least we have a idea