[Grow Journal] First ever grow, using CFLs

Yesterday afternoon, I transplanted the three of my plants that were able to stand on their own into 6" pots using Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil. While I was moving the shortest plant, I discovered that this plant did not have a short stem, as I had thought, but had it's stem buried horizontally underneath the soil. This was exactly the same problem that the staked plant have. The only difference is that a stem is not twisted on the transplanted plant. Will this partially buried stem cause a problem later?

The plants all looked a little droopy after being transplanted. The ph of the soil was approx. 7 and a small amount of water was added.

I also added a DIY CO2 bottle to the cabinet using a 2 Litter bottle (with a hole in the cap), active baking yeast and sugar. In addition to the DIY CO2, I also added 2 more 23W CFLs (6500K) to the cabinet which brings the total to 10 23W CFLs (6500K). I also have some 26W CFLs (2700K) that I plan on using for flowering. What do you guys think about replacing at least a couple of the 6500K CFLs with 2700K CFLs? It has been about 2 weeks since the seedling first broke the surface of the soil.

After having a night to adjust to their new homes, the kids all look a less droopy. Some of the leaves now have an orange/dark orange color. Could this be a nute def? I have the trio of Fox Farm nutes and right now I'm considering starting Grow Big this Thursday (3rd week). Any thoughts about using the nutes?

Any thoughts or suggestions?

bump my grow journal

No suggestions?

i would like to here from someone too i have about the same age plant. looks about the same

I was told that having a few 2700k with your 6500k will do your girls just swell...goodluck

ganjaluvr said:

Damn bro! slow down a bit eh? lol. You have a great idea here. However, you don't have to run the lights for 24/7 until the plant reaches one foot tall. In fact, I would be against leaving the lights on a 24/7 schedule.. you should only leave your lights on the 24/7 schedule for the first 3-5 days. Then drop it down to 18/6 for about 2-5 weeks. Then hit your plants with 12/12.

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Yeah there a bunch of different schedules that everyone has their own opinion on. Personally for seedlings I have 18/6 because shorter light periods increases the amount of females when the plants are still seedlings (according to george's marijuana horticulture book (i think) and a bunch of threads, etc.). For vegging I use 24/7 to for maximum growth (It has been proven that cannabis doesn't need a dark period for veg).
Just felt like sharing my personal preferences so the newbies (which I still am but still haha) reading could hear multiple opinions on the subject.

I LST'ed the tallest of the girls. She's 3 weeks old and 8" tall. Still no nutes, yet, just water with lemon juice to keep the pH below 7. The plan right now is to wait until 4 weeks old to start with 1/4 tsp/gallon Grow Big.

Reduced light to 8 26 w 6500K CFLs.

So far she's gotten 1 week of 24/0 and 2 weeks of 20/4, I plan on dropping to 18/6 for the last 2 weeks of vegging. (I'm going with a 5 week veg period. ) Then at least 8 weeks of 12/12.

Added some pics of my "girl" begore and after the LST. I think I see the beginnings of sex organs but I'd like others' opinion (pics included). Looks like the makings of hairs to me but this is my first grow so I'm not sure. Time will tell. I've named her "Lola" for the time being.

Hoping to get a thick bush

Can't tell sex yet. Those aren't sex organs.
They will form behind those (stipules?)
near the secondary growth. Shouldn't be long though.
If you want a bush, you should top, or supercrop.
8" is gonna get pretty tall once you go into 12/12. (Depending on the strain.)
This clone was vegged July 1- Aug 15th.
Topped twice, supercropped, and lsted.
It's 10" tall and growing horizontal.
Been in 12/12 for 7 days. It's in a 2 gallon pot.
It will not be transplanted.

I started the LST and I'll FIM this week once the vertical growth starts again.

Search youtube for supercropping videos.
Easier to see it rather than explain it.

I decided to start the "girls" on Grow Big (1/2 TSP per gallon of water) so on 8/23/2009 they got their first taste. If they need it, I'll water again tomorrow with plain water.

Looking good friend! Keep it up!

How do you plan on light-proofing the set up for flowering?

kbotoor said:

How do you plan on light-proofing the set up for flowering?

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That's something I'm still debating. I think I'm going to build a 2nd cabinet and use it for flowering only. I want a perpetual grow and trying to get at least 4 oz a month.

Rock80 said:

That's something I'm still debating. I think I'm going to build a 2nd cabinet and use it for flowering only. I want a perpetual grow and trying to get at least 4 oz a month.

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sounds good cant wait to see the perpetual setup u come up with..tryin to do that atm also

TheLastJuror said:

sounds good cant wait to see the perpetual setup u come up with..tryin to do that atm also

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Yeah dude I was thinking about doing that for a future grow aswell, ill be watching

I'm in the process of building a cabinet dedicated strictly to flowering. The dimensions are 2" x 2" x 6" (LxWxH). Trying to get a constant grow going so I'll always have some smoke.