James' CFL Indoor Grow

james2627 said:

Thanks ED! Yeah i know someone who is trying a lowlife grow lol! 1x auto lemon skunk, 1x auto blueberry and 1x blue mystic.

I was thinking maybe the auto white russian or white moscow. Apparently this samsara on herbies new auto-flowering website yields 40-70g a plant!!!! Your reckon this is true ED and do you reckon the potency is very high on seeds that make these outrageous claims for £20 for 3 feminised? anyway, here is the link:

http://www.autoflowering-seeds.co.uk/samsara-supersonic-crystal-storm-autoflowering-feminised-seeds-2538

Hopefully you wil enjoy these pics too! Sorry for the delay and lack of order to the pics! Got to admit it, i am getting lazy with this whole picture thing! Oh well what can i say, here they are! ALL PLANTS ARE NOW FLOWERING!
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Looking really good James looking nice & healthy your Lowryder 2 looks at roughly the same stage as mine..

I know that Black Domina is a very strong strain (I think the original is from Sensi Seeds) so that crossed with Lowryder should be a interesting result.. The yields it suggests maybe true but like most yield claims that would be under optimal conditions so yeah it probably is possible with the right set-up.

PM sent earlier btw I'll sort that for you asap m8

The two autos as always are doing well. The WW is doing ok. The inner newer growth looks fab however, the plants i think it has been having nute burn or PH problem. I already flushed it today with just under a litre of water and will continue to do so for a few more days.

I have tried testing the soil with ph tablets that yiu mix with water, however, i dnt understand how anyone can really define the colour it produces into a reasonable one of the scale. Just not my thing guys....i prefer to be nice and accurate and not guessing! Therefore, i am looking for a method or item i can buy to test the Ph otehr than what i have atm! I ideally have a budget of around £10-£15 maximum! ANy thoughts?

Cheers!

hi all!

i am having problems with my WW. The WW has begin flowering and it is just beginning to start showing pistils everywhere. It is on day 55.

The leaves are the top of the plant are very narrow with big gaps in between each one unlike at the bottom/middle of the plant. The leaves are also drooping at the top of the plant as well as some are slightly curling upwards. I am not giving it any nutrients at the moment. Just plain water from tap (left so chlorine will evap for 24hrs). I use bio bizz all mix soil and have been using bio bizz nutes. I am running a 300w cfl currently for all 3 plants. It around 2 weeks the WW will have all of the light itself after the harvest of my two autos.

I have uploaded some pics of it and really help anyone can help? ALso, if you do come back to me and say that the Ph could be off, then please also recommend a suitable way to regulate this as well as measuring it. I currently have a ph water testing kit where you comapre the colours but it is absolutely shit imo! any cheap recommendations are really welcome!

Thanks guys and hopefully the WW will be back on its feet soon! I included some pics of the pakistan ryder and lowryder#2 also.

Hey James, looking good! My initial thought with the WW droopiness is an under/over watering issue. From what I see, she seems pretty healthy.

I never check my ph, or add any ph "up" or "down". Like yourself, I just use stale tap water. Are you letting your soil dry out before watering? I noticed you started flushing on July 1 and indicated you were going to keep doing that for a few more days. Any chance she could be a bit water logged?

In any event, hopefully this will bump up your thread so others can put in their two cents. Let us know if she changes for the worse. Cheers.

pabloesqobar said:

Hey James, looking good! My initial thought with the WW droopiness is an under/over watering issue. From what I see, she seems pretty healthy.

I never check my ph, or add any ph "up" or "down". Like yourself, I just use stale tap water. Are you letting your soil dry out before watering? I noticed you started flushing on July 1 and indicated you were going to keep doing that for a few more days. Any chance she could be a bit water logged?

In any event, hopefully this will bump up your thread so others can put in their two cents. Let us know if she changes for the worse. Cheers.

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Yeah thanks pablo! I think you might be right with the overwatering...i am not flushing the WW and decided against this after much though. Decided to let it dry as i realised i might have got slightly carried away with the watering as i was feeding the autos everyday! The leaves are starting to perk up as it has not been watered in couple of days! I think it might take around a few days more before watering!

My two autos were flushed with around 4L of water yesterday! 9 days till harvest! Have you ever requested an analysis of your local water supply from your supplier? Apparently i read that this, in our day and age, is a very normal request and will not be taken with any suspicion! yet, if you have never had any probelms before why start investigating now!

What do you think about the lowrdyer #2 and pakistan ryder smoke?
Cheers

Cool, sounds like your instincts are correct. It's been awhile since I've taken a look at my water analysis. I think they used to post them online, which was somewhat helpful as I've been brewing beer for years.

I've never smoked either the Lowryder #2 or Pakistan Ryder. I've been enjoying the Easyryder, tho. I'm not too thrilled about the yield I will be getting from the Pakistan Ryder. Chuck full of annoying little leaves. Mine's getting close to being chopped.

suprised you are ging to chop your pakistan ryder...try not to m8! i would say let it finish! You dont pay for your lights etc so nothing to lose really apart from using up the pots space! keep me posted on your pakistan ryder though! would liek to know how that turns out for you!

I just realised i have been flowering my WW for nearly a month and yes there does appear to be pistils on the plant but nothing striking and even these seem to be relatively new! Is this normal? Secondly the plant (although i have not known it due to really complicated reasons) has been receiving a irrgeular lighting cycle. I have changed this so that plant now gets as close to 12-12 as possible. Unfortuantely my timers in the grow room cannot help me until the autos are finished! What efefct could this have had on the plant?

Thanks.

Harvest pics/report?

Hi pablo! No harvest pics really. I will post some pics of the finished products though for sure.

The buds have been hanging and drying and are now on day 4 of the process. Got some air tight glass jars to put them into to cure. Want to cure for as long as possible. Get the best taste possible. As for yield, i reckon in total between the two plants the dry weight will be around an oz. I forgt to weigh the plants when they were wet, choosing to hang them up straight away! The buds are not that compacted and this was seen even more as they dried out.

Any thoughts out there? Would really appreciate any reflective responses about this grow i have just completed. I want a bigger harvest next time around and not such lanky plants!

I just started a lemon skunk and blueberry couple of days back. I would also very much and more importantly (looking into the future and all ...) i would like as mre suggestions as possibel to increase my yield. Anyone with any personal experiences with blueberry or lemon skunk autos? I also have 1x nirvana short ryder but have not planted this one for now.

Light is 300w dual blue/red cfl. I am going to have 2-3 plants under the light...maybe a little more or whats everyone think?

Pots sizes for lowryder and pakistan ryder was about 3-4L. The pots that i planted the blueberry and lemon into are both 7.5L. I'm hoping this will make a significant difference? I also choose not to germinate the seeds this time as recommended by joint doctor....from what i have read it doesnt make a difference! More natural anyway i reckon....
For anyone who is interested i found this cool link. It helps people convert ( in the UK especially helpful because pots come in emasurements of diameter over her) different pot measurements to see exactly which pot at the store they should be buying...check it out you will see!

Using bio-bizz soil again and bio-bizz nutes for the new grow....but please help me up my yield with these new autos!!!

Thanks.

just a little tip for your future grows...

use bigger pots.

The more room you give the plants roots... the more room they have to grow. Well, add that.. to the fact that.. the more roots the plant is able to grow.. the bigger the plant will become. Add another fact.. which is.. the bigger the plant is.. the bigger your buds are going to be... combine all of these facts up.. and you get the the idea.

More/bigger the roots - bigger bulkier the plant will be; the bigger bulkier the plant becomes - the bigger/bulkier the buds will become.

Simple theology.

Hopefully, I just taught someone something about growing cannabis.

Thanks for reading! and have a great weekend everyone.

peace.

Cheers m8. I already sorted this and have put the new autos in 7.5L pots and will not transplant. What do you think about my 300w dual red/blue cfl for 2-3 autos at any one time? If i add light it will defo be red but how much is the question...125w...250w....85w? i was thinking 125w....want to keep the bills down too...i could leave the 300w light on the plants for the first 10-14 days then add the extra 125w red one?

Also, i said i would be using the bio-bizz nutruents again which is true. I will be using bio-bizz bio-grow for the vegetative stage. I am going to use advanced nutrients dr hornbys big bud powder for the flowering. Never used it before so again any reviews of this product?

Also, going to buy some fairly decent mylar reflective sheeting for my grow closet. Is a reflector really worth the money that they charge? also a twin reflector which is ideally what i would want costs around $200 here! Is it worth putting my 300w cfl in a reflector and leave the red one just vertically hanging?


Sorry guys many questions! I just like to improve my work as i progress!

Thanks in advance!

nice grow man i just went through the whole thing i am interested in seeing your Doggies nuts white widow grow old

sub'd. i just ordered some paki ryders. interesting journal.