Monkee's Grow - Stealth, From Seed 12/12, CFL

Awesome man, just awesome.

I had figured with the way the one plant was looking it was either dying or just finished, as late in flowering as i've seen alot of threads up here that the leaves seem to start going yellow/etc and drooping from lack of P that the buds are using up. Now is the other plants cola larger than this or what, odd that finishing times are 2-3weeks different......(Was there hot air pockets in your cabinet that slowed one down or what speed up the other?)

Very nice though, which way are you going to be drying then curing?

I'm planning on jarring majority of mine for a few weeks and doing a 1/4 oz or so of water cured to get me by when time comes.

I hope i can get my girl to that point.

the other plant has a much larger cola, about twice the size of this plants... i think the reason that there is a difference in finishing times is based on the fact that one plant was always having problems, so the smaller one has had up and down nute problems since

the bigger one has had no problems and more side lighting...

worried about the taste of the original cut today because it never had a time to truly flush lol

drying, i have a drying chamber built from a coke box and a fan

and curing i have glass jars

sexy beasts

MonkeeMan said:

the other plant has a much larger cola, about twice the size of this plants... i think the reason that there is a difference in finishing times is based on the fact that one plant was always having problems, so the smaller one has had up and down nute problems since

the bigger one has had no problems and more side lighting...

worried about the taste of the original cut today because it never had a time to truly flush lol

drying, i have a drying chamber built from a coke box and a fan

and curing i have glass jars

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Jars are the way to go as i've read, just gotta burp them daily for 10-15mins or more at a time, the longer the better jsut gotta make sure they don't mold on you.

How long was your flush if any, and what kinda concentration on nutes were you up to your last watering.....

I've read 2 weeks is ideal for soil grows of plain water, if anything mabey a little AJ or molasses as an organic supplement, but mainly plain water.

Drying sounds like something i'd rig up, if it works then thats all it needs to do.....DIY is alot of fun too.

So you think an Onion+ for the other plant based on size comparisons, etc?

ummm they really didn't flush but then again then got very little nutes the 2 weeks before it was harvested

i think it got 1/4 strength 2 days before and a week before that 1/4 strength again... they smell fine, but the other plant will get a proper 2 week flush

as for curing you should burp the jars 2-3 times daily for 20 min ive read

the drying is working fine, but ill use something different for the next plant

an ounce dried is the higher then of what id assume... if i harvested today id get 3/4 of one i think, so im hoping for the best

from the size of my tent and what ive seen in it, i think growing 4-5 ounces from seed to harvest is possible if i get a hps or a few more lights

also trying to pin down the next grow and if im doing a journal now lol

lot more yield than i would have expected from your 12/12 from seed... specially with not finishing!

i have gone straight to flower before on accident (dropped a seed outdoors and then found it later) and i wound up with a plant that was about 2 inches tall and one poofy bud... it was cute, got me high and was about a bowl

i expected 1/2 ounce when i started, and ill end with 1/2 ounce of mid grade and around an ounce of great plant (assuming it still goes will with the second plant)

good work. 1/2 oz on 1 plant from cfl is a job well done, congratulations. i hope your other baby keeps on growin

weighed it again today, still got some shrinking to do but im looking at a little under 1/2 o when im done from that one plant

Day 64 - Flushing

i've decided to harvest this plant on day 70, its been flushing for about 3 days so far and it should unlike the last plant have a perfect flushing time

also i can start to see its getting a nitrogren def which is normal when the plant is in its final budding stage

the plant i chopped yesturday is drying well, smells really skunky, but not smelling up my house which is nice

all and all the smell from the plants might have been a 4-5 out of 10, like 90% of the time there is nothing that smells like weed

once i chopped the first one it started to smell a bit skunky and i can tell the smell of the weed will surface with curing... ill update that process when i get to it... this journal will follow it until i smoke it, then its done lol

wow your harvest looks AMAZING!!!!
keep it up and your last plant looks almost ready!!!

its funny, becasue the one i just picked was like 10% white, and the one thats still growing is 50% white

i prefer the whiteness lol

Hey MonkeeMan,
New to the forum, I have been lurking and reading for a few months. I dont post much. Perhaps I should say I am new to posting. Anyway, your grow is an inspiration. I have looked at countless examples of guys using CFLs and they either never finish, never show the finish, or something kills the plants. I had no idea that you could get such tight big buds from CFLs. I am planning a CFL chamber right now with inspiration from you. I am a builder/fabricator and can weld etc. so I am planning to try something using a bunch of CFLs that may be a different approach. It will be a 2 plant chamber and hopefully with your journal in hand, it will be a successful one. Thank you for showing all of us that it can be done with CFLs and all the issues we must watch for. I am in the process of a small outdoor grow, if it ever does anything (right now I dont think it will live) I will post.
Thanks again for such an educational journal

GTG thanks man, if i had one change that i woulda done from the start, use more powerful cfls rather then a lot of them

i got 8 - 23 watt... it would be better with 4 - 42 watt

also note that side lighting is SOOO important, my last plant is exploding sideways in the past week

also watch the nutes, and all i wanted to show with this journal is that 12/12 and cfls ARN"T SHIT lol, i know hps works better!!! i know plants are bigger with veg!!! but come on its not for everyone, the majority of people on this site need to smarten up with the info they give to new people... not everyone wants 1000 watt hps and their whole closet gone lol, some people are happy with a few ounces on their first grow... hell with this small space i think i could pull 4-5 ounces easy next grow

oh well, glad to be of service , start a journal if you can, spread the love

Day 65 - Close to the end

Here are some shots of the last plant

the bottom leaves are all yellow now and its moving to the upper leaves, its a good sign that its done soon

still having the other plant dry out, taking longer then i expected, almost all green compared to this one that looks white

5 days left

omg so nice dude,keep me informed

for the last 2 waterings ill be using coffee grounds to keep up the nit somewhat and avoid all the leaves yellowing

good good!keep dat baby alive,i wish i was with u cause id tell how good she is! lol

Hey Monkee, keep it going as long as possible- sometimes they perk up and will suprise you. I just harvested some of my kush and i had problems too, but all the aggrivation was worth it. As far as a filter goes, i have the same fan as you- i use an elf carbon filter from htg- about 50 bucks or so- works great and no smell..i mean NO SMELL....worth every penny- keep it up man, she'll reward ya if you just stick with her

PB

what does it mean when the leaves r starting to get yellow spots on them?