my first grow cfl in soil with pics journal

hsbalan · Sep 8, 2009

this is a first grow for me and im 60 days in from seed, and 25 days into flowering. im using 4- 4ft flourecent tubes and 9- 23w 3000k cfl's im hoping to add y adapters to the sockets and double the amount of cfl's. does this sound needed??? im using various nutes and havent had any issues cause of it right now im using 8-31-10 fr flowering. any comments or advise will be really appreciated n i'll be journaling in this thread for the rest of the grow

hsbalan · Sep 8, 2009

any comments on how there coming along would be appreciated cause im hoping these are at the approximately right size for there age???

TheGreenBiologist · Sep 8, 2009

They are looking very pretty to me. Make sure all the bulbs you're using are 'warm' and not 'cool' but as far as it looks, it looks right to me. I think your buds should be a liiiiittle bigger if they have been flowering for 25 days already. If I we're you I would get some feed with a little more potassium in it. I used a 10-30-20 for my flowering stage and it turned out very nice! Keep up the good work!

newbieneedshelp · Sep 8, 2009

I think they look about right, The plants on the left dont look as full as the plants on the right. I think the cfl are to far away they need to be about 2 inch to 3 inchs away from the plant on the side. You need a rotating fan in their. Try to get more 2700k 42 watt cfl if you can and add them to the side of the plants

hsbalan · Sep 8, 2009

thanks for the advice I'll be getting the y adapters later today but i c ant install till they wake up in the morning cause i work till2am. the cfl's are 3000k which i've read are just about the right light spectrum for flowering i've read here. also the reason im useing the 26w 3000k lights that i had 20 or 30 laying around 10 of them are 6500k i was thinking of putting themon in combonation with the 3000k's to give a broader light spectrum is that a good idea if anyone knows??? also i have lots of diferent nutes so i can mix up almost any n-p-k combo pretty close to any numbers, besides 10-30-20 as a suggestion are there any other sugestions???

Thanks, ALL for the help

hsbalan · Sep 8, 2009

the plants on the left matured a little slower for some reason they were all treated about the same the whole time but they are just some bagseed i got from a friend. so i'm pretty pleased with the results so far . one quick question if anyone knows, when growing your own plants from bagseed if the bagseed was just average commercial weed, is it more or less likely to end up with better weed because of care and proper nutes when grown your own????????? :-)

TheGreenBiologist · Sep 8, 2009

hsbalan said:
the plants on the left matured a little slower for some reason they were all treated about the same the whole time but they are just some bagseed i got from a friend. so i'm pretty pleased with the results so far . one quick question if anyone knows, when growing your own plants from bagseed if the bagseed was just average commercial weed, is it more or less likely to end up with better weed because of care and proper nutes when grown your own?????????

I was reading through the FAQ to find you another suggestion for nutes and found this:
I rotate fert blends as the plant *requires* them, not because it is "the thing to do." For example, when your plants are going thru the stretch phase during early flowering, they may need more N, especially if you're getting some yellowing in the lower/mid leaves. Give up the cannabis paradigms, and give them what they need. Go back to mild high P fert when the stretch ends, maintaining the foliage in a healthy state of growth until harvest for maximum yields. A 1-3-2 blend such as Peter's Pro Blossom Booster, 10-30-20, is one of the best flowering blends on the market because of several factors - it is higher in nitrate N and Mg. It is sold under the Jack's Classic label. An added benefit of Peter's blends is their use of high quality, very pure salts that will cut down on root burn.

...that was the exact brand I used haha. I'm even happier now! hahaha

hsbalan · Sep 8, 2009

thanks man for the info.. i just found an awesome deal at a hardware store true value- 30w 2700k cfl's for $1.99 all they had was 6 so i bought all 6 and 2 y adapters and plug in sockets so i'll be adding 6 more 30w cfl's... so now i have a total of 30,000 lumins on 5 plants in about a ten sq ft area does anyone know if adding more light 25 days into flower will show a growth spurt thats noticable??? By the way i have a total of 4 4'floro tubes 9 26w 300k cfl's and now 6 30w 2700k cfl's

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