Papaya and Blue Mystic bathtub soil grow.

ifartsmoke

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heres what I got.
42W CFL's 5-6 of them 24 hrs for about 3 weeks for veg
switching to a 250watt or 400watt HPS for bloom--depends on who I can get my lights from first haha, I know people lol
I'm useing a mixture of FF ocean and roots organic soils. about 1/4 FF and 3/4 roots with hydroton at the bottom of the pots.
Both pots obtained from the dollar store both 3.5 gal. Guess how much they cost?? hhaa. I just drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom and on the sides.
I got 2 packs of aluminum trays for the run off. I hope this doesn't mess with anything?? The aluminum that is. I might put some wax paper down or something??
I'm useing earth juice for veg and bloom and just plain tap water ph ballanced.
they are going in my bath tub, I may try to put a carbon filter in my stink fan over the comode?? anyone ever do that?
I've got some clip on fans from the dollar store and goodwill
I think that it?
So the papaya looks great so far, got some rust spots on 2 leaves but the rest looks good. She was germed in a moist paper towel put in a party cup and transferd 3 weeks later.
The blue mystic is only about 1 week younger and was germed in the soil so you can see what a huge difference in growth! I'm switching her over to the 3.5 this weekend.

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ifartsmoke

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Quick update for those who care :) Put the Blue in a 3 gal today switched over to 2700 CFL's, I got 1 42watt and 3 23watts going. But I have the medusa lamp ready to go filled with 3 26watts, 1 42watt, and 1 55watt I found at wall mart today. Its friggin blinding haha... pun. Lights are off as of monday @ 7pm and well see how they do on 12/12 after 2 1/2 weeks of veg?? The papaya has exploded in the new soil mix I put together!! I can't wait to see whats they do!!
Any concerns, q's or suggestions are more than welcome :)
I know I said I was going with a 400watt or 1000watt HPS, but I want to see what these little lights can do with good plants
 

ifartsmoke

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Well keeping with my CFL's. I'll try the HPS next time maybe. Just don't have the green for a new toy. Pun intended haha. It's cool though
 

allen bud

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I been watching smelly's party cup grow and came to see whats good ,and will have to watch what happens with party cup,might start 1 when i switch to 12/12...good luck and bong hits!!
 

ifartsmoke

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cool man, thanks for stopping in!! I'll have photos and updates tonight.
I been watching smelly's party cup grow and came to see whats good ,and will have to watch what happens with party cup,might start 1 when i switch to 12/12...good luck and bong hits!!
 

ifartsmoke

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Day 12 and 3rd day on 12/12. The papaya is firggin huge!! The leaves on this thing are wild!! The Blue mystic is doing very well too but some leaf retardation??
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ifartsmoke

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I think the Blue is a chick!!!! Not positive, but santa may have sprinkeled some holiday cheer on my plants!!! :) I'll post some new photos tomorrow or sunday. Thanks for checking in if you do
 

ifartsmoke

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This Blue Mystic is taking forever to show tits or balls!!! haha. But I do think it's a girl. But Now I've got little flys all over??? Like 15 of them, or gnats? they hang out on the leaves and soil. I put some potato and apple slices on the soil to see if they go for that until I get a pest strip. I'm posting pics of the Blue tomorrow.
 

ifartsmoke

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567.jpgt68.jpg So here is the Blue Mystic. Still not showing sex. I hope thats a good sign. She's tall and strong. you can see where I topped it about 2 weeks ago. I still got my fingers crossed
 

D.Gotti

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That plant is a bit stretched and lanky for a blue mystic. How close do you have your lights?

I use single 42w cfl bulbs with reflectors for each plant during veg. They should be 2-4 inches from the top. I run mine 18/6.

During flower I use HPS, but with cfl bulbs you should have them 2-4 inches away.

Blue mystic is a short plant so being stretched out is a sign something is wrong. Im surprised nobody has said anything.

The retarded leaves are from nute burn, not bad though. Other than the stretching she does look healthy, good luck, im gonna stick around here.

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