Round 2-Lowryder2-cfl grow.

Thx for the link barking will keep an eye on it. Maybe i can learn before i make the mistakes again lol.

Barking Mad said:

Check out this grow hmmm.
He is growing lowriders in a cab same as you but is a couple of weeks ahead. i don't know if he will maintain his journal, there is only one entry so far but is worth keeping an eye on. You can learn from his mistakes.
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/88333-diesel-lowryder2-closet-grow.html

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Updates-day 9.





Oh and sorry bluntforce i forgot to measure my bulb will do it later on for you.

Cool thanks, I'll be going to the store monday or tuesday so if you can sometime before then that'd be great. Plants are still looking good.

Looking real good hmmm, they will soon start developing quicker.
The leaves are a nice green, they are looking really healthy.
Top job mate.

Just a tip.
Make sure the lens is clean on your camera, sometimes those phone cameras get dirty lenses and the pictures are not clear.
Having said that, your pics look a bit better today so maybe you cleaned it already.

Nah i havn't cleaned it already. Think the pic was better cos i took them with the cab door open so there was more light. Will clean it later before i take any pics, thx for the tip barking.

Barking Mad said:

Looking real good hmmm, they will soon start developing quicker.
The leaves are a nice green, they are looking really healthy.
Top job mate.

Just a tip.
Make sure the lens is clean on your camera, sometimes those phone cameras get dirty lenses and the pictures are not clear.
Having said that, your pics look a bit better today so maybe you cleaned it already.

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Ok mesured the bulb and it's about 13 inches long and at the widest part it's about 5 inches wide. Hope that helps, anything else i can do just let me know. Oh and i took a pic of it as well next to a 20 watt cfl bulb (which is about the same size as a normal 100watt light bulb.) So you could get an idea of the size. I didn't expected it to be so big when i ordered it, only looked the size of a normal bulb in the picture lol. Personally though i have tryed running 5 20watt light bulbs too which take up less space but i don't think there as good seemed to be a lot hotter than the one big bulb. Temps where at least 80 plus with the 5 smaller bulbs. So yer i'd go for the one bulb even though it is bigger due to the temp issues i had with all the little ones. Just my experience though.

BluntForce said:

Cool thanks, I'll be going to the store monday or tuesday so if you can sometime before then that'd be great. Plants are still looking good.

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Still all going ok i think. Not so sure whether or not i should be worried about one of them though seems to be bending a lot, and i don't really understand why cos i rotate my pots and the bulb is directly over them anyway. Should i be worried about this? Anything i can do to stop it bending so much? Also when do i need to repot them? Cos when i lifted my pot up i think i could just see the roots on one of them coming though the bottom of the peat pot. Maybe i should be putting them in bigger pots? Or is it too eariler? Pics below last one is the best i can do to show the bending of one of them. Any sugestions anyone?

Thanks for the measurements, just so I'm thinking right does that mean from end to end it's 13 inches? My stealth cab is 20 or so wide, so if i could get a small fixture and get it to fit within 20 inches I'd be ecstatic, it looks like a great bulb type for my grow situation.

Not sure as far as the bending goes, I've never seen that, but I would consider re-potting them soon to give the roots more room to expand and grow healthily, you don't want to stunt the growth. More room could also lead the plant to even itself out.

How close are they to the light? Perhaps why it's bending is that it's too close and is stretching up.

Looking good so far! I regret not getting some LR2 seeds because I could be smoking that herb right now instead of waiting for everything else!

Hi blunt force can you tell me all the measurments of your cab? Could give u a better idea if it would fit then.

BluntForce said:

Thanks for the measurements, just so I'm thinking right does that mean from end to end it's 13 inches? My stealth cab is 20 or so wide, so if i could get a small fixture and get it to fit within 20 inches I'd be ecstatic, it looks like a great bulb type for my grow situation.

Not sure as far as the bending goes, I've never seen that, but I would consider re-potting them soon to give the roots more room to expand and grow healthily, you don't want to stunt the growth. More room could also lead the plant to even itself out.

How close are they to the light? Perhaps why it's bending is that it's too close and is stretching up.

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Ya the growspace is about 3.5 ft tall, 22 inches wide, and 18 or so inches deep. Thanks and keep us posted on the lowryder, are you gonna LST at all?

Had to make a few changes today i was informed you could smell my plants already! So i have gone back to my bathroom extractor fan althouh its a bit load it will have to do! Reason why i went bak to that fan is cos my carbon filter fits on it. Yes i bought one, i know cheaper to make one but i thought i'd rather spend £25 on a refilable one rather than having all the hassle of having to make one. Hoping my temps are going to drop a bit due to the larger fan this hot weather is doing no gd for my temps they where nearly hitting 90 at one point toady, seem to be better now though bak down to just below 80 again. Also i decide to repot them (well put the peat pots in a bigger pots.) Sure the roots where starting to come though the bottom of the peat pots so decided i should repot them now. Hope they will be ok with that though and they havn't found it too stressful! Think they should be fine even went to the effort of putting the pots in my cab to get the soil at the right temp for them. As for watering i have no idea how offten to water them now there in bigger pots so any ideas would be great. Ok onto the pics first one is off my carbon filter and fan, next one is off my cab with the pots in, cos i wasn't sure if there too close to the light now so any advice there would be great too! Last 3 pics are of my plants in there new pots.







Bluntforce-Hoping that i wont need to lst with them being such a small plant they shouldn't out grow my cab, well i hope not anyway! Will look closer at the measurements you gave me later on and let you know what i think.

Nothing much to say really today. Not sure if i should be worried or not but the first 2 leaves on my biggest plant have gone slightly yellow, dunno why, any ideas anyone? You can kinda see in the pic of it.





Bluntforce- i don't see why you shouldn't be able to fit it in your cab cos mine is smaller only 23 inches high by 15 inches wide and 11 inches deep. Guess it just depends how you plan on holding the bulb and whether or not your going to be using one of those reflectors that you can get for them, as all the reflectors i found most of them where way to big for my cab.

That is sometimes a sign that they need nutes but I think it's way to early.
More likely it is just a bit of burn from your soil. it is bound to have some fertiliser in it.
I wouldn't worry too much, just keep an eye on it.
Have you got a pH test kit yet?
As long as your pH is okay you should be fine.
They may take a couple of days to recover from re=potting before they start growing again.
Good job putting the pots in the cab first. it helps prevent shock.
When you water them, just water enough to get some run-off come out the bottom.
Then wait until the soil comes away from the edge of the pot. Don't worry if it takes 3 or 4 days, it likely will to start with, but it is a cab so we'll see.
I wait until the leaves are drooping but sometimes the pots are really light so I water them anyway. After a while you will know by the weight of the pots.

No i don't have a PH test kit yet, was thinking the same think that it could be from the soil, guess i could have over water the pots before i planted them in them. Havn't watered them though since they have been in the new pots so hoping that they will recover! If this grow goes wrong that's it i think i'm out, must not have the green fingers! Thx for the advice barking!

Barking Mad said:

That is sometimes a sign that they need nutes but I think it's way to early.
More likely it is just a bit of burn from your soil. it is bound to have some fertiliser in it.
I wouldn't worry too much, just keep an eye on it.
Have you got a pH test kit yet?
As long as your pH is okay you should be fine.
They may take a couple of days to recover from re=potting before they start growing again.
Good job putting the pots in the cab first. it helps prevent shock.
When you water them, just water enough to get some run-off come out the bottom.
Then wait until the soil comes away from the edge of the pot. Don't worry if it takes 3 or 4 days, it likely will to start with, but it is a cab so we'll see.
I wait until the leaves are drooping but sometimes the pots are really light so I water them anyway. After a while you will know by the weight of the pots.

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Thanks I'm pretty sure that's the light I'll grab, looks efficient and heat will probably be an issue in my cab so I want to keep it low.

They look good in the new pots, just give em some TLC and they'll be alright. When are you going to start giving nutes? And how long were you planning to veg/flower? Dunno if you said it earlier, just curious because the cab is pretty small.

You want the truth i have no idea! Pretty much just learning as i go along. I dunno when i'm gonna start nutes yet or maybe go the organic root? So any ideas would be great. As for how long i was planning to veg/flower well my lights are set to be on 24/7 at the moment. I didn't think i needed to change my light schedule with them being autoflowering? Thought i could do the grow from start to finish with my lights o 24/7? Maybe i'm wrong after all i'm new to all this! So any advice you have is greatly apprecitated! Let me know what light you decide to get! U got me intrested now lol.

BluntForce said:

Thanks I'm pretty sure that's the light I'll grab, looks efficient and heat will probably be an issue in my cab so I want to keep it low.

They look good in the new pots, just give em some TLC and they'll be alright. When are you going to start giving nutes? And how long were you planning to veg/flower? Dunno if you said it earlier, just curious because the cab is pretty small.

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I'm not sure what autoflowering means exactly, but I always thought you needed to go 12/12 on lights to make it flower. Maybe you're doing it right though.

I'd look into some basic nutes to help grow it strong, read in the GrowFAQ about it because you don't want to over-nute your babies, but they can be very helpful.

Jusat some pics today. Still seem to be doing ok and the leaves have not got any more yellow which i'm glad about!

They look pretty good. How much water are you giving them and how often? I made the mistake of over watering when mine where that sized and as soon as I switched to this method my plants loved it! Water about 2-3oz every single day instead of 10 oz and waiting 3 days for it to dry out. When the plants get bigger you'll be able to tell when the plants ASK for water. Good luck!