Indoor CFL - Strawberry

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oppositeofh20

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Alright..Time to start a grow journal for the hell of it.

I'm an outdoor planter, but decided to try indoor in my new place.

I have:

Custom Grow Box - 18"Deep x 36" High x 30" Long
8x23W 6500K CFL's
4x23W 2700k CFL's (for now)


So..One of my outdoor plants was doing pretty bad, so I decided to dig her up and bring her inside. The strain is Strawberry.

PICS:


This is the custom grow box.


The Inside


Here's her new home for the next few months.



Now, she was outside for the past month in pretty harsh weather. We had A LOT of rain, even hail, and not many sunny days. All the other plants are doing a little better than her. That's why I decided to bring her in. Thought it would be a fun experiment. It still looks pretty good.


Close-up (I think those are pistils so it should be a she). I think she was in her first week of flowering outside.

Now that's it for her. Will keep weekly updates. I put her in flowering on a 12/12 cycle with 4 23W 2700k CFL's for a total of 92W.....is that enough? or should i add 2 more? I was also thinking of building a reflector.


CLONES:

I took 6 clones from the biggest outdoor strawberries. They were looking huge..about 4 feet high and 3 feet wide with about 15 set of leaves.

I'm new to cloning, but i thought i'd give it a shot.

I bought a dome, some rooting hormone, razor blade and jiffy pellets.


Here they are in the dome under 2x23W 6500k CFL's in my roomies dresser.


5 of them. Currently on day 3 of cloning. Still looking nice and crisp.




And 1 last thing.

My roomie has a 10 seeds that he planting in some random soil. 1 sprouted (Top 44).
And I think it's not gonna live. This is day 9 after sprout and its not advancing at all. Should I trash it?



It's got stretching, yellow leaves and hasn't grown in a few days...
 
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oppositeofh20

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New family additions.

Got 2 more strawberries and 1 Freezeline.

The Freezeline is the really short one - about 8 inches high and already in about week 3 of flowering. The odor is real strong. Kind of cheesy and musky.

Transplanted them all in 8" pots with a mix of 75% coco coir and 25% potting soil.
They are currently getting a half serving of UltraBloom about 2x per week.

Pic 1: Freezeline - about week 3 of flowering
Pic 2: One of the strawberries - about 2 feet high
Pic 3: Little bud starting
Pic 4: Another Bud
Pic 5: Freezeline bud
Pic 6: The whole setup with 7x23W CFL's for now.
 

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woolypudding69

woolypudding69

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Not looking too bad, Id say that your little one has been over watered. Maybe. Just give it a little while and see. Let the soil get nice and dry. Just a guess.
How often was it being watered?
 
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oppositeofh20

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Alright time for an update, 13 days later, here's what we got.

Pic 1 : The Flower Box w/ 4 girls in there
Pic 2: That a small freezeline, about 4 weeks into flower
Pic 3: Same freezeline
Pic 4: Strawberry Cough - about 3 weeks in
Pic 5: Up Close
Pic 6: Same
Pic 7: This one is sick - What Can Be WRONG? I'm thinking spider mites cuz we brought them from outside...any idea?
Pic 8: Another Strawberry w/ 4 colas
Pic 9 : Top View
Pic 10: Little baby Church
Pic 11: This was a freezeline the was in flower and was re-vegg'ed
Pic 12: The Veg setup.

How they looking?
 

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coolio069

coolio069

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go to dollar store and buy a allum turky pan 4$ and it works great with the spliter cut a little hole in middle dead center of pan and screw your lights through the hole into your socket works great for a reflector and cheap. just a tip nice plants.
 
growtosmoke

growtosmoke

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nice tip coolio, just curious though they say not to use aluminum foil isn't this pretty much the same idea though??? I could be way out of line.....:peace:
 
woolypudding69

woolypudding69

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Youve got a lot of people against it, but Ive used it for a while and have never had a problem. Plus, if you have a fan running on your plants during lights on, the plants are always going to be moving a little bit, so how does a reflection burn something that is always moving. I think people made that shit up to excuse defects they couldnt explain...IMO
 
Genosyde

Genosyde

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man hot spots is a myth as far as i know, i wouldnt use it but lol, i dont think it would cause damage to the plant. ive seen people grow with foil around their plants and not ever have a problem, id like to see a grower using foil and find hot spots. maybe just as an experiment if u have enough plants to not mind experimenting on just one to see the results.
 
growtosmoke

growtosmoke

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Genosyde said:
man hot spots is a myth as far as i know, i wouldnt use it but lol, i dont think it would cause damage to the plant. ive seen people grow with foil around their plants and not ever have a problem, id like to see a grower using foil and find hot spots. maybe just as an experiment if u have enough plants to not mind experimenting on just one to see the results.
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woolypudding69 said:
Youve got a lot of people against it, but Ive used it for a while and have never had a problem. Plus, if you have a fan running on your plants during lights on, the plants are always going to be moving a little bit, so how does a reflection burn something that is always moving. I think people made that shit up to excuse defects they couldnt explain...IMO
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Alright well fair enough I just wasn't sure......
 
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oppositeofh20

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So I went and bought 2 turkey pans yesterday and replaced the soda can reflectors. It seems to be working better, no hot spots as far as I can tell.

Will update with pics in a week or so.

Also got about 8 Jack Herer seeds germinating.
 
jeffchr

jeffchr

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yo! i'd like to hang here a bit and see the yield. real curious what small plants produce. thanks for the journal!
 
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