what light cycle should these be on?????

[april]

ok these were bagseeds thrown in pots before i went away this summer, they were planted early july and left in my corn field, i seriously had forgot about them until a few weeks ago . S o to my surprise 8 of 10 were alive and looked female. I keept 3 and gave 5 away because i have limited room. Now the plants are inside but i have no idea what to do with them?? they are small 4 inch,6 inch and 7 inch but budding, well seem to be? any suggestions on light cycles would be much appreciated .Thanks

 

[mcgyversmoke]

You can either try and re veg them or continue with budding and get some nice little bud.
if so put them on 12 on 12 off if you want to keep them budding
or 20/4 if you want to re veg,

 

[darkdestruction420]

why did you bring them inside? if its any sort of option i would take them outside somewhere.

 

[april]

You can either try and re veg them or continue with budding and get some nice little bud.
if so put them on 12 on 12 off if you want to keep them budding
or 20/4 if you want to re veg,

Thanks i did put them on 24 and they are growing more, but i'll try 20/4 if its better. i just had no idea if i could grow them more since they began budding.

 

[april]

why did you bring them inside? if its any sort of option i would take them outside somewhere.

I live in Ontario Canada, its gonna frost in the next few weeks, snows like crazy where i live

 

[Beansly]

I dont think you should re-veg unless you plan on keeping them for a long time before smoking, cause its gonna take like a week or two to revert back to the veg state, then they grow slow sometimes once they do.
Theyre small but-oh well. like you said you didn't even remember you had them.
The general rule of thumb for keeping your bud flowering is 12/12
And the 12 off has to be complete darkness. No light leaks.

 

[april]

Beansly -Time is not really the factor, i can always get weed, i'm just trying to grow ,i have others outside almost ready i was more worried that the size they are i would only get a few g's a plant if i did the 12/12 . Then i read all this autoflower stuff and it says keep em on 24 lol , how do i know what i have???? lmfao ok i need a bong its 2 am and the history channel is on, can't bother to change it

 

[darkdestruction420]

an autoflower would be done flowering by now most likely, re-vegging them would be kind of pointless imo, you could start new plants and have them that size and growing nice and fast w/o any stress by the time you get those to revert from flowering to veg and then for veg growth to pick up to a good pace again. if you do reveg you can put them on 20/4 or any other cycle longer than 14 hours of light but i reccomend 24/0, do not be scared/surprised if they start putting out deformed llooking eaves for a while, thats part of the reverting to veg process.

 

[april]

ok soo i've been doing 24/0 and they are growing , first pic was on the 17th next yesterday, silver tape on stick shows growth since they were put on 24/0. The smaller ones are fuzzy ,bud?? no idea what i should do?? i have other seeds germinating but i will not kill a baby unless its a boy!!

Note the blue bin will be retired in a few days
3x2x3 wood cabinet with 23 w cfls = 100 watts x 4 , 1600 lumens x4 = 64000(is that enough) plus a 150 watt (not sure what kind it was 16$ at walmart the box has since been burned in my pit)
Mylar( i googled it and realized i had emergancy blankets in my car, will replace 4 my safety soon)
silver tape
fan
screws,wire, etc
so far are total is around 160$ I'm just trying to grow a few for personal, i hate giving money that supports the worlds criminals!!!

 

[april]

an autoflower would be done flowering by now most likely, re-vegging them would be kind of pointless imo, you could start new plants and have them that size and growing nice and fast w/o any stress by the time you get those to revert from flowering to veg and then for veg growth to pick up to a good pace again. if you do reveg you can put them on 20/4 or any other cycle longer than 14 hours of light but i reccomend 24/0, do not be scared/surprised if they start putting out deformed llooking eaves for a while, thats part of the reverting to veg process.

A few deformed leaves, just gonna ignore those lol i'm more worried about the mini buds growing, my man asked me last night if we could just let the small buds grow, pick em and let the plant grow again? lol he stumped me!! gonna have to research that, i've been reading sooo much i bruised my arm lol rubbing it on the side of my coffee table when i scroll. Either way i have more seeds just gonna wait a bit, i dont want to get in trouble 4 having 2 many lol a few for me is all i need.

 

[darkdestruction420]

the buds are where the new growth points will come from, i wouldnt touch em at this young, i doubt they would catch you a buzz anyway. If you were alot farther along flowering i might advise to just keep a few of the smaller buds and snip the rest. how many bulbs do you have? im a bit confused by what you meant. I'm glad to see you decided to take this seriously. You will not regret it, growing is addictive as hell and overall alot of fun and saves you alot of $$$, unless your like me and decide to collect as much grow equipment as you/i possibley can. what spectrum are the bulbs? I think you may be a bit confused about actual watts and inccandesent equivelent watts. here is an excellent guide on cfls i think should help you understand what you need and want a little better.(no offense meant by that of course! for some unknown to me reason some people seem to think im attacking them when trying to help so i have to add this disclaimer, lol)

 

[darkdestruction420]

I forgot the link, lol
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/107992-tutorial-growing-cfls.html

 

[april]

Thanks!! i did read it and a few other threads on cfls and they seemed right for my space of just a few plants . But please if i'm doing something wrong tell me!! I'm on here to understand and learn not argue !! ( like alot of people) if u think i'm doing something wrong please explain with a solution, this is why i'm on here. i'm still confused about lights ,note to self, read b4 u power toke 5 bongs in a row,( fucking neighbours knocking over tress with an excavator gettin me as loud and angry, not cool! )
lights well i'm very open to suggestions,currently we have 4 x23 watt cfls i burned the boxes last night but i believe they are cool lights 1600 lumens per bulb so 6400 not 64000 lol oops
i was looking at others today in walmart but got confused and overwhelmed and just left !! lmfao
4 the mini buds , the 2 small plants have a mini bush lol smells yummy, the big one has doubled and has lots of swollen calyxes all over about 12 close nods
I guess my thumbs still yellow

 

[darkdestruction420]

it looks/sounds alright for now, i'd upgrade your lighting as you can. t5's are nice if your not going to use hid. leds are also an option but they are kind of expensive still and you gotta make sure you dont get one of the shitty ones made in china that dont really have the exact right lighting because its cheaper to use the other led bulbs that are close to what you need, but close isnt good enough with the price they charge.

 

[april]

lol ya i was looking at lights again 50 $ for some led light no bigger then an egg, forget that ! i'm gonna look around find something good, not too expensive.
Thanks again

 

[april]

A few updates-
Added bathroom fan as intake in lower right front corner
Used dryer tube in upper left side corner as exhaust , attached to bathroom vent through roof in bathroom it works great, u can feel it suck the doors in and hear the fan increase when are shut. This only works so well i think due to the bathroom being right next to my box. Temp and humidity seem bang on with what we got
still looking at lights, my b/f cleaned his shop and found a 4 pack of 100 watts soft white regular bulbs, 1470 lumens, anyone know if these can be used with any results?
Way too bright for my lamps around the house, freaks the kittens out lol
next we will install side lighting, seems like a good idea to spread the light as much as i can.
new seeds in soil, my 3 others are doing well but have been through alot along my journey, best 2 have a few back ups lol

 

[darkdestruction420]

nah, them halogen are no good, you need to keep them way to far away from the plant since nearly all of its energy is put out as heat(somewhere in the 90% region if im not mistaken) and the little amount of light it does put out loses almost all of its effectiveness by the time it gets to the plants. i dont know if you said this before so sorry if you did-Do you have an exhaust fan or just that intake fan? its alot easier to pull air out than push/force it in towards the bottom. with only 3 feet of height you'll want to lst and/or top your plants. i prefer lst best myself. https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/318750-hardrocs-lst-guide.html i didnt write it but its a good guide.

 

[april]

Exhaust in upper left corner is dryer tube connected to bathroom fan that vents outside. Not sure how many cfm bathroom fan is but she's strong . We just got another bathroom fan from a friend doing renos (men bring all kinds off "good stuff home" lol) i know my box is sealed well because i can hear the intake fan increase when the doors are closed. I sat inside and tested it i'm pretty tiny lol A flashlight and cigarette smoke are very helpfull, theres always fresh air flowing through, no smoke lingers inside, u can see the exhaust suck the smoke right out . I think i might add that extra bathroom fan and double my air intake.
LST or top hmmmm still deciding, lst seems better imo but i'm gonna try both

Thanks 4 the link

 

[april]

lol ok read my reply soo unclear. no, no exhauset fan in box, exhaust dryer tube is connected to box in upper left corner then tube goes up into ceiling into duct work connected to bathroom fan which is about 6 feet away from point in ceiling where tube is connected to duct.

lol its 3am where i am and i've had many bongs,can't sleep, never can

 

[reggaerican]

grow them well and be merry