Journal of a grow. New to growing. CFL. Indoor, closet grow. 1st grow ever. :D

[chiefchuckles]

OK every this is my first journal on here so bare with me.

I have been growing my j-1 strain for about 71 days in veg. (at first I had minimal wattage, so it grew slow at first) ALSO...mid way through my plant had an encounter with my cat. He flipped it and crushed half the plant. It has healed and is looking great since. NOW, I am at a total of 4x27w 5000k, 2x23w 2700k cfls.

I am using foxfarm organic soil, with "General Organics" nutrients. I have 1x12w computer fan cooling off the leaves/bulbs.

The closet space is 7 foot tall and 4ftx4ft. I am growing 1 single plant AND TRYING TO GET AS MUCH OUT OF IT AS POSSIBLE. I have been lst'ing. I will probably start flowering when it is about 2 1/2 - 3 ft. Right now it is about 1 ft tall.

Here are my pics:1. top picture of my feminized plant 2. set up of lights.

Enjoy and give me some feedback.....I will be constantly updating until the end of the harvest/curing process. THANKS FOR CHECKING IT OUT GUYS! I'll KEEP YOU POSTED!

 

[HighLife4Me]

Looks great. Seems like its going to be a monster. . gl with the grow. ill keep checking in

 

[massah]

looking good, keep those CFL's as close as you can(the 2nd pic looks far away from the tops), get those puppies 1-2" from the tops and it will keep it from stretching!

 

[chiefchuckles]

looking good, keep those CFL's as close as you can(the 2nd pic looks far away from the tops), get those puppies 1-2" from the tops and it will keep it from stretching!

The only reason they are far away is because....well I had them about 1- 1/2 inches away...and the leaves started curling just at the tip of the leaves, as they were coming out/ Tacoing a little bit, so I backed off. Maybe I need more fan power...not sure yet, I will be rigging another comp fan later today. THANKS FOR CHECKING ME OUT GUYS! that stokes me out.

 

[chiefchuckles]

But yeah, for now they are about 2-3 inchs away from the light.

 

[massah]

got a small fan blowing on it? If not..do so...direct it so its at canopy level and aim'ed up just slightly to take the heat away from the CFL's and you can get em even closer

 

[chiefchuckles]

got a small fan blowing on it? If not..do so...direct it so its at canopy level and aim'ed up just slightly to take the heat away from the CFL's and you can get em even closer

LOL, yes I do, I have two fans on it.

 

[jhod58vw]

whats up bro looks good should make a refector would help out and a fan blowing across the plants to keep heat away doing a wonderful job tho

 

[chiefchuckles]

Thanks for the kudos, and thanks for the feedback man!....Yeah, I am about to start flowering this beast in the next week/week and half...I will keep you guys posted. My first grow is turning out better than I could have ever expected.

 

[chiefchuckles]

QUESTION: Hey guys....I am currently running a total of 4x27w 5000k, 2x23w 2700k cfls.

I AM ABOUT TO GO INTO FLOWERING....

Should I do ALL 2700k's?

Should I do 5x2700k, and 1x5000k -or-

Should I do 4x2700k and 2x5000k?

 

[zerothefunk]

Looks good! Might want to create reflectors on those bulbs..I saw it somewhere on this website..done with soda cans! Best O Luck!

 

[zerothefunk]

don't know..Newbie myself, however I believe 6500K for veg and 2700K for flower...one plant? You should be good!

 

[fatfarmer]

Looks good. Might try some side light. Also some guitar playing would be cool!

 

[chiefchuckles]

Looks good. Might try some side light. Also some guitar playing would be cool!

THANKS MAN! I DO want to try some sidelight, but dont have the $$$ for the 2-4 clamp fixtures/extra fan needed to cool those extra bulbs. But yeah, I am just going to do the best with what I got on this grow.....And slowly acuire stuff for my second one. I am going to start flowering on wed, or thurs. Wish me luck.

 

[geturgrowon]

good luck on starting flowering looking good man keep it up rep for doing cfl do the same for me plz!!

 

[massah]

in regards to the light spectrums needed for the flowering stage, you basically want to reverse your veg...so go to 4x 2700's, 2x 6500k's...your plants still use the 6500k wavelength and its good to keep a couple bulbs in there at a 1:4 or 1:3 ratio of 6500k:2700k for flowering

 

[chiefchuckles]

good luck on starting flowering looking good man keep it up rep for doing cfl do the same for me plz!!

-> Thanks man! I will def. give you some rep.

in regards to the light spectrums needed for the flowering stage, you basically want to reverse your veg...so go to 4x 2700's, 2x 6500k's...your plants still use the 6500k wavelength and its good to keep a couple bulbs in there at a 1:4 or 1:3 ratio of 6500k:2700k for flowering

Thanks for the info man! The little lady will be receiving some change in light in the next few days...

- I will post a before flowering pic....the day morning of the lighting switch over.

 

[LatelySeeingDemons]

cant wait to see how this goes. ive been paying attention to this one since u replied to my Ice strain grow journal. Ive got some new pics up, need ppls opinions on this little prob im having......

 

[chiefchuckles]

cant wait to see how this goes. ive been paying attention to this one since u replied to my Ice strain grow journal. Ive got some new pics up, need ppls opinions on this little prob im having......

- Well that is cool to hear! But yeah man, I am gonna check out your journal and see if I can help w/that.

ALSO UPDATE: I put her into flowering tonight. Here is a picture of the last day of veg.

IT LOOKS FAR AWAY FROM THE LIGHT BECAUSE I PULLED THE LIGHTS UP TO TAKE THE PICTURE.

 

[geturgrowon]

wow man that going to be a nice girl she pretty bigg