Indoor CFL grow journal of someone who doesn't know what they're doing.

Gloryfades

Gloryfades

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Instead of separating them at flower, you may just want to flower them at the same time so you don't have to worry about it. Then you'll just have a bigger yield from Esmerelda without the hassle of trying to keep her out of the light for 12 hours at a time.

And I'll be in here until you pronounce this journal done with. :) Good luck!
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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Gloryfades said:
Instead of separating them at flower, you may just want to flower them at the same time so you don't have to worry about it. Then you'll just have a bigger yield from Esmerelda without the hassle of trying to keep her out of the light for 12 hours at a time.

And I'll be in here until you pronounce this journal done with. :) Good luck!
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I suppose that would be easier for all involved, but what I was planning on doing was clipping a few clones and sexing one of them. Provided she's female I'd then start to flower esmerelda leaving about 4 vegging clones behind. Once I harvest Esmerelda I'd start the process over again with Princess Consuela, and then esmerellda's clones, and so on and so forth. I basically want to eventually get to the point where I'm harvesting every 1-2 months and keep a stead stream for me and my roommates. Unfortunatley this mean I will have to eventually upgrade my closet.
 
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bigd921

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glad you got the ph under control its amazing how big of an effect it can have on a grow.... good luck I will be watching.
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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bigd921 said:
glad you got the ph under control its amazing how big of an effect it can have on a grow.... good luck I will be watching.
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Yea, a PH kit is something that I should've gotten as soon as i started. The little bit of curling that you could see in esmerelda's leaves just yesterday is already starting to fix itself. I have always looked at this as a learning experience, I'm going to make plenty of mistakes this time around, but the more mistakes I make, the more I learn.
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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Gloryfades said:
I totally know what you're saying. When I'm done with my grow hopefully I'll have enough money for an HPS setup and be able to do a very small scale soil version of this for a couple months before I can get a hydro setup: https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/6592-get-harvest-every-2-weeks.html


^^^That's the dream right there. :) I'd never have 20 plants at each stage, but 4 or 5 would be wonderful.
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Yea, there's so much I want to do, but I'm restrained by room and money.
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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Took another trip to Walmart and Home Depot today. At walmart I got another spray bottle, a gallon of distilled water, 2 y adapters and 4 6500K CFLs (and of course I droped one of the bulbs while I was setting it all up). At the depot I got 4 more clamp lights. My babies have so much light now. I'll post some pics later tonight when it comes time to turn the lights back on.
 
Gloryfades

Gloryfades

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Do the clamp lights come with the reflector and all that? They're basically a socket, cord, and clamp, correct? How much are those?

Good to see another Wal-Mart patron showing these fancy HPS growers how it's REALLY done. :) Those GE Daylight CFLs are nice, aren't they? I assume you got the 100w (26w) in a 2-pack for something like $6.84? Can't beat it.
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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I was bored, and alittle high, last night so I decided to go and start to germ all of the other seeds that I found in the bag that I just finished last night. This is the same bag that esmerelda and Princess Consuela came from.

And just for fun, here's an updated version of my no frills grow journal:
15-Feb Esmerelda sprouts
28-Feb 5 Seeds put in paper towel
29-Feb Esmerelda Transplanted into 10" pot
29-Feb New sprout date for Esmerelda due to her being eaten by ozzy on 3/1
1-Mar Ozzy is a whore
1-Mar Roberta's seed cracked
2-MarMoon beam and Princess Consuela's seeds have cracked
2-Mar Roberta, Moon beam, and Princess Consuela are planted
4-Mar Roberta Sprouts
4-Mar Dory Cracks and is planted
5-Mar Moon Beam Sprouts
5-Mar Princess Consuela Sprouts
6-Mar Roberta slumps over
6-Mar Roberta burried up to her neck
7-Mar Roberta is no more
7-Mar Given up on Dory ever sprouting
12-Mar Moon Beam and Princess Consuela are 1 Week old Today
15-Mar MB and PC transplanted and not looking too well
15-MarSuperthrive bought
16-Mar PC showing signs of improvement
20-Mar Moon Beam is no more
24-Mar Finally calibrated PH up from 5.0
25-Mar Started girls on half strength nutes every other watering
27-Mar Started about 15 new seeds on a paper towel
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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I've also been thinking about my plants' lineage, so to speak. So, here's a question that I'd like to get people's oponions on: Which is better and/or easier to do? Keep one plant as a mother and just keep clipping clones? Or, take clones to ensure another generation and then flower the mother?
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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Gloryfades said:
If you take clippings for clones after budding, you'll have to put the mom back into the veg state for a while first. Just for that I'd say it's probably easier on you and the plant to take the clippings before you flower.

How do I regenerate/rejuvenate/reveg a plant after harvest?

Are the 15 new seeds backup, or are you just going to expand your grow?
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I wouldn't be taking the clones after budding. I'd go and take them towards then end of her vegging, once the clones have taken root I would then flower the mother, then I'd raise the clones for awhile and then repeat the process.

As far as the new seeds, like I said, I was alittle high at the time. I was planning on just germing about 5 or so to replace the ones that had died. But I wound up just saying fuck it and put them all in. The first of them has alredy cracked. Noticed it last night, I just finished planting it.

I'm actually planning on experimenting with a bunch of these new ones. I'm really currious about the effects of nutrients on plants. They're all getting a week of just plain water, then atleast one plant is going to just stay on water, antother on superthrive, and another on half then full stregth nutes.
 
Gloryfades

Gloryfades

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I'll definitely stick around to see how that goes! Sounds really interesting. You should try out a couple different pH levels too, if you can.
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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I was thinking about all the new seeds, today I planted the 10th one (there were only 13 not 15) I'm thinking I'll just cut them off there. The other 3 may crack eventually, but I've already got 10 going, I don't need another 3.

but anyways, I just planted that last one about 10 minutes ago, on my way out of the closet I noticed that the one that cracked and was planted first has sprouted. I was thinking I'd call her Roberta II. I was thinking I'd just go and use the names of my fallen babies before I go and start comming up with original names. If anyone has any name ideas, now is the time.
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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Gloryfades said:
I'll definitely stick around to see how that goes! Sounds really interesting. You should try out a couple different pH levels too, if you can.
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I've thought about, but I don't think I'm going to. In the grow I've already seen the side effects of using water whose ph was out of wack. Plus, I'm using a cheap PH kit, I can only tell ranges and if I were doing that I'd want to have specifics.
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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Gloryfades said:
Very true, and a wise choice. It's hard to balance several seperate containers, too.
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As is I have 2 1 gal bottles of water, one has nutes and the other is just plain distilled water. Each has their own spray bottle. I figured, why not just add one more and put some Superthrive in it.

Dory II is sprouting!
 
Gloryfades

Gloryfades

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Ooh, then you could water a couple plants with the nute formula AND superthrive and see what happens. I'd say that's your best bet for a nice moneymaker.
 
cirrus12

cirrus12

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Gloryfades said:
Ooh, then you could water a couple plants with the nute formula AND superthrive and see what happens. I'd say that's your best bet for a nice moneymaker.
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That's actually a pretty good idea. OK, here's what I think I'll do: Assuming they all sprout I will have 10 plants. 2 will recieve nothing but water, 2 will recieve nothing but superthrive, 2 will get nutes every watering, 2 will alternate between nutes and Superthrive.
 
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HotNSexyMILF

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Superthrive contains completely different things than nutes. It will not replace nutes, and should be used in conjunction with nutes when applicable.

Pix?
 
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