177W CFL Closet-Box Microgrow - Platinum OG 12/12 from seed

NerdGrower

NerdGrower

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Yup, I've been on some other sites as well and none have the awesome community like the one here, everyone is so helpful and you really sense that people here know what they're talking about ;)

I'd say stick trough the problems this site has from time to time ;) I don't think there's a better one out there
 
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ArnieSwarzenegger

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Hey man keep it up and I hope she turns out wonderful :)
As for the lighting that everyone keeps commenting on is your total lumens for one plant is 19,000 lumens.( with 7x26w,1600lumens each, and 3x42w, 2600 lumens each)
When that is split between 4 plants as it was before it may work better. In no way am I trying to tell you how to grow just trying to clear some possible confusion!
I will be keeping up with your grow :) keep up the hard work!
 
dajosh42069

dajosh42069

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No way. It doesn't get cold here. It just got a LITTLE cold. Last night even I was turning off bulbs to keep the temps from getting too high.
 
Cereal box

Cereal box

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dajosh42069 said:
RIU has been my favorite since I joined back in 2011. I'm also registered on like 6 other sites, but never go on any of them. ICmag isn't bad, but it's hard to get enough rep to even post or message people there. They have a very seemingly strict rule set which says that if you aren't an established member of THEIR community, you can't post, msg or do anything besides read. Grasscity is just filled with immature children who know as much about growing as they don't know. That site is all rumors and bad idea's if you ask me. That's the site I go to ask questions at when I don't care about feeling embarrassed. I'm established with a good rep on this site, grasscity is a joke, so I treat it like one. Riddlem3 was a good site. An RIU user made it, but I haven't been on in years, and I think my account was deleted. But yeah, i'd just stick to RIU, and hopefully they'll have their issues dealt with soon enough. It still is, and hopefully always will be, my home site for growing information. [br][br][br] And regarding the nursery, i'm really excited. Shame you don't live in the north west where I live, else I could give you my discount. :P In any case though, it might help me meet other growers here in the valley.
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Wow, haha, that's the exact reason I'm on riu! I was never on those sites long enough to figure out all the things you did. They just all felt, off.
And damn, I wish I lived in the northwest haha! Northeast doesn't have much going for it, at least for growing. All the nurseries around me looks like they've been out of business for decades. But they're the only places I can find good soil. And the discounts sure wouldn't hurt :) haha.

NerdGrower said:
Yup, I've been on some other sites as well and none have the awesome community like the one here, everyone is so helpful and you really sense that people here know what they're talking about ;)

I'd say stick trough the problems this site has from time to time ;) I don't think there's a better one out there
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Yeah, thats the feeling I got from riu too. That's why I always preferred it over other sites. Just hope they fix it soon!
 
dajosh42069

dajosh42069

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Can do. Guess I need to test the new picture system anyway. Just got home from work, gimme a few to get some new pics. I've taken a few during the down time, but i'll just post the new ones, so you can see the difference. ;)
 
dajosh42069

dajosh42069

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So... I tried to upload the pics, and it gave me an error every time. :(
Looks like they haven't had all the bugs worked out yet. :\
 
dajosh42069

dajosh42069

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Yeah, i'm noticing that some people have trouble, and others are using it fine.
Just tried it again, and it worked great. :D
Ok, so here she is after some time. ;)

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And here's the sativa seed I planted, last night the thermometer fell on it, and it fell over. However, it turned itself toward the light over night. I'm not caring so much about it, so... we'll have to see how it goes. Besides, I can't let it grow to the typical 6ft tall that it would need.
But here she is last night before it turned;
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NerdGrower

NerdGrower

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ah she'll recover :) good thing it happened in the beginning and it wasn't too severe, your girl is looking might fine aswell! :) keep it up
 
dajosh42069

dajosh42069

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Oh, almost forgot to mention, as of yesterday, they're both on a full 12/12 schedule. So I should be seeing sex pretty soon from the OG. And with any luck, it'll keep the sativa to a smaller size before it throws off some signs of sex.
The way the nodes are formed, I have a really good feeling about my primary plant. I have feeling it will be female. ;)
 
Cereal box

Cereal box

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I'm no gambler, but if I were I'd bet it was female too! :) she's looking really good! Grown a lot since your last update.
It'll be interesting to see how your new addition looks too. Hopefully the early 12/12 helps it from growing into a monster :) haha. Looking good!
 
Dabolili

Dabolili

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Mix spectrum for 1st 2 weeks man to reduce stretching. I grew Critical Kali Mist ( 80% sativa ) and @ 12/12 I only used 2700K.
I could barely fit her in my box and could not position lights over head anymore .
 
dajosh42069

dajosh42069

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Well, i'm still using a slightly mixed spectrum, with 1x 42W 2300K in there. But quite frankly, the temps are starting to get out of hand. The heat is getting into the high 90's during the day, and within another couple of weeks, the night time temps aren't going to be enough to cool the box at night (when the lights are one) I have an ice pack schedule that's currently in place. I filled to former milk jugs with water and froze them, as well as about 40x water bottles all frozen as well. I alternate them constantly, adding the frozen milk jug during the night before I go to bed and she has to have the lights and night air for like 8-10 more hours until she gets her bed time.

But thanks for the responses everyone. :D
Mainly my cause for thinking it's female is the way the nodes are structured. I've understood there to be a little more bulk on them if they're male for the male flowers to sprout from. But as of now, they look nice and proportional.
 
Cereal box

Cereal box

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Damn summer! If it weren't for my garden, I'd hate summer!
Hopefully your plants can handle the heat.
Last year, before I put my AC in my temps were hitting high 90's everyday and my plants were fine. Just needed watered a little more often. It's probably strain dependent though.
Either way, your plants looking really, really good. Have my fingers crossed for ya that it's a female!
 
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