1st Grow Cfl

Budluvin

Member
Hey BG, yourLST job has turned out good, your girls practically at a 90 degree angle, as i said in my last post deffinatly think that is allowing light to penetrate to more bud sites, right on trying to get some light down there. Good job so far mate:clap:.

Added another update today for my journal FYI.
Happy smoking!
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
Hey BG, yourLST job has turned out good, your girls practically at a 90 degree angle, as i said in my last post deffinatly think that is allowing light to penetrate to more bud sites, right on trying to get some light down there. Good job so far mate:clap:.

Added another update today for my journal FYI.
Happy smoking!
Hey Budluvin. Thanks for stopping by man. I have been quite please on how nicely she has posed for me being tied down and all. Seems like every day there is a new budsite. I have a light meter and my lights seem to be doing a great job so far. I'll be updating later today. So stop by later too so you can see some pics. I'll stop by your grow here in a minute!
 

Budluvin

Member
Hey Budluvin. Thanks for stopping by man. I have been quite please on how nicely she has posed for me being tied down and all. Seems like every day there is a new budsite. I have a light meter and my lights seem to be doing a great job so far. I'll be updating later today. So stop by later too so you can see some pics. I'll stop by your grow here in a minute!
yeh them girls do like being tied down! lol. budsite progression is awesome. glad you will stop in, on my next grow gonna start a thred instead of a grow journal, so much easier!! what is it you use your light meter for exactly....?
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
yeh them girls do like being tied down! lol. budsite progression is awesome. glad you will stop in, on my next grow gonna start a thred instead of a grow journal, so much easier!! what is it you use your light meter for exactly....?

It just shows how much light is being produced. Like where my plant is now from the cfls being like 6 inches away it reads 2400 lumens. Not much but definitely effective.
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
Hey everyone! Didn't update yesterday as planned due to some unexpected events. She is still looking healthy and very green. I hit her with her light nutes yesterday. She has been getting fed every 3 days now with about 1900ml of nutrient enriched water :lol:

Yesterday when I untied her to water I noticed alot of super small budsites under all the small Fan leaves. I was thinking that maybe next watering I will be trimming some of those to further expose the buds. I know fans leaves can be used as "solar panels" to supply the bud sites with the nutrients needed. But they are sitting in the soil and not getting much light as it is so we'll go ahead and move them next go around.

I have also been contemplating whether to up the big bloom or not. My baby has loved the 2/3 strength dosages I've been giving of the tiger bloom. I am wondering if she will like the up of the big bloom. I have been giving her 1/4 big bloom throughout all of flower but she looks green and stronger then ever. I don't want to do something stupid and over nute her. What do you guys think? Leave it or change it??

I also received notice today that my "novelties" from Attitude are now shipped through the USPS. Should be getting my package sometime next week. Once they come in I and I have gotten settled in my new place, I will be using my HPS and maybe even a MH (maybe... LOVE CFLS SO FAR) Will keep you guys posted on when I will be starting my next grow. As for now, enough rambling, HERE ARE THE PICS! lol :eyesmoke:Tips and suggestions appreciated! Happy Smoking :weed:

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homer371

Well-Known Member
looking great bird! that lst is holding up very well and the main cola is gonna get huge soon! looks like she's handling the nutes perfectly, so i don't think it would be a bad idea to see if she can handle a little more... just keep a close eye for burn, and flush if needed :) . only thing i would say about the little budsites is that in my experience the big colas end up producing the vast majority of your yield, and the little buds kinda stay small and once they dry they're little one-hitters, so when you're deciding what to prune or expose or whatnot, i'd still concentrate on trying to get that big cola to get as big as possible, that's where most of your dry weight will come from. happy to be corrected if i'm wrong though.
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
looking great bird! that lst is holding up very well and the main cola is gonna get huge soon! looks like she's handling the nutes perfectly, so i don't think it would be a bad idea to see if she can handle a little more... just keep a close eye for burn, and flush if needed :) . only thing i would say about the little budsites is that in my experience the big colas end up producing the vast majority of your yield, and the little buds kinda stay small and once they dry they're little one-hitters, so when you're deciding what to prune or expose or whatnot, i'd still concentrate on trying to get that big cola to get as big as possible, that's where most of your dry weight will come from. happy to be corrected if i'm wrong though.
Hey homer! I'm glad you think like me. I'll up the big bloom gradually to try and see what results it will put out. I will be keeping a super close eye on her next week to make sure nothing bad happens. Thanks for the advice man. Have a good weekend Homer!
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
Looking good. Put mine into flower 3 days ago. Trying to LST mine as well. You just have the one plant?
Yes. I started with 2 and one died from root rot. (Over watered)


Looking good so far, I would add more light as long as you can keep the temperature managed.

The light is what helps the plant process the nutrients that you provide it.
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Hey Gidget! Thanks for stopping by. I could add 2 more bulbs. Right now I have a total 217 actual watts for my one plant. Do you not think thats efficient enough?
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
I agree with you and homer...it's not a bad idea at all to up the bloom nutes a little at this point. She may actually like it.
I kinda wanna up more of the tiger bloom too. But if I do she will be full strength of recommended. Would that be okay? I just want to because of the high P Tiger bloom has. Thanks for stopping by though man. Monday she'll need another feeding so that is when I will try using 1/2 strength big bloom and 2/3 strength tiger bloom.
 

GidgetGrows

Well-Known Member
You'll probably end up with between a half ounce and an ounce, if all goes well.
Those that I showed you earlier, each ended up with about an ounce each.
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
I was not hoping for much. Would be pleased with a half. :weed: But anything more would just be a cherry on top. Anyone else have a guess??
 

zombie

Active Member
Looks like things are coming along nicely, Bird. Your LSTing was excellently done. They way mine ar growing, wish I would have scrogged em. But, my buds dont look as nice as yours though. Think its time to switch to feeding em every watering now. Full steam ahead now !!!!
Should have followed your regimine of feedings.
 

Bird Gymnastics

New Member
So I hit her with the last bit of 1/4 strength nutes today. I'm gonna do one watering of pure rain water and then after that I will start upping the nutes to 1/2 strength and work my way up from there. Let me know what you guys think. Any comments, questions or tips welcomed!
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edit: notice in pic 2, the leaves coming out of that main cola have slightly yellow veins. What deficiency could this be??
 
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