1st Time Growing with CFLs . Need Help !

calicatt79 said:

LAMO Shithead....HAHAHA!!!

Yeah, things are really starting to swell up for me. The ladybuds on the NL are filling in nicely and my branches may need some bamboo reinforcements, which is always a good thing

Your soil is lookin GREAT btw I love me some clean lookin soil

I did a 12/12 from seed grow as a fun experiment and let her just go....she stretched out soooo much. Here she was in a teenie tiny pot at 6 weeks flower. I got about a zip from her too. She was a bean to a hermie from my first grow! She was some primo smoke
Here she is : Shorty Jr.....lol!
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and this was her as a baby:
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So your High Hopes sure is gonna get her stretch on real soon. She just needs some time to adjust and settle back in

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So nice of you to post all those beautiful pictures here thank you
I can't wait till I see the first signs of flowering . this stage is being boring ... she doesn't really need me anymore. ( now that she's in 1.5 gal pot I only water her twice a week

Is it ok to feed her for the second time with the nute mix that's been sitting for a cpl of days? I only used half of when I first fed her. ( I shake up the bottle every day so the stuff don't sit )

It's nice when you get a break and you can just relax and watch them grow.

I mix as I go and as a rule NEVER give any leftover solution. You'll get the hang of knowing how much she needs and when. You should be good just mixing 1/4 food for her right now Does she look hungry? lol

Oh.....and she will always need you. The more time spend with her the better the rewards

Catt I couldn't have said it better with feeding as they go.

thank you Cali and Chief . you've been so helpful . I never planned on mixing a whole lot and using it little by little.
just have some leftover n thought I'd ask about it. I'll make a smaller mix next time I need to feed so I use all of it

That looks like one smart kitty I can see it in the eyes....MEEEEOW!

calicatt79 said:

That looks like one smart kitty I can see it in the eyes....MEEEEOW!

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smartttt as a Shit head lol

High Hopes . Day 24

and her baby sis - Shithead -
you can see some brown shit on her .. Ocean Forest is at work I guess...

Ocean Forest is great, but I never use it for seedlings/cuttings. I always grab some organic soil, mix in some perlite and plant w/e it is in a solo cup. After a week or two when I know the root mass is nice and colonized, I replant into the FFOF. No burns yet.

anyway, Plants look great. High hopes looks nice and hearty.

High Hopes . Day 25
She's a happy camper

hhel11 said:

Ocean Forest is great, but I never use it for seedlings/cuttings. I always grab some organic soil, mix in some perlite and plant w/e it is in a solo cup. After a week or two when I know the root mass is nice and colonized, I replant into the FFOF. No burns yet.

anyway, Plants look great. High hopes looks nice and hearty.

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thanks bro . I'm trying my best to take care of them . I knew OF might be too hot for seedlings but I still went for it . It had some good reviews . I don't have any other kind of soil atm so it'll be ok for now. I'll keep that in mind thou thanks

High Hopes . Day 26
she was drooping when I checked on her this morning after lights came on
It had been a couple of days since last watering so I'm thinking it could've been because of that.
Fed her for the second time and the attached thumb is a pic of her after couple of hours.

Does she look overwatered or overfed?

Hey everyone ,Day 27 here and my plant has been drooping for two days now any ideas what it might be ? she's been on 12/12 for 6 days now. the temps drop to around 50 at night . 72-77 when the lights are on. around 35% humid . does she look over watered? overfed? too much love ? wtf is her problem (

here's pics of my setup. pc fan is kind of directed to her but there's not much shaking going on. just a bit of ruffling .

Can be the strain, heat, soil mix or just something normal... Last grow I was experiencing the same thing. It wasn't until I flushed my plant that I could see that she picked it up. I wasn't using any nuts at that time, just once at week 2. You might think you can be overwatering them, when in reality you are underwatering. Just try it, a flush can't do no harm. Wait for the soil to dry out 1-2inches from the surface and just start giving water 2-3x times the pot size. Hope this helps...

md97 said:

Can be the strain, heat, soil mix or just something normal... Last grow I was experiencing the same thing. It wasn't until I flushed my plant that I could see that she picked it up. I wasn't using any nuts at that time, just once at week 2. You might think you can be overwatering them, when in reality you are underwatering. Just try it, a flush can't do no harm. Wait for the soil to dry out 1-2inches from the surface and just start giving water 2-3x times the pot size. Hope this helps...

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She's Norther Lights from Nirvana and I doubt it's a heat problem . last I checked it was 72 in there . I've got 3 active pc fans exhausting . I fed her 2 days ago so gonna have to wait for now. but will flush after the soil gets nice n dry . since 12/12 it takes lot longer for it to dry up . Idk it's my first time so ,,, as long as it lives

thanks for the advice man

Dabolili said:

She's Norther Lights from Nirvana and I doubt it's a heat problem . last I checked it was 72 in there . I've got 3 active pc fans exhausting . I fed her 2 days ago so gonna have to wait for now. but will flush after the soil gets nice n dry . since 12/12 it takes lot longer for it to dry up . Idk it's my first time so ,,, as long as it lives

thanks for the advice man

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Didn't know about temps or strain (kind of lazy to read 8 pags). I don't even think she looks that bad, hope the flush helps her.

High Hopes . day 28 . 1 week since 12/12 .
went to see her this morning after we both woke up and she seems to be doing much better so that's exciting

And here's the Shithead . 12/12 from seed. Day 10. Still burned a little bit

you can see the seed shell still attached to her lol . I should've named her Shitballz instead
Thank you everyone for trying to help a brother out . Happy Growing

Looking good and healthy mane, shes coming right along man

High Hopes looks great!!! Lots of changes in the next couple of weeks. Happy to see her looking this good!

High Hopes . Day 30 . 8 Days since 12/12

I had to buy a heater for her night cycle due to temps going down to 50 and had to take the humidifier out of my grow box , since I don't have enough space in there for both. with that said , RH dropped down to low 20's . Will I have any issues because of that ? I moved some lights around ( always have to mess with my box for some reason ) and broke one 26watt bulb so down to 340 true watts of CFLs. 300watts of 2700K and 40 watts 6500K. I have 2 42watt 6500K bulbs but not sure if I should add more 6500K since it's on 12/12 cycle . She is crazy bushy

Shithead . Day 12 . Day 12 since 12/12

She's growing a bit slow due to sprouting already burnt . but she's still growing so I'm happy .
Can't wait till either of them show pistils .


P.S
Planning on adding some soil to the pot so the lower branches get more light.. Should I wait till she stretches and just add more soil to the top ? or I was thinking maybe soak it up when I need to water her again , take it out , add some soil to the bottom and put the old on top of it ? this way I would help lower branches get more light sooner but I don't wanna stress her out more then I already have . Any comments are welcome and thanks for looking .

High Hopes . Day 33 . 12 days since 12/12 She's starting to smell fuzzy and might be starting to flower I think . woohoo
Shithead . Day 15. 12/12 from seed. How long does it take for a 12/12 from seed to actually start flowering ? Probably depends on a strain but what's the average ? She's Northern Lights .

I moved the lights around and came up with this :
320 watts of 2700K . will this be enough to flower these 2 ?