Armoir micro grow...Short Rider under CFL's

This is my 1st Grow. I'm growing in a lower cabinet of my armoire dimensions19.5" H x 20" W x 21.5" L. Running 5 veg CFLs and 2 flower CFL's. Using distilled water with 6.5 ph. Lights on 24/7. I'm on day 68. Trics are milky and I found one amber trich. Watering with 1/2 molasses and 1/2 Tiger and Big Bloom from FF. I'm wondering when I should harvest. Grow photos are out of order, sorry.

Nice grow mate, I'll be watching this one! Good luck.

Thanks RRain! Couple things I forgot to mention. I've LST'd the crap out of them. I've become a master paperclip bender.
The 2nd plant, same strain, same conditions is at least two weeks in developement behind the other. Strange. I was hoping to harvest both and convert the grow space into a dry/cure space. Not gonna happen. I'm scrambling to find a suitable dry space.

those look like they got another couple weeks.
most of the pistils are white and are pointing out still.
when the majority are redish and the pistils are not pointing as if they are growing out then you'll be ready (plus lookin at trichs)

Thanks 2supra. The cola's are filling out nicely and two weeks more would be decent. Most of the fan leaves died off and the bud leaves seem to be giving it energy now alone.

lookin good bro keep it up man

Thanks for the comments lee harvey! Forgot to mention I've been running 4 flower cfl's since they went into flower. I'm using ffof soil. My stash jar is runnung low, hop I can hold out

I'm back with a little bud porn. It's 75 days now. Watered last night with 50/50% Fox Farm nutes and molasses last night. They are lapping it up. The hairs are 50% brown but not droopy yet. The trics are still cloudy. Some of the lower buds are growing up to the end of branch buds to make one big bud. They seem to be swelling in width too. The aroma is really intensifying with a skunk and slight fruity smell. They are also getting frosty. I'm watering every 4 days. I'm thinking of going at least one more round of nutes than may go molasses solely. I have a sister cabinet in the armoir next to the grow space. I think I might clear that out and use it as a dry/cure space. I wonder how much that will reek without a carbon filter tho. Any guesses when she'll be done?
The other one is lagging behind, as usual, but looks healthy. I hope her buds start ballooning out.

lookin pretty decent, you got serious SERIOUS nute burn though, too late now though, but for future reference, if all your leafs die then somethings wrong, it's a process though and you'll figure out whats best for you, mind holding up that pencil again though? you said they swelled up but a point of reference would be nice

doctor.j said:

lookin pretty decent, you got serious SERIOUS nute burn though, too late now though, but for future reference, if all your leafs die then somethings wrong, it's a process though and you'll figure out whats best for you, mind holding up that pencil again though? you said they swelled up but a point of reference would be nice

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They starting dying before I even used nutes. Almost seemed like the FFOF was a little too hot for this Short Rider strain. I did one H2o2 water because I was worried I had some root rot. I then starting using some nutes. I'm using a liquid PF test kit and I suspect my readings haven't been accurate. I'll definately pick up a decent meter before my next grow. I still have two Short Rider seeds left. Despite the stress I may put on her it's looking pretty tasty and I'm happy for my 1st grow. I'll try to take a coule pics with a pencil in the next day or two. Thanks for checking in.

thank YOU for doing this grow, very good for a first time, my first 3 attempts were massive failures, then i found riu and done good since, I learn a lot studying other peoples grows and wish you the best of luck on future projects.

As promised, here's some pics to show some scale. My wife was running the kitchen fan all night and I'm starting to get the look. The smell has moved to another level. I added a 2nd carbon filter sheet in fornt of the exhaust fan. I hope I can harvest soon. Trics say not yet tho as they are all milky still.

Not bad, buds look kinda small but then again its a small plant, looks like with that strain you can veg for about 2 weeks longer and be more than fine on space, instead of topping you should LST. ona gel will work AWESOMELY with such a small grow, smells like a urinal cake but ousts any smell, just a bottlecap full sitting in your space will do it and will not hurt your girls in any way.

Ona gell, sounds interesting. I wonder if the local hydro store carries it? I'll give them a call tomorrow. Thanks.
Btw, I used all LST. I only have 10" between the lights to play with so I had to keep her on the low down. I only go thru about an oz a year so if the other plant shapes up like this one I figure I'll be set.

man i grew out some short rider a couple years ago but mine got pretty big..looks good..heres what mine looked like..

some rep for you...

Woah! get them puppies down to 2-3 inches, just found out why your buds are small, cfls don't put out enough heat to do much damage unless they are touching or crazy super close.

Very nice 65, I noticed you live in TX, what region? pm me

wow. beautiful grow and setup. +rep mate! They recall me the day I wanted to grow shortrider

DSB65 said:

man i grew out some short rider a couple years ago but mine got pretty big..looks good..heres what mine looked like..

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Yowza! Those are not so short, Short Riders. Nice. I would have been in trouble if mine got that big. What was your yield per plant? Rep back at ya.

doctor.j said:

Woah! get them puppies down to 2-3 inches, just found out why your buds are small, cfls don't put out enough heat to do much damage unless they are touching or crazy super close.

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What I was trying to say is I hav 10" between the lights and pots. That's why I've kept them so low. I've got the lights between 3-4" to the plant.

maariic said:

wow. beautiful grow and setup. +rep mate! They recall me the day I wanted to grow shortrider

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Thanks man. Rep back at you. I hope your Short Rider grow didn't bite the dust on you.



I stopped by the new hydro store in town. Picked up some Ona gel. $17, ouch. Linnen scent Filled up a medicine bottle measuring cup and put it into the box. Hope it doesn't replace one smell for another, strong smelling stuff.
Really decent group of dudes over there. After we established we shouldn't really be talking openly about growing ganj, they gave me tips for 45 minutes. Interestingly they said it's the product suppliers who don't want them talking about ganz, not fear of authorities. Wtf? They talked me into a bottle of General Hyponics FloraKleen for flushing. I think I may flush for the remainder of the grow with the more developed plant. They threw in a free bottle of General Hydro CaliMagic. I added 1ml of the calmag into my molasses/Tiger/Big Bloom cocktail when I watered the other plant tonight. Hopefully I can kick her into gear.

Yeah when I was still a novice I got kicked out of my hydro store for askin what seed bank they would suggest, that's a huge no no. You don't even need that much gel in there, I do a bottle cap at a time, I'm really jealous of your fresh linen, I got polar crystal, only scent they had, 3 years later I still have major buyers remorse.