Blueberry Northern Lights Closet CFL Grow!!!

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sephes

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So my package from the tude just arrived yesterday and already started germing 2 ladies.

This is my first solo grow and I've done a lot of research so im feeling confident but pointers are always welcomed! I'll be growing inside a 3 ft tall box with CfLs that should be arriving pretty soon. I'll be doing a hydro setup using Blue Planet nutes which i've heard are pretty good.

Most of what I've learned for this grow is from this forum. I know there are a lot of nice knowledgeable guys so I figure it can't hurt.

Well Wish me luck :mrgreen: :joint:
 
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sephes

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Got the rest of my starting supplies today and one of the seeds are startings to sprout already I'll be putting them in rockwool tomorrow. Tonight I'll be making the replacement bucket, DIY style. I'm just going to do a bubble bucket system.

Pics soons.
 
Po boy

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just got my auto blueberry seeds a few days ago. i'll be planting in a couple of weeks when the sun moves a little more to the north. i'm looking forward to the grow as i've read many good things about the blueberry. i'll be checking in. on with the grow! GL
 
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sephes

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ya same here....heard a lot of good things about it. I'm really curious to see how it turns out.

Thanks for the support
 
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sephes

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So I was scared that I may have done something wrong because of all the stories of how rockwool can be. I transplanted both the sprouts into the rockwool after soaking them in perfect ph water for about 8 hours. The runoff was the same so I transferred them into the rockwool cubes and wasn't sure if they were too deep or not. I didn't have any noticeable activity for the first day. the second day I figured why not just try a 18/0 cycle with CFL above the Humidity dome. Came home to this.....Pics as promised.


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hbbum

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Whoo Hoo!

My auto just popped this morning that is going along side a couple of clones I had. I can't wait to see how yours comes out.
 
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sephes

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Realistically I just want it to live to harvest since this is my first ever grow but I talked alot of trash to my partner who has a bigger grow op who Hps and t5s and i threw him one of my seeds just for fun. He does soil and im doin hydro so we're just gonna compare how they turn out. I wanna least make it look like a decent challenge!

Well the ladies are definetly perking up quick so im sure more pics will be up soon. I really can't wait to see the difference in growth once she goes in the bubble bucket.
 
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sephes

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Ladies looking good still except for one small thing.....one of them its first pair of new leaves look like leaves tips are turning purple. I think it may be from the cool temps at night so i took off the humidity dome and got the CFL about 3 inches above them to keep em warm. I'll probably post pics soon in a couple of days.
 
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sephes

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So the one plant has recovered beautifully and both are pushin out they're second set of true leaves. Both have roots touching water now which is 50% strength nutes. I just bought Hygrozyme today to add into the reservoir. One of my plants root has a slight brown tint to it. I'm not sure if its from the nutes which is slightly brown when all mixed or if it is early stages of root rot. The plant itself is growing pretty fast so it seems very healthy and is still growing the root everyday but better safe than sorry.

I also wrapped the bucket in foil completely to make sure it is lightproof. Im going to do a rez change tomorrow and see how things go. Pics coming soon.
 
FilthyFletch

FilthyFletch

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Looking like a good start. Make sure to keep the ph at 5.5 no higher then 5.8. Remove the dome 3 times a day. keep the root zone warm around 70. When ready to come out the dome make sure you easy them out as many times if you take a new plant right out the dome all in one day they will droop and can shrivel up for change in humidity.
 
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sephes

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Ya i check it everyday around lights on time its been stayin at like 6.0 perfectly. I actually removed them from the dome and put them in the bubbler already, since one grew straight thru the wool and i had a 2 inch taproot on like day 4 or 5. I'll just throw a pic up.

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sephes

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So far no problems, I haven't noticed any signs of root rot or any real problems besides a slight ph increase problem. It was fine the first week and when i did it this week it kept shooting up to around 7 i kept lowering it a back down to around 5.5 every couple hours. After coming home from work today though it seems to have stopped happening. I'll check again in the morning. The smaller plant seems real sensitive to the nutes while the other one seems to be loving it....weird.


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sephes

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Everythings been perfect since the last update, Ladies are in there starting to really grow alot faster, think i'm going to top them at the next node. you cant see from the angle I shot the picture but they both have another set of leaves on the bottom and the dark leaved one has about A TON of growth coming off the main stem so I'll prob start LST him or adding some side CFLs soon.



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sephes

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So its been a couple days since the ladies got they're first topping, I think they took it pretty well.

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sephes

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the girls have been takin off, I think i'm going to try and FIM both the new tops soon...and if you look close on the sides i've started a little LST because they were overshadowing eachtother pretty bad. It helped for a couple days but I'm thinking im gonna have to do some some of trimming or additional LST pretty soon.

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sephes

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So I've got the lights set up to how it will remain for rest of the harvest. I'll prob be switching it over beginning next week since they are just starting to touch the net now.

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