Good afternoon all. Im a Newbie and this is my first grow which started as an experiment.
First I started some tomato seeds for my outdoor garden and decided to plant a few pot seeds I had from a few years ago. Seeds Panted April 1st (Very rough start and almost lost the bunch due to the fact I planted in tiny seed starters and transplanted too late resulting in root damage.
First I set up T5 daylight bulbs on a timer at 18/6 on a shelf in the basement.
Could not believe they started growing, then had to figure out what the hell I was going to do since I was not prepared for a grow at this time.
I built a box roughly 2'x4'x4'high in my garage and hung 3 48" t5 fixtures and kept them roughly 2-4" from the plants throughout the grow.
Initially had 7 plants going and when they reached about 18" tall, 1/2 the height in the box. Decided to switch to 12/12. I was able to sex about a week or two later and pulled 4 males.
Left me with 3 girls. I played with cropping and plants worked out well. I appologize but have not been keeping a tight journal as far as exactly how many weeks of this and that sorry.
The plants are covered with Tric's and now I looked through with a jewelers loop and see a couple very few amber ones.
I defoliated this past week taking off all the fan leaves hoping the bottom nug's would fill out.
I also forgot to mention that I added 2 48" fixtures to the back wall of the box for more light during flowering and changed 1/2 the bulbs to cool white, 3000k to get a full spectrum of light.
See the pictures where I am at and if someone could just give some advise as far as how much longer they think I have, roughly, 2 days? a week? 2 weeks?
Thanks!!
First I started some tomato seeds for my outdoor garden and decided to plant a few pot seeds I had from a few years ago. Seeds Panted April 1st (Very rough start and almost lost the bunch due to the fact I planted in tiny seed starters and transplanted too late resulting in root damage.
First I set up T5 daylight bulbs on a timer at 18/6 on a shelf in the basement.
Could not believe they started growing, then had to figure out what the hell I was going to do since I was not prepared for a grow at this time.
I built a box roughly 2'x4'x4'high in my garage and hung 3 48" t5 fixtures and kept them roughly 2-4" from the plants throughout the grow.
Initially had 7 plants going and when they reached about 18" tall, 1/2 the height in the box. Decided to switch to 12/12. I was able to sex about a week or two later and pulled 4 males.
Left me with 3 girls. I played with cropping and plants worked out well. I appologize but have not been keeping a tight journal as far as exactly how many weeks of this and that sorry.
The plants are covered with Tric's and now I looked through with a jewelers loop and see a couple very few amber ones.
I defoliated this past week taking off all the fan leaves hoping the bottom nug's would fill out.
I also forgot to mention that I added 2 48" fixtures to the back wall of the box for more light during flowering and changed 1/2 the bulbs to cool white, 3000k to get a full spectrum of light.
See the pictures where I am at and if someone could just give some advise as far as how much longer they think I have, roughly, 2 days? a week? 2 weeks?
Thanks!!
