First grow (CFL), lot's of questions :D

mo2oregon

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Looks good. Stay the course. My biggest mistake was wanting to fuss with things when the plant was growing well, all for more growth. Now I know to not mess with stuff unless there is a problem.
 

BSD0621

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Ditch the miracle grow... otherwise, all looks good.
go to lowes and get their sta-green soil. cheaper and won't burn your plants. I used it for this years outdoor grow. had 3 plants in a 5 gallon bucket, all bag seeds and have not had ONE SINGLE PROBLEM besides a minor spider mite infestation.
i didn't use veg nutes as you plants won't need them and it's a waste of money. some old growers just use flower nutes ALL THE WAY through and have noticed bigger yields and less cost's overall leaving out veg nutes. Also, pick up some miracle gro tomato nutes. use 1/2 teaspoon (they have a measuring spoon in there) the first week then go up to 1 teaspoon. 2 teaspoons seem's to introduce a LITTLE bit of nute burn for me. 1 1/2 i was feeding every other week then switched to 1 teaspoon per week, mixed in a gallon of tap water (ph 8+ and water was left out for the little amount of chlorine to evaporate. Had great results on my first grow. you COULD get a nute solution stronger and if you do start at 1/4 strength the first 2 weeks then slowly bump it up while keeping an eye on the leaf tips for nute burn. If you need help feel free to message me. I hop on here and there when I am not working. good luck :peace:
 

Vigth

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Looking really good and healthy, nice tight growth too pal. Very impressive!
Is this lovely lady the first seed you thought was looking a little moldy or is it the 2nd seed?

Keep up the good work boss and looking forward to the next update!
Thanks bro I appreciate it, was really impressed with the tight growth as well.

That's the second seed, the first was is straight up a toy to play with haha. Was near molded if not molded and then I transferred to soil thinking there was NO way it would sprout and sure enough. My girlfriend only wanted me to have one plant max but I convinced her to let me keep it but just small and flowered in a red solo cup.

So below is what she looks like now, topped and everything in a red solo cup... also nute burned >.<. She's stretched because I had to keep her in the same box and she's a lot shorter then the other plant lol.
 

Vigth

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Looks good. Stay the course. My biggest mistake was wanting to fuss with things when the plant was growing well, all for more growth. Now I know to not mess with stuff unless there is a problem.
Thanks for the advice bro, pretty much all i'm doing :). Only fucked up on nutrients so far, 1/4 the recommended dosage I guess was too much haha.

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see ya again.
 

Vigth

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Ditch the miracle grow... otherwise, all looks good.
go to lowes and get their sta-green soil. cheaper and won't burn your plants. I used it for this years outdoor grow. had 3 plants in a 5 gallon bucket, all bag seeds and have not had ONE SINGLE PROBLEM besides a minor spider mite infestation.
i didn't use veg nutes as you plants won't need them and it's a waste of money. some old growers just use flower nutes ALL THE WAY through and have noticed bigger yields and less cost's overall leaving out veg nutes. Also, pick up some miracle gro tomato nutes. use 1/2 teaspoon (they have a measuring spoon in there) the first week then go up to 1 teaspoon. 2 teaspoons seem's to introduce a LITTLE bit of nute burn for me. 1 1/2 i was feeding every other week then switched to 1 teaspoon per week, mixed in a gallon of tap water (ph 8+ and water was left out for the little amount of chlorine to evaporate. Had great results on my first grow. you COULD get a nute solution stronger and if you do start at 1/4 strength the first 2 weeks then slowly bump it up while keeping an eye on the leaf tips for nute burn. If you need help feel free to message me. I hop on here and there when I am not working. good luck :peace:
I'll defiantly check out Lowes for some sta-green soil, yea spider mites be everywhere in soil.

Love all the advice man was enjoyable reading advice/tips. Had a little issue with nute burn even at 1/4 recommended dosage but other then that all has been great. I'll defiantly send ya a message if I got any questions. Thanks for stopping by :).
 

Vigth

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Here we are at day 52, trimmed and pruned her quite a bit and is looking a lot healthier. Love how small and bushy it's stayed with great branch separation, excited for the flowering stages. Plan on starting first day of 12/12 around day 60.
 

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Vigth

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Here's the remains of my sweet medusa pepper plant, kept her nice and small and got a good little harvest haha.

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Vigth

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Trooper is now on day 9 of flowering and showing tons of pistols. (I'll have to post a picture tomorrow, currently in darkness)
 

Rusty Trikes

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Looking good! I agree that veg nutes are over-rated, however, I strongly recommend against ALL miracle-gro products. VERY easy to burn plants with, and even with proper flushing leaves an N taste in the finished product. I use FoxFarm BigBloom/TigerBloom combo, with a molasses mixture in weeks 5-8, and its been working great. The GH and GO boxes are an awesome value, and Ive seen great results using their products, too. Keep giving her plenty of love and she will reward you greatly. Good Luck!
 

Vigth

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Looking good! I agree that veg nutes are over-rated, however, I strongly recommend against ALL miracle-gro products. VERY easy to burn plants with, and even with proper flushing leaves an N taste in the finished product. I use FoxFarm BigBloom/TigerBloom combo, with a molasses mixture in weeks 5-8, and its been working great. The GH and GO boxes are an awesome value, and Ive seen great results using their products, too. Keep giving her plenty of love and she will reward you greatly. Good Luck!
Yeah I've heard great things about FoxFarm BigBloom/TigerBloom combo, i'll have to check my local hemp shop to see if they carry any. Thanks for all the support bro, lot's of TLC :P.
 

Vigth

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Here's trooper day 9/10 of flower and showing tons of pistols, she's grown roughly 3 inches also.
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Vigth

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Here's Chiclet on day 53. Tied down most of her branches to open the canopy up a little and it worked great.

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Vigth

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Here's Chiclet day 58 (day 2 of flowering), showing lot's of new growth and lot's of bud locations.
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Here's Trooper day 14 of flower and looking great, although it seems he needs some nutrients.
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Vigth

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Here's trooper day 32ish of flower, trimmed off all the lower branches and only kept the foliage around the same height as Chiclet, except the two small tops on the side lol. She's showing TONS of trichomes and is extremely dense to the touch.

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Vigth

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Here's Chiclet day 21ish of flowering and looking great. Had a slight Thrip problem that I was able to catch EXTREMELY early and deal with organic insecticides, hopefully they stay away for good. Trichomes are starting to form extremely fast and seeing new bud growth everyday :).

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Vigth

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Here's Chiclet day 63/64 of flowering, trichomes are almost all 100% cloudy and am unsure of when to harvest but thinking no later then day 70. Harvested Trooper little over a week ago and it turned out great, got about 7 grams dry off that little guy haha.

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Vigth

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All the tops are huge and 3 of them are as wide as my fist clenched or 4 fingers together.
 
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