First Grow- Oaksterdam OG Clone

Hey guys I have been researching on here for a little while now since I got my girl, and may I just say that I have come across invaluable information! I have learned so much, so thanks. Anyway, She is on her 15th day of 12/12 and I finally decided to take some pics and throw them up here and see what you guys thought and to see if I should change anything.

1 125w 6500k cfl with reflector on top
2 68w 2700 clf around the sides
2 4' t12 tubes vertical on one wall

I was going to buy the 125w 2700 cfl, but with my budget right now I thought I could get by with the 68w 2700k on the sides. Do you guys think the color spectrum is fine? Ohh ya, and I did LST on her for a few weeks during veg. I think i started kind of late because she was pretty tall already but it seems to be working out. I am a total newb at this, but so far its been a lot of fun.

more bulbs more watts more lumens!!!! lol, she is def looking nice man- and just take everything you know from this grow and work it into the next and so on- wish i had access to clones in the east coast, but back to the more bulbs, im sure she will produce some nice buds but the more you got the more you get kinda thing. Best of luck and keep us posted

if you can keep temps down you can never have enough bulbs

Ya I got u, but do u think that I have enough light as of know to have a decent grow. I was worried that maybe my 125w would be too much blue specrum for flowering.

it doesn't hurt to have a few in there, but primarily you want the 25/2700 i know times are tough but if you keep lurking around here you can figure out what light setups are working out nicely for others- it simply saves you a trial run/grow it always helps to maximize every grow. if you could pull an oz instead of a half why not? just find a grow onn here that yields nice and take a peak at their light setup's, i also assume your a med card holder in oakland sf area- add some bulbs and when you flower, kick a buddy down an 8th and that should cover your cost of bulbs and once you have em-well you have em- meaning next grow you have close to nothing invested besides soil and clones. also at 10-15-20 a pop for clones you may want to find a mother and start taking your own clones, you can also buy/trade with other med patients and if i remember sf/oakland there is a HUGE community of growers all welcome to trading genetics, i think ill end my hella dumb run on sentence and just say good luck and ill be here to the end- og is my favorite strain hands down

Haha, thanks man. I will definitely keep lookin around here. I think I am going to go ahead and finish her as is just to see what happens since I already have been flowering for a little while and so far I'm not disapointed, although I have nothing to compare it to since its my first grow but I am excited! Ohh and I live in so cal but I an medical. I am ok with paying $15 for a clone every couple months since I only am growing one at a time. Thanks for the input, I was beginning to think maybe people didn't think my grow is any good since I haven't gotten any responses, lol!

every grow is a good one in my book and as long as you put your heart and soul into it it's all that matter's, its crazy the learning curve you encounter from one grow to the next, also you don't need the high wattage cfls for results.. instead of buying one big one your "usually" better off buying a few smaller ones.
one reason you can get a better spread of light- lights closer to the plants and they are cheaper- there is abs nothing wrong with using lo-wattage bulbs if you have enough of them- just sucks having wires running in every which direction and needing to come up with some way to hang and distribute the light(and need to keep the temps right). However you are def not that far into flowering and would be more than beneficial to add some 2500k's in there..

Ok, will see what I can do. Thanks for the advice.

it looks good to me
but you'll want to get more 2700k bulbs in there for sure
if your funds are tight right now its no biggie
but when they start putting on weight more of the "red" spectrum is what she really wants

Should I just change my overhead 125w blue bulb to the red spectrum, or keep that one and add another bulb on the side. I don't think I have room for more than one bulb opposite the side of my tubes.

i would.. lol where did i come up with this 2500k lolol

Haha, ya I saw that but I understood what you meant. I just purchased 2 more clamp reflectors for 2 23w cfls I am going to put on the sides.

are you familiar with the "y" splitters? they enable you to run two bulbs per socket- and us broke folks need to get the most out of our clamp lights- just unscrew the reflector and screw in your y splitter and boom- double the lums and wattage out of your one clamp light.. dont forget to update us with pictures man, id love to help you out the best i can..

gl gl

oh and did you swap out your big bulb for the 2700?

and right now at home depot they have a box of 10 4 ft daylight bulbs for like 14 bucks and you can pick up the 80 watt 4 ft t12 fixtures for under 10 bucks ( lithonia lighting shoplight 4 ft T12 model number 1233) thats 160 watts for $32 with 6 extra or backup bulbs

just checked out your picks again bud, you are most certainly early enough in flowering to bring in more light, i would also look into cha-ching and tiger bloom nutrients- i think it is very possible for you to pull 1.5-2 ounces off your pretty little lady, with lots of love and lots o bulbs you can def pump some weight into her and its never to late to add nutes or bulbs

edit: for the little bit of wattage you got going on your spacing is pretty tight too- you need more lights brother man- you are gonna love this baby when she starts packing on the weight

Ya, I actually have that 4ft t12 on one wall. I take it the y splitter is at home depot? I may just have to do that! So they just screw onto where the reflector was? I ended up just keeping my big bulb as 6500k since the 2700 was $40, I figured if that's my only 6500 bulb I should be ok, right? Dude, thanks for all the usefull info chief! I feel like they are done stretching too, since I haven't seen much vertical growth the last few days, is that what typically happens? Do they just atop growing up at some point right, and focus in producing the buds?

I'm currently using bloom booster by MG I've fed her one small dose early on in flowering and just fed her another watering with nutes for her 2nd. Should I keep using those nutes? I would like to since I already have it, but just curious if they sell tiger bloom or cha ching at home depot or similar chain stores? I am using fox farms ocean soil too.

You can use the bloom booster no problem. It's what I'm currently using

Ohh ya, I can see the frostiness coming in! It's like seeing snow for the first time!

if you got it use it- applicable to both the bulb and the nutes, i'm hoping i can at least help out a tad, there is an unlimited amount to learn, just hoping to pass on what i've learned in my past couple runs, dont think you can find fox farm nutes or ganja specific nutes at the HD and though im not a fan of mg products i saw a few good ones at sears hardware the other day, all organic to boot, if you have a sears hardware near you i suggest checking it out, see what they got that fits the budget and make it work, like i said before every grow is a HUGE learning experience and there is only so much reading and video watching you can do without actually growing and experimenting.

in reference to the splitter's they most certainly have them at the hd-lowes also has them- if im not mistaken they can handle something crazy like 660w's however the clamp lights are only rated for like 150 or something (obv never run higher wattage then your gear can handle) but you can even add another "y" splitter to the first one and run 3 bulbs as long as your wattage is good.

don't forget to hit us off with some picture updates my man

also, not sure of your living situation- BUT if you can, use the sunlight as much as possible, if you have a big enough window that catches the wonderful morning rays/early afternoon use them rays as much as you can- your cfl's cant touch what mother nature has to offer and is a nice cheap way to pump in the weight without breaking the budget...

the fox farm soil is awesome stuff for the first few runs- my outdoors when i was in cali was just ff soil and straight tap water with AWESOME results (didn't ph my water or anything) im currently using oceans forest myself but my little family is only about a week old...

one more thing i forgot to stress is make sure your bulbs are as close as possible to the plants without burning them up, i think you said she is pretty much done stretching- so this task will be easier than during veg(sometimes you have to move bulbs twice a day during veg) the more bulbs at this point the bigger the yield- as long as your temps and everything else stays good- also ease her into the feedings you dont want to stress her and have her lock out the nutes- start off with 1/4 strength or less and work your way up to the full dosage(or whatever she likes)

I ,I used half the amount this second time, and maybe a week later I am noticing some browning on some of my fan leaves, don't think its from my lights either. A few have a little spreading of the brown in like little spots I guess that's the best way to explain. Any ideas? I will post some pics tommorrow. Also, I didn't water her for almost a week as my usual since I have been scared of overwatering. Anyway, the soil was dry up top 2" but deeper down it was still pretty moist so I figured she was fine, what you guys think?