They aren't anywhere near ready. Give them 10-12 hours of dark time every day. I know they're autos, it will still help. You'll get some stash.
Yep, the lack of planning always comes back to bite us! Been there myself, more times than I care to admit.
Yep, the lack of planning always comes back to bite us! Been there myself, more times than I care to admit.
The 70 days: yeah, that's just a marketing ploy lol. You could harvest at 70 days, and you could harvest as soon as they break ground, but that's doesn't mean you should. Let those babies plump up for you; let them show you their bad self
As far as a resign goes, I would definitely rearrange your setup. I used to grow with CFLS, but never less than 160 watts (actual watts, not equivalence) per plant. What I would do, if I were you, is I would tie down your shoots so they run horizontal with the medium. This might take a few days then. For your lights, I would take a thin board, and drill a hole through it big enough for your sockets to fit through. Once the socket is in the hole, Liquid Nails it in. I would then do that with the rest of the sockets in a row down the board, and hang it up. I would put the plants below that, along the bar in a line. If you can mount some type of reflector on the sides, so all the light is thrown down as well, you will be in business.
I would do this, because if they were trained out to be flat, all the buds are getting pretty equal light and you arent fucking with the inverse square law as badly. Also, because then what Plant A doesn't take in as far as over cast of light, Plant B takes in. Now, you are just throwing light all over the place.
Also, yeah, the transplant info is legit, but you can top an auto. Its kinda like "experts only" though. The trick is to get them like literally the day you can top them. The sooner before flower, the better.
I would go with a photo next time if you can accommodate it. I started with autos, and then grew one photo. Never growing autos inside again lol.
Yep! You can definitely use cfls and get a decent harvest, but you are probably using two, 23 watt bulbs per plant. You ain't going to pull much from under that.
Oh, definitely. If you didn't have to worry about plant count, it would be cool to have like three in a veg tent just to fuck around with, but a monocrop is not worth it inside.
Yes if you have any avail I would love to see them. Don't have any photo seeds yet. Do you know any place for us delivery where you could purchase singles I want like 3 different kinds..lol...
Check out Choice Seed Bank. They have quite a selection of pick and mixes and good freebies too. But, last time I ordered from them was almost three weeks from paying to having my beans in hand. Not cool!
My post where I explain my lighting setup. I was vegging at the time, so the three 110s weren't in there. I think it's an 80w and two 26s'.You should put a reflector over those bulbs so you they throw the light down. It can be hard to get a reflector that does the job, but this is my set up:
As you may or may not be able to see, there is a red wire that runs down the center of my reflector. That wire supports my lights and holds them up. How that happens is that I thread the wire through the more rectangular opening below the spiral. It hangs the CFL bulb very nicely and it is impossible (unless the glass snaps in half) for your light to fall. Using insulated, copper, wire ensures that it will never break or fray. You can also find wire that is rated for much higher temperatures than the surface of a CFL bulb so you do not have to worry about a potential fire hazard.
My reflector is just a simple aluminum wing-style reflector that I got when I bought my 400 hps. It just so happens that this reflector fits perfectly in my current grow cabinet. Anyway, this reflector has two holes on each side that are like a colon ( : ). In these holes I have tightened a zip tie to act like sort of like a tie down point.
That tie down point does two things: it allows me to attach the hook for my ratchet pulleys; and it gives me something to wrap the supportive wire around so I can zip tie it to itself after I wrap it a few times.
I can't really recommend a certain type of reflector or anything if you decide to do this, but I recommend the method of reflection whole heartedly.
So for vegging you were using an 80 and 2 - 26s then the 3 - 110s for flowering?
OK great. Do you have an email I can email you at?
Sorta. I started off with three 26s', then the 80 and the two 26s' until I switched to flower. Then it was the three 110s. Didn't really have a heat issue either, with the exhaust fan kicking.
