I'm just a ordinary guy Trying to grow something

First off i would like to say that this is my first grow... and i have to say, so far that it has been a enlighting experience. I don't know if it is just me but i have found just about as much happines in growing this wonderful plant than smoking it (I'm really high right now got a new vaporizer)

I've been growing these plants for about 4-5 weeks and so far it has been a fascinating journey. I've learened a lot from mistakes and from this wounderful website (Thanks to all that have helped so far).

So lets talk about set up... So far I've been growing two plants One i call Droopy (It has droopy leaves) and the other I call Green Funk (it is the better looking one and is starting to smell) I had three but one died.
I have one 18" plant light 510 lumens <whatever that means) 15 watts and two clf's 23 watts. Its not the best set up but it has been working so far. I've been growing the plants in Miracle-Gro Organic Choice pottings soil for Herbs and Shurbs. I have a fan running at all times. The plants are on a 18/6 light schedule.

Well here are the pics from start to current Enjoy! I will be posting tell my plants produce bud or die.

These first pics are 1-2 weeks (streteched stems)

These pics are after i transplanted them at 2 weeks. (Note: i lost one plant too my cat. He ate it!)

These pis are of my babies in there current shape, 4-5 weeks. I know my set up isn't the best, but It's a work in progress. Please feel free to leave any advise. I need advise the more the better!

sup,if da 504 on ur avatar means ur from new orleans,den wazzaaam roun,cuz im also from da n.o....but about ur plant,u need to get dem lights a lil closer so that it wont stretch,and get a fan in there to blow the plants a little,that will get the stems nice and strong enuff to hold those buds they'll produce

oh yea,and seperate the two plants thats in one cup,they need room to stretch out

cannaboy said:

sup,if da 504 on ur avatar means ur from new orleans,den wazzaaam roun,cuz im also from da n.o....but about ur plant,u need to get dem lights a lil closer so that it wont stretch,and get a fan in there to blow the plants a little,that will get the stems nice and strong enuff to hold those buds they'll produce

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Yea im from NOLA. I used to stay on the East Bank. I don't stay there anymore katrina wiped out my home. I stay Up north now. I still go down to visit though. I transplanted my plants about a week. The pics you were talking about were when they first started growing. Check out the pics below for the most current image of my girls.

datz wussup,how big are u gonna grow em??

cannaboy said:

datz wussup,how big are u gonna grow em??

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About 12inches then im going to start flowering them.

so are u going to use cfls for flowering?

nice job bro i dont recomend the cfls for flowering
check out my journal


https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/56223-my-first-try.html

cannaboy said:

so are u going to use cfls for flowering?

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Yea i was going to use the clfs for when the plants flower... but i guess i shouldn't. What light do you suggest i use?

if u have enuff mula u could get a 250 watt hps because ur doing a small grow,but im using cfls and floresents and my plants are doing great,i have alot of white pistles everywhere on my females!!.....but if you use cfls you will need a good amount of em if ur growing more than 5 plants,i have 1 flowering girl and 3 seeds germinating that im going to put into 12/12 from seed,and i use one 26 watt soft white cfl,one 42 watt soft white,and two 27 watt full spectrum floresents

cannaboy said:

if u have enuff mula u could get a 250 watt hps because ur doing a small grow,but im using cfls and floresents and my plants are doing great,i have alot of white pistles everywhere on my females!!.....but if you use cfls you will need a good amount of em if ur growing more than 5 plants,i have 1 flowering girl and 3 seeds germinating that im going to put into 12/12 from seed,and i use one 26 watt soft white cfl,one 42 watt soft white,and two 27 watt full spectrum floresents

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I'll get one of those 250 watt hps when i'm a little bit more serious about growing and have a little bit more money to spare. Right now all i'm growing is two plants. Will the lights i have now support the plants (one 18" plant light 510 lumens <whatever that means) 15 watts and two clf's 23 watts)? I would really rather not buy more lights for this grow. I'm trying to do it as cheaply as possible.

Well I finally buckled down and got some nutes I got the Alaska fish fert. I started giving it to my plants today. Here are some pics Green Funk is doing Fine and Droopy is still droopy (hopefully the nutes will pick here up some).

yea,the lights will support them for now but they'll need a couple more in no tme,and ur lights look like they have a orange/reddish glow,are your lights soft whit or cool white??.....because cool white is for vegging because it gives off a blue color and the soft white is for flowering because it gives off a reddish/orange glow that looks like autumn when its harvest time,and yours looks like soft white

cannaboy said:

yea,the lights will support them for now but they'll need a couple more in no tme,and ur lights look like they have a orange/reddish glow,are your lights soft whit or cool white??.....because cool white is for vegging because it gives off a blue color and the soft white is for flowering because it gives off a reddish/orange glow that looks like autumn when its harvest time,and yours looks like soft white

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Only the light over Green Funk has an orange glow the other clf light over Droopy and the 18" plant light, which is over both plants has the cool glow. Im just going to leave the lights the way they are and see what happens. Do you think that they would grow and bloom with just the lights i have now?

yes,they would show preflowers if you tried to flower them with those lights but you would have to get about 4-6 more soft whites to even get a decent amount of buds

added two more 26 watt clfs I now have 4 altogether. Both plants are doing great after i added the nutes too it, even Droopy don't droop that much any more. Does anyone know how tall the plant should be before i can start flowering them? Well Got some new pics check em out!

My bad, forgot to post the pics. Well here they are.

FUKKIN RITE!!! IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOUR PLANTS WILL NEED.....NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WATCH EM GROW