thanks. i have pics i will try to post. week1 i had a 4 inch plant, week two i had a 10-12 incher. by the end of week 3, it was 18+ inches, and by the end of week 4, it was about 30 inches. i admit, its one of the faster grower plants ive seen, i have a similarly aged plant, only 30 inches now, while this one is 4 foot almost. its almost 6 weeks old, but, since ive been flower for a week, im getting a new top, everyother day. i have seen it grow as much as two inches in a single day, it was crazy. my settup:
6 gallon pot, my soil is 3 parts miracal grow tomato soil, and one part miracle grow peet moss. i didnt mix it all together, instead, i did layers, in my pale, with the peet moss in the center. i also use a wooden dowel and with it i keep 4 holes, all around the plant, that go str8 to the bottom, so air can get in their, like "plugging" your lawn. i "dowl it daily ", and if i pull my dowl out, and dirt stick to it, i know im a lil moist, i try to only water it every 3 days, 1 liter, and i also check the wieght, the whole bucket wieghs 14 lbs when i water it, 13 lbs when its thirsty, i dont have sophistiated instruments,lol, im doing it old school. i havnt used a ph meter either. for nutes i have been useing miracle grow for tomatoes, recently, i got nitro poisoning, from my nutes, so, i flushed it and drowned it with an epsom solution, it back on track now, healthy and growing.
for lights:
i have between 10-12 thousand lumens, in a 3 foot by 4 foot closet, with my "sun" being a 3000 lumen, 42 watt cfl, in a stainless shield, 4 inches above my top, around that about 2 inches from the top, i have 2 x 27 watt, warm cfls, and dangling around the plant, i have (1) 27 watter, and (2) 13 watt 800 lumen warm white cfls, hanging from sockets, i adjust them daily, to make sure they stay within 4 inches if folliage, but not touching, i push my limits, i actually, put them close enough to give me a LIL heat stress, but not severe. for maximum penetration. once my plant got over two feet, i installed a 6 lamp vanity light strip i took out of my bath room, its hanging above everything(about 1 foot above the plant), and in it, i have (6) 13w 800 lumen t-2 COOL white cfl's. wheher they help or not, im not sure, but, more lumens the better right???? lol. my closet is quite bright....lol.....
for ventillation, i use an oscillating fan. its hard to keep the temp below 80 degrees, but, i have managed.......with lil heat stress.............
thanks for the posts, been flowering for a week, im seeing "something", but not sure of the sex yet, anyone got a pic of a male preflower??? early in flowering???? anyways, let me know what u think, expescially you veteren growers.....
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