LTD's First Grow Log, CFL only

LimitedTimer said:

well i'm now going to avoid germing in a paper towel after reading your reason of not doing it in a towel...probably going to buy peat pellets next time or lil 1 inch peat pots though...

seems my idea's fail. haha

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Hey if it works for you use it Really you only get into tap root contamination or breaking of the fine hairs when the tap root gets a little long, if you can catch it when the tap root just pokes out of the shell a little bit you won't have to worry about damaging the fine hairs (still be carefull with touching the tap root though).

Def don't toss out what works for you

The pic below is of a seed that is perfect for placing into soil (i don't remember where i stole it from, but it was a great seed pic with its tap root just breaking shell )

Oh almost forgot about this place. You can probably get some small netpots from a floral store (you know the ones that you get cut roses at etc) Some of those places use little tiny net pots so they may also sell them. (of course keep in mind that you will probably have to explain what the netpot looks like because they probably have no clue wtf a netpot is lol).

You also may be able to find them at one of those craft hobby stores. A lot of people use them and put that green solid foam in for fake flower arrangements.

Day 11, second leaves are starting to grow on most....

SO far behind most grows but we're truckin along here.... waiting for them to have enough green to produce a decent amount a day ><

transfer seems to taken fine for all but one that seems to be recovering

ill try to get pictures up tonight

EpyxN said:

one home made netpot can be found HERE @ instructables.com

Heres a complete DIY DWC system

Full DIY hydroponic system here

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Hey!, at least you could of copied and pasted this into my journal. I was looking too! Im kidding thanks for the links man. kiss-ass
And seriously thanks to all you people that keep bothering (helping, im a pesamist..hahaha) me is my journal. Feel free to write whatever.

LimitedTimer, You going to get any pics up? I want to see them...

they arnt doing NETHING! ill post some tomorow if i can get ahold of a camera

LimitedTimer said:

they arnt doing NETHING! ill post some tomorow if i can get ahold of a camera

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this was day eight they look alot better now than they did, and a little project we are just testing out with a plastic storage bin

they look the same really just in differnt pots.

nah if you look at some of the leaves they are gettin bigger not much but there is a pretty good dif

http://www.thcfarmer.com/forums/f95/diy-standalone-dwc-bucket-2551/

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hydro/msg0121154932360.html

http://www.420magazine.com/forums/completed-journals/72360-berrys-diy-dwc-diesel-west-coast-funk-soil-grow.html

The bet one I think...

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/150272-diy-closet-dwc-grow-first.html

Nothing to say really. except COMMMME ONNNN AND GROW ALREADY

I shortly watered after i posted this...

each plant got 2.5 oz's of water and the cups got .5 oz of water ( they get watered daily usually instead of 2 or 3 days.)

420everywhere said:

this was day eight they look alot better now than they did, and a little project we are just testing out with a plastic storage bin

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just wonderin where ya got those light fixtures from, how much were they? it looks like they are just plugged into a surge protector, correct?

surge protecter-6 dollars
socket to outlet=2 dollars a peice
Y socket= 3 dollars a peice

2 surgers
6 socket to outlets
6 Y brackets
8 6500k 26w CFL (8 dollars per 2.)
6 2700k 26w CFL (15 dollars)

your lil ones will kick into high gear soon enough man. There in shock ya gotta remember that you changed soil @ a very fragile stage of root development. They look good, def don't look like there going to die.There probably just fixing the damaged roots and pushing into fresh soil. once that tap root hits bottom they will sky rocket.

I agree. My 1 plant is getting huge and the other one seems like it stopped or its just slow as hell.....

LimitedTimer said:

surge protecter-6 dollars
socket to outlet=2 dollars a peice
Y socket= 3 dollars a peice

2 surgers
6 socket to outlets
6 Y brackets
8 6500k 26w CFL (8 dollars per 2.)
6 2700k 26w CFL (15 dollars)

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cool, thanks man, lookin good so far, im about to embark on the same type of journey, hope yours works out for you.

they werent really doing anything before the transfer either...looks like the perlite is helping them root though , growing faster now

Hmm been not growing since before.. lets seeee lol. No clue but ill ask some stuff

Just wondering how moist is your soil? that top looks really dry (or does your soil get that thin hard layer on top?).

Well imma take it that it may be a little on the dry side. Do you have any drainage holes in the bottom? if so soak that baby. you made your soil right? combined it and all i mean. So you should be confident that you have soil that doesn't compact when watered or hold water like a sponge & holds lots of tiny lil airpockets. fill it up and let her drain

Are you foliar feeding at all? I personally rarely ever foliar feed. from my experience you do get a jump in new growth but also for days it seems like the plant sits at a stand still after that.

Are you giving any nutes? they may be young but that doesn't mean you can't give them something to eat. Even only doing a 5-10% nute feeding will give them a little something. You just don't need to give them the full dose.

If you are using hydroponic solutions feed them the recommended dosage starting now. You'd do it if it was a freshly rooted tiny little clone why not the seedling

Really your plants aren't that bad for how old they are, a lot of strains aren't fast starters.

Don't stress around your plants lol don't let them see you thinkin there growing slow bad vibes man, they need good ones.. Still a+ keep up the awesome work and let them be weeds

NOTICABLE CHANGE THIS MORNING!...pictures tomorow!

i woke up and looked at the second set of leaves....SECOND SET ON DAY 13!...but still

they are actually growing now..2 or 3 of the plants hve doubled their 2nd leaves over night.. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Day 13's update, watering and picutures tomorow

LimitedTimer said:

NOTICABLE CHANGE THIS MORNING!...pictures tomorow!

i woke up and looked at the second set of leaves....SECOND SET ON DAY 13!...but still

they are actually growing now..2 or 3 of the plants hve doubled their 2nd leaves over night.. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Day 13's update, watering and picutures tomorow

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Woot Congratulations man

Thats good. I think you stresses the shit out of them (hopefully you stressed the "balls" out of them..HA) in that transfer. If you do it again, Mix the soil with like 20-30% more perlite. I actually put newspaper on the bottom of my my pots and then added about an inch of perlite. The Soil needs to be airy.
My leaves are getting lighter green which I dont like. My nodes are so close together I cant really see where zi can top it....