AK47 Serious Seeds - First Grow - CFL - Soil

I like the fact that you kept her as a single cola stalk. Looking good man, looking real good.

-TG
 
teSmp said:
Haha very good idea that's cool :) Maybe you should just switch to 12/12 without your bulb, it won't really hurt anything?? Just expect them to at least double by the time flowering is done, will you have room for that?
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Well the canopy is about 6'' thick and i have allowed room for about a foot of extra growth so hopefully there should be enough space for the stretch :)

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Sirsmokezalot said:
I been reading ur journal from seedling to mothers great looking plants I'm getting some stuff ready to start my own cfl gro..keep up that great work broh I'll be checking in on ur plants
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I'm happy to see that you are interested in this grow Sirsmokezalot

I appreciate you having read the whole thing :) ha ha

Good luck with your own grow,.

Hope to see a journal from you at some stage :)

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TacticalGrow said:
I like the fact that you kept her as a single cola stalk. Looking good man, looking real good.

-TG
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Thanks TG :) I just couldn't bring myself to kill her ha ha

It should be interesting to see how she compares to the others by the time of the smoke reports :)

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UPDATE:

DAY 1 OF FLOWER :)

The countdown to harvest begins, 53 - 63 Days

The HPS bulb finally arrived and work abruptly began.

It took about 8 hours ( 00:30 am -08:00 am )( a very long night / morning ha ha ) to dismantle and remove every single thing from the box along with everything that was attached to it, then assemble all the new items, fix and fit them into the box.

Painstaking work but everything turned out as expected :)

Temperature, Humidity etc etc all seem to be pretty balanced but it will take a day or two to really see how the environment balances out.

I better stop talking and let you all get to the pictures :) ha ha

Below: ( OSRAM VIALOX NAV-T SUPER 250 W ) ( 33,000 lumens ) ( 2000 kelvin ) ( 129 lumen/w )

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Below: Cooltube and Reflector.

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Below: 250w PowerPlant magnetic ballast ( HPS/MH )

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Below: New Carbon Filter ( 125mm X 200mm ) ( 5in X 8in ) In replacement of my ( 125mm X 400mm ) ( 5in X 16in ) due to space restrictions.

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Below: Carbon Filter, Inline Fan, Cooltube all installed :)

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Below: Carbon Filter, Inline Fan, Cooltube ( photo angled to show the air out-take )

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Below: The happy Girls in their brighter home :)

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Please feel free to join in and comment people,

I would love to hear your advise, comments, opinions or suggestions :)

Peace

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dude those AK's look AMAZING. The set up looks legit too. maybe one day ill just fork over some loot and get looking real nice like that and quit relying on my hoodrat engineering and spare electronics scavenging abilities. let me know how the filter works out - AK is a pungent strain and those girls gonna start smelling like hippies.
 
Hey GF! thx for checking out my grow. I'm very interested in your grow, as I've just purchased my first seeds! yahoo! Just a little happy to say the least. I as well bought from serious seed and went for the reg. AK-47 pack of eleven seeds. I'm hopping for the indica and sativa phenos as well as a strong male to pollinate my other strains. Looks f'n great in here bro, keep it up! +reps:Namaste:
 
UPDATE:

DAY 5 OF FLOWER ( 48 - 58 DAYS REMAINING )

The girls seem to be loving the new light, there is lots of new lush green growth :)

Plants have grown about 1 - 2 inches since the switch to 12/12

Ms. Tropical, the single cola plant grew about 3 - 4 inches in the same period of time so I abruptly topped her before she got out of hand ha ha I'm sure she should be fine considering that it is still so soon into flower. Since the light has been installed her new leaves seem to be the most sativa like out of all the plants, Really long and thin leaf fingers, thinner than a pencil ha ha I will try and get a good picture. So it seems that Stinky Ms. Tropical might the most sativa of the bunch.

Temperatures in the box seem to be at a steady 26c - 27c ( 79f - 80.6f ) no signs of heat stress what so ever :)

With the 250w HPS in the CoolTube you can hold your hand on the glass for over a minute and it just feels a little warm. In comparison, holding the CFL bulb actually feels much warmer ha ha

The Tops of the plants are about 3 - 4 inches away from the glass of the cooltube with no problems :) I'm almost sure that the leaves would not burn if left touching the glass for a long period of time, it is even cooler than a household cfl that has been on for a while.

That's all the news that I can think of for now :hmmmm:

Enjoy some pictures :)

Below: The CoolTube extremely close to the tops, hopefully this should also reduce stretching as much as possible.

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Below: Healthy looking tops, I hope they all fit in there ? I think there should be enough room :) ha ha

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Below: More healthy looking tops :)

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The HPS light ruins these pictures, the leaves are actually a really nice dark green :)

I am thinking of adding in the 125w Blue CFL in there too for a wider light spectrum. When this is installed the HPS can be turned off when taking pictures so that everybody can have a better idea of what the plants really look like :)

Hope you enjoyed this one

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Greenhouse250 said:
Hey GF! thx for checking out my grow. I'm very interested in your grow, as I've just purchased my first seeds! yahoo! Just a little happy to say the least. I as well bought from serious seed and went for the reg. AK-47 pack of eleven seeds. I'm hopping for the indica and sativa phenos as well as a strong male to pollinate my other strains. Looks f'n great in here bro, keep it up! +reps:Namaste:
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Thank you for the kind words Greenhouse250

You got the same Regular seeds pack as I did , I got 9 females from the 11 pack ha ha I hope that you get what you need from yours :)

It will be interesting to see the phenos that you get in comparison to the ones that I have.

Are you going to create a new journal for them or how do you plan on growing them ?

I appreciate the +reps :)

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Wow, hard to believe that you ended up with that many females. Could it be they actually gave you fem seeds on purpose, or without knowing? I'm the sceptical type and don't think things like this are coincidence. Also the fact that you ended up with the hermi, is a good sign that they could have been fem seeds. Regardless this is an awesome journal and grow!

I probably won't journal the seeds cause i have no idea what they will be, once the phenos are sorted i will take clones and do a vertical soil less grow. They will most likely be grow #7, I've recently picked up two new strains (clones) and hope to grow them vertically in my cabinets for grow #6. They were gifted to me as 12" clones (one of each), master kush and a private cross.

Oh yeah, best part was talking to one of the caregivers that i get clones from, he was like why didn't you ask me for the ak-47? "I can get you clones of the AK-47 & AK-48" DOHHH!!! After spending a small fortune on eleven seeds, that was like a kick to the nuts!!:peace:
 
Greenhouse250 said:
Wow, hard to believe that you ended up with that many females. Could it be they actually gave you fem seeds on purpose, or without knowing? I'm the sceptical type and don't think things like this are coincidence. Also the fact that you ended up with the hermi, is a good sign that they could have been fem seeds. Regardless this is an awesome journal and grow!

I probably won't journal the seeds cause i have no idea what they will be, once the phenos are sorted i will take clones and do a vertical soil less grow. They will most likely be grow #7, I've recently picked up two new strains (clones) and hope to grow them vertically in my cabinets for grow #6. They were gifted to me as 12" clones (one of each), master kush and a private cross.

Oh yeah, best part was talking to one of the caregivers that i get clones from, he was like why didn't you ask me for the ak-47? "I can get you clones of the AK-47 & AK-48" DOHHH!!! After spending a small fortune on eleven seeds, that was like a kick to the nuts!!:peace:
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Well it was definitely a regular seed pack, I remember because i was looking for feminised seeds but they were out of stock and only had regular ha ha

It could have been a mix up in packaging but Serious Seeds only sell feminised seeds in 6 packs and regular seeds in 11 packs.

I suppose if you flip a coin enough times you will eventually get all heads :)

I wish you the best of luck on growing them Greenhouse250 :)

Thanks for joining in

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UPDATE:

DAY 6 OF FLOWER ( 47 - 57 DAYS REMAINING )

I had a look in my garden today and there were leaves touching off of the glass cooltube and they seemed to be loving it, no sign of heat stress whatsoever :)

The Glass of the cooltube simply can't get hot enough to burn the plants :)

Being able to have the 250w HPS this close to the plants is better than having a 400w HPS because:

A 400w HPS at 6 Inches above the canopy puts out 63,000 lumens

A 250w HPS at 4 Inches above the canopy puts out 78,000 lumens

By being able to have the bulb this close to the plants without stress more than doubles the bulbs standard lumen output and actually makes the lumen/w ratio 2 - 3 times more efficient :)

The light has now been dropped to about 2" from the tallest top.

The highest concentration of light has been placed over the tallest branches in hope that this will prevent them from stretching much further and so that the tops that are short and not getting as much light should be able to stretch a little more to even out the overall canopy.

Here are some pictures to satisfy your eyes :)

Below: A clear view of Ms. Purple in ( Normal ) lighting.

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Below: A clear view of Ms. Sativa in ( Normal ) lighting.

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Below: A clear view of Ms. Tropical in ( Normal ) lighting. Lots of branching already within the last 6 days, I really don't think that she wants to remain as a single cola :) ha ha

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Below: Ms. Tropicals Super Sativa leaves.

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Hope you enjoyed this one.

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