Re: first cfl grow using 30watt cfls
i think my internet is sorted at home, ive tried ringing my house phone and its now ringing so im hoping i got internet when i get home,
im only messing with the lights to get the best results, im sure the more i learn along the way the better the grow, ive noticed im getting loads more growth under the 2700k cfls, not sure why though, ive noticed this as i have got 2 x 2ltr hempies going as well, ive got some newly sprouted plants under the 6500k cfls and put 2 under the 2700k cfls and it seems the plants under the 2700k cfls are growing quicker and not stretching as i have been told would happen, so in my flower room now i have got the 3 big plants and not ive got the 2 2ltr hempies in their as well,
the special kush seems to be a bit ahead of the other 2 in the flower stage, the 2 have only got the white hairs starting to grow but the special kush has got loas hairs at all bud sites and i can see the start of the buds on this plant.
since feeding with bpn the plants have exploded with growth, it seems they really did need it, possibly my compost lacked something the plants needed, im planning on taking clones at day 21 of flower to give this super cropping a try,
my 2 autos have started to grow more now, the first and slow one is still very close to ground level and growth between nodes is less than 1ml so very very close and its only got 2 sets of leaves, possibly bad seed, the new auto fem i bought has started growing like a normal plant so im hoping this one is going to grow as well as the other plants i planted, so at least i should still have 1 decent auto to flower off, i have took cuttings of the nl x bb fem so i can veg that out and flower that off in the next grow or possibly even turn it into a mother if the plant in flower turns out ok.
i didnt expect to have this many plants as i thought i would get some males, but i got 3 females with my big plants, i cant really complain now can i, so ive got the 3 big plants in flower, and ive got 2x 2ltr hempies in flower also which are ak47 female crossed with uk berry cheeze, so not sure what to expect from them, i have noticed that out of the few i sprouted i have got 2 different plant types, their is 2 differences in the sprouts so one must be bringing out the ak gene and the other the cheeze strain, so ill veg the rest out till the next grow goes into flower.
in my veg room i have got my 2 autos, g13 poisen dwarf which is really living up to its name, and ive got an auto bomb femenised in veg, then a cutting from my nl x bb and 4x ak47 x uk berry cheese, so these will be vegged out while the plants in the flower room finish how ever long that will be, im trying to keep a rotation going so when i have harvested one i can move another strait in, with some outside the box so to speak such as the auto's and the 2 ltr hempies,
the weather is getting better here, had some flooding the last few days but the warm weather is on its way so can use the balcony to give the plants some sunshine and they should benefit from that.
in my flower room now i have got the following, all 2700k cfls, 4 x 30watt and 6 x 23watt cfls, in the veg room i have got less cfls as the plants are only small so ive got 4 x 30watt 6500k cfls keeping them ticking over and growing.
i have read everywhere that plants need 6500k for veg and 2700k for flower, but what i have found is that the plants under the 2700k seem to be putting more growth on and look a lot better than the plants under 6500k, so possibly a mixture of the 2 would be a better option, or has anyone tried vegging under 2700k cfls and got the results, cuz i planted 5 seeds at the same time, all plants broke soil at the same time, i put 2 into 2ltr hempies and put them into flower room and left the rest in the veg room under 20-4, and i have noticed loads more growth under the 2700k cfls, not sure what to make of that, but for now im sticking with the 2700k lights for the flower stage as the plans seem to ne doing brilliant and growing more than they have ever done, they really have took off after feeding with bpn,
the special kush is well into flower at the base of the hairs you can see the buds forming and this plant is ahead of the other 2 at the same length of time in the flower stage, so thinking that will finish a lot sooner than the other 2 unless the other 2 catch up.
i rotate the plants in the flower room daily and turn them around and tie any leaves out of the way and pull branches and tie them out the way to ensure i get good light penetration, the plants are a lot more bushy then they are tall, ill upload some pics when i get home.
i managed to get a good deal on a 400 watt dual spectrum hps, it came with 2 spare bulbs as well, brand new never used and boxed with 12month warranty, and it cost me £40, so just waiting for that to turn up, should be 3 or 4 working days,
not sure if i want to use it to finish this grow off or stick with the cfls for this grow so ive got something to compare it to next time round, im just hoping a 400watt hps is enough for a 3ft x 3ft grow room, it says it can be used for both stages of growth due to it having an extra element or something that produces more of a blue light for the veg stage,
so thats where im at till now, ive been using bpn at full strength and noticed that one leaf on one of the plants had a small patch of yellow so possibly nute burn so ill back off the amounts slightly and see if it gets any worse or not, this was 4 days ago and no more leaves have got a yellow patch and none of the other plants have got any signs of nute burn either.
i need to start thinking about smell prevention now, as its only going to get stronger and stronger, i have managed to mask it so far with those plug in air fresheners and leaving the refills in the flower room as sort of masked the smell enough so you wouldnt notice what it was, but as soon as i touch the plants the place starts to smell really nice, cant wait till this first crop is out the way and can get onto the next, im only growing for myself so im thinking if i can get the next lot of plants into the flower room by the time this 1st one has finished then i should have enough to keep me going.
i cleaned out my aerogarden the other day and put just one plant in it to see what happens, not sure how they work or what its meant to do, from what i can tell. it keeps pouring water over the roots and into the resevoir at the bottom with the nutes in, i can just about see the roots poking out the bottom of the grow medium and nearly touching the water, how ever this is not a bubbler type system so not sure how the roots get oxygen, i know the pot is above water level and the roots grow into the res but the water is constant running through the grow medium and down into the res, is this enough to keep the roots oxygenated or would it be worth putting an air stone in their, ive got a few lying around from my tropical fish so i have got one to put in if it will help things,.
thats about it for now though people, im trying to catch up on journals as i go along, but when i get home ill check if im online and update some pics, and let you have a look how im getting on, my last pics are under my album if you know how to have a look that, ill try putting the pics on here now and see what happens,