First Time Complete Grow CFL all organic

Well i had a few draw backs in the beginning. I attempted to go organic hydro big mistake on my part I could never get the ph to balance out no matter what i tried to do so after about 2 weeks of torture to my poor babies i transplanted them. I switched them over to an all organic potting soil with no added nutrients so i could control the variables.. I continued to use the bio biz line of organics.


here they are after their upgrade to a land plot.


also the bigger pot they will be planted in as well as my cloning tray simple jiffy puck deal.


As far as lighting here it is
Top
Veg 5600lumen @ 6500k and 5200lumen @ 2700k
total:10800lumen 192 watts 96w per sq ft
Bud 10400lumen @ 2700k and 2800lumen @ 6500k
total:13200lumen 222wats 111w per sq ft
Bottum
Veg only 3400lumen @ 2700k and 2800lumen @ 6500k
total:6200lumen 106 watts 53w per sq ft

so the lighting is good i hope i didnt go overboard and i hope i have enough...

As far as nute concentration i started seed and clones around 300 to 400 ppm of rootjuice and just a lil bio grow then later moved to full line and cut out the rootjuice after a couple week then over time bumped it up like 150ppm at a time till i got to around 1000ppm.
I also bought a reverse osmosis system because i city water is at like 500ppm from the tap still 200 after filtering so i wasnt to impresed with that. ppm on water starts at 7 on the nuts then drops to around 6.6 w nuts and the soil runs around that area it drops below 6.7 i flush it with 7.0 water or a lil higher just to balance it out.

Here they are after their upgrade into bigger pots...



You can really tell the plants on the two sides were the ones that took the blunt of the damage during the hydro feasco.

The guy in the middle on the other hand is doin kickass




Down below i also have to fans pulling air in to be sent up above then filtered and so on i just used a stainless bathroom light fixture down here and it works wonders although i would like to put a backer board in so i can mount them horizontally down there to make a lil more room.




So all this was like well i think about 2 months ago the babies had so recoupin to do before they really even grew again but now they have bounced back and are makein me proud here are the new pics of my girls.







I can't wait to taste them...


Middle


Middle plant

The plant in the middle has great corndogs goin but the other two are different plants the one on the left branched out alot after starting to bud it smells the best but isnt fillin in like id like her to. The plant on the left is about halfway between the two plants thicker growth but not quite what id like, but lookin good none the less i shouldnt complain cause their alive damnit.


Left plant

Shes got the most delicious smell though i hope she kicks into overdrive in the next couple day here.

heres the fully


The box runs around a constat 86 to 89 degrees never above 92 and usually never below 70 so thats good and humididy is around 40 to 50 down below and only 15 to 25 up above so i think thats good too.. i think...

So there it is. I hope im doin things right but there are so many mixed reviews on different things i dont know what to think some times so if i am failing miserably in an area please smack me up side the head and straitin me out!!! Cause Id rather be ready for my next round of girls to be even better!


​

thanks for the info on the trichs the middle plant looks like shes about a week or so away from the high i want i think shes just startin to cloud on a few so im gona let he go just a bit more i think ill harvest the mid girl weave the branches from the two side plants in then lower the lights to try and thicken the other two babies...

As for my lil box i just used one of those 35 dollar target brand closets takes like 10 min to set up then like i said a roll of aluminum was like 20 and well worth it.. Its heave duty and i also sealed the panels with silicon so water couldnt soak into the wood cause its that particle board shit and it just turns into a sponge when its wet.. a 12volt 300cfm fan up pullin out w/ two 140cfm comp fans down below pullin in. and one by the stems for good air movement across plants...

The shelve was ment to be up top but i just screwed it in where i wanted her and since i do 24 hr light for my clones and veg i figured down below was best also a garage gasket i screwed onto one side of the door so when i latch it with the laches i put on just a lil light comes out the botum which i coved with a lil open cell camper foam tape

light are just ceramic mouts i put onto a galvinized relector i maid instead of those huge round things they come with.. i even figured out my system take about 23 dollars a month to run electricity wise if i have everything runin all the time otherwise it takes like 16 a month so kick ass on costs..
i tried usin hps and mh but the ballasts just made too much heat to be in a box in a closet to much residual heat got pulled back into the box the temps we in the low hundies so i bailed off of them the cfls work just as well if not better i thinkn cause u can really tuck them close. no worries about burnin by the bulbs plus no explosions hehe.

But yea she does me good so far and i just scored some nice purple haze pollinated by afghani seed form the fest so i cant wait to get those babies goin.

Thanks for the posts guys!!!
​

Wow completely forgot to follow up on this well they turned out all right the one on the left turned out to be my fave even though it wasn't as dense as the other two but i must need to do a lil more lookin into the best way to dry them babies cause the other two had that planty flavor goin on in the background so i was a lil disappointed in that aspect but all three had a good high here they are all trimmed and ready to dry





but yea if any one has any good secrets for the best way to dry hit me up i would appreciate the info.. All in all they just didnt have the potency i was lookin for but i landed some purple haze + concistador hybrid seed and sized up my room as well as recently added some light mid way through so ill toss those pics on today
​

well here we go the new rig and what not well the two plants on sides were on bottum of my old box they got too big to fast and i needed to accommodate so here it is im much happier with the space plus the temps run between 75 and 78 w lights on and 65 at night so the plants are diggin that.




babies up on right





New drip system cause i always forget my watering duties



Three more lights in play my 70w hps two 65w external ballast cfl and four 42w cfl total lumens at 14400lumens@6500k/7000l@2100k/10400l@2700k
wattage at 368 actual equivalent 1550w




Fan on left feeds across plants and lights to exhaust which has an inline fan on other side of wall w/ charcoal filter




Fan on hps ballast them bastards get hot not anymore...






well here they are a few good shots








well there they are q's comments and please some advice would be welcome im runnin blind here just havent hit a wall yet
​

here they are its amazing how much can happen in a lil over a week the baby in the middle is now on water only and the two others on the sides are just starting to bud now so her sisters are right on Que.










​