First Time Growing - CFL

Dubie Jr · #1 02-22-2009, 05:37 PM

So I am new to this forum and to the beautiful art of cannabis cultivation.
Any and all advice is appreciated and I hope that you all love my babies as much as I do.

I have 3 Lemon Kush bag seeds that have been growing from sprout for 2 weeks. They are under 4, 27 watt Daylight CFL's and 2, 27 watt Bright White CFL's to throw in a little mix.
I built a box out of cardboard and they have 2ft by 1ft by 2ft of growing space. I rigged 2 High Velocity utility fans up for the intake and outtake but Im still having cooling problems! I wanted to make it as inexpensive as possible.

Here's the kicker, I started the babies in Miracle Grow Seed Starter. I did not know at the time just how bad it was. Within the first week after sprout they became deprived of Nitrogen so I transplanted them right away into Miracle Grow Organic Choice. They started doing much better untill the very next day. I could see that they were deprived of Nutes again and that they were drowning!

So I waited untill they needed to be watered again (3 days later) and flushed all of the nasty MG nutes out of the soil and started using Botanicare pro veg formula (mixed quarter ounce/gallon). After flushing the soil seems to drain a little better but still unevenly and the babies look much healthier.

I want to transplant my babies into a different medium before they get too big but im scared that I may have waited too long and have screwed myself from the get-go.

I will post up pics of my grow area and the babies in hopes that maybe somebody could help me through-out the prosses. Thanks Guys!

P.S - I also have a pretty nasty nat problem but I just ordered some Diatomatious Earth for their asses!

EDIT:
Here are some pics of my little babies from birth.

Dubie Jr · #2 02-23-2009, 01:18 AM

So here are the babies!
Should I cut off the wilted and dead leafs?
And for the middle one, is it droopy like that because of over watering or maybe high heat?

Dubie Jr · #3 02-23-2009, 01:55 AM

overkill?
The outtake works better than the intake so I put a piece of cardboard over half of the exhaust so its about even now.
Still reading temp spikes of upper 80's and it flux between 79f and 86f all day, 73f-75f at night.

Should I have more outtake or intake?

P.S. I'll post pics of the inside of the box when my babies are awake!

EDIT!!
Pics of the ROOM and Lights!!
I'm going to make a new and vented hood for the lights. This one is just temporary to keep the lights in place.
The pieces of paper you see are my old intake outtake, I was using Fabreez True Air filters. They didn't work well with heat in the closet.

GooDGR3EN13 · #4 02-23-2009, 05:46 AM

Dont transplant too much, it can cause stress to your plants killing or stunting them. It can also cause your plant to become a hermapherdite later down the road in flowring.

Dubie Jr · #5 02-23-2009, 09:47 AM

Causing stress to your plant can turn it into a hermaphrodite?!

weedaweedaweed · #6 02-23-2009, 10:08 AM

probably not if it's still in veg.

you want to have as much exhaust power as possible, so don't restrict your exhaust fan.

Dubie Jr · #7 02-23-2009, 10:22 AM

My theory about the exhaust is that I have to keep my closet door closed as much as possible so it gets really hot inside and when the exhaust over powers the intake it sucks in air from the closet through the cracks in the box making the temp rise.. is this possible?

Can anyone tell me if I should cut off the lower dead leafs on my baby?!

Dubie Jr · #8 02-23-2009, 11:51 AM

Here are the babies today (Same Order)

What is wrong with the middle one?! Is it over watered or does it need to be watered!? I watered on Friday night and with the MG I usually have to water every 5 days. But the past 2 days it has been extra hot, the soil on top and down about 1/4 inch is dry but I don't know about the soil below.

And what about the last one? It got droopy over night and the soil is the same as the middle one. So does this mean my suspicions are true and I do need to water early?!

Dubie Jr · #9 02-24-2009, 12:36 PM

I made this hood last night to direct heat from the lights away from my babies. The temp is nice, it feels like a cool summer breeze in there.. I'm really stoned lol.

Is this sacrificing too much light? It is still really bright where the babies are but I need someone other opinions.

Side note:
I watered today!Muhahaha

Dubie Jr · #10 02-25-2009, 01:41 AM

Just thought I would give an update before the babies go to bed. They are doing a little better after watering but I think the lights may be too far away?
The first two are of the one that has been droopy sense the last watering, it seems to be perking back up a bit.
The second one is starting to perk back up as well but seems like the top leaves are stretching really far up to the lights.
The last one is still doing pretty fine but it also seems kind of light deprived.
The last three are just top views of all three babies.

Any Ideas as to what I should do to help my babies get happier?

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