Poppinsmokey's first grow - CFL's

poppinsmokey · #1 02-14-2008, 01:20 PM

First off, a big thanks goes out to Garden Knowm for his book, Buds for Less. Without it I'd be lost. This is my first grow. I'm only growing two plants just in case I wrecked them, I didn't want to have to reorder seeds. The pics you see below are:

Pic 1: Thought they would never sprout - Day 2 after sprouting
Pic 2: Overview of ghetto setup (fan not shown) on Day 24 / Day 6 of 12/12. All other pics are from this same day.
Pic 3: Little one got stunted when I burnt it w/ the CFL's as a baby. It has pulled through nicely
Pic 4: Monster that seems to put off new growth every time I blink.

I started w/ 2 seeds (fem) and 2 42 watt 6500K CFL's. I added 2 more 6500K CFL's as they got their 3rd sets of leaves (this is when I burned the smaller one). I had them on 24 hours of light for 18 days. After 18 days they were 3.5" and 4.5" tall respectively. Also on Day 18 they were 7.25" and 8.5" wide respectively.

On day 18 I took away 2 of the 6500K CFLs and added 6 42 watt 2700K CFL's. From day 18 until present (day 24) I have 6 42 watt 2700K CFL's and 2 42 watt 6500K CFL's. On Day 19 I put them on 12/12 light schedule. Today they were watered and the pictures you see below were taken. They are now 5.5" and 7" tall; and 11" and 12" wide respectively.

Any comments and/or criticisms are welcome. Hopefully I'll get some decent smoke from these.

THChead · #2 02-14-2008, 01:30 PM

looks nice hope see some good pic from you in flowering.

poppinsmokey · #3 02-15-2008, 09:23 AM

Thanks THC. Regardless of what happens with this grow, I'll be updating with some pics.

DWR · #4 02-15-2008, 09:28 AM

cool man

nice plant

OakRollsSlow · #5 02-15-2008, 09:28 AM

very nice.
ill be following this for sure.

smokingbot · #6 02-15-2008, 09:30 AM

Looks good nice green and bushy.

poppinsmokey · #7 02-17-2008, 11:30 AM

I gotta get my post count up from "stranger"

. What better way to do that than with an update.

Today is Day 27 of the grow. They have been on 12/12 lighting for a little less than 9 days. In the past 11 days both plants have tripled in size. As of 1 p.m. today the smaller of the two is 6.75" tall; the larger of the two is a shade under 10". This represents about .75" and 1.25" of growth per day the past two days. I'm planning on both of these plants finishing at around 20".

I've had to move the lights upto twice a day to keep them from burning the leaves. Once again I gotta give much love to Garden Knowm a.k.a See More Buds for his book, "Buds for Less." For any of you noob growers out there, the information in this book is invaluable if you have limitations that prevent you from using HID lighting options.

Pic 1: The smaller plant
Pic 2: My prized possession
Pic 3: Overhead shot of setup (fan not shown)

A big thank you goes out to all who visit this thread. As always any comments, questions, or criticisms are welcome.

six8 · #8 02-19-2008, 06:56 PM

plants lookin like they love whatchu doin for them. u got another watcher

poppinsmokey · #9 02-22-2008, 08:47 AM

Hopefully getting an update in before the weekend will garner some more comments. This is my first grow, and I've really tried to do the best I can with the space and resources I have available. I really wish I had more time during the week to check out others' grows, but 50+ hour weeks at school take up most of my time.

Both of these plants have been on 12/12 for 14 days today. These were both grown from feminized seeds. Two days ago pistils emerged. It's really tough to get a good pic, but take my word for it, both these are confirmed female. Due to fem seeds reputation (warranted or not) for turning hermie, I will monitor every budding site for herm-like changes.

Today is Day 32 of the grow. The smaller of the two plants is 9" tall and 14" wide. The larger of the two is now 13" tall and 17" wide. Yesterday I watered both plants and added 2 more cfls. Currently I have 6 42 watt 2700K cfls, 3 42 watt 6500K cfls, and 1 42 watt 2850K cfl. I had to turn the fan up to high with the addition of new lights to move heat away from the plants. Temperature with lights on is about 78 - 80 degrees F. Lights off the ambient temperature is about 70 degrees F. Humidity ranges from 60 - 65% at all times.

Pic 1: Overview of both plants and setup
Pic 2: Smaller of two plants
Pic 3: Larger plant side view
Pic 4: Larger plant top view

As always, thanks for reading and any comments, questions, or criticisms are welcome.

DWR · #10 02-22-2008, 10:20 AM

she's grown allot

very nice plant ! looks great.....