CFL Stealth Box veges and herb

Originally Posted by scroglodyte

pistil color don't mean jack. the trichs are what matters. they must be eyeballed. a loupe or even better a USB microscope. pistils can be red and trichs all clear.

I'm aware they generally don't mean anything, but I'm on a very tight budget, as has been mentioned many times. So I can't afford a microscope and have to go with instinct and taking test buds off the plant.

Regardless, my indica is already harvested and perfect. The sativa still has a couple weeks.

Originally Posted by ekofux

I'm aware they generally don't mean anything, but I'm on a very tight budget, as has been mentioned many times. So I can't afford a microscope and have to go with instinct and taking test buds off the plant.

Regardless, my indica is already harvested and perfect. The sativa still has a couple weeks.

I've followed you from day one bro and have to say, "well done". I still can't believe you got even that amount with only 2 freakin' CFLs! I'm definitely not going to bother with hooking up my 400 watt HPS for my flowering stage now. I've thrown my 2nd HO T5 light in the tent with the first one and between the two should do well for a personal grow without the extra heat control stress or electricity increase. You have made me a believer man! Throw up some pics of that sweet sativa when you get a minute. How much longer you think you're going to let her fatten up? Looking forward to seeing what she does and I'm glad you got some medicine of your own my friend. It's been a nice journey with ya and you are proof positive that we CAN grow our meds on a tight budget!

Peace and much grow love my brotha!

Originally Posted by Luv2grow1221

I've followed you from day one bro and have to say, "well done". I still can't believe you got even that amount with only 2 freakin' CFLs! I'm definitely not going to bother with hooking up my 400 watt HPS for my flowering stage now. I've thrown my 2nd HO T5 light in the tent with the first one and between the two should do well for a personal grow without the extra heat control stress or electricity increase. You have made me a believer man! Throw up some pics of that sweet sativa when you get a minute. How much longer you think you're going to let her fatten up? Looking forward to seeing what she does and I'm glad you got some medicine of your own my friend. It's been a nice journey with ya and you are proof positive that we CAN grow our meds on a tight budget!

Peace and much grow love my brotha!

I appreciate the kind words, but I used 3 CFL's from about halfway into the grow. Of course I had 2 plants so the indica got the focus of 2 bulbs whereas the sativa I just let catch the rays off the third bulb. Next time I'm almost definitely going for scrog method with just one girl. I figure more light attention to a single plant would just be easier and better yield. I've quickly become a fan of CFL growing. Can only imagine how nice of buds I could get if I could afford like 6 or 8 good bulbs and a nice grow tent lol.

But I'll get some pics of the sativa up soon. She's just not that photogenic, with the browning leaves she has and all. It doesn't seem to be affecting the buds in any way though, shes fattening up her buds and forming lots of crystals, just doesn't look attractive. /shrug



EDIT: Pics have arrived

Here's the sativa alone under my 3 CFL setup, I need to give her a nice ugly name. Like Gertrude or Olga.. I'm open to input. lol
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And for anyone who has any concerns about smoking buds grown with MG soil..
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*ignore smudged/loose beard hair/weed crumbs under keys laptop, it gets a lot of use, lay off*

LOL!! Gertrude or Olga ... you're funny dude. As long as her buds and smoke are fine she should have just as pretty a name as any of your others
. I guess I'd either forgotten or totally missed that third CFL light mentioned throughout the grow; nevertheless, it's still a good grow for minimal lights. I started flowering my current grow last Wednesday (4th of July) and hooked up my 400w HPS as planned. During this hot/humid time of year I had to have my AC running on high non-stop, and STILL had to keep a close check on the temps in my tent/closet because in the late afternoon they'd spike into the low 100s. I was glad to see your outcome and after seeing your CFL results, and since I'm growing for me and my hubby's minimal private use, I took down the HPS a couple of days ago and am now flowering under two HO t5s with a mix of 6500k and 3000k spectrum. The babies love it and I know for sure that they are not being stressed out by heat even when I completely close up the tent and close the closet door. I hope you do another CFL grow soon and help more folks become believers. How much longer did you plan on letting the sativa go for?

Quick update.

Olga has a week or two left to go (ballpark) and I've got 5 new seeds in paper towel, 2 of which already sprouted. I saved these particular seeds from a nice stinky bag of a strong indica, so I should hope they turn out well.

This next grow I'm going to start with 5 seeds and hope to hell I've got at least one female. From there I will weed down to a single strong female, fertilize, focus all light strength onto it, etc. I figure one well taken care of plant is better than 2 fighting for light.

In other news, I've already almost smoked through my first harvest, and let me tell you.. it's hard to stop. Very tasty, piney but with a strong hit of skunk and a slightly spicy flavor when smoked. The high creeps up on you over time. I'll smoke a bowl of it, 10 minutes later I'll realize I'm enjoying some of the stupidest youtube videos and such. Good stuff lol

Anyways, I'm taking a break from smoking tonight (except my nightly bedtime bowl) to polish off a much craved pack of coors light. Take it easy fellow growers

Glad you got some more started already! Always nice to keep some medicine going at all times if you can. I like growing indicas 'cause they finish faster and, to me, look so beautiful with how stout and bushy they grow. I think you make a good point that one, single plant will do better under your lighting than two. Your smoke sounds delicious bro. You gotta be careful with those creeping kind of smokes 'cause you'll keep hittin' it and hittin' it thinking it's not doing anything and then .... BAM!! ... you're buzzed out of your mind watching "stupid YouTube videos" ! That's way cool man, glad you are enjoying the fruits of your labor. Are you going to do a new thread for your current sprouts? If so, make sure to let me know ... I'm a fan.

Peace out for now man, and show us some final pics of Olga before you chop her down ... I wanna how much more she fattened up for ya!

Originally Posted by Luv2grow1221

Glad you got some more started already! Always nice to keep some medicine going at all times if you can. I like growing indicas 'cause they finish faster and, to me, look so beautiful with how stout and bushy they grow. I think you make a good point that one, single plant will do better under your lighting than two. Your smoke sounds delicious bro. You gotta be careful with those creeping kind of smokes 'cause you'll keep hittin' it and hittin' it thinking it's not doing anything and then .... BAM!! ... you're buzzed out of your mind watching "stupid YouTube videos" ! That's way cool man, glad you are enjoying the fruits of your labor. Are you going to do a new thread for your current sprouts? If so, make sure to let me know ... I'm a fan.

Peace out for now man, and show us some final pics of Olga before you chop her down ... I wanna how much more she fattened up for ya!

Yup I'll be making a new thread for my new plants as soon as I chop Olga down. Speaking of which, I've got 3 already popped through the soil and opening their leaves after just a day in soil. I also stripped all the bad leaves off of the sativa. That's about it for any updates though. Take some pics:

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EDIT: Forgot to mention, Olga has been growing bursting buds with 4-8 hairs and buds coming out of buds. Pretty interesting to a newer herb grower like me. Also, you can see where she was neglected light on the lower portion.

Olga is looking good and sounded like she'll be good to go in a few more weeks. LOVE buds coming out of buds! LOL! Glad you are going to be doing a new thread on the up and coming babies ... looking forward to that. You stopped by my journal recently and I wanted to say thanks for the feedback. I'll respond here since I'm already here anyways! LOL!

Originally Posted by ekofux;bt41173

I see the white hairs

I'm almost definitely going to do something similar to this scrog on my next grow. Does topping them usually result in more yield in such situations? Though I assume all the nutrients don't have anywhere else to go..

I really like the scrogging so far; I can tell it is going to help me make better use of the fluorescent lighting and help me produce more buds. Even if they are popcorn buds, there will still be more than if I had not scrogged. You asked about topping:Yeah bro, topping does yield more because depending on how/where you cut off one potential bud site, 2-4 more will grow in its place. See where I topped on this pic? (BTW, anytime I top it is always on accident during some sort of training but I am always pleased with the outcome!)

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Where there was only one shoot for a single bud, there are now two. It's almost like it's starting to grow a whole 'nother plant there! Topping also allows more light to the lower bud sites so that they can swell up and give you more weight. Hope you can see the pic okay 'cause I took it real quick with my cell phone; if not, I'll take another with the itouch.

'Til next time man, happy growing and toking! And don't you dare forget to PM me when you start your new thread!