First Closet CFL Grow

toolage · #1 03-18-2008, 07:58 AM

Hey everyone,
I'm doing the good ol ebb and flow system. As the title says,, this is my first time and I've had a couple of complications growing these, as I"m basically adding stuff to the setup almost everyday. I finally have got my lights just how I want them. I'm going to post everything I have in the setup. Its day 23 right now and some of the pics are lower res because of cell phone. I borrowed my sisters camera, so now I can upload the High res pics of what they look like today. The first 9 days it was quite overwatered (cause im a noob) due to horrible drippers. I am using bagseed of some pretty good stuff but am not certain on the genetics.

Lights
8 26w 6500k CFL

Medium
Bcuzz Rockwool and Hydrocks

Nutes
Superthrive
Dutch Master Gold Part A (5-0-2.9)
Dutch Master Gold Part B (1.5-1-3.5)

Temp
77 Lights on (they are on 24/7)

Fan
120 MM PC Fan Blowing on lights

Humidity
Honestly dont know

PPM
Dont have $150 to spend on a meter and am no mathematician to figure it out lmao

PH Level
5.8

Air Stone
Topfin 5" Air Stone with Air Pump

Watering
Watering 2 drops a second for 15 minutes 4 times a day every 6 hours.

Final Setup
FinalSetup.jpg

This is Juana the best of the 3
Juana.jpg
Juana2.jpg
JuanaSide.jpg

This is Mary. It started off being the best, now not so much.
Mary.jpg
MaryBot.jpg

This is Stretch, The worst one and gets his name from his inch stretch.
Stretch.jpg
StrechBot.jpg

I am still honestly so amazed that Stretch or Mary are even alive. A few days ago I was rearranging the lights, and a PH bottle fell from the top shelf and smack dab on the plant (I know I know, never play with your setup when stoned

). It slightly tore the very bottom leaf and just bent Stretch for a few hours till the light perked it back up. Him and Mary both were affected by it and I believe that might be the reason why the last leaves that grew on Mary and Stretch are almost completely curled over at and none of the rest are. Correct me if I'm wrong please lol because I'm not to sure if that was a stress related incident or what.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to read the post. I should be updating daily/weekly. Any comment/suggestions are welcome!

Garden Knowm · #2 03-18-2008, 11:42 AM

Fantastic.. I hope yo will enter the JOURNAL CONTEST!

toolage · #3 03-18-2008, 01:06 PM

Started germinating 4 more seeds (K2) today so hopefully they will pop up in a couple of more days. The stuff I'm growing now is just bag seed so hopefully these will be better. I just got a new container that I am going to be making a new ebb and flow setup. The container holds 9 plants and I have two of em, so I'll have one for veg and one for flowering. At the end of the new setup I should have a total of 18 CFLs in veg and 22 CFLs in flower room. I have to get the proper tools to drill into this thick piece of container so it will be a few weeks before everything gets setup. I'll post pics as soon as I get everything situated.

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Originally Posted by Garden Knowm

Fantastic.. I hope yo will enter the JOURNAL CONTEST!

I'm actually new to rollitup, and am not to sure how to enter the contest. I would love to join it

toolage · #4 03-19-2008, 08:57 AM

Day 25: No signs in growth out of Mary or Stretch. No improvement on curled over leaf sets on the tops of Mary or Stretch. Juana grew over an inch just last night and is going on 8th set of branches and is now exceeding over 9" tall. Though Mary and Stretch are also 9" tall, they are showing weak genetics with only producing 5 branches where as Juana is on the 8th. Will give Mary and Stretch the benefit of the doubt for another week. If no signs of improvement, I will cut the 2 down and a new set of seedlings and flower Juana. Plan on throwing Juana into flowering on April 9th to make it 50 days in Veg.

current PH is 5.8 with 4tb of Part A and 3tb of PartB and 1tb of ST.

PIcures coming on Day 30.

toolage · #5 03-19-2008, 12:52 PM

When should I start cloning Juana??? Its day 25 and I'm very tempted to do so. 8" tall enough to start cloning?

trues · #6 03-19-2008, 12:56 PM

looks good dude good luck man

toolage · #7 03-19-2008, 04:23 PM

Success!!!! Right before I left the place one of the four K2 seeds cracked just after the first 24 hours! I put it in its on cube and placed it under 2 CFL's for the night. I gave it a good feeding of tap water balanced to 5.5 pH. Should be back tomorrow afternoon to see how far along it is!

toolage · #8 03-20-2008, 06:41 PM

Topped alll 3 plants tonight and will be posting pics as they start splitting branches.

The K2 seed is sprouting up pretty big already and the shells are about to fall off. Current pH raised to 5.7 but nothing drastic. Will hopefully be planting 3 more k2 tomorrow.

email468 · #9 03-21-2008, 07:28 AM

Hey toolage - found your journal. I'm not sure if i can help Mary and Stretch - are they bag seed? Could it be as simple as bad genetics?

toolage · #10 03-21-2008, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by email468

Hey toolage - found your journal. I'm not sure if i can help Mary and Stretch - are they bag seed? Could it be as simple as bad genetics?

Thanks for responding, yes they are bagseed. I figured it was probably bad genetics but I wasn't sure if it was because I added nutes to early or not. I think I'm just going to throw my best plant into flowering after these 2 branches come through, and start off these good seeds off. Thanks for your help! +rep!