10W, petty i know Yeah i'll keep it on 24, cheers. Going to install my new lamp as soon as it arrives i think, keep it on same time schedule though. Only 14 days until forced flowering... I'm thinking because im force flowering so early, will it still need the full 10-11 weeks? If not then i could leave it longer before i force it into flowering.

Bought some Computer fans tonight as well, so i should be having some fun with wiring on the weekend. Cheers for all your help mate.

what kind of light are you getting?

I personally don't know too much about force flowering. I'm shooting for full 8 weeks of flowering for mine, 2 weeks drying.

If you need any help wiring those I'm more then happy to help.

Np with the help, I'm just glad I can give some advice

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Any help with wiring would be excellent, thanks to what you said the other day i think i've got an understanding of it, but when it comes down to it i'll probably just hurt myself.

I've ordered a 250W Sodium Son lamp. Looks very similar to yours. I was going to go for 400W, but thought as im only growing two in a very small grow area 250W should do fine, and cut down on electricity a bit.

Quick update:

Day 16: - 11 days until forced flowering... They're going to be tiny..

They are doing great despite some problems with lighting. Literally growing before my eyes. Four new leaves developing on each plant. No photos today, i'll upload some tomorrow, that way there'l be a bigger contrast between me last batch of photos.

My new Sodium lamp should be here any day between monday and thursday. And my computer fans should be here early in the week, so experimentation will begin shortly lol.

These girls are probably going to be the smallest flowering plants on the site

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I read in a thread that you posted in that your going to run 2 off a 9v. I wouldn't recommmend 2 on a 9v. You can do up to 3 on a 12v. 9v's will run it way to slow, just wont be enough juice. When you get the fans and the adapter let me know, its very very simple to put em together, I'll walk you through it.

I can't wait to see how big your plants will get. How much yeild are you expecting, like a quarter? This should be an awesome/interesting small plant, keep me posted bro!!!

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Hey man cheers, yeah i'll look for a 12v adapter, only reason i mentioned 9v is because i have a load from my guitar pedals. Cheers for the help, i really am going to need it lol.

Yeah im quite interested as to how big my plants get. I dont mind really how much i get, as i have no past experience i just dont know what to expect. This is mainly for the experience now. Then i think half way through this grow im going to germ some more seeds and have one or two plants on the grow but in veg when i go on holiday so i can rig them up for feeding for a 2 weeks. Then get some decent sized plants.

Im uploading photos now for today. One of my plants is showing small brown spots but i think its coz my light was way too close (like under an inch) so i've corrected that. Theyre looking great apart from that.

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Day 17, 10 days untill forced flowering which will give me ten and a half weeks untill i go on holiday. I doubt that the plant will need the full amount of time to mature though as it will be so small, What your opinions?

Im really happy with how i've managed to control the height of these, i see so many seedlings stretched out to an inch or two within the first week, i'm hoping this method, if used on a full grow would produce a really nice bushy plant.

Anyway pics:



Shes still under a make do light as my sodium hasnt arrived yet. But she seems to be doing really well under it. This plant B i do believe, i need to label their pots..


Side view.


I'm loving the new leaf development.


Plant A, with small spots, either down to light being too close, which ive fixed, Or nute burn as i stupidly used a solution thinking it was their PH'd water when it wasnt.. anyway both can be fixed. Do spots like this go away once fixed or are they scarred?



Cheers for stopping by!

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Quick pointless update: I just rubbed the leaf slightly because i thought there was some residue, possibly from my misting the plants around it, turns out there wasnt. But i smelt my fingers after and Oh My God.... It STINKS. I cant believe how good it smells, theyre only just over two weeks. Its not enough to smell it unless you have your nose like an inch away but when you touch it, your fingers smell like heaven.

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Posted in here quite alot today. Anyway, now that ive realized how this baby smells, i cant help but getting wafts of it every now and again. Which brings me to think i need odor control sooner than i suspected.

Plan is to get hold of one or two febreeze wall plugs for the room in general, and im going to use ONA gel in my grow area. Im thinking would it be worth buying another computer fan to do the following: Get a small box big enough to fit the ona gel in. Then fix the computer fan to the top of the box, or side so its not directly sucking from the open gel tub. And have this in my room, with that fan set for every half hour for say five minutes.

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I don't know about forcing the flowering in 10 day man.. I've forced flowering pretty early but by the look of your plants you will only get a tiny bud from each. and i mean tiny (maybe a bowl total if there both female) Plants need to become sexually mature before they'll give you buds that your looking for.. As for the smell issue, with how small those plants are.. i don't think smell will ever creep outta your grow area. On my first grow i was worried about the same things you are, and it ended unsuccessfully (i had buds, but only enough to get stoned for a day). To get plants to grow you need the right Ph, for good weed you need good nuts, for big buds you need the right lights (HPS lights are best for buding) and for the bigger buds you need all that and then c02. Time is the key, a plant wont grow overnight, they need time. I think you'll have a better chance at buds if you leave them on 24/0 light cycle until there ready to bud, then bud for a shorter amount of time. consider vegging for another week or two then bud for 8 weeks, and quick dry to smoke before your vacation. Your plants are lookin good so far! they just need time in the right light cycles to give you what your looking for. Best of luck!