My Second try.....12/12 from clone - Page 5

MetalSmelter · #41 07-17-2008, 08:29 PM

Wow all CFL, thats alot.....any reason to not go HPS from the getgo with that much power?

Oh yea thanks for that suggestion, been looking into it for a little while, just unsure of what to choose, so many damn choices.....if there wasn't so many! Gonna look into the hybrids though, looking for something with a heavy psychadellic tinge. Thats a rare find on any books around this area.....yrs since the last sativa i've even laid eyes on.

bfq · #42 07-17-2008, 08:49 PM

when i started this grow it went like this:

spend years convincing the GF that i could do it and not land us in prison for it... get the go ahead one night talking in bed... jump up first thing in the AM and turn an old desk into a grow with parts i had laying around the house... which included CFLs... started growing spending $0.... then added more essentials like soil and pots and more CFL's... basically, i jumped on it when the jumping was good and using stuff i had laying around... after 4 or 5 months of doing this i have a whopping $138 into my whole grow... this includes the $4 for the case of canned soda to make my reflectors out of for the original setup...

since then, i have totally rebuilt the grow area and have more room to use but adding more CFLs has been easier (and cheaper) than adding HID's... i spend about $40 on each trip to Lowe's....

i now have a separate veg area for mothers and another (just added this week) for clones.... i am thinking about moving my clone area into my office here so that i dont have to crawl through the tunnel into my hidden grow just to water the clones.

anyway, i started with CFL's cause i could and out of perverse curiosity... they work... but obviously they leave a lot to be desired and once you get up to proper wattages they rapidly become far more trouble than they are worth. they take too much space and produce a lot of heat when you have 20 or so of them.

i will be going with small HPS and MH lights in my flower tank soon (this is relative, i hope for having em running by Xmas) and will keep using CFL's for the mothers and the clones and replace standard bulbs in my house with the CFLs.

oh, another thing... i had a CFL bulb burn out last night... max age of 3 months for that brand... FAR cry from the advertised lifetime of years, huh?

aladdin2685 · #43 07-18-2008, 10:34 AM

dude, water the hello out of them like flushing the plant. then get some plastic and cover the top soil so it wont evaporate easily. I belive this will work for you.

MetalSmelter · #44 07-18-2008, 11:05 AM

Aladdin thanks for the suggestion, gonna see if the larger intake hole i cut this morning will do it, if not then i'll do that as well.

DAY 11

Leggy is getting more purple on her extremities. I hope to hell i Fimmed her right, because i'm not seeing any new growth so to say on ALL of the sites i cut, but this may be because i did cut 9 or 11 of them all, so it that could be it. Anyway next up are a close up picture......check out the size of them cones, can't wait to see hairs popping out on them.....gonna be long as fk.

Wilt is doing the same, slightly larger, but not by much.

This is the clone i was speaking of that looked to be showing hairs even during rooting.......dunno. Will call her Spiky, from phyisical look. That is the closest grouped nodal set of all i cloned. Two still sitting in the rooting box.

Leaving till sunday midafternoon, will update upon my return.

B. THC R+D · #45 07-19-2008, 09:36 AM

Thanks for the heads up, bfq! Bump!!!.... Db.~tlb!

some serious catching up, and then ima be back!!!

nice!!! To see a fresh start ms.'

DWR · #46 07-19-2008, 09:40 AM

Clones arn't good weed wont be anygood... you will end up with hair weed.... meaning that basicly u wont have any bud

I hope i am wrong, but go ahead and grow it man... I had fun growing something like that check these pics out..

Looks just like yours...

then this is what i yielded..

DWR · #47 07-19-2008, 09:42 AM

ohhh it wasnt like i didnt know that it was gona be bad...

just had fun growing it till my other baby's were good to go

Trying stuff out ya know for the next grow

check it out they look'd real pretty in this pic

well anyway good luck man

MetalSmelter · #48 07-20-2008, 03:45 PM

DWC, not to bash you or anything, but clones are good weed.......wtf did you get that??? Clones are 100% identical match to the parent, you may get a genetic abnormality here and there with a male flower, survival though, but what makes you think clones cannot produce any bud, when i've seen first hand they do, and they do well, if treated and grown well...........don't speak mistruth.

BUT personally it looks like you needed more intense light, closer, if you've got very whispy buds, you need more light closer, and i mean close.....What lights were you using CFL/HPS?. And BTW i know this plant can and does produce bud, a friend of mine has the same seed, and it dosent look anything like yours, it actually has buds....not whispy air. I've had bud that looked identical to that though, and its all based on the grower....or lack there of.

Day 13

RH - 34%
T High - 91F
TLow - 81F

Over the entire weekend.....simply amazing.

And one hell of a relief, no more worry of heat stress....Hell yes. Just watered both Leggy and wilt, 1/2 gallon plain btween the two of them, moreso 3/4 leggy than 1/4 wilt.

Leggy is starting to get some girth to her, but looks to be slightly strething, gonna add in some side 23wers since temps are down. See some newer growth, but i'm not really sure if its from fimming the other day or if its even done anything to it......Top 2 nodes Seem to be slightly stretching up top though, morese 2" spacing up top

. Also visible in the picture more purple is coming out on the branch arms, and on her main stem ribbing, and some of the older growths along her height.....She seems to be maturing, but slowly. No signs of hairs yet, on either leggy or wilt, unfortunantly, and Spike is ahead in that regard....i guess.

The girl i'm really suprised about though is Wilt......

And lastly is Spike......She was the clone showing hairs from the getgo, she's been in 12/12 with my two ladies since friday. You might be able to see some in the picture.

Also worth mentioning is i went out on thursday to look at mama in the thick thick woods, and she was horrible.....something either stepped on her, layed on her or something, and lack of water/high temp days, but the main stalk was split in half.......!!! I've no clue what did it or who did it, but its very sad......but i have hope for these girls to finish.....Just waiting for them hairs to show, and then she'll be under way!

Also worth mentioning is that the other 3 clones i have that were in the rooting dome over the weekend are all rooted....gotta figure out what to do with them though!

Hey DB....Looking forward to your catch up and input

Been buisy with harvest ay??

bfq · #49 07-20-2008, 08:49 PM

welcome back man

glad to see your plants are doing well!

i topped one of mine under the flowering lights about the time you did yours... maybe even the day before and i have not seen SHIT for growth under the flowering lights on that branch... glad yours is working better with it!

i am thinking i may have to add a week or two of veg to mine so i can top/FIM... i will decide after i harvest my next batch of untopped clones.

MetalSmelter · #50 07-21-2008, 08:04 AM

Nice, any idea what DWR is talking about..........???

I just hope to see some damn hairs soon....and yet to.

Day 14, ~day 10 on 12/12.

Gonna back off on pictures till something exciting happens....

I'm just relieved to have the ventilation problems somewhat taking care of........Hell i can live with 88F, which is where it was at over night, 86F inside the Apt.

Got any pics of your topped/fimmed ladies??

Sorta wondering if i should go ahead and fim her all over again..just concerned i'll take off too much too late and she won't veg those areas back once flowering starts......which hasn't happened yet. No hairs still on leggy or wilt, spike is as it was, slightly taller mabey.

Gonna try and get some side lighting in today.

BTW bojangales sweet tea is amazing!