1st time grow, need some input on how long till harvesting

JCurran · #1 01-28-2008, 11:09 PM

Here's some pics of my first plant ever, and its pretty well into the flowering stage (about 6 weeks or so). Unfortunately the light fell on it a while back and snapped two branches off, so I only have these two branches left. Right now I'm just using two $10 grow lights from Walmart and a 150 watt mercury bulb. I know these lights are weak sauce, I'm just a poor bastard growing for the first time.
Also, could anyone tell me how much I could hope to get from this? Each of the branches are about a foot and half long. Sorry if I'm such a noob at this.

gogrow · #2 01-29-2008, 04:31 AM

get rid of the mecury vapor light and get a hps or mh, at least some cfl's. as far as yield, you just have to be patient and see.

WaRpIg · #3 01-29-2008, 06:34 AM

Get Hps And Mh Light From Ebay

jsgrwn · #4 01-29-2008, 06:40 AM

maybe 6 weeks of so till harvest. late

david6767 · #5 01-29-2008, 11:10 AM

a fair few weeks yet - not the ideal light source for flowering at all, need HPS and MH as already stated, As for yield, do not hold your breath.

JCurran · #6 01-29-2008, 02:00 PM

thanks guys. i will ditch the mercury and get some cfls. i just wanted to see what these would turn out like if i just used cheap lights. hps and mh are a little out of my budget for now.

gogrow · #7 01-29-2008, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JCurran

thanks guys. i will ditch the mercury and get some cfls. i just wanted to see what these would turn out like if i just used cheap lights. hps and mh are a little out of my budget for now.

understand the budget problem, i have the same issue, so i am vegging and
flowering under my mh for the moment. dont listen to the hype about cfls being crap, i've seen some badass grows on here using just cfl.

JCurran · #8 01-30-2008, 07:52 PM

I was also wondering about the formation of the white hairs, or calyxes. I noticed on a lot of pictures here it's really uniform along the whole plant, but on this crappy plant, there are some red hairs that have already been formed in the center of the primary colas, and there are some spots on the secondary buds that also have red hairs. I read somewhere that you have to wait until 75% of the hairs are red or brown before you harvest the bud. Just wasn't sure on this.

WaRpIg · #9 01-30-2008, 08:09 PM

dONT ABUSE YOUR PLANTS DONT BRAKE ANY MORE BRANCH DUDE !!