Closet grow journal - KC Brains Northern Lights Special, CFL

I didnt aware of that there is such an animal on earth called alpacas :S
Look like a kind of llama to me
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Week 6 Update/1 Week of 12/12

What a stressful weekend. On Saturday she was drooping like crazy, so I thought she was overwatered, but it got even worse on Sunday:


So I decided to water again and see what happened. She got all better! I think I have not been using enough water each time, causing the top of the soil to feel wet while the bottom was dry. Now I know better. Plus, she rewarded me for all that stress by growing a ton of pistils overnight. They're far too small for my phone camera but they are there. Here she is in all her glory after one week of 12/12:


(You can see a pistil in the first pic if you look hard enough)

Day ten of 12/12:


I swear she grew like an inch yesterday alone.

Are you seeing any signs of flower yet, being two weeks into 12/12?

She looks super healthy bro, keep it up!!

Oh yeah, there are pistils shooting out everywhere now, I counted 11 potential bud sites. I'll put up some nice bud pics in a couple weeks probably when they get big enough to capture with my shitty phone camera.

Thanks for the encouragement man, I am feeling great about this plant.

That's awesome bro...looking forward to the bud porn!! Just switched my lights to 12/12 today, just wondering how long it took to see the switch....congrats again, I'll be watching with excitement!!!

It was about a week before I saw some pistils, and I guess it started getting taller fast a day or two ago.

that has really taken off! looking great!

Thanks, man. I like your username.

Week 7 Update / 2 Weeks of 12/12



Some bud porn, earlier than I thought:


Full resolution: http://i.imgur.com/YGMDw.jpg

No real problems or anything to report I guess. I'm using Big Bloom every week and Tiger Bloom every other week. I was amazed at how fast she grew this week. Thinking of adding one more reflector soon. I hope I can get a half ounce!

Week 8 Update / 3 Weeks of 12/12

Full plant:


Top 3 Buds:


Tallest bud:

full res: http://i.imgur.com/S4W3g.jpg
(trichs!!!)

Yeah, looking good. I think "when the soil goes dry" is not a good time to water for my plant for some reason, if I don't water before that it tends to really droop and look shitty. So I'm doing it every 3 days and might cut it down to 2. I also germinated a bag seed someone left at my house last weekend. We'll see what happens.

Week 8 Update / 4 Weeks of 12/12

Full Plant:


Biggest cola (mamma mia!):


I didn't have much hope for this little guy at the bottom but it's starting to look tasty:


Everything looks good. I water roughly every 4 days, feed every other watering. Looking to add a few more CFLs on the side when that paycheck clears.

Congrats bro...looking tasty and healthy...can't wait to watch it finish up!!

Grrouch said:

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WTF????
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growing up in the 90's for the win!

del93sol said:

Congrats bro...looking tasty and healthy...can't wait to watch it finish up!!

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Thanks my man. She's getting funky, I wish you guys could smell her.

AvocadoRadio said:

Week 8 Update / 4 Weeks of 12/12

Full Plant:
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Biggest cola (mamma mia!):
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I didn't have much hope for this little guy at the bottom but it's starting to look tasty:
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Everything looks good. I water roughly every 4 days, feed every other watering. Looking to add a few more CFLs on the side when that paycheck clears.

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She really looks good man I have a similar cfl grow going. Question did you flush her before you started flowering? I did but I'm wondering if its necessary although she did start flowering like crazy after I flushed.

Week 10 Update / 5 Weeks of 12/12

A day late, but this one's worth it. UPGRADE:


Current pics, but under old setup:

nuckyt said:

She really looks good man I have a similar cfl grow going. Question did you flush her before you started flowering? I did but I'm wondering if its necessary although she did start flowering like crazy after I flushed.

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No, I probably should have but I didn't. I'm definitely going to flush before harvest though.

Looking very good. This is a seed from KC brains? How many did you buy and what was the germ/fem rate?

Yup, it is their Northern Lights Special. I just bought one so I guess the germ and fem rate is 100%!