First Indoor Grow - CFL Style - Do these look OK?

Nootnam

Well-Known Member
Those ladies look absolutely beautiful! All those perfect green hues and uniformity make some great marijuana porn! Good job man, Im looking forward to seeing the progress
 

Harry987

New Member
Yeah wow, looking fantastic!! You're doing it right by those pictures...!! Got a few, no way they will look that good at the same age in ten days... :(

Keep it up!
 

CenkTripper

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I suggest that you continue to use some reflectors (as in the first pictures) to focus the light on the plants, those bulbs radiate 360 degrees, and you are losing light. The reflection on the walls won't help as light loses it's power squarely inversed with distance...
 
They are now 5.5 weeks into flowering (see image, lower left corner) and some of the fan leaves of one plant in particular are starting to turn yellow/rusty.

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I am feeding them organic nutrients, but maybe not enough?
 

Cam Roll

Member
Gosh dude what an awesome grow for your first time. I'm on my second go around with CFLs and look nothing like this. They are going to be beautiful buds. What kind of nutes are you using and how often are you feeding?
 
Day 69 of flowering, and her leaves are all getting very yellow - many of them are dropping off. The trichomes are about 20% brown, 80% cloudy. This strain is supposed to be finished by day 70, but I guess I need to let her go a bit longer. My question (now at the end of my first grow) is if the yellowing leaves are normal for the end-of-life process.

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This first grow was an indoor, but I have several clones from her already about 3 feet tall and super bushy out in my backyard - absolutely LOVING the sun.

I took these 2 photos of the indoor plant by bringing her outside where the light was better.



I stopped feeding her nutes about 2 weeks ago (all organic.)

Now I am just trying to figure out when and how to chop her down and start the drying/curing process. I'm already anxious to get another grow under my belt - there is SO much to learn!!!

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GemuGrows

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Hey bud #1 those plants look awesome!

#2, you seem to have a decent budget considering how much CFL you were able to add and your tent. I would strongly consider grabbing a 400-600w HPS or 315W CMH for your next flowering period, no need to stray from your CFLs for vegging but you could notice pretty awesome results upgrading to HID (and then maybe even supplementing with your big CFLs during flowering too, also great for light spectrum).

A 315w CMH is nearly equal/better than a 600w HPS, but they do get a little pricey
 
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