First time grower, experimenting with CFL and Sterilite Box

glockdoc said:

where do u get that cfl?

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ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330723938978&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330723945292&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160

ew ebay why.. they mostly fucks with paypal now. whats wrong with a money order!?!?!?

lol if I could have gotten them somewhere else for a better price, def would have. The manufacturer sells them for even more.

Well, it's a badass bulb!

Until that I hadn't seen one larger than the one I found at home depot.
I am burnt out ATM, but I'll find the stats on it soon and throw a pic.. Ya know, for comparison.

I noticed a difference with it, it a good way!

Congrats on the find!!!

Decided to post a little update:





Don't mind my man's leg...he was laying on the floor playing 2k12 while I was trying to take pics lol. He gets to play his three games, then I get to play three . The legacy mode is xtra addicting.

Anyway, I did some LSTing with pipe cleaners so I could spread the Sour Kush out more. The tops were kind of close together so hopefully this helps some of them to grow better and at the same time, provide space for light to get to the lower bud sites.

Insecticidal Soap is very good. Ideally, I would have used it with perlite or sand but I like being able to see my soil lol.

Oh, and here is what I used to successfully combat humidity inside the box:




My humidity went from being from 70 - 90%, and is now down to 45 - 55%. Huge difference! Don't have to stress about mold anymore.

Ugh why I can't I zoom closer Those pics are awesome. I can tell you're going to get a pretty nice yield. That's one container 3 plants right? Or was it 2? I haven't had any trouble with my humidity, but it's good to know that product really works if the time comes and I do need it. 30% is a big difference!

I can post some up close bud shots here in a sec

It's 2 plants, I'll take a pic so you can see how the stems are.

I hope they do yield nice! Have put a lot of effort into them...

I was impressed with the results of the dehumidifier. So efficient...been a few days and the strip is still blue. Someone reviewed it and said you only have to microwave it for 10 mins every 2 weeks. Beats an electric dehumidifier imo

First I am going to post the Sour Kush pics...other people have told me that she's a low yielder and I have noticed that her buds are significantly smaller than the Skunk (which is a big yielder). However, the potency is supposedly on point so I can deal with her being a little skimpy.












And now here is the Skunk...

Wow loving how large and long the leaves are. They're loving the light. I can clearly see the difference between my indica and your sativa I see they perked up very nicely after the supercrop, maybe I gave them too little credit What's your feeding schedule consist of? You use plain water every other watering right?

Cloudz2600 said:

Wow loving how large and long the leaves are. They're loving the light. I can clearly see the difference between my indica and your sativa I see they perked up very nicely after the supercrop, maybe I gave them too little credit What's your feeding schedule consist of? You use plain water every other watering right?

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It's funny because I didn't even realize they were both Sativa lol...the Kush has a Sativa dominant pheno and the skunk is 70% sativa. Just read that the sativa pheno for the Kush is slow to blossom so maybe that's why the buds are smaller. To be honest though, I really don't know if I have the sativa pheno cuz I'm still a newbie lol. Hopefully won't end up with a long harvest, but willing to go through it for some superb buds

Yea the Kush takes the super cropping very well. Had accidentally snapped a top, taped it up, and less than a week later it was fully healed. Could barely tell anything had happened there.

My feeding schedule right now is watering every other day with 1 gallon of water & Fox Farm Big Bloom. If I can get my hands on rain water, I mix the bloom with that. Then once a week I am using the fish & seaweed fert. If I notice any lightening up, add an extra dose to the week.

I'll probably keep this schedule all the way up to harvest. And won't be flushing.

Long slender leaves=sativa, wide large leaves=indica, usually. I'm gonna have to look at organic ferts more seriously. I've yet to see anything but good results when you use it. I'm not much of a name brand guy if I don't have to be though. After my snapped stem coming back I'm positive this plant is super resilient.

A lot of people seem to have it in their heads that you have to flush during the final few weeks like it's some scientific rule or something. You only want to do that to wash out excess salts from using all the synthetic fertilizer. Looking forward to seeing green leaves come harvest time ^_^

Cloudz2600 said:

Long slender leaves=sativa, wide large leaves=indica, usually. I'm gonna have to look at organic ferts more seriously. I've yet to see anything but good results when you use it. I'm not much of a name brand guy if I don't have to be though. After my snapped stem coming back I'm positive this plant is super resilient.

A lot of people seem to have it in their heads that you have to flush during the final few weeks like it's some scientific rule or something. You only want to do that to wash out excess salts from using all the synthetic fertilizer. Looking forward to seeing green leaves come harvest time ^_^

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Yea I know the differences between them, but with all the hybrids, I wasn't sure how to tell which was more dominant...both plants started out with fat leaves so I just assumed they were Indica. Never properly checked their strain info. Just wanted to put them in the soil more than anything lol.

You gotta go organic! It was a no brainer for me...use weed as medicine so need it clean and free from chems. Can only imagine what the shit I'm smoking now has in it.

Yea with reggo/mids you never know what exactly it is. Some guy in another thread I was posting in actually said he liked the chemical taste. Said it got him higher.

Cloudz2600 said:

Yea with reggo/mids you never know what exactly it is. Some guy in another thread I was posting in actually said he liked the chemical taste. Said it got him higher.

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lol...don't know about all that, but rather just do it the natural way hehe. Now if I grow hydro however...I will probably go synthetic because I heard it's extremely inconvenient to grow Dro with organics.

My Sativa Leaves:


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Cheers,
Mo

Love the one of you holding hands with your plants....huge leaves! Is your big clone doing better now Mo?

Yes! My outdoor hose water has a pH of 8! I think it was causing a magnesium lockout. After I let the hose water sit out for a day I pH it to 6.5 and give it to her with nutes. The tips are already turning green again!

I was wondering what was wrong! What made you think to check the PH of the hose? I am so glad it's recovering, very beautiful plant, can't wait to see what she does come bud time

Looking nice Mo

What up! I was reading what you said about organics in hydro. I have been using DWC for a while and I have been using PBP, which I found out was semi-organic...what that means I did not ask. However, I started using a 3 type Guano Tea and some trace minerals added in with some molasses. WILL BLOW YOUR F^#%*ING MIND! Just try not to hurt my business over here. I know weed is from the earth and all of that great stuff and I agree, but I try to keep a third eye open...$$$. Anyway love, read up on it a little bit, you'll love the results. P.S. LLSS.