Low-tech CFL Grow

31 day old plant with LST. The new growth is exploding! But I have had to cut about 6 of the fan leaves since they dried out and got yellow. The plant has a few issues, but everything still looks decent.

Both plants looking good, and about 3-4" from the lights. The LST is working great at getting the internodes to burst through the big fan leaves towards the light.

great job on the lst. all that light going to good use

I'm going to raise the lights to let them stretch just a tiny bit and take a top from each plant to clone. Then send the parents into flower a week later.

A little more LST on the biggest plant today.

I have to add that the whole room already smells very strong, and I haven't even begun to go into the flower photoperiod.

Really? I never smell mine until flowering really. Must be a sign of good things to come!

Napa, it's strange...I got them in a closet with the door closed, and the main room door closed and I can still smell them just outside the door. The lemon smell has all but left, and now it's a spicy/skunky smell. And when I rearrange my LST twine they REALLY smell!

mmm sounds delicious lol

Look at all those tops! LST works wonders when done correctly!

Yeah it does. I don't see why it's not standard practice among indoor growers. It is for me

Looks great man! Keep it up!

napa23 said:

Yeah it does. I don't see why it's not standard practice among indoor growers. It is for me

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I think some new growers are afraid to try it because they think they might break the stem. But LST is crucial for CFL growers with limited space and lighting if they want a better yeild. I think the ball of twine was 99 cents and the clothes-pins were free...so cost is not an issue for anyone.

Here's a pic of the full setup currently. 1-125 watt 6500k bulb, 1-23 watt 2700k bulb, and 1-10 watt 2700k bulb. 158 watts total...and yes, I have the lights a bit higher than normal since my plants are almost too "squaty" and I want a tiny bit of stretching to cut clones effectively.



Given my past experience, if I flowered both of them right now, I'd estimate a dried 7 grams from the small plant and 21 grams from the large plant.

My temps are 78 degrees and humidity is 40%...I really thought having 1/2 gallon of open water in the closet would help more with the humidity.

yeah open water doesnt seem to do much

Napa...what are ideal humidity percentages? My plants are doing well, but if something easy can be done to make them even better, then I'll try it.

Honestly I don't worry about it til harvest/curing. Obviously seedlings get put into a dome but after that i just let her go. Sorry can't be more help than that. But i'm sure the info is around riu somewhere.

my humidity hovers around 45 by the way. That's with a hygro/thermometer on top of the soil, so it's probably a lil bit off.

I'm almost ready to give up the idea of taking clones and just send them into the flower stage. Two plants does not give me great odds for a female though...but I am going to try the ice hash making method if they turn out male, and also try it with the trimmings if they turn out female. My old lighting timer is broken ...I gotta come up with something soon since I planned on having them done by the end of October.