Budlover13's 2nd CFL(Grape Ape, Snowcap, and Bagseed)

Well, here I grow again! And I FINALLY found a forum where I can post pics easily and utilize all the features without trouble.

Down to business. I am just finishing up my first grow and wanted to overlap my crops, so I did a little research, and came up with this:

Large Rubbermaid tote with 4 17w @ 7800k Gro Lights from Walmart, one 85cfm cooling fan pulling air through 4" openings. I went with square pots this time to better utilize my space. They are actually plastic buckets from DollarTree with holes drilled in the bottom and lined with black poly on the inside to lightproof the roots.

My ladies are 3 Grape Ape clones(blue containers), 3 Snow Cap clones(Yellow), and 3 bagseed not pictured. The clones came from my local dispensary and the seed came from a buddies killer backyard boogie. Currently, my lights are about 6" from my tops because I just started to LST and hadn't thought about needing to adjust my lights. I only have about a week until I harvest my current crop, can clean out my grow closet, make some minor adjustments from my first design, and get my new ladies into their final home. It will be addressed before my third run though. I also will add 4 more 17w lights on the sides. My current temp is held at a VERY constant 77-78 degrees with an ambient temp of 73. If doubling my lights increases my temps too much I will add another 85 cfm fan that I already have and blow air through as well as pulling it. I don't know if heat will become an issue though because the one fan I currently am using pulls enough air that I was able to leave a fan out because the plants get quite a bit of movement just through air flow. This was an unintended benefit of using an 85cfm fan to vent a 3.5 cu. ft. space. That equates to exchanging all my air approx. 25 times per minute.

I would appreciate any and all input, both positive and negative, to help me achieve my goal of maximum yield to match the exceptional quality(IMHO based off a sample nug of both white widow and bubblegum kush). Very happy with quality, but wish I had a larger yield. I guess that's the wish of every grower though regardless of his yield.

I'm trying to get an answer on posting the link, I will add it as soon as I find out! Hope you enjoy!

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journal-discussion/372986-budlovers-2nd-cfl-grape-ape.html#post4727414

AAAGGGHHH!!!! SPIDER MITES!!!!

So, here I sit after doing battle with the little buggers! I knew something wasn't right, but it took me until two days ago when I finally saw the webs and white little bastards. Got some Neem oil and soaked the crap out of my ladies three time, letting them dry in between. Cleaned my veg box with bleach and water, lined it with mylar, added two lights, got a systemic cure for the mites that flushes in 8 weeks so I should be good to go as long as I stop before flower.

I also picked up some Superthrive and I hope it will give my babies a little kick back to health. At least I caught it before I got them in my flower closet!

Well, not a lot to report right now. I ended up losing almost a month worth of growth, but they are finally growing again. In the future, I think that if I face a similar situation, I'm going to just scrap 'em and start fresh. I am, however, kinda proud of the fact that I was able to save all 6.

And here we grow again! My ladies are now 10 dayss into flower and have begun to flower in earnest. I'm a little frustrated with the LST that I've done. I tied to the edges and tried to go around the container. Well, it turned into a mess. An ugly mess. I like the multiple colas starting to grow, but it's been hell feeding and watering them. I think I may try 4-way LST on my 3rd run, but I'm going to just let a couple grow too. I just like that picture and the room to work as well as good ventilation.

I almost lost one of my GrapeApes to mites. She's alive, and healthy, just severely stunted. She's in veg in an attempt to pull her through.

Well, one of my GA's was ready for the chop tonight. About 40/60% amber trichs and sticky!