crossing fingers for 1st "cfl grow"

jojaxx · Jul 10, 2008

whats up all !!....here to get my lil grow thang out. i'm going on my sixth week vegging. have had some yellowing on lower leaves but thats all. at the moment i have 9-26watt daylite bulbs on 6 plants, all bagseed from 2 different bags but both pretty good.

the 2 different types of plants i'm getting are a "perky, bushy & thick" type & a fat, saggy ass with big leaves. any thoughts on type ?

i haven't lined or painted the inside of the grow area yet, i plan on doing this during the weekend & then start flowering. my grow area is very small, its only 3'L x 1 3/4w x 4'H, the plants range from 7" to 9". i'm using hyponex potting soil from wal-mart...under $1 for 1o pounds, started mg houseplant food (8-7-6) in week 4 but think i'm gonna stop now & go natural...lol...will post pics if i can figure out how, not the best but you'll get a good look !....oh, i'm watering with distilled water & haven't been testing anythig, temp or ph levels...just "growin" for it !!!

jojaxx · Jul 10, 2008

here are some pics, hope they come out ! the 1st is of the 2 best looking, Saggy on the left & Perky on the rite.

stilltokin · Jul 11, 2008

hey man, looking real nice. their nice and bushy. Im also on my first cfl grow and im going 12/12 from seed. So good luck to you(and me lol)
peace :peace:

Wolfman Zen · Jul 11, 2008

"saggy and perky" I hope that won't be there permanet names? lol

Any way... have you thought of going with a scrog style of grow? it would be nice in that amount of space.

However, I wouldn't scrog until you know you have sexed them first.

jojaxx · Jul 12, 2008

well, i gave the lil 1's about 36 hours of darkness & they had a growth spurt ! used foil to line my grow area...i know everyone saya not to use foil but its all i had rite now....bout some 42 watt bulbs...soft white so for now i havesix lights on six plants, i know not nearly enough-gonna get bout 4 more in a few days then in the upcoming weeks pick up more to light the sides & bottom.

here are a few pics of the youngins...lol

gobears4eva · Jul 12, 2008

looking nice!

jojaxx · Jul 12, 2008

oh by the way, i just started them on 12/12. can't wait to see sex !!

gobears4eva · Jul 12, 2008

sweet,i start mine on 12/12 monday,heres the link if u wanna check it out just updated new pics

https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/85396-first-time-grower-going-stick-9.html#post1054200

jojaxx · Jul 12, 2008

aside from th growth spurt during the 36 hours of darkness, i noticed that the leaves on the plants of the perkier nature had gotten a deeper darker green. is this something normal, like because of the lack of light or should i be concerned ? the saggy type plants already had dark green leaves. the all seem to be ok....a lil yellowing on the tips of the leaves on the lower portion of the plant is still occuring.

gobears4eva · Jul 12, 2008

yea,mine still has yellowing on the lower leaves started all over the first 4 leaves then now its the tips,and if its really dark greena dn drooping could be over watering

Butthead08 · Jul 12, 2008

Oooh I can't wait to see what happens with your plants, we're right behind you!!

BTW, check out our CFL grow journal too! We'll be watching yours, Good luck!

jojaxx · Jul 14, 2008

awwwww nooooooo, that burnt tip of leaves look is getting worse !...no pics at the moment, maybe 2morrow....gonna be planting a few more in case these take a real turn for the worse. this time i'll be ready, propertools to monitor things

anyway, till these shrivel & die i'll keep my fingers crossed !!

gobears4eva · Jul 14, 2008

mine looked bad for a day or 2 afteri flushed and now its returning to normal,the old leaves r dead dont worry botu those u dont need em nemore cause ur sprtouing a nice plant now haha im baked righ tnow,girl just dumped me because these other 4 girls who i was hanging with were diggin me so they texted my girl saying they was in my pants and then my girl showed up and beat up one bitch and dumped me so i started making out in fron tof hte other bitch in fron to fher and cops got calle dhaha

jojaxx · Jul 18, 2008

well, decided to water more to see if i was at all uder-watering. thats cuz i watered every 3-4 days when water was extremely dry...got more ventilation also, was seeming a bit warm & damp.

gonna keep a closer eye on them, not ready to give up on them !!!

pics 2morrow, I PROMISE !!

jojaxx · Jul 18, 2008

OOOPPS, i meant, when "DIRT" was dry...lol

gobears4eva · Jul 18, 2008

lol good good

jojaxx · Jul 20, 2008

well here are the pics i promised...a day late !...lol...anyway, still trying to get a handle on what ever problem i'm having here...not the best pics but you can still see the curling up & or down of the leaves. the 1's thet were dying, dry & very yellow i took off & threw away so i can monitor what happens next alot better. they look a lil scrawny from the missing leaves.

any & all help is appreciated !

jojaxx · Jul 20, 2008

oh damn, my bad, the pics, lmao....i'm fucked up !

gobears4eva · Jul 20, 2008

looking pretty damn good,except thecurling downward usually means overwatering,but ur plants look ok hope they rebound,mines near death a week into flowering 3 weeks old total

jojaxx · Jul 20, 2008

also they have been on 12/12 for a week now & nothing yet that i can see.

crossing fingers for 1st "cfl grow"

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