First grow with pics and first post

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 7, 2008

• #1

well this it it my first grow .
never thought i would be growing but what can i say .
i started out by just planting a bag seed just to see what would happen.
now I'm 31 days in . when it popped up all i had was a 100w incandescent
and outside light . i soon changed that to a 100 cfl to stop it from stretching so much it did well but not as good as it is doing now with the 300w cfl
here are some pics let me know what you all think

sorry for the crappy pics

one week old .before transplant under 100w incandescent

two weeks old. after transplant under 100w cfl

close up

three weeks old. day thee of trans plant with new 300w cfl

three weeks two days old. day 2 under 300w cfl

 

sum0

Well-Known Member

• May 7, 2008

• #2

Three weeks? dude, I aint no expert but that thing definately does not look 3 weeks old. Get an HPS or something better on that thing

 

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 7, 2008

• #3

well like i said i stated out with just a cheep incandescent
and i now have a 300w cfl pic 4 and 5 are just two days apart the growth was stunted
do to not having good light plus its my first time growing .I'm planing on going with a
mh soon just need to get the money for it .

 

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 12, 2008

• #4

well it has been a week and this is what it looks like now
oh ya could someone move this thread to my grow journals

 

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 13, 2008

• #5

does it look like I'm doing things right?
i have two 400w cfls with 3900 lumens each on a 16/8 light program, in a grow box about 1 inch away from the plant. i also went out and bought some vigoro all purpose plant food with a 24-8-16 analysis ,along with some
supper thrive. i mixed it only half strength and watered it till it was good and wet that was a week ago . i also have a fan blowing on it wile the lights are on. oh ya i also have some nutri leaf 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer,have not used this yet . it was highly recommended buy the local plant shop for growing plant in the garden he he he . it only cost me 22$ for a 20# bag of the stuff.
if anything i can use it on the lawn.....
here are some pics of it that i just took.
let me know what you all think

 

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 13, 2008

• #6

anyone ? guess I'm doing things right after all

 

Pookiedough

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• May 14, 2008

• #7

If that is tin foil im seeing all over the place then no you are not doing things right,in fact you are farking up royally.

 

GrnMan

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• May 14, 2008

• #8

Looking good bro. Is there any reason you went with 16/8 opposed to 18/6? Be careful with those nutes, they don't need to much right now. I see in one pic you get a bit of nute burn at the tips. If you are over feeding, this is where it will start.

People knock tinfoil because it causes hot spots and will burn your plants. Since you are using CFL's I don't know if that will even be an issue. Those lights shouldn't get that hot. But be careful though..if you can, paint the inside white or get some white construction paper and tape to the insides. Or even better get some mylar if you can.

Are you PHing your water yet?

See the tips..

 

Erysichthon

Well-Known Member

• May 14, 2008

• #9

hi and welcome to RIU. I think your plant is looking good. kinda of a slow start but its picking up fine. is that your only plant? if it is you may get pissed if it goes male but do not fret, it looks female to me in my experience and my reading shorter bushier plants tend to indicate female, it looks like my fem did. when it was that small. anyway good luck hope to see you around more. maybe get a combo temp/RH gauge they are less than 10 bucks in wallmart, and for sure as above stated keep check on water ph.

Ery

 

ltz40055

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• May 14, 2008

• #10

just moved everything to a small closet
here are some pics .i put my hand up to the light just to show size ,these thing are huge.

i now have 4-300w cfls with 3900 lumen's each ,or 900 total watts at 15600 lumen's for on plant. I'm starting two more high grade seeds that i germinated along with some pepper plants. I'm not Sher what strain they are. all i know it was some top of the line smoke. "from around here". really skunky tight packed and one hell of a high.

this is what the plant and soon to be new plants came from. 1oz and only thee seeds .
just hope they are all girls and not boys good weed is hard to find when you dont know to many people to get it from .

 

CALIGROWN

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• May 14, 2008

• #11

Plants look ok but get rid of the foil...it reflects heat not light so your cooking your plants....and welcome to the site..

 

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 15, 2008

• #12

OK all foil is gone. do you all think that my lights are high enough, or do i need to raise them some ?
I'm geting a lot of growth in the middle of the plant but no height.
is that what im going for ?what do you all think? i still have no sings
of sex eather .when should i see that ?

 

GrnMan

Well-Known Member

• May 15, 2008

• #13

Short and bushy is what I shoot for. Those are traits that females carry.

That should be enough light. I mean, I've seen some CFL grows done with less lights. But I always say you can never have to many lights. Get what will work with the space you have.

 

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 15, 2008

• #14

thanks it's good to here that it's carrying the traits of a female
i just hope it is after all this time growing it .

 

GrnMan

Well-Known Member

• May 15, 2008

• #15

Trust me, I know what you mean. I started out with four plants and ended up with one female.

 

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 15, 2008

• #16

well i guess all i can do is keep my fingers crossed and hope for a grill.
it kinda feel like when my wife was pregnant and i was hoping for a boy lol.
now it's just the opposite with me hoping for a girl but in a much different way .
i did start two more seedlings but they haven't even popped up yet .

 

bzilem

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• May 15, 2008

• #17

Lookin good

 

BayAreaBrotha

Well-Known Member

• May 15, 2008

• #18

Where did you get those cfls? Are those equivalent or actually wattage?

 

ltz40055

Well-Known Member

• May 17, 2008

• #19

equivalent, i bought them at Lowe's .

 

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dbpmatrix

Active Member

• May 17, 2008

• #20

The fact that your baby is short and bushy does not mean its necessarily its a female. Indica strains grow short and bushy; sativa strains grow up tall. Short and bushy does not mean female. Look at the nodes and if its a boy you'll see balls. And that bud you had in that pic on page one looked nasty lol yuck I remember those days.