How am i Doing?

This is my first grow, I started the grow on March 20th, it is now May 26th, I'm planning on flowering in anywhere from 2 weeks to another month or two with a 150 Watt HPS Light. The plant is a clone i bought as a seedling, and it went through a little transport shock early on, as well as some water deprivation(had friends water it while on vacation), the strain is 'OG Master Kush' appears to be Indica dominant, but I'm not sure. I'm growing in a homemade setup, with 13, 14, 19, and 23 Watt 2700K CFLs (four in total). There's over 3500 lumens on the plant. I water it every 2-3 days, and mist it generously. There's a humidifier in the room but its not on full time (as i have to refill it and the humidity is pretty high without it). And the room is fairly warm (70-85 degrees I'd guess). The soil is growing soil mixed in with compost, and I've been crushing sunflower seeds and topping the soil with those (I am using 2700K bulbs witch i heard don't penetrate the soil the way 6500K bulbs do, so to compensate I'm trying to use the vitamin B1 rich sunflower seeds to promote root growth in the plant, i have no clue if it works but i t doesn't seem to be harming it and i didn't really notice any difference in the plants outward growth until i started using them)


So my questions are:
.Is my setup adequate?
.Is my plant a reasonable size for how long its been growing?
.Does it look healthy?
.Should i wait longer before I begin flowering?
.Do I need more wattage?(Either CFLs and/or HPS)
.How do i keep mold off the curing buds?
.WHAT KIND OF YIELD CAN I EXPECT?!

P.S. I'm planning on flavor curing it before harvest with vanilla extract and apple juice(natural), and then curing it with dried apples in the jar(s??), is this a good idea? or will i run a much higher risk of mold :/

P.S.S. The slanted pic is the most recent(last week) , the pic with the sepia hue on it was from a week before the other.
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looking good. Flower that girl

Looking good there!

If you don't mind my advice, you definitely don't need the sunflower seeds. If you want to promote root growth, you can just allow your medium to get a bit more dry in between each watering. This will force the roots to start moving around a bit, in search of hydration and nutrients.

Don't allow it to get too dry, because that can cause deficiencies, shock, etc. Just dry enough so if you place a knuckle in the pot, it will be dry down to an inch or so...at least. And the pot will feel pretty light.

Otherwise, you really don't have to worry about root development, as long as the plant is getting proper nutrients, light and isn't under or over-watered. Also, some plants prefer you keep things "simple."

Hope that helps!

As far as spectrum is concerned, blue (6500k) encourages shorter vegetative growth, red/yellow (2700K) encourages longer/taller vegetative growth and flowering.

The 5500k bulbs are in between. However, they can all be used successfully in all stages of growing.

How much light (wattage) will have a much greater affect on your results, and more light/wattage is better with CFLs. It's almost impossible to give plants too much light with CFLs.

For example, I'd rather have 2 x 150W 5500k bulbs than 2 x 100W 2700k bulbs for flowering. The increased light intensity will help your plants more than getting the exact right color spectrum.

The increased wattage will give you more return on yields than getting the proper spectrum

Hope that helps a tad, happy growing!

[QUOTE robnarley1111, post: 10554731, member: 684803"]

If you want to promote root growth, you can just allow your medium to get a bit more dry in between each watering. This will force the roots to start moving around a bit, in search of hydration and nutrients.

Don't allow it to get too dry, becaue that can cause deficiencies, shock, etc. Just dry enough so if you place a knuckle in the pot, it will be dry down to an inch or so...at least. And the pot will feel pretty light.

Otherwise, you really don't have to worry about root development, as long as the plant is getting proper nutrients, light and isn't under or over-watered. Also, some plants prefer you keep things "simple."

Hope that helps![/QUOTE]

round a bit, in search of hydration and nutrients. [/QUOTE]

Thanks for the tip! Ill definatley start doing that

If you want to promote root systems look for airpots gently dig in the soil so it get some fresh air, I hears red wriggles will make airgaps in the soil while making it ritch in nutes, so I'll experiment just with bio red.w and premade vermicompost for nutritions for the soil