Humboldt's Growing Adventures! Up & Away!

DOT5262 said:

wow someone has the cfl fever.. i bet you and fdd dont get along.... also you should put up a DIY on how to make a cfl setup like that. i would like to know

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I agree, after your grow a DIY cfl setup should be carried out by yourself.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Yeah she fly's, just learned of this recently, after gettin a peacock feather, she really loves it, and what I do is wave it around in the air until she leaps for it, then I let go and let her have at it, she's ripping it up so I need to get more feathers, it's like teaching her how to hunt as she's an indoor cat, if she were to ever get out and lost I would like her to be able to defend and hunt for herself.. (they say cats need certain amount of play time and a certain amount of rest)

Right on, thanks for the chart party and the special appearance, where the heck have you been, I NEED! to see your girls, is everything alright with them?

Thanks Dr, I'm hoping to get at least an eighth, seriously I'll be happy to yield at least two and a half three ounces, I don't have a scale and am wondering if a mail scale would work, I really don't know about grams and shit, I'm an eighth, quarter, ounce, pound kind of a guy, what I need is a triple beam.

Thanks for the rep Bryan, no I'm putting the new room on hold until after thanksgiving,


DOT .. don't you EVER mention fdd here again.lmao, j/k I don't mind fdd, I just don't care for his attitude toward some noobs! and cfl's, he's got his ways of growing and I have mine, yes definitely have the cfl fever, a lot of people say cfl's are shit for flowering, well I'm adapted to proving them wrong...

DIY is a very good idea, however I wouldn't be abe to put together a proper tut or step by step without having the material right in front of me, I may be able to do something like that when I decide to dismantle my lighting, however it's actually pretty simple to build a cfl light fixture, although you should know a lil about electricity and not be afraid of it, also could get costly to build a cfl setup totally worthwhile, if you don't shop wisely... I will see what I can to for a simple but effective rundown on building a cfl light fixture..


NO promises!

Thanks guys for the support, keep coming back, it works!


HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

i'm still around bud, just am very busy right now. i promise pics soon.

those are lookin so good, nice cat, how tall are those now? thanks a lot i love this journal!!


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You aint introduced the cat to everyone!

Glad to hear everything's alright party, I'm looking forward to them pics, should be a big surprise!


Thanks original, WOW I'm soo excited how well things are going I didn't think to measure the lengths, thanks for reminding me.


Bushy's Length,

Smalls length,

That's as good as measurement I can get, looks like bushy is well over two feet and small is just under, I will try to measure mediocre some other time as she's got four different sized colas and will be harder to measure...


I'm sorry Bryan, my cat's a girl and her name is summer, thanks for your support!



Update!,


I decided to put four more big girls into flower today, two topped, one fimmed and one left alone.. My plan was to be able to have a harvest every month or so and in order to do this I must start flowering a second batch around a month after the first bacth has been in flower.

I was hoping to get my new room done so I can start flowering the girls there but things have changed so I'm a bit off schedule, I took out two small mothers and placed them in with the clones for futures batches, for now I may use the new room for the mothers and clones until I decide exactly what I'm going to do.

Right now I have enough going on, will have plentys two harvest within the next month or three, hopefully some of my clones will root so I can start vegging them for the third batch, also I'm going to start some bubblegum to add the that batch..


Day #35 Flowering for bushy & small - day 29 for mediocre!

Bushy,

All the buds are getting sticky, phat and tight but bushys cola is getting the fattest, she's very tight and hard, kind of reminds me of a pine cone when touched.

Bushy and smalls,

Smalls cola,

Bushy's and smalls leaves are starting to turn yellow and fall off, although I think this is normal as they are more than half way done, however it could be a case of nitrogen deficiency, I can't find a cure for that also I read the following "consumption of nitrogen (N) from the fan leaves during the final phase of flowing is 100% normal."

I'm not sure if bushy and smalls are in their finale stages or not but I'm not that worried about it as there's plenty of leaves to go around, the buds are still growing and looking great, and mediocre is doing fine.

Not much smell from bushy and smalls but mediocre sure is starting to stink up the place, I'm Loving It!

One of mediocres cola buds,

Couple shots of the girls under the lights,

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving, thanks guys for being soo supportive!

Looks really nice man, my plants took a turn for the worse over the holiday :*(

Hey man, been a constant follower of your CFL grow and it even inspired me to switch to CFL's from HPS for veg earlier this month. Lookin' very good man. How tall were they when you flowered?

Anyway, stop by my grow journal in my sig and see what you think. I'd appreciate any criticism or "fuck yea's".

hey Hum...continuning to look really special....thanks for the detailed shots....I'll be interested in what your yeild is.....good luck!

Yeah your shots are really nice, I'm totally impressed with the CFLs and I'm hoping my grow turns out so impressive

hey humboldt lookin good. you are turning into the cfl ambassador lol. i like how with every strain of plant you can see different pheno's. like with yours, some have a main cola and some have multiple colas. i think your cat got into your stash and thats why she is flying. well i am off to bed, just got home from working all night in the freezing cold.

Hey H.
How was your TG ?

I just got done eatting, awww turkey.....

My stomach hurts.

Your ladies are looking really tasty. It looks like alot of the hairs are turning a nice golden brown.
The trics look like little diamonds sparkling in the light. I should go get my sun glasses.

How do you put up the pics on your threads?

really nice looking plants. try not to over endulge on the weed, like you have on the turkey.

Your grow is coming along really nicely. You should probably be ready to harvest by mid-late december, so you'll have a nice little christmas present.

Due to financial hardships (e.g. fired from my last job for no reason), my computer and grow closet will not be ready until after christmas this year. Once they are ready I'll throw up a journal that you will be obligated to read.

Also, I intend to link this thread in my sig with the title "CFLs work fine, you're just a shitty grower"

any pics of your males? That would be nice to help others identify males... I would like to see.

I am using 4 40w 4 ft. 6500K CFL's..

here are my pictures of my setup,

as you can see i snipped the leaves and didn't touch the growth close to the stem....I have not topped either...

about 4 weeks old, 4-4.5inches high

again

4 40w 4 ft. 6500K T-8 FL's

^^^ I'm confused ... 4 40w 4ft 65k CFLs??? Um ... dont you mean shop lights or T5s or something? I mean, a 4ft CFL would be like 1000w and would give a 400w HPS a run for its money . Also have to say your plant is not very big for 4 weeks. My guess is you prolly need more light.

Yes, corrected it. I have another 6500K CFL 100W that I can put in the mix as well....going to do that now...I was debating wether or not to do it...thinking thos T-8's were good enough...my fiance's tropical plant, although established, is flourishing under these T-8's and it is getting indirect from the side.....


Pics are of new setup....4 40w, 1 100watt all 6500K.....camera dims down actuality....its like a light from heaven is on this plant...

jomal I'm sorry to hear about your sprouts, I seen them and they will pull through, can't wait to seem them in the next week or two...


Thanks Gwarrior, I don't know the exact height when I started flowering but what I can tell you is as soon as I put them into flower they stopped growing upward, bushy she continued to grow out a little but small and mediocre seemed of just stopped growing except for the bud production, with this being said I do not get where people say that during flower your plants can double or even triple in size.

I don't know if it's the strain or not but I did not notice the size difference.. once I started flowering I stopped lifting the lights...
I visited your journal, thanks for posting the link, it looks like you are doing quite well, I'd like to see what you do with the lighting you're using, keep up the great work!


Hey thanks tahoe, I should at least get an eight you think?


Thanks jomal, I'm sure your grow will do fine, I'll be watching your journal with a cats eye. BTW WTF is your happy place? all I see is like a half an image..

Thanks masta, I was beginning to think I lost ya.lol., I recently put four more girls into flower three of witch have been topped or fimmed and the remaining is straight.. so should have plenty to admire.. lmao about my cat getting into my stash and flying.. btw it doesn't look like I will be using an hps anytime soon, as I have too much going on right now and would like to see what these cfls are going to do before I start using the hps.

Logan my thanksgiving was good, thanks for asking, sounds like you had a full giving as well, as always thanks for the comments, the brown or amber hairs are turning everyday seems like, it's awesome to watch the progress... I'm sorry I don't know what you mean by how I put my pictures up? I host them and post them..

Thanks mental but how do you know I over did it on turkey, why couldn't it of been a goose?..lmao actually I stuffed myself using turkey and ham, I feel you about over doing it on the weed, I tend to smoke more when I have more, I'm afraid I will have this batch all smoked up before the next batch is ready.. I will try and refrain but the first ounce is on me.

Thanks dumpster, if not ready by xmas I plan on taking at least a branch, I'm thinking it should be ready enough to get a good idea of what to expect., sorry to hear about your job, even worse .. not being able to start your grow, I'm looking foward to it man, damn you...

As I do very much appreciate you adding my link to your signature, however I do not want to make enemies or having people think that I think I'm a better grower or something, becasue I'm not.. I am just doing what I've been learning hear at rollitup times three.

"CFLs work fine, you're just a shitty grower"

"you're just a shitty grower" I'm thinking is not such a good idea as people don't want to see or hear that, I think it will bother more people than non, "CFLs work fine" that part I feel is acceptable, if you could only change the shitty grower part... your support is greatly appreciated..

Thanks DVD for sharing your setup with us, your plant is looking nice and healthy, is that your only and why did you clip the leaves? leaves help plants grow you know, as for the picture of the males, I have lots of them spread throught this journal, I post pretty much everything specially the males and their private parts as I had a hard time with sexing at first and wish share with others.. I plan on updating/posting a pic of my last male, see updates bellow.. if you need better examples I suggest skimming through this journal..



Updates,

I forgot to post the mothers and clones when I stated that I had put the rest into flower except the two bellow, also my last male..

I know I have to add more lighting and a fan but I'm hoping they will survive with what Iv'e got in there so far, I'm keeping the temp at 70, seems to be staying that with the hearter I'm using...

Clones are at day 8 and no signs of roots but most are still looking ok, still green anyways, I sure hope some root, however I've got one last try after this, using them last to girls.. I will clone every last bit of them to get at least one clone.lol..

The last male,

I've had him around for awhile in the tourture chamber I wanted to see what I could do to him before he'd die on me, I've maganded to stunt his growth considerably by leting him dry for several days at a time and placing him right in front of the fan, as you can see he's not dead but is not looking too good either.

Now I'm thinking about keeping him around in veg, in case I like the strain and want to try breading it with the bubblegum I've got. this should be ok as long as he doesn't go into 12/12 right?

His private parts,

There you have it I ended up with nine girls out of 18 - 18 total 9 girls 9 boys seven are in flower two in veg and males witch are dead but the one.

Thank you all for the support, I can not express this enough!

DVD It's actually PIMP just a different way . No Worries.

Anyway, Thanks. I must have misunderstood a High Times article from Mr. Cervantes....saying something about you can do that...it will still make one go into two...

I know the leaves help them grow, I was thinking it will make the top grow a bit faster and those smaller pre-flower sprouts fill out the plant...kinda like same mind of thought for topping...

What is Fimming?

Mark