Just Finished First Grow!! Any advice?

bluejunta · Jan 30, 2012

Hi All!

I am new to site, mainly used info on this site and various other guides and found them extremely helpful!!
So I started a small closet grow under cfls, harvested at about 9 weeks after switching to 12/12. I started to get concerned as the leaves were shriveling and dropping fast so I probably harvested a lil early but under pocket microscope (beautiful!) mostly cloudly, maybe 1/3 amberish trikes. Based on the images any recommendations for grow number 2?? I dunno what the strain is, just used some seeds i found in last batch of mids.

Thanks for any input or suggestions and making this info available!

Dank Hands · Jan 30, 2012

I have never had leaves look healthy at the end of flowering. The plant uses the leaves for energy and they crumble and die. You can pick a couple of the completely dead ones off next time. Definately let it go longer next run, and consider getting a HPS light. You did pretty fucking well for CLFs though.

GOD$GIFT420 · Jan 30, 2012

i agree! thats awsome! i pray mine grow as big and beautiful as yours... great job hommie!

SFguy · Jan 30, 2012

looks good man, you took care of em right, id consider upgrading your setup since you have the skill to grow now =) +rep grasshoppah

tyinman04 · Jan 30, 2012

How many CFL's did you use? And what position were the bulbs to the plant? These are things i'm struggling with as of now.

bluejunta · Jan 30, 2012

I used 5 100 watt cfls, I think they are 5700k and 2200k... from home depot. As I got rid of the males I aimed the lights at an angle to get through to the lower nodes. I started with 1 bulb per plant and adjusted as time went on. I am considering adding lighting from the side, or maybe some reflective material. I had the lights on a wooden rectangle that covered my grow area that was height adjustable by rope. Next time I will use chain...prolly a lot easier. Keep them just above the top of the plant as the cfls don't give off much heat.

Good luck!

fenderburn84 · Jan 30, 2012

The best advice I can give you is cure your harvest. Mids when raises right can do some crazy growing lol.

2nanytoysdave · Jan 30, 2012

Look good dude! My 1st is just starting to flower!No pic till 2maro cause there sleeping right now.Happy Smoking dude!

KidneyStoner420 · Jan 30, 2012

Those look like 12/12 from seed. How long did you veg for?
Were they actual 100w bulbs? or 100w equivalent?

bluejunta · Jan 30, 2012

I guess 100 w equivalent cfls. They were in 18/6 veg for 10 weeks maybe...should have kept a journal, but I went more for the number of nodes then a set number of weeks. I had three ladies going so I switched the light when they all had 5-8 nodes. Two were way bigger than the other...one was a bit of a midget, somehow got stunted.

Boyz N Da Hood · Jan 30, 2012

Very nice work for cfls/your first grow!

AWnox · Jan 30, 2012

Very nice work. Looks green and healthy... I keep thinking one of those shoes is going to fall on top of them! I have this phobia ever since a inline fan landed on top of one of my girls >_> Good work nevertheless.

professor greenfist · Jan 30, 2012

Ten weeks veg seems way long for indoor I usually do one month plant look great though

BenRound · Jan 30, 2012

Advise? How about food for thought?

Kinda hard to tell from the pics how much you pulled off this grow, BUT you used 5 "100w eq." CFLs??? 100 watt eq. (just locate and know the watts, dude) is a 26 watt CFL. That means you did this grow with 130 watts! LOL --You could burn that with a table lamp-- Just think if you put some juice to it on your next grow. Actually, Walmart has a 100 watt CFL on their shelves right now @3860 lumens its a 2700K for $12 something. Anyway, you could run a lot of those 26 watters and get ya a grow going.

And yeah, you harvested too early, costing you some quality--- and likely some weight.

InCognition · Jan 30, 2012

Nice work.

What sized pots did you use, and what type of soil? Did you use nutes?

Let us know what your dry weight is.

BenRound · Jan 30, 2012

Oh yeah, I forgot to say: it does look nice, good job.

tyinman04 · Jan 30, 2012

Thanks for the advice man. Sounds like a very similar setup to mine. Looks like i'm on the right track!

omar924 · Jan 30, 2012

im not jorge cervantes but it looks like maybe it stretched a lil. were your cfls nice and close to your babys?

bluejunta · Jan 30, 2012

Wow thanks for all the feedback... I do have to say I am fairly proud of my little ladies (although always room for improvement!). As you could probably tell by the shoe in the background I didn't have a lot of space in my closet so I used 2 planter boxes that are each 18 X 3' X 2' deep which fitted a lot nicer than a bunch of 5 gallon buckets. The soil I used was nothing special just picked it up at home depot. Actually all my supplies came from home depot should be called "grow depot"...Used the bloom formula miracle grow 2 times a week. It didn't seem like they got root bound, they just grew sideways. I did go the budget route, and now that I see the results I might consider upgrading a couple things for efficiency/productivity

bluejunta · Jan 30, 2012

oh I missed a comment.... The bulbs were usually 1-3 inches above the tops

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