my 1st grow - Closet CFL + trainwreck grown sideways

onehitterquitter · Oct 3, 2008

Hey everyone, im new here but not a stranger of the mary j. I have one trainwreck clone that i grew in a tupperware box wrapped in foil, organic soil, and 8 CFLs..most of them are the biggest CFLs home depot has to offer and soon they will all be replaced with the biggest. Anyways, im using a nute mix my buddy gave me for flowering because ive been on 12-12 for about 4 days.

The way i grew the plant was sort of sideways... when the clone became strong enough to support weight i would put a clotheshanger on the main stem and it would lean over. i kept this up until i had about 3 clothes hangers all holding the plant about horizontal so all the growth stems are going straight up and all about more light than would have been gotten if i grew the plant up (and takes up less vertical space).

Im going to put up some photos of what i did with the plant here any comments tips suggestions whatever would be cool.

onehitterquitter · Oct 3, 2008

here are the pics .. missing some time right now before the first pic was taken

wackymack · Oct 3, 2008

just vegg it out and use the bend to ur advantage ie lst,makin a bonsai, ect. it could use some food,u could turn it into a mother and take clones from the clone

get rid of the foil

onehitterquitter · Oct 3, 2008

the tupperwear wont reflect anything though, and the door is kept open with a fan blowing in the closet at all times, its rather cool by the lights.. so are u sure take the foil out?

and my friend has plenty of clones of this plant i just wanted to try and grow one sidways and let the buds grow uptowards the cfls, i can raise and lower them and keep them about 2.5 inches from the light, the soil was fertalized with organic stuff ... and i put extra nutes in the lower layer of soil (i transplanted it from a bit smaller pot and put it in a home made pot made from the top part of a bucket)

wackymack · Oct 3, 2008

the foil makes for hott spots and burns ur plants,it acts as a magnefying glass + ants = sizzling steak

TheKindestOfBuds · Oct 4, 2008

hey man, looks like you're taking good care of my baby. post some new pics... cuz you gotta have an accurate bud count.

newb.

onehitterquitter · Oct 5, 2008

still one plant but check out the growth stems and new buds

JTALO111 · Oct 5, 2008

i would try to get the light a little bit closer, and bend some more if you trying to fill out more. love the grow

onehitterquitter · Oct 5, 2008

the plants are all really close id say about 2 inches from the main growth stems when the lights are in place, the pictures i have taken are with the lights on but pulled up on the cord that holds them up just so i can get a camera shot in, and thanks man

onehitterquitter · Oct 7, 2008

heres a big update.. it exploded in growth in the past two days. its kinda hard but........ i hope u guys can tell by the pics but literally biggest burst of growth i have seen.

first two pics are for the people saying the buds are not close enough to the lights, i keep the plant lightly sprayed when i am home and the lights super close. I cant find a good camera angle but i brought a ruler out and it was about 1.5-2.5 inches from the top of each growth stems (which are all but 1 around the same height)

the next pics are just to show the extra growth in height and girth of the new buds

TheKindestOfBuds · Oct 8, 2008

nice man, im jealous.

come look at my box...es...

onehitterquitter · Oct 13, 2008

Does anyone know the flowering period for trainwreck? any tips for this strain would be greatly appreciated. i have not yet put any molasis in the soil yet but have heard some people do that...

onehitterquitter · Oct 13, 2008

the buds are getting thicker... as you can probably notice, the plant burned on each side in two places because my light fixture had a problem and ended up swinging around while i was away one day. i trimmed it up and the buds dont seem too affected and thats all im worried about : )

any feedback is great

apocalyptic · Oct 13, 2008

Looking good. The sideways approach is interesting =]

onehitterquitter · Oct 14, 2008

thanks alot man : ) i have seen plenty of grows and this is only my first so i know a few tricks. anyways its easier to not have to move the light up so much as it grows taller, ive moved my lights up max like 6 inches my entire grow. it takes a little mroe space in the box, but i dont really care lol i expect to have more bud than my friend that grew one plant after all is said and done.

B3ANFLICKER · Oct 14, 2008

wackymack said:
the foil makes for hott spots and burns ur plants,it acts as a magnefying glass + ants = sizzling steak

foil is fine if u use the less shinier side

onehitterquitter · Oct 14, 2008

check out the new bulbs and setup. added 4 more lights making a total of 13 cfls for the one plant, two 42 watt lights and two 19 watt lights, but the 42 watt lights are on adjustable light stands in the middle of the buds... there is tons of light exposure on every bud now..

as always feed back is great

Dankometer · Oct 14, 2008

Looks great man, ya I too am working on my first cfl / grow, best of luck on your endeavor. How long into your grow are you?

onehitterquitter · Oct 14, 2008

kind of hard to say i took this off a friends hand as a baby but the plant had been stretched out so i figured i would bend it over and do all this... but... 2.5 weeks into flowering

B3ANFLICKER · Oct 15, 2008

onehitterquitter said:
the buds are getting thicker... as you can probably notice, the plant burned on each side in two places because my light fixture had a problem and ended up swinging around while i was away one day. i trimmed it up and the buds dont seem too affected and thats all im worried about : )

any feedback is great

your guna need to keep ontop of whatever your bending otherwise itl stil gro outa control,id bend it slightly more if i was you and make sure its as close to the light as possible

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