The 12-12 From Seed Thread

[johnnyseed412]

^^ I just wanted to chime in here and let you know you are wasting an great deal of light with your setup. you have no reflective surfaces anywhere and I can see your grow is greatly suffering because of it. You say you have a 600w hps and 500 watts of clf!! your plants should be HUGE in comparison. I would
recommend you get a nice reflective tent.

Question: what percentage or estimate do you think reflective walls have on your harvest

 

[benmorgan236]

^^ I just wanted to chime in here and let you know you are wasting an great deal of light with your setup. you have no reflective surfaces anywhere and I can see your grow is greatly suffering because of it. You say you have a 600w hps and 500 watts of clf!! your plants should be HUGE in comparison. I would recommend you get a nice reflective tent.

You are right, it should be way farther progressed in growth for her age. I just adjusted the 600w from 75% to 100%, and threw the cfl's on just a couple days ago. My closet looks like a space ship when you open it up now, lol I coated that shit in foil.

 

[bluesdad]

Foil of not a good reflective material,it will not reflect evenly and can burn the leaves.

 

[benmorgan236]

what should I use then?

 

[SlimJim503]

Emergency blankets made out of Mylar cost a couple bucks each.

 

[Ganja.Queen]

Or you can use flat white paint which is almost (if not, equal, according to one study) to the reflectivity of mylar.

 

[thatsmessedup]

iv done emergency blankets painted things white and have a few tents. the easiest way to get good reflective room is pony up the cash for a decent tent. you will be glad you did.

 

[jakemer]

in rooms with multiple 600w hps and 1k watters there is rarely a wall of reflective material between them, and those claiming this should just look at the "buds for less pdf" you can achieve great yeilds and early harvests just with some well placed cfl(in which he has), if that plant has been under 12/12 w 1100 watts of light for 44 days theres something else going on. heat, air exchange/co2, nutes, container, soil, or just a very bad phenotype. of the last 7 strains ive grown 12/12 from seed(FS c99(grapefruit/mango), freedom haze, seedsman WW, ata tundra, cheesedom, dinafem cheese, and killawatt) the slowest sexer is the c99s, however they finish the fastest. my c99s were all showing sex by 25 days, where as everything else showed it at around 20 days(technically the ata tundra has shown the fastest, but of the 20 seeds i bought im 5/5 for males... showing sex in roughly 16-18 days) and most of these finished by week 13. now im not saying that im the expert grower or a connoisseur but with a 600w hps and 500ws of bottom supplement CFL, no experienced grower is gonna tell you "your lighting is all wrong"

come on guys

 

[cupidsrose]

hello everyone

 

[Serial Violator]

Here's my ladies. Exo cheese, white russian, bib bomb, kiwi skunk, bubblegummer and an unknown. They are 39 days in flower

 

[BeastGrow]

Use flat white or diamond mylar to reflect.

 

[B166ER420]

This is what i use...

 

[Bakatare666]

Just a quick update, my Alpha Blue 72 days old.View attachment 2935630
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Blueberry #2, 56 days old.View attachment 2935638
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Blueberry #3 also 56 days old, but topped once.
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SFV OG, 61 days old, droopy my fault, I let her get too dry because I waited to t-plant today.

 

[Blitzedgrowkid08]

Those plants look nice Bak!!! Big IMO for being 12/12 from seed so ur doing something right

 

[Bakatare666]

Those plants look nice Bak!!! Big IMO for being 12/12 from seed so ur doing something right

Thanks bro!
Want a laugh?
I'm doing them in MG soil with CFL's.

 

[Blitzedgrowkid08]

Thanks bro!
Want a laugh?
I'm doing them in MG soil with CFL's.

You kno ur shit bro glad I can learn from ya my friend

 

[Bakatare666]

You kno ur shit bro glad I can learn from ya my friend

Thanks for the compliment bro, but there's a lot around that know WAY more than me.
Ya just gotta pay attention to them once you find them is all.

 

[Blitzedgrowkid08]

Do you see a big difference having holes in ur bucket like that Bak?(sfv Og). Just wondering looks like a fuckin bad ass idea just wanted to kno first hand the results

 

[Bakatare666]

Do you see a big difference having holes in ur bucket like that Bak?(sfv Og). Just wondering looks like a fuckin bad ass idea just wanted to kno first hand the results

I tried it a couple years ago outside, and I can't say if it did or not since I didn't do a side by side, but I like it because I know I'm getting ALL the soil wet when I water, and I can keep an eye on it to make sure I don't get root bound.
I kinda got the idea to try it after I saw this.
http://www.calgrowers.com/index.php?app=ecom&ns=catshow&ref=airpots&sid=3g1371u1hwbqi962o8288hdrus72i8r1

 

[Blitzedgrowkid08]

I tried it a couple years ago outside, and I can't say if it did or not since I didn't do a side by side, but I like it because I know I'm getting ALL the soil wet when I water, and I can keep an eye on it to make sure I don't get root bound.
I kinda got the idea to try it after I saw this.
http://www.calgrowers.com/index.php?app=ecom&ns=catshow&ref=airpots&sid=3g1371u1hwbqi962o8288hdrus72i8r1

Good find makes me want to go do some carving lol.