my cheap ass grow

part time grower326

part time grower326

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This is my 2nd grow.my first was in a closet with bagseeds and very few cfl bulbs.I ended up with plants that were way too tall and wrong nutrients and burnt them up ending with a whopping 9 grams of dried bud at the end.this time around I'm using a 12x12" 18" tall exoterra glass terrarium left over from a frog that I had.I covered it with mylar made a light hood out of cardboard and mylar plugged in some CFLs and planted some seeds.they are just some random seeds that I've saved from some OK stuff I've smoke (usually what I get has no seeds) but when its all I can find it'll do.I started with some cheap $1 bag soil and miracle grow fertilizer(worked fine my first go) planted sprouted seeds in some 3fl.oz plastic cups until they got rooted them transplanted them into some red solo cups then once I found my females I put them in some 4.5" pots.the miracle grow was only used for a couple weeks before I ordered fox farms grow big and tiger bloom (no big bloom this go). Veg lighting was from 4 26w 6500k cfl and flower is 2 68w and 2 55 watt 2700k CFLs.right now plants are mid week 5 of flowering and looking OK for small plants.after this harvest I'm going on with a new cabinet.this was all put together within a day or 2 and through the grow I've changed my box a few times adding a computer fan in my hood to push out the heat from the larger flower CFLs and I've made a few different hoods for it.like I said I went cheap I know its not professional grade but just seeing how it would go.I own a grow bible and
the grow basics both by Jorge cervantes so those have been my go to advice givers.I will post some pics of what I have going right now and can add some pics from the start once I switch to my other phone that has the pics on it.(the phone I'm using now has a shitty camera so bear with me on the quality).
 
part time grower326

part time grower326

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Sorry for the flood,this piece of shit phone barely let me do that.As I said this camera sucks so its hard to see the plants.I will try and upload some from my other phone which the pics are 10000x clearer.feel free to give me some advice or whatever.just don't be a jerk,I know its not the beat and I don't claim it to be.thanks for looking.
 
part time grower326

part time grower326

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Thanks,I'd like to have let them get a little bigger but I started with 6 packed in that small box knowing most would be males but what can ya do.I hope they start putting on some weight soon then I'd be happy.
 
part time grower326

part time grower326

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I guess that's probably what it would be classified as,I call it a I'm limited on space so I kept them small grow.they were 7 weeks from sprout when I flowered them.when I had them in the party cups I had drain holes in the bottom and sat them inside another cup to hold runoff and keep my space dry but had an issue with large amounts of roots growing out the bottom because it was moist enough between the 2 cups the roots kept growing.but it helped keep them from getting root bound in the small area.I tried to "FIM" the tops to get more bud sites but I guess I missed the miss because all but 1 plant(that ended up male) just grew the one top so I bent them to try and get the lower growth to grow more.which seems to have worked a little.
 
part time grower326

part time grower326

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All the white hairs on the top main are starting to turn brown and go away but I'm a few days from starting week 6 of 12/12 and I've heard a rule of thumb is once half the hairs are brown its ripe or almost ripe,should I still go for a couple more weeks or are these done?
 
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mainliner

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part time grower326 said:
All the white hairs on the top main are starting to turn brown and go away but I'm a few days from starting week 6 of 12/12 and I've heard a rule of thumb is once half the hairs are brown its ripe or almost ripe,should I still go for a couple more weeks or are these done?
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what do you think;)
 
part time grower326

part time grower326

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I see you are a grow with your gut person,lol I think they still have time.they are still kinda small but I also don't know how big to expect out of these small plants.
 
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mainliner

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part time grower326 said:
I see you are a grow with your gut person,lol I think they still have time.they are still kinda small but I also don't know how big to expect out of these small plants.
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iv no idea , i read some guy talkin about the 12/12 from seed , you need lots of them to get a good yeild , buts its up to your needs, and how much is good for you,,,im a greedy fuck so ill smoke how ever much a greedy fuck smokes,???,,,
iv actually got a cutting im flowering at the moment, and its just 1 1 and a half foot cola, only small ,,what was you question again??
 
part time grower326

part time grower326

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Of course I'd love as much as I could get from these.I just don't want to let them go too long.but only the pistils on the very top tip are browning up.the rest are still white with some having tips that are turning.so I guess I'll ride out a couple more weeks and see what happens.I really need to get going on a new grow with more room,better lights and good seeds.
 
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mainliner

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part time grower326 said:
Of course I'd love as much as I could get from these.I just don't want to let them go too long.but only the pistils on the very top tip are browning up.the rest are still white with some having tips that are turning.so I guess I'll ride out a couple more weeks and see what happens.I really need to get going on a new grow with more room,better lights and good seeds.
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you can buy a jewellers loupe x60 on ebay £1•50 if your from usa that's about $3 , so u can look at the thricholmres ,,,
 
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