So for my first grow I decided to keep it simple to make things easier. I simply used CFL's on a timer with plants in soil and no nute's or ferts, just water. Comments are welcome!
11/8/11
This was my first day when I got my clones. I just simply clamped the lights to the boards in the ceiling (floor boards of the house). I only had four 23W CFL's and they were far away from the plants.
11/9/11
The next day I potted them in 3 gallon pots with Miracle-Gro Organic Potting Mix and rearranged the lights.
This next pic is of my crawl into my grow.
11/12/11
I got some panda film to wrap around the grow to keep light and warmth in.
Small Blue Dream break (personal favorite).
12/21/11
I got some splitters so I can run two bulbs in each of my clamp lights and learned how important it is to have your light source close to the plant. I hung the clamp lights with zip ties so I can just tighten the zip ties to raise the lights as the plant grows.
I thought these Sour Diesel's were going to yield well. Boy was I in for a surprise.
2/9/12
Getting close to harvesting time, many of the leaves are starting to turn orange. I can't figure it out, maybe they're too cold? It's about 60° in there.
What I earlier thought would be my good yielding Sour D. Did they just not get enough light?
Here are my 10 new clones. A bunch of Great White Shark, some Afghan and some White Widow. I have a 400W HPS coming for them that I will use for flowering. I'm about to put them in 3 gallon pots. I want a higher yield this time. Ideally, I would love to have one of those 1lb single plant grows. I've already FIM'd these and I'm not sure if I got it right or not. Should I use nutes? Which ones?
This is what I use for odor control. I'm worried it's not going to be enough come harvesting time.
2/17/12
Here are close ups of the buds on my 4 plants that are almost ready for harvest.
Sour Diesel
Pineapple Kush
Purple Kush
I went into this really hoping I would get close to half an ounce per plant so I would have enough to last me for a while. It's looking like I'd be lucky if I got a half ounce TOTAL right now! I need to do something to up the yield next time, I really hope my 400watter will help.
11/8/11
This was my first day when I got my clones. I just simply clamped the lights to the boards in the ceiling (floor boards of the house). I only had four 23W CFL's and they were far away from the plants.
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11/9/11
The next day I potted them in 3 gallon pots with Miracle-Gro Organic Potting Mix and rearranged the lights.
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This next pic is of my crawl into my grow.
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11/12/11
I got some panda film to wrap around the grow to keep light and warmth in.
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Small Blue Dream break (personal favorite).
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12/21/11
I got some splitters so I can run two bulbs in each of my clamp lights and learned how important it is to have your light source close to the plant. I hung the clamp lights with zip ties so I can just tighten the zip ties to raise the lights as the plant grows.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.tinypic.com%2F23u93jd.jpg&hash=8c8a4410e39fb297f17bcb23e69818c2)
I thought these Sour Diesel's were going to yield well. Boy was I in for a surprise.
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2/9/12
Getting close to harvesting time, many of the leaves are starting to turn orange. I can't figure it out, maybe they're too cold? It's about 60° in there.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.tinypic.com%2Fvo73o4.jpg&hash=bfa0f3356a6b5c0631ca21d1d094aec2)
What I earlier thought would be my good yielding Sour D. Did they just not get enough light?
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi41.tinypic.com%2Fx3wb2e.jpg&hash=ae061a9ed33eff4baa294702151edb17)
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Here are my 10 new clones. A bunch of Great White Shark, some Afghan and some White Widow. I have a 400W HPS coming for them that I will use for flowering. I'm about to put them in 3 gallon pots. I want a higher yield this time. Ideally, I would love to have one of those 1lb single plant grows. I've already FIM'd these and I'm not sure if I got it right or not. Should I use nutes? Which ones?
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.tinypic.com%2Fff9753.jpg&hash=0527553e8ccc5ac05f89f390e96dcc47)
This is what I use for odor control. I'm worried it's not going to be enough come harvesting time.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.tinypic.com%2F108frpi.jpg&hash=d10f62e91205296cc5cad12bc24d25a9)
2/17/12
Here are close ups of the buds on my 4 plants that are almost ready for harvest.
Sour Diesel
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![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi43.tinypic.com%2Fau9tlv.jpg&hash=54a051bbc91947bfb60992cd6b0daccb)
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![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi40.tinypic.com%2F2606hbs.jpg&hash=c35ca90624272740803f5e46ef47a171)
Pineapple Kush
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Purple Kush
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I went into this really hoping I would get close to half an ounce per plant so I would have enough to last me for a while. It's looking like I'd be lucky if I got a half ounce TOTAL right now! I need to do something to up the yield next time, I really hope my 400watter will help.