First Grow - CFL / HPS Closet ! My little bushy one :)

[sweetblitz]

Welcome to my first grow journal. (sorry my english)

First of all, you are probably wondering which strain I grow ?!? Unknown one, I hope it is a lady.
Over the past 2 years, I collected the seeds I found in some good strain I smoked .. just don't remember all of them.

I put 30 seeds in germination, grow some of them and finally after 2 weeks ended with one, the best of them hopefully.

Now I'm giving all my love to the one I saved


Here is the poor setup (planning on getting a real tent over the year)


I have
5 x cfl 26 watt + a 400 watt hps
A fan, and a wonderful closet

I try to keep the room at 60 - 65 % and 26 - 27 degree c day / 22 night.

I am using Biocanna and use bio terra plus for the soil

maybe after 1 month from seed
some days later after some leaves removing
and another 4 or 5 days after here she is ( ``she`` I Hope)




Everything go well for the moment
Will be adding more informations and pictures soon
Ill be glad and hope to receive tips.

 

[bioWheel]

Very nice journal so far. I'd agree - it's a bush plant. Should produce a lot of dense bud. Good look and let's see some more pics as you get further along.

 

[sweetblitz]

I forgot to mention that 3 days ago while cuting some leaf etc, I accidently broke one of the branch half of it !!! omg !!!

I tape it, put some aloes and put a support because the branch was almost completly broken ..
Today, I decided to cut the whole branch, I dont like to have an handicaped one and it will let some place for the others..

here is the picture of the where the branch was ..



I did a clone with it

 

[Jogro]

A few comments:

-That open CFL setup is wasting most of the potential of the bulbs by throwing light sideways and upwards. You'll get a LOT more light onto your plants if you fashion some sort of reflector for those CFLs. Jury rig something out of aluminum foil and/or mylar if you have to.

-Broken stems/limbs. . .no biggie. As my dad used to say, cannabis plants are tough. . .they make ropes out of them! So long as the branch/stem hasn't completely separated into two, usually you can just tape it for support, or (if necessary) splint it with a stick and tape, and they'll recover just fine.

Its a little hard to tell for sure, but in this picture, in the small pot on the upper right, it looks like the plant in question may be an early flowering female. If so, you may be dealing with autoflower genetics. Do you see white "hairs" at the growth tips?

 

[JayStillan]

would like to see the closet.

 

[sweetblitz]

A few comments:

-That open CFL setup is wasting most of the potential of the bulbs by throwing light sideways and upwards. You'll get a LOT more light onto your plants if you fashion some sort of reflector for those CFLs. Jury rig something out of aluminum foil and/or mylar if you have to.

-Broken stems/limbs. . .no biggie. As my dad used to say, cannabis plants are tough. . .they make ropes out of them! So long as the branch/stem hasn't completely separated into two, usually you can just tape it for support, or (if necessary) splint it with a stick and tape, and they'll recover just fine.

Its a little hard to tell for sure, but in this picture, in the small pot on the upper right, it looks like the plant in question may be an early flowering female. If so, you may be dealing with autoflower genetics. Do you see white "hairs" at the growth tips?

EDIT : I think you meant in the top left .. well yeah actually this is a branch of the outdoor grow of my friend, but it was not finished yet so I finished her indoor. This is a bubblelicious from nirvana

after 12 hours of light I hide her in my other closet and bring it back 12 hours afters .. I put my cell phone alarm 15 min before it is time to change her place. This plant is completly stressed



actually yea some mylar would be good but cfl are just a + to he setup. I still have my 400 hps with a wing reflector.

 

[sweetblitz]

I just watered my baby

I mixed 5l water + 20 ml bio vega and 15 ml bio rhizo
EDIT: Btw, this baby is sitting in a 7 gallon smart pot


I think Ill switch it to 12 /12 in 1-2 weeks

 

[sweetblitz]

What a beautiful sunshine outside today I think she enjoy it

AND wow guess what I found this morning Some roots popping out the bottom of my smart pot.

 

[bioWheel]

Absolutely perfect plant. Looking really good / healthy!!

 

[sweetblitz]

Ok so here some news.

It's been 1 week 1 day since I put HER in flower, yea this is a female confirmed

I dont have the 400 hps anymore, it was my friends ballast and he want it back (personal problem well anyway)

So now I do my best without an hps, so the sunlight is my true friend in this game


I water every 3 - 4 days
I still use Bio vega for the first 2 weeks of bloom, will switch next week to Bio Flores.

Here some pictures.

 

[Cascadian]

Looking really healthy, good job. I noticed that you mentioned removing leaves early on. This is not a good idea, I would not remove anymore leaves. They are where most of the photosynthesis happens and where "reserve" nutrients are held. Looks like you will have a monster!

 

[authentic196]

What a beautiful sunshine outside today I think she enjoy it

AND wow guess what I found this morning Some roots popping out the bottom of my smart pot.




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I don't know why but all I see are pubes in that second picture =), beautiful plant though

 

[sweetblitz]

I don't know why but all I see are pubes in that second picture =), beautiful plant though

look at the last picture I posted

 

[sweetblitz]

Here are some other update pictures. Today I went to the hydroponic store and bought Bio Flores. I will start feeding her with Flores the next time I water. Almost 2 weeks (13 days) of Flower

I repeat, I have no more HPS so I try to give her the max light I can with the sun and CFLS...




As you can see, I do not use the Bio Rhizotonic from Canna because my store don't have it yet. But after some reasearch, Bio Rhizo and Canna Rhizo are the same solution, they just put The O.M.R.I certification.

 

[sweetblitz]

1 dAY from 3 weeks into flower, she begins to produce massive white air :0 I like it I begin to see some crystals too
For the feeding, I follow the Bio canna Chart

 

[sweetblitz]

3 weeks and half into flower, the sun is on my side
Still looking pretty good

Feeding: 6.5 l of water with 25 ml Bio flores + 15 ml Canna Rhizo

I water her every 5 - 6 days

 

[bioWheel]

Looking good Sweet! Master gardener. Should get some weighty dank from those ladies.

 

[sweetblitz]

5th weeks of flower
Water every 5 - 6 days following Bio canna chart.

Still no yellow leave, everything is fresh green shining of thc
Begin to smell a little.

 

[sweetblitz]

7 weeks of flower

Feeding:

== 20 ml Bio flores
== 20 ml Bio Boost
== 5 ml Canna Rhizo

Mixing in 5.5 L of water
The smart pot is a 7 gallon and after watering there is only a fine layer of water in the saucer

I always put the water I need in a bucket 1 day before watering, to let evaporate the chlore if there is some ...

Smelling .. OMG fruity I like it !

But this pot is kind a weird because of the fact he never get full darkness

 

[OrangeHaze]

looks awesome man, great plant!