Closet Grow ! CFL's

ScHuM3r14 · Dec 27, 2013

First week into grow.. Seems like everything is good pH is between 6.0 - 6.5 still on a 14 - 10 light schedule
Working on moving to my unfinished bathroom in my basement so I can get another 2 plants.

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Kontraband · Dec 29, 2013

ScHuM3r14 said:
First week into grow.. Seems like everything is good pH is between 6.0 - 6.5 still on a 14 - 10 light schedule
Working on moving to my unfinished bathroom in my basement so I can get another 2 plants.

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Awesome to hear and thanks for the update. Keep them coming.

I would increase the time the lights are on if you can. I normally go 20 on 4 off. Sometimes I even go 24/7 till they start to flower then 18/6.

All in all, looks like a great start. Once the roots hit the water your plants are really going to take off. You will be able to notice significant changes daily. Pretty exciting stuff, that's why we love hydro.

TitoM · Dec 29, 2013

it makes me want to go to homedepot
n pick up some buckets
maybe next grow

ScHuM3r14 · Jan 3, 2014

Week 3
I changed the lighting too 20/4 shortly after my first week,
I am not sure how long I should let them veg for ...

TitoM · Jan 3, 2014

I would let them go as long as possible
with bagseed u never know how many
girls u got not to jix u but in my first
run I had 1 girl n about 5 boys.
they look great.

ScHuM3r14 · Jan 4, 2014

TitoM said:
I would let them go as long as possible
with bagseed u never know how many
girls u got not to jix u but in my first
run I had 1 girl n about 5 boys.
they look great.

Well I'm not sure but, these plants are both females correct?
and as long as possible ? how long would be a good veg 4 -5 weeks ?
Would you say its safe to change the lighting cycle or should I wait till I switch to flower ?

TitoM · Jan 5, 2014

ScHuM3r14 said:
Well I'm not sure but, these plants are both females correct?
and as long as possible ? how long would be a good veg 4 -5 weeks ?
Would you say its safe to change the lighting cycle or should I wait till I switch to flower ?

have they shown pre-flower? it all depends on how much room u got i have a little over 5 feet so
i flower when they are 12"-17" they end up between 24"-36" i top n lst. with ur lights at 12/12
u will be flowering. i don't know if that is wat u mean by change light cycle.

ASMALLVOICE · Jan 6, 2014

ScHuM3r14 said:
That's the thing...... I know my water temp and humidity in the room is just fine BUT I don't have anyway of checking my pH

I know it probably wasn't a smart idea to start these w/ out knowing the pH levels I have read post that some guys won't even grow if they can't check the levels.
My reason why I started my grow w/ out this is I am having a really hard time to find one (don't wana order online) I have a pool but the pH on reads above 6.0 n everything else I find just measures soil.

I'm planning on going out today to try and find one.. I am super excited tho my ladies look great

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Just a reminder, not knowing what the ph is will eventually be the bane of your grow attempt. It is all about the ph when dealing with weed. anything above 6.1 or so and lockout will occur. do not give nutes until you see a few nodes of growth.
Until you get a ph meter, you will never really know what is going on, just stabbing in the dark. I order all my stuff online, there is no problem with it. you will be far better off getting one M8.

Short cuts lead to short grows.

Peace and Great Grows

Asmallvoice

ScHuM3r14 · Jan 6, 2014

TitoM said:
have they shown pre-flower? it all depends on how much room u got i have a little over 5 feet so
i flower when they are 12"-17" they end up between 24"-36" i top n lst. with ur lights at 12/12
u will be flowering. i don't know if that is wat u mean by change light cycle.

I'm working with a room about 6x6, my ladies are about 4" and they keep spouting new leaves every day, I guess I could keep them in veg for another week or so. I plan on changing my lights to 12/12 when I switch everything over to flower, for now I changed my lights back to 18/6. Ill post some pics later tonight or tomorrow

PopaShank · Jan 7, 2014

Your local hardware store will have ph meters, I got one at lowes for about 8 bucks

ScHuM3r14 · Jan 9, 2014

I know I said last week was week 3 but I guess I was lost for time :bigjoint:

Week 3

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So far all seem well.. I'm loving how fast these ladies are growing~!!

ScHuM3r14 · Jan 13, 2014

So my ladies have been vegging for 25 days now and they look fantastic. This being my first grow I'm going to switch everything over to flower later today.

Also I have noticed a few tiny brown spots on the fan leaves nothing that looks to bad, I will upload some pics. Please let me know what you guys think

TitoM · Jan 13, 2014

they look great so now starts the fun part (flowers)
how much more light r u going to add cuz they will need it.

ScHuM3r14 · Jan 13, 2014

All I have are 4 100w cfls, what would you suggest Tito

TitoM · Jan 13, 2014

ScHuM3r14 said:
All I have are 4 100w cfls, what would you suggest Tito

ok first off its been a long time that I don't use cfls for flowering but don't get me wrong
my biggest yield to date was under cfls i think it was 6 68watt cfl here is a link http://reviews.homedepot.com/1999/100676712/tcp-300w-equivalent-soft-white-2700k-twister-cfl-light-bulb-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=reviewTextLength
if u go to ebay u can get them cheaper make sure u get the flowering bulbs i think its 27000k
How many that is up to u i would go no less then 2 each.

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