First Attempt Grow With CFL's

Aethersaegis said:

also what temp is your room during lights off some of the fan leaves are showing purple . Which usually means they are getting cold at night its not a serious issue but to much cold oculd stunt them

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im not sure how cold it gets..... i know when the lights are on it's about 75-80....im sure it gets 10-20 degrees colder... im growing in a closet it's starting to get cold at night

jelven said:

hey lookin good.. i took notice that your plant looks to be about the same size and shape as mine. did you do 12/12 from seed? i started flowering mine 7 days ago when they were exactly 4 weeks old and it has shown to be a girl! wooo... i'll be watchin your grow bro-ski

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I'm growing a Lowryder Dwarf Mix... so it flowers on it's own i never switched the photo period it's been on 18/6 the whole way so far... it wont get no bigger than 16 inches tall

yeah i was having the same issue about cold at night what i did was i lined the walls and floor with styrofoam then put mylar over that it bought it up about 5 degrees or so. Just make sure that its not dropping to drastic.but i was going from 75 during light to like 50 at night stupid Mid west weather.

it's crazy cuz when i turn on the lights they are not drooping at all it's when my lights are on and my fan is on is when the leaves start to droop

so i stopped turning the fan on

i think the droop is most likely over watering. might be root bound but i doubt it

Nope, I had this same problem my first go... it's underwatered for sure. If you're watering it often enough and it still is drooping then your soil is too loose and lets the water flow through it without hangin around...

Hit it with some water...

Oops, I didn't read well enough... let me just say that if they are "drooping" and they are not relaxed then they are overwatered... if they relax then not enough... Could be the temperature swing... I'm not a pro... yet

must be over 5 weeks now ganjalover? how are the buds coming along?

Fyfe said:

must be over 5 weeks now ganjalover? how are the buds coming along?

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they looking good Fyfe ... but like 2 weeks ago my plant got all jacked up ... all kinds of nute burn ... im pissed all my bottom leaves all dead now but fuck it ..so "I Learn" but the buds are starting to grow... been wanting to take pics but got to lazy..lol but my avatar pic is a pic from my cell phone i took the 26th .. will take pics staurday, sunday the latest... i started a new one i germ tuesday craked yesterday and planted yesterday jus waiting for it to break soil....

heres a quick pic of my baby getting fatter

ganjalova said:

heres a quick pic of my baby getting fatter

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there looking good mate, have they started to smell nice yet?

buds will start appearing before your eyes the next couple of weeks.

i found my first two females yesterday

Looks great man keep em going... im having the same trouble in the north east with the temp at night dropping to about 63 in my grow room... i popped a heater in the room on low to keep the temp up woring well.. the heater was 20 bucks at lowes and its fan blown so it circulates the heat well!!

btw when i started using the heater it leveled out my humitidy..:O nice i didnt expect it too

Fyfe said:

there looking good mate, have they started to smell nice yet?

buds will start appearing before your eyes the next couple of weeks.

i found my first two females yesterday

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she starting smelling when she was only 3 1/2 weeks and now u can smell it bad ... and damn starting to smell bomb and it's starting to bud nice starting to get them powder crystals mmmmmmmm 3 weeks left i hope

homegrwn said:

btw when i started using the heater it leveled out my humitidy..:O nice i didnt expect it too

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homegrwn said:

Looks great man keep em going... im having the same trouble in the north east with the temp at night dropping to about 63 in my grow room... i popped a heater in the room on low to keep the temp up woring well.. the heater was 20 bucks at lowes and its fan blown so it circulates the heat well!!

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Thanks my temps are good now 78* when lights on 66* when off cant wait till she starts filling out.. starting to bud nice now

ganjalova said:

Thanks my temps are good now 78* when lights on 66* when off cant wait till she starts filling out.. starting to bud nice now

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Ok so heres a question... i had 2 25 watt soft white and the grow was slow but steady on its third node. the temp stayed at or around 80 degrees... today I added two 27 watt daylight spectrum and my temp spiked at around 90 degrees. I turned my fans up and repositioned them to blow up still hitting the plants for dancing and the bulbs for cooldown... ive had to keep the door open to get the temp back down.. i dont want to kill her with 90+ temps for days and days on end... what to do... i cant drill anymore exhaust in my rental unit and i dont want the electric to kill me using my mini ac.... any advice...

The New Lil One.... broke soil 2day

Update pics.... 38 Days Old 5 1/2 weeks Old

Theyre doing well but if you had a big CFL they would be a lot bigger I think. It would be worth it in the long run - a £30 or £40 investment for a 250 watter or 2 125w ones will most likely get you a good few ozs over its lifetime. So theyre a bargain really! Just seems a shame to get small plants for all the effort. Theyd love a big CFL!