first grow DIY, CFL+Sun, Bagseed

Hey there people, this is my first grow attempt. I put it in my windowpane (sometimes when i am around) during daytime and used 3x20W CFL during the night cycles and 24/0 CFL the other days for 6 weeks of vegging. She is into flower "12/12" since 20 days and ive changed 2 of my CFL's into 2700k spectrum. I still put her under natural sunlight as long as i have the time for it. I transplanted her from half gallon pot to 2 gallon pot a month ago. Ive never used PH or moisture meter nor ventilation system except the natural airflow of my window. At first, the growth was very slow then i realized my soil was lack of nutes and decided to give her 4-8-4 nute every watering when she was 3 weeks old. I know it is the proper nute for flowering than vegging but i didnt noticed back then. Anyways i cut the nutes when i transplanted her, i will start it again this week.

She has some damaged leaves but nothing serious, just light burns and some nute splash i think. It was very lucky of me since it turned out to be a female in my first try. I knew nothing at the beginning and ive learned a lot on the way, thanks to you people. Anyways just check it out and feel free to comment or ask about anything. Oh and she is about 17 inches long and 13 inches wide.
peace

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voi

Member
For what you're saying this little one has turned out very nice. I like the color of the leaves, they don't give hint to any nutrient deficiency or abundances. Definitely a sativa dominate plant, which means you'll probably be flowering her to around 9 weeks or longer.
Good use of multiple kelvin-spectrum CFLs, albeit said- a good rule of thumb is to try and get 100-watts of light per plant. Especially since you are using CFLs I would suggest that you add a few more if possible.
With the nutes, I would go light on them until you know how she will react, I'm guessing she's a 1 gallon container so it won't take much. What nutrients are you going to use?

Other than that, it looks good, for your first I would be proud, Props!
 

cindysid

Well-Known Member
Looks nice, especially for a first attempt! I remember starting plants in my windowsill back in the 80's. I had a big bay window that made a perfect little greenhouse. It would have been a lot easier if they had cfl's then! She looks very healthy! Congrats!
 
Actually, its 2 gallon pot. i use local nutes that are 4-8-4 and 2-4-3. I give her nutes for the first time after transplanting the other day and she seems to react good with it. Im planning to give her just a little amount of nute every watering from now on. It was also what i did back in the vegging days. She doesnt seem to show nute burns though there were some spiral and clawy leaf edges in the past weeks which i think caused by unstabled PH level due to the nute. Leaf edges seems allright now. I really cant afford more CFL's eventhough it is cheap so i guess the best thing i may do is to put her under real sun as much as possible. Thanks a lot for your comforting comments. I know its not possible to calculate grams but are there any average harvest values for spesific length and foliage of a plant?
 

voi

Member
There's really no way to know what you'll yield until it's all said and done, just care for your plant the best you can and read up on all the good knowledge that is shared here. You're off to a good start.
 
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