ImissATARI's first grow ALL CFL

Fox Farm nutes are the shit.

ImissATARI said:

yea those were day 26, and yea i agree they look small.

I would imagine thats from the temps being about 65-65

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I'm sure it is......Anyway you can up the temp a lil bit? Maybe add another light or two- it should help with the heat and the growth all in one...... Maybe it is about time u start hittin them with some nutes......

I'm usin the Expert Gardener Ferts for right now...... But like Mr. Pacific said and even tho I haven't used them, but judgin from the results of everyone else that's used them- I'd agree that Fox Farm nutes are the way to go.....

Thanks for the rep- how bout tippin the scales for me-hahaha

I gotta spread some first ..... i tried when I posted i did but didn't let me... Ill hit ya when I can.

lol thats some funny **** there. good stuff man

my cousin stopped by today to smoke one and I talked to him about it.

He said to put a bubbler from a fish tank or a submersible heater in a pan of water....

Genius! Can't believe I didn't think of that.

So I went out to the shed and grabbed my water heater from when I had a turtle. Set it up and plugged in the heater just a min ago.

Also noticed I had a little bit of bulb burn from touching one of the leaves. No matter, not that worried about it....

So this should help speed things up by adding a little bit of humidity and heat to the box. I will be keeping an eye and making sure the heat doesn't get to high.

Anyone know the optimum temp?

Update:

Temps are around 72 and the added heat & humidity is helping speed them up a big. I am starting to LST them, I'm thinking about getting them spun around the entire pot before i 12/12 them.

Big girl - seemingly a sativa strain - is growing at a little faster rate the then seemingly indica strain. She is also getting more undergrowth. Two-three branches are growing to what seems will be some bud spots.

Lil girl - doing good, just not as fast as big girl.

Day 42 Update:

Plants speeding up a bit, looking healthy. Started lst'ing these badboys- I'm thinking if i can speed up their growth a bit I may be working on spinning 'em around the pot then start flowering.

Not much to update.

Also the burn on both plants was from when I added the water heater to get the temps up - the paper hood started to droop so it was pressin against the plants giving them that burn .

Pics are as ordered:
1 - Big girl with her lst leaning away from you to show the undergrowth
2 - Big Girl from above
3- Lil girl from above
4 - Lil girl with her lst leaning away

ImissATARI said:

Day 42 Update:

Plants speeding up a bit, looking healthy. Started lst'ing these badboys- I'm thinking if i can speed up their growth a bit I may be working on spinning 'em around the pot then start flowering.

Not much to update.

Also the burn on both plants was from when I added the water heater to get the temps up - the paper hood started to droop so it was pressin against the plants giving them that burn .

Pics are as ordered:
1 - Big girl with her lst leaning away from you to show the undergrowth
2 - Big Girl from above
3- Lil girl with her lst leaning away
4 - Lil girl from above

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Plants are lookin good! looks like ur gettin some nice new green growth with them too! Keep it up!

get an oscilating fan and have some kind of wind blowing on them to strengthen the stem.... just an idea good luck on the grow bro

Day 46 update:

Not too much to update but wanted to add that there are 7 decent side grows coming up, thinking of each one as a bud made my mouth water......

Really haven't had to lst the indica strain yet, but have had to do it frequently with the sativa strain.

man, i think i lost my audience. Oh well, they'll be back if i get some fems and start showing the porno shots.

Haha- I'm still ridin with ya!

Still here too mate!

haha thanks for stayin tuned in.

while your here.....do you guys prune at all when you lst to help the bud sites to get more light? I wasn't thinkin much, maybe just a couple fan leaves per plant....

I read a bunch before I made any cuts, especially the big fan leaves, and most people seemed hesitant about pruning.

That being said, I did a lot of pruning on my bonsai. Not so much on my big girl, only if the leaves were dying already. Just don't go overboard with it.

ImissATARI said:

haha thanks for stayin tuned in.

while your here.....do you guys prune at all when you lst to help the bud sites to get more light? I wasn't thinkin much, maybe just a couple fan leaves per plant....

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I agree with Mr. Pacific. When I pruned, I just removed the fan leaves that were directly blocking the light to my lower branches.

You seen how many my Big Gurl has. So technically, I think it's a matter of preference. While trimming ur fan leaves and LST'ing it's amplifying the type of stress ur putting on them. Not much, but it's goin a lil beyond LST. But I think it just makes them fill out better.....

Just don't go overboard that's all.

what about just trimmin the leaves it self just a bit rather then cuttin the entire stem of the fan leaf?

ImissATARI said:

what about just trimmin the leaves it self just a bit rather then cuttin the entire stem of the fan leaf?

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Yea, you can do that too.... no problem.... just trim what u think would work- it won't hurt nothin

Thanks for the tips guys. After reading your posts i did a little research on the subject. Seems most people are against trimming and pruning because it stresses the plant, but most go a long with light trimming just to give light to the bud spots - So thats what I am going to do.

On a side note, I also added 3 23watt daylights yesterday to both help with the temp and the obvious increase in light for the plant

So that brings the total to 3 23 watters and 2 26 watters.....

Temps were in the 68's-70's and now holding pretty steady at 72-74

Sounds Good Atari! You should see some improvements with the added extra light too!