I started flowering on a 12/12 cycle with a basic $5 timer. Added for now 4 x 42 watt 2700k cfls & 7 x 13 watt 2700k along with 2 x 25 watt 3500k cfl tubes. Will be adding more lighting, both CFL & HPS.
Also had a couple casualties while sealing off the window from light, snapped a lower bud site & a fan leaf off on one of the diesels & managed to bend my biggest bagseed indica real bad just below the node that splits off into the two main topped colas. Pisses me off cuz that was one of my favorite plants, just looked so healthy. I duct taped it, & it's standing up, but the top of the plant wilted badly. Hope it bounces back, I hear they do in a few days. Fan needed to be running higher, it is now. I don't think they are strong enough to support big buds without being reinforced somehow, they shouldn't have broken/bent that easily, but I need to be nicer to them too. Then again that process won't have to happen again tho, so I'm moving forward optimistically. There's a lot of bud sites in the room.
Also gave them a half strength shot of schultz 10-15-10 & they seemed to love it. The big white widow especially got super green within a couple hours of watering with it. Will be getting liquid bone meal as well. Only gonna use the schultz one more time, full strength, after I see buds really starting to form about 3-4 weeks in.
On a side note I'm still waiting on the co2 & not sure exactly how that's gonna work out since that's a hook up through my girl's dad & she hates me right now.
lol It's all good. I'll get it.
Any advice or comments are always appreciated.
- Rom