White widow / CFL grow w/LST in small cabinet

This is my second grow.
first grow
jack the ripper
harvest pics
here
I purchased some clones about 2 weeks ago down in LA.
both clones are white widow and were about 3 inches tall.
I am using the same grow box as my previous grow with slight modifications as i go along. I added a carbon filter to the back of the box. witch was pretty easy to do if there is a home depot in your area. Feel free to ask me questions. I will try to post a pic and directions soon.
I have been reading about some lst methods, because my grow box is so small and I need a bigger yield. So i am also giving that a try. It should be interesting.

The tall skinny one in the back has a long story. I had to go on vacation and she got major nute burn while i was away. Over time I have nursed her back to health and she seems to be doing fine now. Obviously this stunted growth for a long time. I can't even remember when I started vegging her. But this plant is a fighter and I am going to flower her some time soon.
Oh yeah I didn't mention. the strain is Purple extreme I guess.

this grow journal is going to be all about the white widows but i wanted to include some of the bubba kush plant that i have flowering right now.
She was about 1 foot tall when I saw her at the club. I had to buy!
I vegged it for about 2 more weeks and then started flower. This was a great find for me because i need something to hold me over until the next full grow is complete. My timing is not perfect yet but I am trying to get this cycle going and produce enough to never have to buy it. this plant cost way to much money.
here she is

I like the bondage on the clones lol. a good few of my clones do that naturaly lol i should take advantage of it lol rather than straightening them up.

mr west said:

I like the bondage on the clones lol. a good few of my clones do that naturaly lol i should take advantage of it lol rather than straightening them up.

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yeah you should give it a try. especially if you have some that are naturally bendy. I am hoping it works.
thanks for checking out the new grow.

Looking great man, growing some WW myself-its the best i tell U.
Anyway, nice work on the kush, nut i see your using only 6500k cfls???Why oh why??
And how much cfls are U using and what are the wattages???Thanx in advance.




Keep up the splendid work...

grow space said:

Looking great man, growing some WW myself-its the best i tell U.
Anyway, nice work on the kush, nut i see your using only 6500k cfls???Why oh why??
And how much cfls are U using and what are the wattages???Thanx in advance.




Keep up the splendid work...

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I custom white balanced my camera to get rid of the orange overtone.
i will get back to you about the other info

Browntown777 said:

I custom white balanced my camera to get rid of the orange overtone.
i will get back to you about the other info

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everything is going good. I think it got a little to hot and scorched my top cola on the bubba kush.

the lst training is going well. just really slow.
I am shopping around for a nice 90 watt led light. I am tired of the cfl's I don't get enough yield.

any one have an opinion on LEDs
i hear
-more efficient (good for bills)
- no heat problems
-same to larger yield than hps
- good for all growing stages

I may have found one for 100 bucks on craigslist.

grow space said:

Looking great man, growing some WW myself-its the best i tell U.
Anyway, nice work on the kush, nut i see your using only 6500k cfls???Why oh why??
And how much cfls are U using and what are the wattages???Thanx in advance.




Keep up the splendid work...

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flower room-
7 cfl's assorted wattages - i lost track as I kept adding more

veg room-
4 - 6500k
1 - warm toned
not sure wattages anymore here either.

Bought a 90 watt UFO LED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
should be here in a few days.

can't wait to chop the babba kush and then put it to action

Lookin good Btown, mind if I watch? Best of luck with the LED!

P.S I check out your 1st grow and I'd like to congratulate you for gettin those big buds with just CFLs!

DANKxGROWER said:

Lookin good Btown, mind if I watch? Best of luck with the LED!

P.S I check out your 1st grow and I'd like to congratulate you for gettin those big buds with just CFLs!

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hey thanks man. Yeah I was shocked!
now my wife is expecting that every time! ha ha ha
dang it.

yeah you can watch for sure.
i am not updating as much as the last grow because i am busy. but i am trying to document it as much as i can. I have a lot to learn. so that is really what I am here for.

LETS SEE WHAT THIS LED CAN DO!!!

if anyone has info on veg cycle nutrients i am listening.....

thanks
the town

still waiting for the led.
gong to harvest the bubba kush in a couple days

Id not bother with leds just yet they not qite up to the scratch they tell u on the website. Ive seen somee really disapointing led grows, best they r good for is keeping cuttings and seedlings alive.

leds give pretty much same results as cfls, but maybe a little more effective, not much....



Good luck with that UFO mann.....

grow space said:

leds give pretty much same results as cfls, but maybe a little more effective, not much....



Good luck with that UFO mann.....

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thanks a lot.
yeah I am having heat problems with the cfls so the LED should take care of that.

LED is here.
setting it up today.
I will post picks soon.
thinking about making a new grow box.

It is here.
new grow box set up soon

since LEDs do not put off heat you could really put it directly at the top of your plants... i wonder how this would effect the upward growth though...

mkay420 said:

since LEDs do not put off heat you could really put it directly at the top of your plants... i wonder how this would effect the upward growth though...

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I had the light really close for a few days right in the beginning but then i was reading some other led grows and found out i should put it at about 6 inches from the plants during veg.

before i moved it up some of the leave tips were hooking up. I guess they call it "ram horn" or something. Since i moved the light the ladies have been eating it up.

the clones have been taking off since i moved the light.
I have 2 daylight balanced cfls in the grow room also, i heard this was a good thing to do.

I included an image from last week that I didn't end up posting. this way i can document the difference.

the smallest clone ((NYC Diesel)) is 1 week behind the larger one ((banana)). both clones were about the same size when i bought them a week apart. I am hoping the NYC takes off like the Banana did in its second week.

I also tried to top the banana. That stunted its growth for a couple days.
I will also post an image of the cut.

please critique because I am not sure if I did it completely right.

I have been seeing a few gnats fling around in there. bastards!
bought some neem oil spray yesterday and have applied that twice now. I also hung up a fly strip. and have been tossing the top layer of soil every morning.
I lost the last fight to these bastards and I don't want to lose a second.