A Passion for Cheese - Stratonites First Grow - 300 Watt CFL

[Stratonite]

Thanks for the advice paddy, I might have to invest in another light for the cheese's, I don't think there will be enough light and heat in the next few months to have the thrive outside the grow room.

I had to change my fan back to the small inline fan I got with my carbon filter as the one I had outside the tent is blowing to cold and the room temp was down to 18-20c with the lights on. The small one takes up a lot less space anyway.

 

[Stratonite]

Finally got my second Cheese upgraded to a bigger pot! I had to scale down the scrog a bit to get all three neatly arranged in my space. I also have a plan for keeping all three happy.

I am going to veg all three for about 2 more weeks, I will grow the 2 Cheese's as normal (no Scrog) this will help me make the most of the vertical space I have and also leave more room for the Passion to breath. I will get a few more light to facilitate the cheese's. Then once the Cheese's are looking good BANG 12/12 on all three plants.

As you can see from my pic, I have raised the babies up to the same height as miss passion, This will hopefully help them grow quick as they won't be in the big woman's shadow!

 

[NuttyProfessor]

you want to drop your light down closer now mate , that will help , theres not much heat of them cfl light drop it about 12 " or less above , you will get better growth

your looking great so far .

 

[Stratonite]

aye paddy, I have the light about 5 inches of the plants, I lift them purely for photography purposes. They are all going well thats a pretty good haul from your Passion!

 

[NuttyProfessor]

yes mate happy with that , quick finish so even better lol , i got about 90 seeds of that plant i pollinated if you want any let me know but i cant say whats male or female , it was a male i had that i crossed with a auto plant , got 24 grams of it too and its a wicked smoke , found more seeds through it to bring me up to about 90 , im starting another journal with my home made seeds soon as they all 7 pop , lucky 7 mate ive 7 ready to go

your passion looks great , be nice when the others catch up

 

[Stratonite]

I'd defo take some of your hands! dont have any more grow space at the minute though. is 24gm good for an auto? I havent subbed any auto grows maybe time to start looking!

 

[NuttyProfessor]

yes very good , ive never any luck with autos , thats why i pollinated it , wasnt doing much , autos are good if you have space to put loads of them about

 

[Stratonite]

Thought I'd throw another Photo up of my girls, they are growing well with no problems...Touch Wood! The only thing is that because I never topped the Passion in the scrog she has grown out to one side leaving the center a bit bare :/ Hopefully a few stems will grow up from the inside of the plant to cover this area.

I was thinking of taking Paddy's advice and removing the 2 Cheese's from the tent for 6 hours a day during day-light and keeping them vegging beside a window while I let the Passion start to flower, However There is not much light these days nor heat. Will this cause harm to my babies? Maybe I would be best just flowing all three even though the cheese's are still small?

...I also invested in a 12" oscillating fan to try and thicken up the branches.

 

[Stratonite]

BTW... Humidity I wild high up near 80-90 % at times how will this effect the girls?

 

[NuttyProfessor]

its good mate for growing but when they form buds not so good , have you an extractor fan in your bathroom if so leave it on , leave a window open a bit also

 

[NuttyProfessor]

i have the same meter as you , bring the meter to another room and see if theres much change , i give up on my one as temps where higher on that one , didnt trust it that much to be honest

your plants look awesome mate really healthy looking

 

[Stratonite]

Aye, have an extractor in the room and an Inline fan with carbon filter, haven't got it on yet, I am gonna set it up tonight. how long do you think I should veg the cheese's for?

 

[NuttyProfessor]

give them another couple of weeks mate id say , they stretch a good we bit when going 12/12 them plants look great mate

 

[Stratonite]

Thanks I was afraid the scrog branches where a bit thin and might break under the weight of the buds... being very optimistic! lol Do you think 2oz for the passion and a oz each of the cheese is a realistic goal under my lights?

 

[NuttyProfessor]

cant see why not , you will know better when the flowering sites appear mate ,

 

[Stratonite]

Cool, I defo dont think I have the room to scrog for 2 more weeks, I will have to put the other 2 on a window sill.

 

[NuttyProfessor]

mate get a couple of these they will do for veg , im getting some my self for a mother plant
85w Blue Spectrum 6400k CFL grow light lamp bulb B22 | eBay

 

[NuttyProfessor]

just to let you know i got 5 x 30 watts for about 20 quid on ebay , same seller , handy as feck !! lol

 

[Stratonite]

I must go on and look, I am gonna just get a few more red spectrum lights, My thinking is I will work out how much lecky I will be saving going from 18/6 to 12/12 and use more lights to keep my output the same. Can go to mad with the electric or my missus will kill me! lol

 

[NuttyProfessor]

l. I know the feeling, you would think the government would give us a grant for a wind turbine LOL !!!