First Grow - CFL - Walk-In Closet - Bag Seeds

[Gazolene]

I only just finished my first grow, with CFLs and tubes and had a small but tasty yield. I have several more at a similar stage of flower as yours, so I may be tempted into trying this back budding method and we will see what happens! Good tip with the juice container too, I'm limited for space so will be using those. Plenty of room for root growth in those. Good luck!

 

[HappyInside]

Sticky fly paper is the best. It's so satisfying to wake up and see gnats stuck to death mwuahahahaha

 

[HappyInside]

I'm glad you're going to try the juice containers, they work really well! I poked holes in the bottom and lined the bottom 1/2" with pure perlite for extra drainage. I've seen people grow micro plants in red solo cups that produced nearly an ounce. This is about 4 times as large so hoping it will yield some pretty decent plants!

 

[GoodLuck]

Yes the fly paper satisfies the need for revenge on the knats, let it rain fire brimstone and sticky paper. muahahaha

 

[HappyInside]

The buds have covered the chopped stem (which has turned to like a mini brown tree stump in the center of the top cola). This is a good sign. Sugar leaves looking more and more crystally each day.

 

[GoodLuck]

The Yellow strip, the penalty for any knat trespassing in the area.

 

[HappyInside]

How often do you guys feed your plants with fertilizer? I water once per 6 days usually, doing a low dose every time lately. Jungle Juice Grow-Micro-Bloom

 

[Gazolene]

i normally work away monday to friday so generally feed my girls every friday and sunday. Its not ideal but its worked so far.

 

[GoodLuck]

Depends on your setup, that's what seems to work for you, but people running HIDs with large plants might water every second day and feed every 4 days, depends on the strain, LED people will be watering less and feeding the same. So that's when a PPM pen and flushing your plants and checking run off comes in handy, Flush the plant before you feed read the ppm of the runoff, that will tell you whats in the soil and you can adjust accordingly. That's where the new grower has to work a bit harder than the seasoned grower. Just something you gotta get used to.

 

[HappyInside]

Nice tip! I currently only have a Milwaukee PH pen, which I've been using to adjust water to ~ 6.4 for waterings.
All 4 of my new seedlings have had yellowing of their lower leaves (about 4 yellow leaves per plant). I'm trying to guess if it's nitrogen deficiency, nutrient burn, heat stress… any thoughts? Top growth looks super healthy.

 

[GoodLuck]

Do you have any Pics?

 

[Gazolene]

Ive found a lot of my lower leaves go a bit yellow and sometimes die off but the new growth is all healthy.

 

[HappyInside]

Today I planted one feminized AK-48 seed. I used a 1-gallon water jug turned on it's side. My intention is to main line the plant like this photo below. I plan for this one plant to stay in my veg box for around 30-40 days. We'll see how it goes! (I'm assuming it will stay small enough to stay in my box for that long, while my other plants finish flowering. This is because I will be topping the plant 3 times, which will stunt it's growth 3 times, and therefore I'm hoping that by the time it's ready to come out, my other big plant will be done flowering and they can switch places).

 

[HappyInside]

As for my seedlings, I'll post pics in a few minutes, they seem to be doing better. I realized that my medium is mostly peat moss and perlite, so no nutrients. For this reason I'm increasing my nutrients to every feeding, and keeping the dosage at 1/2 strength.

 

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[HappyInside]

Here is an example of the lower leaves turning yellow on my seedlings.

 

[HappyInside]

This is the 1-gallon water jug turned on its side. I'm using it to veg my ak-48 feminized seed. The first 4-6 weeks will be in this box at 18/6, shaping the plant into a manifold so that it can produce 8 equal sized giant buds.

 

[HappyInside]

Getting frosty already!

 

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These youngsters are now almost 3 weeks old. Have been in the 12/12 area for 3 days. Enjoying their larger containers because they are growing quickly, especially for 12/12!

 

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The AK-48 feminized seed is born! Starting a 6 week veg to get "in shape" !