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ok, so I see there has been a bit of chatter in my absence.. I like that.
Well im still in the veg phase and will post pictures after thius post.
I never heard that cfls make more nodes of give any special kind of lighting to the plant to use.
I use a 14 bulb homemade fixture, i have 6500k bulbs and 2700k bulbs in it right now for vegging. I picked myself up a new floralux 400w hps set up for the flower this time around. I also picked up a MH conversion bulb that ill test out for the next veggin cycle.
i built the light a while back. I got some strapping from the hardware store. I got the sockets off of a construction string light. They are rated for 600w each so they are heavy duty. I did a mock up with just the bulbs to see what was the best way to wire them. I decided on the way I did it. You can see in the pictures I hope. Its a pretty clean fixture. I made the metal top housing by buying a round metal duct, i think it was a 8 or 10 inch duct and cut it downt he middle and flattened it out and then made small bends in it to fit the wooden frame. I also bought computer fans and traced one of them on the metal and cut it out and hot glued the fan on top of the light fixture. If I didnt have this computer fan exhaust, this liught would get mighty hot. I had the fan off one time and the heat produced melted the hot glue that was holding the fan on. But when the fan is runnig you can hold the metal ducting with your hand for as long as you want. I patted myself on the back after I made this.
So I hope you can appreciate the owrk I put into the light and to be honest its working great. Look in my photos to see what it produces last grow. Start to finish with that cfl light. Now im starting again with this light but with flower with the new hps light.
here are some new pictures of the kids. Taken this monring.
thinking of switching the lights so I can weed out the males. I also want to clone a sexy female...hopefully there is one. But do you have any thoughts or ideas on when I should do this?
The only way I know how to tell the sex is by switching the lights. In my first grow I had four plants, 3 of which were dudes, killed all three and flowered the lady. But am i just wasting time taking cutting and not knowing there females or not ? Wasting time, electricity, nutes and patience it seems. When I take a cutting, am I sacrificing that particular plant im cutting from ? Are any of my planted big enough to even take a clone.from anyway ? Where exactly do I take the cutting from, seems like cuttings are always taken from large mother plants which i have none of...
At the moment im using Dynamics Gro grow nutes and super thrive. Will switch to.dynamics grow bloom and superthrive along with some carb nut when I flower. Any other nutes you recommend?
And i appreciate all the positivity here.
Still kind of unsure about where to take the cutting from, I feel my plants are not large enough to cut yet....or are they ?
I will have to pick up some carb nutes as ive read that flowering plants NEED them to produce quality buds and trichs.
Is topping the plant, just cutting the top off at the stem and re-planting that as a clone..?
Topping is cutting below the fully formed node on main shoot or growing shoots...what you cut is what you clone...
Will topping stunt groth at all? Im pretty much ready to switch the lights and get into flowering. Someone mentioned numbering each plant, then taking a clone from each plant and then wait til the plants show sex and then get rid of the male plants and male clones. I think ill try taking my first cutting tonight and see what happens. I read taking a cutting the submerging just the cut tip (45 degree angle) was the fastest way to see roots. I read on here that it takes three days to see roots..... I think its a little far fetched but I ddint write it. I dont get how the clone would root if it was submerged in water. Doesnt the clone need to be just a little moist so the clone is "searching"for water, therefore growing roots to provide more surface area fr nutrient uptake..
Please correct me if im mistaken. Were all learning here.
Clones still look the same as of right now. I need the adolescent platns to show sex so I can pull the males and kill the baby male clone children. lol
ok-----How close can I put my hps? I have it maybe 8" now away from TOC (top of canopy). I feel I should move it closer to maximum light penetration. Like i said before, that 4" does a really nice job pulling the heat outta that light so the bottom part near the glass is only really hot if your 1" away. Thoughts on how close I can put it? More pictures to come tomorrow.
I dont think im going to put them through the stress of reverting back into veg growth. When I see the sex of them, ill pull the males and continue to flower the females. They are on 12/12 now and after I pull the males, ill leave it the way it is til they are finished and ready for harvest.