White Widow - First Ever Grow Attempt

[Radogast]

I vegged a 5 ft by 3 ft area (1.5m x 0.9m) with 216W (4xT5 HO tubes) of CFL for many months


First in regular CFL spectrum

Later in purple spectrum CFL (I moved the light up out of the way for the photo)

Notice how in the first photo one end of the light is hung much higher than the other end to get the light closer to different height plants. I like light 6" (15cm) until the plants get about 8" (20 cm) tall, then I run as close as possible without actually burning the leaves, as close as 1/2" (1 cm.) This is with 54 watt tubes. For a 200 watt light bulb you might double the distance.

The light from a CFL bulb leaves equally from all sides of the tubes. Thus straight tubes and reflectors covers more area and deliver more lumens in a downward direction than hanging light bulbs deliver.

 

[Radogast]

For a 1m x 1m space. A 2' x 4 bulb T5 HO fixture is only 136 watts and will cover most of the space - about $80 USD in the USA.

IMO Plenty of power for vegging - should cover about 0.8m x 0.7m of your space.

 

[welshpony]

Hey everyone how you all doing?

So today is a sad day I invite each and every one of you to say your goodbyes to White Widow.
She was attacked with a pair of scissors and has been butchered and dismembered. We have some crime scene pictures to circulate.

A suspect has been apprehended and is quoted as saying "I should wear gloves next time, my fingers are so sticky...."
after gathering all the dismembered piece together and putting them on the scales the White Widow weighed 488grams wet, taken in the prime of her life


These next to photos confirms something I asked a few weeks/months ago, will the plant put out roots where it touches the soil? Didnt get much of an answer kept an eye out for rot as someone mentioned, so left it and it turns out it did put out roots where i left the stem in the soil. I may run an experiment on the next Exodus Cheese I run and when I use the LST it i'll keep the soil around the stem, the thinking is if I can get roots along the stem it should provide better growth as nutes will have a more direct way to where they are needed....

I did lose some bud from White Widow found some mold hidden in one of the buds so let that go didnt want any chance of having any contamination, ah well shit happens

 

[Noob4x4grow]

Nice to see you again welsh!! It's been a minute or two. Congrats on your harvest. Too bad on the mold. I hope your health is improving and you are on the mend.

CHeers

 

[welshpony]

Plodding on thanks noob, had a few more seizures still got a month until my specialist appointment :/ Dr has given me mirtizapine and zopiclone to help sleep and ease some of my low moods lately, ah well onwards and upwards isnt it

Looking great over in your part of the world too

 

[Noob4x4grow]

Plodding on thanks noob, had a few more seizures still got a month until my specialist appointment :/ Dr has given me mirtizapine and zopiclone to help sleep and ease some of my low moods lately, ah well onwards and upwards isnt it

Looking great over in your part of the world too

Thanks buddy. Here's to hoping those doctors get you right as rain

 

[Radogast]

Congratulations on your criminal activity, and many happy returns

 

[welshpony]

Thanks Radogast, was a nice few hours work, all hung to dry now cant wait to sample her fruits

 

[welshpony]

So a little update, I left a few leaves on the WW and a friend is going to replant it outside to see if he can get it going again. Hes got loads a space and sees it as an experiment gonna leave him enjoy it and he said I can have the fruits of the labor if there is any, win win me thinks.

Got 2 more EC seeds getting ready to go atm, theyre in shot glasses been in 16 hours and ones starting to put out a tap root.

Heres a pic of the flowering clone, I think I will pot it up to see if it gives more growth, doesn't seem to be re vegging....

And finally a few pics of the Exodus Cheese, is it just me that loves how the branches get to heavy and start going horizontal????

Close up

 

[Radogast]

Nice looking cheese. I'm not one for branches tipping sideways - but it might just be jealousy

 

[JimmieJ]

She was attacked with a pair of scissors and has been butchered and dismembered.

Congrats Welsh! That's a beautiful harvest. And I like the dismembered remains, it gives me something to work toward, I love the horizontal main stem.

 

[welshpony]

Thanks JimmieJ still got the Exodus Cheese to harvest, expecting dry weight of both to be about 8 ounces total.

Had say EC drying and gave it a test yesterday and its got a lovely buzz to it, feel it around the top of my head and my eye lids like a tingly sensation Widow is an ass kicker as usual lol

 

[JimmieJ]

Nice! 8 oz out of a couple plants is great!

Eventually I will be moving out of bag seed land and getting some strains that I get to choose. I think widow is in my future - I've never seen anything but good comments about it.

 

[blulezard]

Hey there!

You got some nice plants! Bravo!
you getting ready for another cheesy criminal scene?
Looking forward to it!

Cheers!

 

[blulezard]

Hey there!

You got some nice plants! Bravo!
you getting ready for another cheesy criminal scene?
Looking forward to it!

Cheers!

 

[David Bowman]

Hope all is well in your world.

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[cylob]

great job welshpony! you had a lovely result!!