Original Cheese IBL - T5 Test Grow

[PotChimp]

What strain is it? (2) seeds.

Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? Hybrids.

Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Germinating.

If in Veg... For how long? N/A.

If in Flower stage... For how long? N/A.

Indoor or outdoor? Indoor.

Soil or Hydro? Soilless.

If soil... what is in your mix? SSM#4 Advanced

If soil... What size pot? 1 gallon.

Size of lights? Four t5 24 watt bulbs (96 watts total); full spectrum for grow and red spectrum after the first hairs.

Is it aircooled? 4" flex duct going to box with carbon filter and fan; passive intake.

Temp of Room/cab? around 77 degrees F.

RH of Room/cab? 43%.

PH of media or res? I don't check it.

Any Pests ? Whiteflies.

How often are you watering? I expect to water every two to three days.

Type and strength of ferts used? Most of FF's lineup.

This is a no mercy (12/12 lighting from beginning to end) experiment I was asked to do by a member here named b.real I'm probably going to top these, but I might bend them over due to height issues in this 2' x 3' unit (it only has a little over 2' vertical grow room). I'm germinating the two seeds now and I'll get pics up when the seedlings come up.

 

[Stinky Snid]

Sounds like an interesting grow, short and sweet. Goodluck on their germination, I look forward to seeing some updates.

KiG cheers

 

[PotChimp]

Thanks Snidrajsed. Both seeds opened up, so I put them into 1 gallon pots of SSM#4 Advanced. They're under the full spectrum t5s set at 12/12 now. I'll post a pic when the seedlings come up.

 

[PotChimp]

Note: These are up, but I have to wait until the lights come on to get a pic; they're stretching a little but they'll be okay.

 

[Richard Richardson]

I grew these once under 12/12 , they all bananaed in late flower

 

[PotChimp]

It figures.....

 

[Richard Richardson]

It figures.....

It wasn't so bad; looking back at pics, they still made nice buds and didn't grow very tall.

 

[PotChimp]

First pic:

 

[PotChimp]

Note: I didn't expect any different, but these are crawling As soon as I can I'll get a pic up even though they're not much to look at.

 

[PotChimp]

Whew 2 weeks and 2 days from seed slow down now you'll push the roof right off my house!

They'll take off soon but I don't expect trees

 

[PotChimp]

The spacing between these t5s dictates how close they need to be to the light. Those light strips come with 2 clips; you could put them probably 3" from center to center and get 6 of them (144 watts) to cover this 2' x 3' sq. area. I bought these brackets which space them apart farther, only letting you put 4 of them (96 watts) over the same area. The good thing about them is that they cover sq. footage better than a CFL; there's just not very much light penetration. Hell this unit's only about 28" tall so I don't really need it.
If I would have kept the seedlings 3" from the top of the pots to the bottom of the lights at first, they wouldn't have stretched. If I had 6 of the t5s in there I probably could have kept the seedlings 6" away from the bottom of the bulbs and they would have been okay.

 

[b.real]

looking good. how many watts of t5 light are you running?

 

[PotChimp]

looking good. how many watts of t5 light are you running?

Hey what's up? I'm running four 24 watt full spectrum t5 bulbs, for a total of 96 watts. I'll replace the four bulbs with the same wattage in red spectrum when I see the first hairs.

 

[PotChimp]

Original Cheese IBL at 3 weeks old:

As soon as the pots dry I'll feed them their first nutes.

 

[b.real]

4 lamps at about 100 watts right on and they look great

 

[PotChimp]

Thanks man the pots are still a bit damp so I didn't feed them yet I have to lower them though because they started veg. I'll try to get a pic up soon.

 

[PotChimp]

Note: These still don't need food yet. I'm not gonna give them much nutes for the first time from what I'm seeing. I also put another plant in with these two; I'm not sure what the seed was from I call it my mystery seed

 

[PotChimp]

Original Cheese IBL - 4 weeks and 3 days from seed:

I fed them FF week 3 today. I've had that stuff a long time. I smelled it and it smelled strange but not rotted, which I've had problems with in the past using old nutes. We'll see.

 

[b.real]

looking good. the nice thing about fluorescent lighting is that it emits full spectrum light almost like the sun.

 

[PotChimp]

I like the shortness of a plant when you grow it under fluorescent light too!
These aren't going to stay short enough to grow like they are, so I'll have to top them soon. I had to supercrop them and lower them last night. I want to see the branches develop more, so topping them would be the right way to go. I'll get pics up later on.