First Journal - Ghetto Closet Grow

[NorCaliwood]

Drive by. I see you got a grow up and runiing. If ya don't mind I'll be peeking in every now and then. That dirt sure doesn't seen to bother the plant whatsoever. Don't fix unless broke. It's pretty easy to veg under them CFL's, hell I even seen full crops under them, but what do you plan on flowering with? Keepem Green

 

[Lester Freeman]

Drive by. I see you got a grow up and runiing. If ya don't mind I'll be peeking in every now and then. That dirt sure doesn't seen to bother the plant whatsoever. Don't fix unless broke. It's pretty easy to veg under them CFL's, hell I even seen full crops under them, but what do you plan on flowering with? Keepem Green

Thanks for stoppin by woods, Indeed about the dirt, they seem to be doing pretty good in it, we'll see with the new vegetation.
If I can add I'll add another 55 watt CFL (2700 K), along with a 30 watt CFL (3500 K ) for broad spectrum, which will total my wattage at 181 watts, which should be enough to finish a plant considering TG's 150 Watt grow... If I don't think I can flower them inside, then I'll can consider putting them outside to finish in the Spring, I don't care if they're ready in May.

After all, this is just a little indoor test run. I'm mainly an outdoor grower =D

Thanks again for peeping in Norcaliwoods, you share a lot of knowledge, and your one of many EXCELLENT growers on this website, and a firm representative of planet Earth.

Cheers Mate!

 

[Lester Freeman]

DAY 16 UPDATE

Decided to make some adjustments to the set up, it looks a bit less ghetto now, and I'm happy with the progress of the plants for only being on day 16 of their lives! I've seen various grows whose growth rate has not been this high (comparable small little DIY grows). So we'll see what happens, they had their first topping as early as possible, and they've got lower inner bushing, they're very short and bushy, the way I'll need to keep them. I plan on tying down branches soon, I could actually use a little stretch to be honest. Also I set up a makeshift CO2 generator to see if I can give them a boost

Before changes:

After changes:

I installed another 55 watt high input CFL, which increases the light amount to a total of 156 watts being used.
Small observation: I rubbed my finger on one of the leaves, and they are actually starting to give off a pungent odor, this may signify a male trying to arouse its female counterparts early on (a form of competition. If I have one male and one female, which is most likely considering the stength of these seeds ( I planted 6 of them last July and, 3/6 were female, with 100% germination success), then I will just eliminate the male, and hopefully have a well trained lady. This will be my first attempt at LST, so it indeed will be a fun little experiment.

 

[Grand Daddy Purp]

Nice up grades.

 

[falcore]

hey leester your plants looks great ..... that co2 set up is awesome. i never thought to use yeast ..... i may have to try that one day.

 

[Lester Freeman]

hey leester your plants looks great ..... that co2 set up is awesome. i never thought to use yeast ..... i may have to try that one day.

Thanks buddy I appreciate it, stay tuned and we'll see what happens ;]

 

[Lester Freeman]

Decided to transplant them today, since I noticed a slight Mg deficiency coming along. I've put them into their final containers of Miracle Grow Moisture Control. I will not be putting any added nutrients for awhile. Also I started manually training the stalks, when they get a tad bit bigger I'll start LST. They are looking good for day 17, excited and proud of them so far! It's nice to have a little something going to get me me through until summer's outdoor harvest.

Here are some more pics, I couldn't resist taking them.

Also I seem to be getting some fermentation action going on, and the plants are starting to smell, its unbelievable for how young they are. I defoliated three leaves from the bottom, and rubbed them through my hands, and I could tell there was a resinous terpine forming. It's certainly possible I may be looking at soon-to-be males, but time will tell.

It's time to see how they react to the MGMC.

PS: That gunky brown looking stuff coming out of the glass peice of the ferm. vessel is actually hash oil from my vaporizer mouthpeice. Hehe, Also, the rootballs were nicely massive with white roots, and had been extended to the bottom of their previous pots. Note the lower bushing, I believe these sativas will be kept short, but they should stretch a decent amount in flower.

 

[greensmurf]

They are coming along nice. Subbed

 

[Lester Freeman]

Hi all, hope everyone is getting their groove on. Decided to do a DAY 19 since sprouted update. I'm just excited for these plants, they're looking healthy, short, and bushy. I can already see the soon-to-be bud sites. Decided to defoliate two big fan leaves off one of the plants since they were covering the lower branches that will contain the bud-sites. The stem was long enough on it that I could tie the main stem down a bit, However its not even close to a 90 degree angle. This is an exciting first little closet grow so far!
Anyway on to the photos, love taking pictures of the plants.

The fan leaves I defoliated, they look nice. They also had a nice marijuana smell, I can feel the resin is already building up in the plant.

A pic of both plants from the side

Plant #1 (LSTed)

Plant #2

All The Best

-RL

 

[Grand Daddy Purp]

Looking very healthy bro!

 

[Lester Freeman]

Thanks for the reps oldman60!
and Thanks TG~

 

[Lester Freeman]

Since the plants are small and bushy, I decided to defoliate all of the large fan leaves to allow better light penetration and air flow to the branching that matters. The leaves smell so good I want to gobble them up!!

 

[Lester Freeman]

After their first haircut and training session

 

[Lester Freeman]

DAY 21

Just wanted to take some shots to emphasize how bushy and small they are, one plant is 4 inches tall, while the other is 5 inches. They're branching is also coming along nicely. So far I've defoliated 7 lush,large fan leaves. I'm starting to think I'll have to be giving them bigger haircuts soon, I mean its so bushy for being 4 inches off the ground!

All in all im happy with the new apical tips being recognized, I've seen much growth in the new tips since I've defoliated/LSTed, and its only been 1-2 days! It now has multiple regions that the plant "thinks" is the top of the plant. On to the photos...

 

[Ketama]

I'm subbed for this one interesting lil project good luck

 

[Lester Freeman]

I'm subbed for this one interesting lil project good luck

Thanks!

 

[Lester Freeman]

I think I'm going to give them a more thorough defoliation tonight, and there will be no update for 6 days. They're bushy where to the point its getting crowded, just a little scary considering their 4-5 inches tall, they got nice thick little stems though.

 

[Lester Freeman]

Decided to hit them hard before I leave for 6 days, can't wait to see what happens.
Here are some pics from after the defoliation. Much thanks for Bassman for his advice.

 

[budgreene]

Brother im going threw the same short bulky problem.. I think I have to many watts in a 4x4 closet I have killer vent system so heat is not the prob , but they are 6 1/2 weeks old and most are 7 or 8 inches if you have any ideas please share them . Oh I saw the topsy turvy box in one of your first pics and was wondering if you were going to try it out ?? this is what it would look like

 

[Lester Freeman]

Haha wow, I hope I am subscribed to your topsy-turvy journal. If not I would like to be. I want to see how those things flower

IN response to the short, bushy problem. I think it would be a prime time to hit your ladies hard with a defoliation. They will bounce back in no time. They seem a little small for 6.5 weeks but that may be because of the Topsy Turvy.

All in all, I'd rather have a short, bushy plant that is 5 inches but has branching and already 6 tops, than a very tall/slender plant with 1 top!!!