MzSiroz - Soil - CFL - Indoor - Critical & Candy

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MzSiroz

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Hello everyone,
It is so good to be back here! :circle-of-love:They say the third time's a charm, so this grow has got to be successful! Technically, I still consider myself a first-time grower because I have not completed a full plant.

Okay, so here's the setup. I've got an indoor tent which is 2 feet by 2 feet by 4 feet and 8 inches. I have (2) 3 gallon fabric pots. I have one pot with Royal Queen seeds critical Kush and the other part with delicious candy. Now I'm not sure if the candy is cotton candy or cheese candy. I got these as complimentary seeds from Herbie's. So if anybody knows what kind of candy that I have that would be very helpful l am using Fox Farm nutrients and Fox Farm ocean forest soil. I have enough CFLs to provide each plant with 240 watts of light. They will be on 12/12 cycle from start to finish. I would have liked to start them with a 20/4 cycle, but the CFL's cause the tent to get too hot when they are on that long. Without further ado here are my new girls.

Critical day 1
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Candy day 1
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Day 2 Update for Critical and Candy

Temp: 80F
Humidity: 75%

Critical is doing fine with only 80 watts of CFL on her and some misting of ph'd 6.5 water

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Candy stretched overnight for some reason. She was the same size as Critical when the lights went out at 8pm. I opened the tent this morning to turn the lights on and she just stretched. She is getting the same 80 watts as Critical. She also curled under. I hope I didn't over mist her today. I'll leave her alone for a bit.

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When I was starting out with CFLs I usually had to get them close to prevent the stretching I don't remember exactly how close to put them as it has been a while :thumb:
 
Welcome back! We've missed you. Of course I'm going to come along your journey with your little girl. Let's get you some home grown weed.. Errr medicine ;)
 
Critical and Candy Day 3 Update

Temp: 82F
Humidity:72%
Water: Misting with ph'd 6.5 water
Light: 12/12 schedule 80 watts per plant

Critical has stretched now as well. Other than that, there is nothing to see really.
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Candy stretched more as well. I got my lights 3 inches away and this is the distance I had on my last grow and I did not have a this much stretch in the beginning. I wonder................
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Welcome back Siroz i'm in too. Stretching could be from wrong position of lights. try maybe a diferent angle:cheer:
 
SoloVoodoo said:
If possible maybe try adding another CFL to her she might just need a little extra then the other one
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gyftobill said:
Welcome back Siroz i'm in too. Stretching could be from wrong position of lights. try maybe a diferent angle:cheer:
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Thank you both, I have added an extra cfl- and she has stopped. Hey Bill, thanks for dropping by! I saw your grow turned out pretty damn good!

To everyone: I will have a new update tomorrow.
 
freidog said:
Hope yo don't mind another noob on his third grow joining in?
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blulezard said:
Hey, I'm a noob myself. I'll be glad to have you along on this journey.

Hey MzSiroz!

Nice little girls! As a newbie i'm curious about the 12/12 from start to finish.
have you ever tried it? When should they go into flowering? Any Idea?
As im at the same stage, i will probably come by in the future to say High hehe!

Good grow! :Namaste:
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According to my research about the 12/12 cycle, many people have plants finishing 11-12 weeks from seed. Type 12/12 from seed in YouTube and you will see. All plants flower when they're ready, but most say at 4-5weeks. Thanks for coming to my journal.
 
blulezard said:
Hey MzSiroz!

Nice little girls! As a newbie i'm curious about the 12/12 from start to finish.
have you ever tried it? When should they go into flowering? Any Idea?
As im at the same stage, i will probably come by in the future to say High hehe!

Good grow! :Namaste:
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All depends on if it's a photo or a auto, photos tend to take their time from what I have seen with the straight 12/12 light schedule. The few photos that I had done at the same time as autos took an extra 1-2 weeks to flower then the autos all the autos ive run have flowered in about 2.5 - 3 weeks. My Northern lights auto by cks is flowering way faster then the bubblegum and they were germed at same time I am not sure if it makes a difference but they were planted a day apart but from start to finish about 11-12 weeks like mentioned before
 
Dammit! I missed the front row. 12 lashes of a two foot sativa branch for me.

Welcome back MzSiroz, you were sorely missed. Very glad to have ya back.

The extra stretch you're seeing might just be from the 12/12 schedule. Correct me if I'm wrong but it's a different schedule than Sexy B had?


MzSiroz said:
According to my research about the 12/12 cycle, many people have plants finishing 11-12 weeks from seed. Type 12/12 from seed in YouTube and you will see. All plants flower when they're ready, but most say at 4-5weeks. Thanks for coming to my journal.
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Exactly, they can't flower until they reach sexual maturity. You'll lose some yield of course, but you know that going in and have a good reason to do it. Better to have healthy smaller plants through to harvest than cooked plants halfway through.

Got a fan blowing 'em around still? That'll help with stretch as well.
 
arteekay said:
Dammit! I missed the front row. 12 lashes of a two foot sativa branch for me.

Welcome back MzSiroz, you were sorely missed. Very glad to have ya back.

The extra stretch you're seeing might just be from the 12/12 schedule. Correct me if I'm wrong but it's a different schedule than Sexy B had?




Exactly, they can't flower until they reach sexual maturity. You'll lose some yield of course, but you know that going in and have a good reason to do it. Better to have healthy smaller plants through to harvest than cooked plants halfway through.

Got a fan blowing 'em around still? That'll help with stretch as well.
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Thank your RTK, it is good to be back. You didn't miss much over here. I do have a fan blowing on them still. You bring up a good a point about the stretch possibly being caused by the 12/12 light schedule because the stretching only happened when the lights were off. Yes, I would rather have healthier smaller plants than scorched ones. I'm hoping to get at least 40g dried per plant, but we'll see. I was hoping to have an LED Mars by now, but shit happens. So, until then I will just work with what I have.

Also, Sexy started out on 24hr light schedule and was being reduced to 19/5.
 
Critical and Candy Day 7 Update

Temp: has been hard to control because the weather has been in the upper 90's consistently. The average has been 88F, but has peaked at 92F

Humidity: has also been hard to control because I have too keep opening the door of my tent to cool the inside. Average has been 60% but has dropped to 50%

Light:12/12

Feeding: Critical and Candy will both receive 175ml of ph'd 6.5 tap water which has been left out to evaporate chlorine.

Here is Critical. She is a tad further than Candy and I think it is because Candy has stretched a bit more.
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And here is Candy. She is coming along fine. She was more curled under at first, but is starting to uncurl.
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And here is the cheapest grow room setup on 420mag lol!
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Haha good going I'll join in :)) still a noob so wanna watch as much as I can :p

Suppose the stretch u could put more soil to over it a bit or would be good for LST? Just my 2 cents :ganjamon:
 

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