small soil grow

[cptcaveman1958]

This is my first attempt at this so bare with me please.These 5 seeds (2 royal queen special no.1,2 Female lemon kush,and 1 Delicious Candy) were started in soil on sept 19th.My soil is made up of 8 parts ff ocean forest,2 part happy frog and 1 part crushed gypsum(1 part is the old faithful solo cup)To start these I use 8 23w cfl bulbs(6 ea. 6500k ,and 2 ea. 5000k) on a 19/5 cycle for the first couple weeks.I keep them from 2 to 6 inches and water with tap water(6.6ph) at a rate of 3 oz.per day.My box size is 36 x 24 x60 and the temp and humidity are 80 to 90 f and humidity is between 45 and 70%.Normally my box temps are lower and stay stable at 80 but with it being 80 outside in the middle of October in the upper Midwest ,well needless to say my attic gets pretty warm..This is my 5th grow with this box using 2 each 150w hps along with a little assist from up to 8 cfls,My best yield using 3 plants instead of 5 this time was a bulldog jack heyer and 2 vision white widow that averaged 34 grams per plant.I will add this grow is on day 30 so i'll try to catch it up fast in the next couple days.These photos are day 4 and all 5 are up!

 

[Royal Nugs]

Hey caveman! Wishing you success from the mitten state!

 

[cptcaveman1958]

a youper maybe??

 

[Royal Nugs]

Nope, I'm a troll :silly:

I live in the overpopulated suburbia of southeast MI.

we have a few regulars on here from the Midwest. Sonny's from west MI.

 

[cptcaveman1958]

central Wisconsin here

 

[Little]

Hey how u doing? Just wanted to welcome you and let u know this is a great place what ever questions u have our good friends here will help everyone here is great and will make u feel like u at home ,hope u like it , I know u will , and I wish u the best in ur grow

 

[PuravidaC]

You guys better tune up your snowblowers. Just read the Farmers Almanac prediction... Old Man Winter will be back with a vengeance this year! My snowblower is a senior in college so I'm not looking forward to a lot of snow!

 

[Sonnyhad]

I vote no snow!! It was in the 70's when i went to bed last night, hope that stuff holds on! But I don't think I will be granted my wish!

 

[insomniaczzz]

You guys better tune up your snowblowers. Just read the Farmers Almanac prediction... Old Man Winter will be back with a vengeance this year! My snowblower is a senior in college so I'm not looking forward to a lot of snow!

My snowblower is a sophomore in college but still lives at home. Lucky me.

BTW, southeast PA here, about an hour west of Philly.

 

[insomniaczzz]

Capcaveman, you only mentioned the Lemon Kush as being feminized. Keep them safe until you've identified the others.

 

[NebulaHaze]

They look great so far! I love new seedlings, they seem so cute with their little round leaves

 

[cptcaveman1958]

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at 7 days this is what they look like.These are all feminized and so far only using 8 cfl bulbs.no nutes.

 

[cptcaveman1958]

just a quick little history about my growing experience. When I was younger(currently 58 years old) before the days of internet I tried to grow with no luck. About 3 years ago I ran into the GWE web site and converted an old dresser into a grow room. My first grow yielded 42 grams from 2 plants of bag seed but learned a bunch about temps,humidity and lighting. Using the GWE and advice from my brothers who have been growing outdoors for many years I'm still growing.I have less then $500 in my whole system and am getting enough from each harvest to keep me in smoke till the next harvest is ready unless I sell to my personal friends.I've used cfl ,hps and even had a 135w led ufo but now am only using hps and cfls for early stages in veg and suplimental lighting during flower..Strains I have grown are whitewidow,white label purple bud,northern lights,jack heyer,blue mystic,and holy grail.

 

[cptcaveman1958]

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These photos were taken on day 24 when I transplanted from solo cups to these 3 gallon pots.They will get 4 oz of tap water for the next week then up to 15ozs.per day.Lighting is also changed from 8 cfls down to 4 and both 150w hps will be on for 18 hours on while the cfls are still on for 19 hours with 5 hour darkness.This is my first attempt at this using 2 timers and lights something my siblings did a number years back and got his best harvest indoors.

 

[insomniaczzz]

If you haven't already, Please do some training. My one regret about my first and current grown. I did no topping or LST. Plants were nice and bushy when I started bloom cycle, but quickly developed that one main cola that just shot up out of the middle. You're plants look to nice to let that happen.