First time cfl grow.

Well this is my first post, first grow and first time on here so please go easy on me 😊
I have germinated 2 seeds that came from a blue cheese origin I thinks. I then put them under 4x 30watt cfls blue spectrum 6400 lumens with a homemade light reflector


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After they had germinated my cfls hadn't arrived so they was placed under 2x 50watt helogen household bulbs. Both plants grew really tall quickly 😞

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The plants started under 24 hours of light then changed to 18 on 6 off when the cfls arrived.

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The ph of the soil is always at 6.5 so I'm quite scared of using nutes as I don't know what to do with them.
2 weeks and 5 days later they look healthy to me but as I say this is my first time grow.

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Any advice people have or questions are gladly welcome.

Some soils have enough nutes in them for a few weeks, so you don't need to feed during that. What kind of soil are you using?
With nutes you will want to start them at 1/4 strength and slowly move up from there.
You will also want to pH your water after you add the nutes. (A lot of people seem to make the mistake of pH'ing then adding nutes) There's a lot of different approaches to feeding, but the one I like the most is, feed, feed, water. Adding a regular watering to the routine will allow for any salt build to be semi flushed out.

Some soils have enough nutes in them for a few weeks, so you don't need to feed during that. What kind of soil are you using?
With nutes you will want to start them at 1/4 strength and slowly move up from there.
You will also want to pH your water after you add the nutes. (A lot of people seem to make the mistake of pH'ing then adding nutes) There's a lot of different approaches to feeding, but the one I like the most is, feed, feed, water. Adding a regular watering to the routine will allow for any salt build to be semi flushed out.

Thanks for the info on nutes.
I've got a john innes number 2 soil from my local garden centre. I read up that it would be good for a steady ph balance.
What nutes would u reccomend? I presume I should purchase a ph+ and a ph- kit.

Pre-mixing soil with dolomite lime will buffer your pH. You can also top dress, but note that it takes 2 weeks or so to kick in properly. Add it at 1tbsp per gallon.

On the nute side, I use General Hydroponics Maxibloom. I use it throughout veg and flower.
What is Lucas Formula, and how do I use it? it's the easiest nute schedule out there.

Yeah I would buy some ph up and down. Always nice to have on hand.

Forgot to mention aswell but you might of guessed by the pics. I've mixed the soil with perlite.
I will look into these nutes at weekend and give them a bash.
Thanks.

Update today, these little girls look bigger everyday I think.
I might start some low stress training because on 2 sides they gone bushy but on other sides not so much, I heard its just a case of bending slightly and securing down.

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wow i cant belive they lived afte you put them under some halogen lights. haha

wow i cant belive they lived afte you put them under some halogen lights. haha

I know lol. I was told they would take 5 days to germinate but only took 3. They was under them for about 3 days and grew about 3 inch tall and started to topple over. I re potted them and just buried the stems down in the soil a couple of inches. Seems to of done the trick. 😃

Just repotted into bigger pots, read a lot of varied comments on repotting but I went with re potting them because the roots looked like they was trying to escape through holes in bottom of pots and I have the room for bigger plants which is what I'm aiming for.
Also covered the top of plants in some foil and the run off tray to reflect some light.
If anybody has a good reason to change this I would appreciate the info.

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take that foil off right now! thats doing nothing but hurting them! your not only creating hot spots your heating up the soil!!!! take it off now
plants dont need light coming from underenth them light comes from the top

take that foil off right now! thats doing nothing but hurting them! your not only creating hot spots your heating up the soil!!!! take it off now
plants dont need light coming from underenth them light comes from the top

Thanks alot, the foil is now off. There is just so many different stories and with this being my first grow I'm in total confusion as to which ones to follow.
Thanks again for your quick response. Think I would literally cry now if they died lol.

just keep up with what your doing now. try to see if you could add some more cfls in there if anything

I've got 5 30watt 2700k on order and another 4 30watt 6400k. You think I should order some socket y splitters and put the other blue spectrum ones in when they arrive or would it be to much. I was going to use them for some clones when I find out these are females.

Got a slight problem today. Just one of the plants had really droopy leaves I don't think it can be water as I've watered them both the same. Could this just be to do with the droopy 1 not liking being re potted? Please help everybody. As much info as possible welcome.

Edited by paulgrav1, 29 January 2012 - 03:38 PM.

Solved it in the end. after a lot of researching i went with to much water so lowered the lights and after a day they look loads better.

lets see some pics!?

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Didn't get any pics of them at their worse but here is 2 pics from today.

wheres these pics dude???

wheres these pics dude???

They should be there. A lot of problems with pics at the moment. Just tried to put a pic on of them from today and it won't let me.

Ok so just a quick update. Today they really look like they are growing so have raised the lights a couple more inches.
The moisture meter said they was normal but thought I would give them a little drink each. They look loads better tonight I think after being in transplant shock.
Not sure if this will work but here is a link to my youtube video at week 3

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And if the pics can work here is a pic today on day 24

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Also they starting to stink but I can't quite afford to pay out wonga on carbon filter and fan any ideas to hide it slightly for a couple of weeks or just for when relatives visit lol. Don't want my girlfriends nana getting high on the smell lol.