Help My first grow with a CUTTING

better light, better light, better light.

halogens, incandecents. no good for cannabis production.

if you can constitantly get clones, dont mind paying 25 pounds for em, and dont mind going straight to bud. look into a 250 watt HPS, or Compact Floros. IMO


and whats the straws for?

peace

 

Has the cutting rooted yet? Are you noticing new growth?

1. The plant looks ok right now but it needs more light unless you can give it at least 8 hours of direct sunlight a day. (Sitting on a window sill, the sun would need too be shining through the window at least 8 hours a day, producing a sun spot on your floor) You will need to get more light. Def. need some more info on this 500W security light. What type of bulb does it have?

2. The leaves look ok, it looks like a cutting that hasn't rooted yet.

3. Feed when you are sure the roots are established, at a 1/4 strength - i'm not sure what "baby-bio" is. What is the NPK?

4. I'm guessing you live in the UK, i'm not sure of the growing season. In the states I would think most outdoor growers have starting producing flowerings by now. It sounds like if you want to produce anything you need to keep it inside. But you need a light, and thats why we need more info on this 500W security lamp.

Slow down on this taking a cutting from a cutting talk. Let it grow and develop its root system before you start getting into that.

 

not enough light coverage, overwatering probably as a result of the soil not having anything added to help drain excess moisture, and judging by how short the plant looks in that pot you are either root bound or well on your way to being root bound...among several other issues I'm sure

 

Man, just take a look at the pic...you have roots stretching out of the drainage holes in your container by what looks like several inches in places...you're without a doubt rootbound. Typically a rootbound plant has roots that grow in a circular pattern around the bottom of the pot, but since you have such unnecessarily enormous drain holes several of them seem to have escaped

you need to very gently transplant into a container around twice the size of the current pot and at least add some perlite so that you can get better drainage while you're at it if you're going with a plain soil mix as your medium



But above all else...CHANGE YOUR LIGHT! You're using a halogen bulb, which is neither effective nor safe to use indoors. You need the right color temperature and much more lumen coverage...and using an outdoor floodlight indoors is risky at best...

 

2 feet is too far above the plant. it'll start to stretch soon. your medium looks like top-soil from your garden, and it looks saturated. that's junk, and you should get it out of there. your roots aren't getting enough air. if you absolutely have to use it, at least put 10-15 perlite in the mix. it sounds like you're gonna end up with a herm. closet light, window sill. you need to put it on some kind of schedule. most folks veg 18/6.

 

hey dude im in the uk 2, and the sun were getting (or should i say not getting) aint gonna cut it although you may have had better sun than me lol, you said you have £10 to use, id say get some cheap cfls as some1 else said that 500watt light is no good, you can get them in uk from £1 in shops

ps you might even have some already lyin round ur house

 

don't have a size reference in the pic, are those 2 gal pots? (7.5l) the general rule of thumb for indoor growing is at least 1 gallon for every foot of vertical growth, but it's not a bad idea to plan far enough ahead so that you don't need to transplant more than necessary

I'd get some 2 or 3 gallon grow bags if I were in your situation...as for the light, what's 10 euro, like 15 bucks? That won't get you what you really need, which is either a couple of t5 fluorescents or a cheap integrated ballast 150w HID system (sun system has a great 150w for around $75 here in the states, not sure if you have access to that wherever you are)

 

Does the packaging mention what pH the soil is out of the bag? If not, get some test strips and find out what you're working with. if i recall correctly, lime hating plants like an acidic soil, so I would assume the soil you have leans toward that side of the scale. ideally you want to keep soil between 6.5 and 7 pH for this particular plant, fyi

Do either 18/6 or 24/0, doesn't really matter which, what you need is a consistent lighting schedule. If you're not using HID lighting (or only using small lights, like a 150w) just go for 24/0, you won't save any appreciable amount of money cutting it off for 6 hours a day.
24/0 also removes the possible complication of a burnt out light timer screwing up your cycle while you're away at work/school/whatever, for what it's worth

If you plan on doing any form of low stress training, wait until the plant is stable (probably a couple weeks or more in your case) with a well-established root system before doing so. If you are topping/FIMing, I would start around the same time that you begin training. How long you want to veg the plant depends on a lot of factors, not the least of which being the space that you're working with. Keep in mind that plants will grow to at least 1.5-2x their size in veg during the first couple of weeks of flowering, so you need to plan ahead for that expansion.

Sometime around the fourth week (possibly earlier, possibly later) the plant will start throwing pre-flowers, which are an indication to you whether you have a male or female on your hands. There are plenty of photos online of what male and female preflowers look like, your best bet is a google search. You won't be able to see preflowers with your naked eye, you'll want to pick up a cheap jeweler's loupe or just use a decent quality digital camera to take a high res photo that you can zoom in on with your computer.

once you start flowering it's a whole new ball game...can't have light leaks, otherwise you'll end up with a hermied plant and seeded buds. can't have odor leaks or you'll end up in jail.

etc. etc. etc.

just do what you can to keep it healthy and we can cross that bridge when ya get to it

 

Low stress training is a collection of techniques that center around the idea of tying down your plant to maximize light availability and use your space more efficiently. Depending on how big of a space you have, you may or may not need to use it. I've always topped (which is essentially removing a patch of new growth on the plant in such a way that as it heals it grows two shoots rather than one, which typically gives you a higher yield indoors) and recently started using the FIM technique (do a search on here or ICMag for that one, you'll want to look at the diagrams to fully understand what it is) which has been treating my girls very nicely so far.

You need to isolate the plant in a smaller space as soon as you get your new lights...a closet is fine, and until it's time to flower there's no issue with leaving the door cracked a bit to help with circulation. Are you sure that you're adequately prepared for growing in the spot you're at? i.e. you have workable plans for an intake/exhaust/odor control setup and a final spot to flower the plant?

If I were you I'd transplant and give it at least until you spot some preflowers to form a nice healthy root ball and work out any kinks (like the pH and any nutrient lockout that may or may not occur later on). Always better to wait for the plant to show sex before flowering if possible. And since your plant isn't doing all that well right this second, you need to give it the time to get healthy before worrying about flowering...at least a week or two, probably more.

I really need more info on your setup and expectations for yield to tell you what to do from there...

and no problem, happy to help

 

I do that for the most part at one of the indoor grow spots I have, here's a mother cab with a ShiskaberryxDutch Treat that spent her first 2 weeks outdoors, another week indoors/outdoors, and the rest of the time indoors...currently on day 58 from seed (day 2 of flower), this picture was taken at 30 I believe



that one had nute lockout from bad soil which is why it looks a little funky...also the HPS light was on, and it was a camera phone, none of which helped the quality of the photo



as for the smell - YES, it is going to stink up your house man. If you have one plant in a closet in a fairly large place you probably won't notice a smell unless you enter the room containing the closet...

but if you rent, or if you have visitors at your home at ALL, you need to spend the $$ on a proper intake/exhaust setup along with a carbon scrubber - which can be made for a lot cheaper than it can be bought (again, do a search on ICMag or just google)

I've seen plants that stink from inside a closed bathroom across a large house while in VEG, not even flowering yet :biglaugh: it's a crapshoot, and a pretty risky one if I recall UK drug laws correctly...please be safe