1. Help Us Improve the Grasscity Growing Journal!

    We're rebuilding the Growing Journal feature and want your input. What tools or features should we add? What other platforms do you use and love?

    Click here to share your feedback!
    Dismiss Notice

cfl experimental grow (BLUEWIDOW)

Discussion in 'Micro Grows' started by BabbyLon, Oct 20, 2011.

  1. #1 BabbyLon, Oct 20, 2011
    Last edited by a moderator: Oct 22, 2011
    wasup people just wanna post my second grow dis year to top the new one with sum fresh bud if all goes well ima try ta shoot for an oz or more hopefully out of the minimal space & small container i'm growing from cuzz space is an issue right now so...blueWidow strains can reach up to 3 meters high so controlling hight's also gonna be an issue so here's da gig: strain - feminized blueWidow from dinyfem free along wit my last grow . soil - some left over's i had from my last grow sum VioMix & SuperSoil i found at the local hardware cheap too, added sum castings & ah little extra humus. lighting - right now she's under about 80 watts but ima crank it up to about 200. container - 6x5" gonna probly finish her their nutes - gonna use some supernatural's superboost mid way through & during flowering & a little mollases towards her finishing stage. tecnics - just gonna try to top & /or practice sum low strain on it & pretty much gonna give it 7 to 10 days of veggie cycle before i turn her out wit da 12/12 & lastly - heres da sig of dis experiment ima totally trim & butch her along the way so all her budsights get hit with more lighting dis means leaving it wit nothing but her nubs if i have to it sounds crazy but ima frankenstein dis one just for da freak of it... well i think dat covers it for now just thought it be fun ta share this grow so for those who peep it thx in advance....here it is at 2 days from breaking through on tuesday 18 / & da cab i'm growing from....peace out!:smoke:
     

    Attached Files:

  2. #2 lrod1516, Oct 21, 2011
    Im curious to see tha end of this but im prtty sure itll juss stress tha shit outta her
     
  3. #3 BabbyLon, Oct 21, 2011
    haha! yah i think you right but dats da idea hope it metamorphs really fast!
     
  4. #4 lrod1516, Oct 21, 2011
    Well best of luck ill be stopping by so post some pics brutha
     
  5. #5 BabbyLon, Oct 22, 2011
    4 sure juss waitN 4 her ta get under way...
     
  6. #6 BabbyLon, Nov 2, 2011
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 4, 2011
    Update: day14 relocated to more spacey growing room got a feeling she gonna outgrow her shoebox, fimmed it last night, cranked up the wattage wit extra lite_ing & added sum nutes here it is...
     

    Attached Files:

  7. #7 JNorris, Nov 2, 2011
    Dont quote me on this, but I think at some point in the plants life, it uses its leaves as solar panels to absorb the lumens, I wouldnt reccomend going TOO crazy with your pruning, What I like to do is wait until it gets nice and thick, and look it it from a birds eye view to determine where she can loose some weight to open her up. Low stress train the shit out of her, you might as well! Whats your updated lighting set up, looks pretty cluttered lol, but having a lot of lower watt lights, allow you to get them right up around the plant, Depending on your circulation in the box, you should be able to move all of those lights 2" or so closer to the plant. The only time my light is TOO close is when its touching a leaf directly :) Looks sweet so far dude, keep up the work!
     
  8. #8 BabbyLon, Nov 3, 2011
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 4, 2011
    thx j... Im up to 260 watts 4 daylight & 8 softwhite & yaa i cant argue wit you on trimming her to much wont leave her much to draw from, it's said that leaves take in a lot of the solar energy for it to grow but sinse i'm experimenting on it i wanna atleast give it a try & see what i can come up with i've seen sum side by side grows that really blew the lid about trimming people harvsting up to 25% more & sum even went through their flower cycle totally bald if i could remember i'd post the link but it was a while ago anyways i'm sure their were drawbacks but i'm hoping to make the most of this grow even if just to learn a new trik or two growing for me has been alot of fun i use to grow bagseed about 20 years ago & had no fugging idea what the hell i was doing could'nt even sex or flower them haha...:rolleyes:
     
  9. #9 BabbyLon, Nov 18, 2011
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 18, 2011
    UDATE: defoliation has begun topped it ounce & here it is topped again at the 2 split ends....removed 8 fan leaves so far to expose new growth sum yellow__done her all up yesterday & is one month old today/4 in" tall i think she's gonna roll like ah migget for a while...
     

    Attached Files:

  10. #10 hydrobusa, Nov 19, 2011
    How exactly is the plant splitting at the top? I've seen this before but never had any idea how to get it to happen with my own plants.

    Still pretty new to it all.
     
  11. #11 BabbyLon, Nov 20, 2011
    its called topping simply put at about the fourth set of leaves you simply cut right below the base of the new growth like a decapitation straight below the head at the neck careful not to cut into the tiny shoots sticking out from the base of the shoot below from their your two new ones will sprout you'll find plenty more illustrations through the search engine on gc or google....but hope dis helps...
     

    Attached Files:

  12. #12 hydrobusa, Nov 20, 2011
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 20, 2011
    Absolutely did, much appreciated. I'll keep looking thanks.
     
  13. #13 BabbyLon, Nov 22, 2011
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 22, 2011
    UPDATE: & 3 days later... their thats more like it couldn't load the pic on the last message for sum reason...weird!
     

    Attached Files:

    • pic6.jpg
      pic6.jpg
      File size:
      83.4 KB
      Views:
      118
  14. #14 BabbyLon, Nov 30, 2011
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 1, 2011
    Update: 1 week later & 3 days of neglect i come back this morning hoping to find it doing better than i hoped for & to my utter mothafrkn shock this is what i found! Couldn't even believe the thing was my plant, had to run ahh muck around the house & town to bring it back to life the last pic shows sum revival but not before having to clip prune water lst readjust circulation revent the cab & maintain the right tempature like a bonafied rookie it was up above the 100s before i stuck a thermometer in their ........jees
     

    Attached Files:

  15. #15 BabbyLon, Dec 8, 2011
    UPDATE: 9 days later & around 52 days old, looks like she's back in the game, starting to show some pistils & enthusiam - did i spell dat right - anyways ....5 1/2 " tall & so glad it sprung back wit sum heart baby cuz it's head was literally propped on ah fuckin chopstik like "neaaah" thought it was done for!!! :)
     

    Attached Files:

  16. #16 BabbyLon, Dec 16, 2011
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 16, 2011
    UPDATE: AROUND DAY 60/ a quik overhead shot...tops starting to really pube & a soft Blueish tone kinda kicking in nuted her wit maybe less than 1/8 strength superboost shits pretty strong npk 10-50-10 so gotta go light wit it ...... so far no complaints!
     

    Attached Files:

  17. #17 BabbyLon, Jan 6, 2012
    Last edited by a moderator: Jan 8, 2012
    UPDATE:__about 83 days old & 35 days flowering today from the start of 12/12 on dec/3rd_had to veg this one longer than i expected do to it being so short & almost going out on me....tops filling out & looking like ahh lolipop affect... stripped her down to her last set of leaves around the tops besides them she's officially defoliated must of clipped 40-60 leaves in the last 4 sessions / 7inches tall & put in sum homemade co2 treatment with sum 2 liter bottles 4 days ago to see how dat works.....temps stay around the mid 80s with 225 total cfl watts......gonna go wit another small dose of Superboost nutes tommorow!
     

    Attached Files:

Share This Page