Crazy Miss Hyde CFL first time grow

[OGlover1224]

Hello fellow farmers this is my first post after a few years lurking and also my first grow after afewyears researching but am by no means an expert;). over the years of getting trees (some good,somebad) i really fell in love with that og funk, taste,and structure so i decided to order some tahoe og seeds from cali connection after seeing some good reviews online. i received some freebies with that order and crazy miss hyde from samsara seeds was one and decided that a northern lights belladonna cross would be a good candidate for my first grow so here she is. she had about a 4 week veg and is now about 12 days into flower. i am in a seedstarting soil i got from my local grow shop and started off with botonicare pro grow and pro bloom as suggested by the lady at the grow store, but made a newb mistake and fed too often got salt build up and my soil ph was down around 5 so i flushed at least 10-12 gallons of ph 7 water through it and is now up around 6-6.5 and i plan to keep getting that up to 6.5-7. i am now using bio bizz bloom but have yet to feed with it yet due to me flushing still. for lighting i have 185 watts of 2700k cfls. last pic is on a jalapeno plant. enjoy! any tips, advice, comments are welcome!

 

[OGlover1224]

bump

 

[OGlover1224]

a little disappointed i didnt get any comments or feedback but oh well here she is around day 15 flower, really starting to throw those pistils. Just fed her with about 3/4 strength biobizz bloom and 1/2 strength calmag plus. How's she looking to you guys?

 

[gotdank]

i missed it. but awesome. much respect to u cfl growers

 

[OGlover1224]

i missed it. but awesome. much respect to u cfl growers

only my first grow so wanted to start out simple, but plan on getting a 250/400 watt hps for my next grow. Thanks for checkin it out!

 

[Ohiofarmer]

lookin good man, keep crankin along take it easy

 

[Classic Remix]

good lookin start mang!

hey, just an FYI you can get bigger CFL's so youre not using 20, ive seen them all the way up to 350W (even though a 100-200 would be just fine)

or place a couple of the lights mid/lower canopy. CFL's dont penetrate, that will definitely cut down the larf factor and give you some better lookin side nuggage.

or if you really want to rock cfl's, go to home depot and spend 30$ on a 4' 4 bulb t8 fixture, you could even do 2 and put them like a house top so you get side action too....

as well, 150 watt HPS set ups are 50$ max if you go to a lighting store, like batteries plus or something. get a bulb and a ballast (ballast doesnt have housing FYI) and you'd be set.

keep it up!

and just out of curiousity (and turnin my own knife a little)

where the hell did you see good reviews of CC tahoe og?

 

[OGlover1224]

good lookin start mang!

hey, just an FYI you can get bigger CFL's so youre not using 20, ive seen them all the way up to 350W (even though a 100-200 would be just fine)

or place a couple of the lights mid/lower canopy. CFL's dont penetrate, that will definitely cut down the larf factor and give you some better lookin side nuggage.

or if you really want to rock cfl's, go to home depot and spend 30$ on a 4' 4 bulb t8 fixture, you could even do 2 and put them like a house top so you get side action too....

as well, 150 watt HPS set ups are 50$ max if you go to a lighting store, like batteries plus or something. get a bulb and a ballast (ballast doesnt have housing FYI) and you'd be set.

keep it up!

and just out of curiousity (and turnin my own knife a little)

where the hell did you see good reviews of CC tahoe og?

im running a little low on budget so didnt want to spend a bunch on my first grow this is really just a trial run to learn a little. my local grow store has a 150 watt hps for $90 so that was a little out of my price range right now. plus im not expecting anything too dank from crazy miss hyde lol. but for my next run which will be the tahoe from CC im gonna invest in a 250 hps and just veg with the cfls. ive cut back the lower branches so hopefully that will help with not getting too much larf buds. I saw good reviews from CC on a couple different forums and i think 1 or 2 on here. also saw good reviews on nuggetry reviews and on the CC forum i saw some very good results from them.

 

[OGlover1224]

here she is about 3 weeks flower i watered with 1/2 strength of my biobizz bloom formula which is about 2/3 strength which i guess would actually be 1/3? i was never good with fractions lol. let me know if you guys think i should trim more of the lower growth.

 

[OGlover1224]

bump

 

[gotdank]

yes trim da bottom. looks good. no nute burn

 

[OGlover1224]

yes trim da bottom. looks good. no nute burn

thanks for the advice man, appreciate it

 

[monkeymun]

Nice job for your first grow and with CFLs at that! You've got a green thumb, that's for sure. :)

 

[OGlover1224]

Nice job for your first grow and with CFLs at that! You've got a green thumb, that's for sure. :)

spent many many countless hours reading through forums learning, now i just need to physically learn, but thank you:D

 

[monkeymun]

That what these forums are for. :)

 

[monkeymun]

And yes, there's no substitute for hands on experience, but understanding the theory definitely helps.

 

[OGlover1224]

here she is at day 22
fed her with 3/4 strength bio bloom and trimmed more lower growth.
enjoy!

 

[OGlover1224]

anyone have any suggestions for a bloom enhancer? im mainly looking to increase resin production, also going to get a uvb bulb to put in there.

 

[kooter840]

anyone have any suggestions for a bloom enhancer? im mainly looking to increase resin production, also going to get a uvb bulb to put in there.

Kool Bloom, liquid at first and then powder.

looks good though man, I started out the same way.

 

[OGlover1224]

Kool Bloom, liquid at first and then powder.

looks good though man, I started out the same way.

when would i start the powder?