First Time Indoor Cfl, Am I Getting Impatient?

[jncoking]

Seed pod?

 

[jncoking]

Tried for better pics

 

[Toaster79]

Balls ;)

 

[jncoking]

Well poop.

 

[jncoking]

Now I don't feel bad for leaving them in the dark a few days

 

[tobh]

 

[jncoking]

Guess when I get home I should pull em up. Any use for the males. Ice water hash maybe

 

[jncoking]

Well it's been awhile and I'm sure everyone would like and update.

Plants are still alive, I'm down to 5 females, 1 male and a few clones.

No buds though, been on 12/12 since July 4th. I am about to take pictures.

 

[jncoking]

Well it's been awhile and I'm sure everyone would like and update.

Plants are still alive, I'm down to 5 females, 1 male and a few clones. No buds though, been on 12/12 since July 4th. I have made a few changes since my last post.

Box -4ft x 4ft x 8ft tall. Temp - ~90f during day, ~65-75f at night.
Lights- 12 23w Cfl - 2700k(1600 lumens ea), 3 23w Cfl - 5000k(1600), 1 60w Cfl 2700k(4000)

I can adjust the lights up/down to keep the bulb as close as possible, I still get burns since they creep up over night. The plants seem healthy and happy but no buds yet. I could be the cause of that though, I havent completely switched to blooming ferts, the seem sad so I feed them and perk right up. The only other thing I do, I have the box dark during the day to help fight heat but still reaches ~90f some days, at night ~65f-75f with lights on. Ive been on 12/12 since July, 5am-5pm Dark, 5pm-5am Light, I checked for light leaks but there isnt any.

I was thinking since its getting cooler, doing 3 days blacked out, and flipping the light/dark period to more natural. Other than that I havent got a clue how to get them flowering, this was my first time so I know I made some mistakes. Started seeds around March 20 now i have 5 plants 3 1/2ft- 4ft off Cfl's so I dont wanna give up.

Tell me what you think

 

[Power OG]

Seed pod?

Yes male nut sacks, what strain how many watts of light , whats the?temps, soil & nutrients you are using? Any pics of the ladies?

 

[Power OG]

Its definitely showing deficiencies, meaning your ph could be off, not the rite nutrients, plants need different things were they up potted? In to what size pots?

 

[jncoking]

I'm using Maxigrow and Maxibloom. I have them in 5gal buckets. I also have one Dwc plant. As for strain it was some seeds I got from a bag.

 

[Power OG]

Whats your ph? What medium? Soil ,coco, rockwool,and you said one dwc. Res temp in dwc is probably way to hot (water temp) so i can tell you its not your lights its not the nutrients and its not the light schedule, its probably a combination of temps, PH is off and causing nutrient lock out so there stunted but alive, could also be bad genetics, do check soils ph? waters ph? In soil 6.4 -6.8ph & and in coco 5.8-6.3ph and dwc 5.5-5.8ph so all water/feedings need to be dialed in, the medium also needs be ph 'd , you need to search slurry test for directions. Hope this helps if you have any more questions hit me up, we'll get you straight, also check out "tnelz thread about whatever" its full great cool very skilled and talented growers willing to help, share and help you learn.

 

[Power OG]

Those ph numbers i listed are round about and not a absolute, meaning you might get soil dialed in at 7.0 and that is fine the numbers i gave are just a base for you, not exact so you have to read the plant and environmental situations, that becomes easier only with time and grows.

 

[jncoking]

I'm using soil, part potting soil, worm castings and sand. I will look into the slurry test and get the Ph. I only have a liquid ph test, my soil tester was defective. So may have to do a run off test if that is accurate.

 

[Power OG]

Slurry test is most accurate way to test ph medium, i think its 2 parts water ph 7.0 and 1 part soil in a cup or bowl mix together let sit for 5-10mins and test the ph and see if went up or down and act accordingly, i would suggest looking up ways to adjust soil ph like to raise oyster shells or dolimite lime, i forget what to use to lower. @Seamaiden could also help you real quick to point out what wrong, she's the best.

 

[3N1GM4]

Looks like hermie in a few of those pics. When your lights are out for the 12 hour dark cycle do they get any ambient light? It looks as if your grow room is out in the open?

 

[Power OG]

There's definitely a picture with a herm, a couple of the pics look pure female on that part of plant , but i notice the calyx is drying and dieing so if you sure no light leaks then , stress could cause it to herm or s1 itself to naturally make seed to survive. Something is definitely off

 

[3N1GM4]

Ok I just read where you have your setup. Go to your grow box, get inside when it is light outside the box and turn out the lights inside. If you see any light leaking in then that will cause your plants to hermie. They must have 12 hours of uninterrupted total darkness to bud.

 

[jncoking]

I did a run off test roughly 5-6 ish. I do probably over fert so is salt build up a possibility. I prepare 6.5-7 ph water and flushed one of the plants. It perked up alot.