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Hi people nice site here with lots of nice info etc.
Im a new grower but a long time smoker of THE herb and i just feel the prices and lengths you now need to go to to get the good stuff is not worth it in my area so i decided to hook myself up and save the time and effort of dealing with unsavories.
I aquired 2 'blue cheese' or 'blueberry cheese' plants from a friend and i just want to share my findings and get some advice from similar users.
To start my enclosure is an unused closet/airing cupboard & has just over half a metre square but is full room height (approx 8') it also has a vent connected to the roof tiles which as yet is not powered and ive covered for the time being. its been painted white and has sockets now ;-)
Im using general storage boxes with drainage holes cut in and they are approx 25-30l each (i have 2 and they fill the space perfectly)
I have 2 lamps which are 65w energy savers.
1x 6400k blue spectrum 65w veg
1x2700k red spectrum 65w flower
no special hood yet
I am using Canna coco and Canna coco feed A & B
So where i am at...
So far ive had the plants a couple of weeks and they are growing but i dont feel they are going as fast as they should be.
I got them because a friend messed up his hydro system and had to lose a tank as the plants had some kind of mould and needed rescuing and cutting back, which really they were too small to cut back so aggressively but they came back strong so i took a couple off him.
they were about 6" on their arrival and quite spindly and thin.
I potted them into coco (still in the rockwool cube) and watered them accordingly.
They have bushed out but not really grown much in height since their arrival.
I have taken a few fan leaves off a few days ago but that is all so far
The light (veg) was just above them (around 2" away) but this morning i took it up about 4" higher
On the plus side for an 8" high plant i feel the fact they were cut back before has made them have plenty of good main stems early which i hope to 'top' into more lol
advice on amounts of watering and light distance would help please as i know the guy i got them off has an aero system and a 400w sodium and his are way infront of mine now so am i doing something wrong or are those waterfarm things just alot better than hand feeding?
also 'super cropping' should i? when should it be done?
Thanks again, looking forward to your opinions
Im a new grower but a long time smoker of THE herb and i just feel the prices and lengths you now need to go to to get the good stuff is not worth it in my area so i decided to hook myself up and save the time and effort of dealing with unsavories.
I aquired 2 'blue cheese' or 'blueberry cheese' plants from a friend and i just want to share my findings and get some advice from similar users.
To start my enclosure is an unused closet/airing cupboard & has just over half a metre square but is full room height (approx 8') it also has a vent connected to the roof tiles which as yet is not powered and ive covered for the time being. its been painted white and has sockets now ;-)
Im using general storage boxes with drainage holes cut in and they are approx 25-30l each (i have 2 and they fill the space perfectly)
I have 2 lamps which are 65w energy savers.
1x 6400k blue spectrum 65w veg
1x2700k red spectrum 65w flower
no special hood yet
I am using Canna coco and Canna coco feed A & B
So where i am at...
So far ive had the plants a couple of weeks and they are growing but i dont feel they are going as fast as they should be.
I got them because a friend messed up his hydro system and had to lose a tank as the plants had some kind of mould and needed rescuing and cutting back, which really they were too small to cut back so aggressively but they came back strong so i took a couple off him.
they were about 6" on their arrival and quite spindly and thin.
I potted them into coco (still in the rockwool cube) and watered them accordingly.
They have bushed out but not really grown much in height since their arrival.
I have taken a few fan leaves off a few days ago but that is all so far
The light (veg) was just above them (around 2" away) but this morning i took it up about 4" higher
On the plus side for an 8" high plant i feel the fact they were cut back before has made them have plenty of good main stems early which i hope to 'top' into more lol
advice on amounts of watering and light distance would help please as i know the guy i got them off has an aero system and a 400w sodium and his are way infront of mine now so am i doing something wrong or are those waterfarm things just alot better than hand feeding?
also 'super cropping' should i? when should it be done?
Thanks again, looking forward to your opinions