First Grow CFLs Bagseed

[basement420]

This is my first attempt at growing a plant and will hopefully, after the harvest, will support my habit for awhile. I am growing just one plant right now out of some bagseed. Here is my setup:

I am using Miracle Grow moisture control soil

45w Spiral CFL (1) (Primary Flowering)
2900 Lumens output
2700K Color Temperature

23w Spiral CFL (2)
2000 Lumens output each
2700K Color Temperature

45w Spiral CFL (1) (Primary Vegetative)
2900 Lumens output
6500K Color Temperature

26w Spiral CFL (2)
1600 Lumens output each
6500K Color Temperature

I am using 5 seperate lights at all times I use the 2 23w CFLs and the 2 26w CFLs at all times and then choose the 45w that corresponds with the photoperiod I am in. I use this light fixture which I made out of 5 clamp shop lights by welding them together to form a surround of light for the plant.



And for nutrients I am using

Expert Gardener All Purpose Plant Food (Vegetative)
NPK = 24-8-16

Expert Gardener Bloom Burst Plant Food (Flowering)
NPK = 10-52-10

 

[basement420]

This is a picture from Week 1



Beginning of Week 2



End of Week 2



Beginning of Week 3



End of Week 3



Top Shot

 

[Guest]

Lookin good!

That bagseed must be something good also!
Keep the lights close as hell and you will be rewarded..
CFL's are some good lights used very close to plants!
Check my gallery and you'll fine CFL buds of DANK!!!!!

 

[basement420]

What qualities can you see in the pictures that allow you to make the assumption that this bagseed is good? I am trying to get a better idea of what kind of qualities this bud will have.

 

[kooki]

looking good basement. Plants look healthy enough even with a few crispy tips ,tho i think nothng to worry about Looks like u topped the plant? and its responding well with those tops being evened out, nice job. Hope its a lady for you .
Only way to really tell wether it will be a good plant is to observe it really , how it grows etc, and if a lady how it finishes in flower.. the final smoke, but all observations u make u can apply to your next grows im very much still a novice myself, but build up knowledge as i go, and look back at notes of previous grows to help me in current ones.
I agree with Lougrew that those cfl's work good up close ,as long as u can keep your area cool enough and have some air circulating, preferably some circulating over the plants( u have a fan blowing over it?, if not try to get one , this will help strengthen stems n keep the plant cooler if u have then ) doesnt have to be a big expensive one, i use simple small computer fans for that kind of thing.
Also with cfl's if u gonna flower with them , i am of the opinion that training is key , keeping them short by topping (which it looks like u have done ) or LST (low stress training) as the lights dont have as good a distance range of light as the Hid lamps.. of course i see you have the lights surrounding your plant which prob means u can be looser in training and grow taller , but when u come to growing more at once u may find more lights being placed above your plants than at side .or using more lights hehe.. which means keeping things cool again. Good luck with the grow
That doesnt mean to say u have to train of course u cld grow tall n surround plants like you are doing with the lights, its a choice/preferrence i guess, just that i myself go the training n low profile route, i see others use cfl well in tree grows with their placement.. so enough rambling from me..

 

[basement420]

Thanks for the encouraging words and help kooki and longrew, the tips are a little crispy but with no true ill affects, they just grew into the light at night and I didn't catch it until I woke up that morning. Heat hasn't really been a problem yet except when they grow into the lights but I am designing a way to mount computer fans to places where there is empty space between the reflectors though. Yes I plan on flowering with the CFLs, in fact I started the 12/12 march 18th. I have topped the plant and now the seperate colas are all within an inch of each other. I think I may have 4-5 promising tops. The plant took very well to the topping and has stayed very low it has been 5 weeks and the plant is still only 9 inches tall, I am surprised being a new grower that I was able to keep the plant this short, but I have always left the lights within an inch or two of the plant.

And these are the most current pictures of the plant.

Side:



And Top:

 

[ezbake]

Looks like a indica sativa hybrid to me.

It's really leafy and squat/bushy like a indica but the pointy leaves remind me of sativa.

Very good genetics for bag seed btw... best looking 1 seen in awhile

 

[basement420]

Yeah , Ive been looking at cannabis potency articals and the plant meets most of the criteria to be a hard hitter. Its hard to tell in the picture but the plant has very small and thin fan leafs, has a great aroma, and is a very deep lush green. For bagseed I really think I found a winner. Maybe a good canndate for a mother plant for clones!!!

 

[Guest]

nice plant

 

[basement420]

i know its not the best picture, but the best the camera would do. Can anyone tell if this plant is a male or female?

 

[Guest]

Looks very good - keep up the great work.

ws

 

[basement420]

Can anybody see the little green hair like thing coming out of the internode part? Let me know and I will try to get a better picture but I am not experienced enough to tell if it is male or not. Thanks for the encouragement though WallStreet.

 

[Guest]

that little green hair is not a sex indicator, a small pouch with hairs coming out means female and a ball with no hairs is male...its sounds like they would be hard to tell but once you see your first plants start to sex you will know the difference

 

[basement420]

Just wanted to add in that I picked up a quart of Fox Farm Big Bloom last night and I am going to use that instead of the expert gardener stuff.

 

[basement420]

Here is the plant at the end of week 6 and thusly the end of the second week of flowering, it is starting to produce some noticable buds at the smaller budsites, luckily it is a female plant. Everything is going well....I think.

 

[kooki]

gratz on getting a girl basement

 

[basement420]

So sadly enough I believe I said female too early, but still keeping my fingers crossed (I may be delusional). What do you guys think male or female?

 

[smokeymacpot]

MALE!!!!! kill it!!

 

[Yellowmoon]

Tough luck man.

 

[kooki]

yeah those look like male sacs. At least u know u can keep a plant healthy, just sow some more beans get on the mission for a girl