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Your setup needs a wee bit of tweaking before it will be fit to grow. I would ditch the bag-seed first off. They are never going to finish properly in that setting. If you want to have any sort of success using seeds, they will have to be autoflowering. The F1's you have may or not all autoflower, if they did, you wouldn't need to worry about the dark period so much, but since this is uncertain (F1 crosses can vary widely in genetic characteristics) you are better off insuring a 12 hour completely dark period. A total dark period is nessiasary as even a small bit of light from you momentarly switching the light on can cause stress which causes hermaphroditic tendancies among other things.

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Auto blueberry

Automatic Blueberry Seeds per pack : 10 Difficulty : 6/10 Type : Auto flowering indica hybrid Height : 10 – 14 inches Harvest : 10 weeks from seed Yield : 14 – 30g per plant Odour : 7/10 Ideal light regime : 20/4 from seed to harvest Ideal pot size : 5litres Environment : Indoors/Outdoors Methods : Can be grown close together, not suitable for direct ground planting Effect : Indica couch lock, medicinal, lung expanding Potency : 8/10 Everyone wants to grow Blueberry, just the name appeals to your senses. Think of Blueberry and you can almost taste it and smell it. Well I’m happy to tell you that if you grow our Auto Blueberry, your senses will be satisfied! Auto Blueberry is a cross of DJ Shorts Blueberry and the original Lowryder. A lot of growers have found normal Blueberry to be sensitive to over feeding and to not actually smell too fruity. We couldn’t fix both issues but I think we reached a good half way. Auto Blueberry is, unfortunately, still quite nutrient sensitive and as such, should be fed more lightly than other strains but on the plus side, we’ve managed to get her consistently smelling (and tasting) fruity. The difficulty rating of 6/10 is a reflection of her nutrient sensitivity and intolerance to root restriction, the growing medium should also never be allowed to get too dry or she will punish you with a severe lack of performance. If you start seeds in 5litre pots, feed lightly and never allow the medium to dry out, she will reward you with an extremely resinous and bulky main cola, medium branching with plenty of smaller, frosty nuggets and a truly delicious strong and fruity, berry-like aroma. An excellent hash making strain, her potency is amongst the best we have to offer.

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Thanks!
C.H.

Time to    and go to bed.

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chucklehead said:
So you're saying kill the bag seeds? 

I just read something that said 3000 lumens per square foot was a worthy goal.  So 6 26W 6500K CFLs will produce 9600 lumen.  I can't imagine more than the required light being a problem.  Plus that's only 156 Watts.  I wouldn't imagine that would make a noticeable difference in the power consumption such that the fuzz would even raise an eyebrow.

Also only one plant per square foot because crowding them causes plants to produce more stem and less bud.  Looks like 6 plants in the Aerogarden is out.  I wonder if I could get away with just two plants.  Maybe one on each side of the Aerogarden so long as I add the extra lights right away.  Supposedly those AK47x auto Blueberry F1 only get to be 18 Inches tall.  That could be just the ticket.  I could put them into flowering as soon as they hit 1 foot tall.

Also I have a question regarding dark cycles.  Are we talking pitch dark?  Or is a minimal amount of light ok?  For example the room I currently use has a window.  Does that need to be blacked out or is the metal shade enough?

Thanks,
C.H.

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