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TrueHerbCrystal
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Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt (SPIDER MITES GONE)
#822743 - 01/17/17 10:59 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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After a long hiatus, im back at growing da weed.
A little history. My first grow was going great, an indoor all cfl grow, but i got caught by the cops with my big mouth and they killed my plant. Fail One.
Fail two last year. I tried to grow an OG Kush outdoors. It got cold, i killed it. Very sad.
Third attempt, today in 2017.
I got these two plants for Christmas as an Xmas present from my GF. And she was kind enough to gift me a "Grow/Hangout Space" in the upstairs garage as well.
This is about three weeks into the grow....
Purple Martian:


Blue City Diesel:


Changes Ive made so far: Ive currently got two large black pots (not sure the size). These ones pictured will be their final pots. They came from the small starter pots that most herbs u buy at stores come in. Ive changed the lighting. For 3 weeks, BCD had a 27 watt 5,000K CFL inside an old desktop lamp and the PurMar had a 19 watt 5,000K CFL bulb hanging from a wire. Both plants are inside FoxFarm Ocean soil and Im using FoxFarm Grow Big liquid ferts with a 1-2 capful to 1 gallon mix rate. Also, Ive cut some sick-looking leaves off or just trimmed them to help the plants grow better.
I didnt take any good pics at the time I was gifted them at Christmas, so these are my starting photos.
Future Plans:
In the near future, I want to create a nice-looking homemade cedar wood Hang-man type structure that goes around the pots (one structure for each pot) to hold up a custom-made wooden light holder. The wooden light holder will hold my grow bulbs and will be supported by chains connected to the Hangman-type structure.
Hopefully soon. Right now the lighting is jerry-rigged but works 
Why CFL?
Three reasons why Im using CFL over HID or HPS. First, its what I started with back on my first grow in 2010. I want to see what results i can get with just CFL lighting. Secondly, its quite cost effective and efficient and i dont have to spend a ton of money on it. Third, it provides some heat with light. I feel that LED wouldnt make enough heat (Im not using a heater yet, hopefully not ever). I need some heat from the light source to warm the plants up a bit since it is January in the PNW and its quite cold at night. Sometimes freezing. Ive noticed slow growth which i expected from the cold weather.
Next grow I might try other lighting options. But for today, Im liking the CFLs. Shitty house lights but great grow lights 
Will make posts with major updates in the future. Stay tuned....
Edited by TrueHerbCrystal (07/05/17 10:24 AM)
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TrueHerbCrystal
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#822986 - 01/25/17 05:56 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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Update: Jan 22nd, 2017
*Purple Martian*

My Purple Martian is doing pretty good. Ive noticed some purple on the leaves! I hope thats from the strain and not some nutrient deficiency.
Ive also noticed the lower leaves are browning on the edges. Not sure why.
But its grown quite a bit in one week 
- Blue City Diesel -

Nice green on my Blue City. The lower leaves do have more browning on the edges than the Purple Martian, but I will deal with that later.
There is some green/light-green splochyness on the leaves. Not sure what that is.
Also i noticed some purple coloring on the top leaves. Not sure if its from the strain or not.
Still pleased
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#823367 - 02/02/17 10:16 AM (8 years, 25 days ago) |
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So some good news.
My GF gave me $40 for food so i could keep my stuff i bought.
Heres the wood i bought for my naturalistic light hangers:

Heres the completed thang on my Purple Martian:


And heres the wide-shot with both plants 

So glad they came out like i imagined them. In the future, im going to make an add-on for a cedar frame that holds the lights and reflects them too.
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#823543 - 02/09/17 03:35 PM (8 years, 18 days ago) |
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Update:
My Purple Martian. Its not doing soo good. Im thinking the low temps and maybe a light bulb too close.

My Blue City Diesel is doing much better than the Purple Martian:

I did add some zip ties to my lights to make it easy to raise the light bulb. I wasnt liking the string. Too inconvient.



Luckily, the outside temp is getting warmer. This is good.
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#823869 - 02/18/17 01:25 AM (8 years, 9 days ago) |
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Update: Light upgrade
Added two bulbs, one to each plant plus put them on a 12on/12off timer so they only turn on at night for 12 hours.
These taken a few days ago.
Purple Martian


Blue City Diesel


New power strip and timer:

Of the two, the Blue City Diesel looks very healthly. The Purple Martian less so.
I can see big differences now between the plants: Purple Martian looks like a Indica (kinda ugly) while the Blue City looks more pretty like a Sativa. I guess Sativas are better in lower temps maybe.
The increased light helped a ton.
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#824690 - 03/13/17 09:35 PM (7 years, 11 months ago) |
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Alright i got it, Update March 13th.
Purple Martian:


Note the white twist-tie holding the stem up.
Blue City Diesel:


Looking pretty big now. Healthy no?
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#825001 - 03/23/17 08:43 PM (7 years, 10 months ago) |
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...continued.
added lights for 12 hour cycling. 26 watt bulb for each plant.
Purple Martian:


Blue City Diesel


My plants are looking nice and healthy and green.
Im likely going to switch to flowering some time in late April or mid May, depending on the size of the plants, so i can start the possible long flowering time.
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#825331 - 04/11/17 09:18 PM (7 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wow, cant believe its been 3 weeks since my last update. Time flies fast these days.
Couple things happened: Phone glitched out so i wont be using it for pics anymore. Then I got busy doing house projects and neglected to post pics.
But heres from last week and this week:
Purple Martian:

Blue City Diesel:

And now this week, April 11th.
Purple Martian:

Blue City Diesel:

I still havent got a renewed Growery Account but i plan on getting one soon. For now, big Imgur images.
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TrueHerbCrystal
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#825961 - 05/19/17 10:26 AM (7 years, 9 months ago) |
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Alright! I can finally update with pics! Goekills fixed my support account. Thanks man. Next time i will try on my computer first. Never had issues with computers.
Ok, for the update.
This is from May 4th. I going to do a more recently hopefully later today (if i have time).
Purple Martian:


Blue City Diesel:


Found this little yellow guy chilling on a BCD leaf. Sadly, i found him dead inside one of my CFLs that lights my BCD 24/7. He flew too close to the Sun. He didnt know his Greek mythology. Poor guy. Rest in peace.
 In memory of Little Yellow.
Hopefully i will get some May 19th photos today. Im planning on switching to flower mode once i buy the 2400k bulbs i need. Need more moolla..
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#826162 - 05/30/17 07:38 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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May 29th 2017 Update:
Purle Martian:




As u can see, i burnt my top leaves cause i wasnt adjusting my lights enough. But got some cool pics.
Blue City Diesel:





I adjusted the left light to the outside to help prevent burning. I burnt some top leaves here too. Definitely getting height with this sativa dominant BCD. Havent been watering it enough but im trying to be better at it. Getting lazy thou.
I just ordered 8 26watt 2700K bulbs for my two plants. Each plant gets 100watts, hopefully thats enough. Might need more later. Likely. I will be starting the flowering phase this week im guessing. Also need another timer and sockets for the extra bulbs.
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TrueHerbCrystal
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Re: Only CFL Indoor Soil Grow - Purple Martian & Blue City Diesel - 3rd Grow Attempt [Re: TrueHerbCrystal]
#826216 - 06/03/17 02:50 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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June 2nd: Day 1 of Flowering Cycle
Purple Martian:


Note four 26 watt bulbs.


Note four 26watt bulbs.
Both are 16 hour cycles. The zipties look messy, will be cleaning them up soon....
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