Mephisto Genetics Fantasmo Express under CFL's

[HubbaBubba]

Really glad we are growing the same strain under CFL.
You have more brown pistils than me at Day 50.

Your Fantasmo is maturing faster, very interesting.

 

[Birdu2]

I know Bubba, something strange happen, but i guess she got a bit stunted for the over nut plues i belive the hum and tem didnt help as well ..... i move her to another room with a big window from where really fresh and cool air is cooling the room ( yes i use a fan as well )
I think my lights may be a bit to close ..... how close are yours ?
I also added a warm light spectrum a week ago ... so now she has 4 x 42 W bulbs .... wich seems to me a bit to much for only 1 plant ......
So ..... now after i few weeks of water with green tea and just a bit of molasses she is growing now new pistills ! and started to fatten up a bit ..... so i guess she was a bit sick ...... here are the pics i just took of the pistils amigo.

 

[HubbaBubba]

I think my lights may be a bit to close ..... how close are yours ?
I also added a warm light spectrum a week ago ... so now she has 4 x 42 W bulbs

I use fixtures with reflectors to focus more light towards the plant.
Generally I keep the CFL at least 5cm away with plenty of cool air circulating. Closer brings heat stress and bleaching.

I like at least 25 watts of CFL per cola.
My Fantasmo with 2 colas gets 75 watts total.
One 25W CFL front and back, and one more from the bottom. (nothing from the top)
A little more would be better.... but too warm. Side and bottom lighting can cook the plant.

 

[Birdu2]

Thank you for the info Bubba !

 

[Birdu2]

Oki guys, another update on my girl. She seems to kind of recover after the feed abuse and hight humidity and heat she took for my unexperience i have on indoor growing keeping in mind she is my firs indoors
I can defenetley tell how her colas are slowly getting some curves and putting some weight on them as a response of my caricias and love after being a bad boy !

Her perfume its gentle and i can feel it all arround the room and in a very smooth kind of way as soon as i get home and open the door.

Today a good friend of mine who is coming from Miami, got me a PH meter ...... so i guess learning to use it and having knowledge of the PH numbers im having on my water/feed will be some kind of game change i hope, im looking foward to c the difference on my next girl ..... will C if really makes such a difference on her and the final harvest.

ok ok ...... with no more introduction ....... here she is ...... not really fat collas ... still pretty decent for a first CFL / indoors grow i guess .....




DAY 59

 

[HubbaBubba]

That is cool!
Our top colas look about the same. Yours might be chunkier.
Lots other nuggets filling in... Any amber Trichomes?

Have you sampled yet?

 

[Birdu2]

Hey Bubba ! just a few amber .... im guessing 15 more days to go ....... wanna see if those colas are getting more volume .... after this weekend ill start feeding her only water.
I never sample my girls, i can wait for her to be ready for me

 

[Iamlegend2121]

Might want to check those dark brown spots near the top/middle the cola. It might just be the picture but it looks like the start of bud rot. Atleast that's what my sour crack looked like when she got it just brown patch on the side. I hope it's not. Other than that everything looks great nicely done!

 

[Birdu2]

Thank you for the advice Lamlegen, i saw that as well ..... i did inspect it a bit, i it got my attention that a few os those small leaves were dead .... and i full them off ..... after your advice, i took my lope and took a closer look at it ..... and agein, thre was some kind of dead "tissue" decomposing or something like that .... didnt look ok, so i decide to chop some part of the main cola just in case ..... i never had that problem but it defenetly looks like bud rot ..... i took this pics so you can give me your advice.
I still have some 10/15 days to go, im using another fun just in case. Sorry for the bad images.

 

[Iamlegend2121]

That's definatley bud rot. It really sucks, but you have to get rid of any bud that has that. Unless you can cut every bit of it out. It will spread quickly. Your better off harvesting 15 days early which would be now than to risk letting her go longer. I got mine the day before harvest so I chopped her as soon as I saw it. You'll have to go through every bit off bud and make sure to only keep the bud with absolutely no signs of rot. You do not want to smoke grey mold. Hopefully it's only the top cola like mine was. I lost the whole cola but the lower part of my plant was fine.