This is my first grow ever, done in soil.
I have 4 thai plants that are 2 months into vegging and 3 other plants. 1 AK-47, Strawberry Cough, and Silver Haze.

Right now they are all under one 400w MH.

I have a 600w HPS on the way here and I will be building my own cooltube and A-wing reflector for it.

I have been LSTing all my plants since I first got them and my room was just a closet and a light. They have been on Miracle Grow, but I will be switching to Flora Nova and a few budding nutes when I start flowering. I will flush the MG out beforehand.

Since I'm starting behind I'll have to catch up.

My 4 thai plants 3 days after I got them.



Fast forward 50 days.

I built a shelf in my closet. It now has 2 levels. One will be used for vegging. I have covered all the walls with mylar. I have also built cardboard baffles so I could completely surround my plants with mylar. All 4 of my thai plants have gone thro 2 different pots to end up in 5 gallon buckets. I have not done any topping or pruning to them. Only LST.

My 3 babies came to me with spider mites and gnats. I beat the piss out of them killing the mites, but I did it and didn't spread them to my thai plants. They took a really bad stunt, like 10 days, but finally came around and I was able to take 1 clone from each the other day to put in my 9$ bubble cloner.

Anyways these are pics from today, and from now on I will update this more. I have done alot of DIY stuff on this grow as well. Dirt ass cheap, and I'll share some of it later.

Feel free to comment. I'll update every few days.

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Lookin great so far o yeah sweet puppy what kind?

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Check my first Grow babies out nuccas!

nice


cool dog by the way

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Thanks guy. The Silver Haze is really picking up fast and the AK is getting better. Those 3 little plants came to me with spider mites and I had to work really hard to kill them and not comtaminate my garden. They stunted for like 2 weeks after all this, and the AK the worse. It took bleach/water, soap/water, and neem oil over the course of a week in strong and thorough applications.
I almost thought I was gonna lose the AK completely because it was doing so bad for a miunte. The transplat and flush they just got before going into the 5 gallon buckets really is paying off this time.

And the dog is Grim, my min-pin

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i dont think hed be grim.... id think the he should be prettyy damn happy lol...


also can u get Kill-A-Mite its helped e through so many problems, you can get away with 2 doses, but i like to take it easy on ma babies and give them a soft spray approx 3 times over a week....

and as sure as shit there gone

you have a nice selection im glad ya pulled it back together. they certainly look better now...

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Yeh, I agree with you on "taking it easy". I'm a new grower so my first hand experience is minimal, but from what I've read I would normally go the same route. As it were tho, I have so much vested into just the 4 thai plants that I wanted to do whatever I could to keep the mites from spreading to them. So I just beat up those clones (I got them from another medical grower) really hard and hoped they'd make it so I could at least keep the strains going.

I was able to take 1 cutting off each of them 5 days ago. I made a little bubble cloner and used some Shultz dipping powder and set them in there.

I have no signs of roots, but I'm not giving up yet. Since my cloner is fairly ghetto, and my plants weren't 100% healthy so these could take a little longer to root than normal. Wish me luck. I'm hoping to flower these 3 but I need at least 1 clone of each to make it.

The weak bubble cloner. I just shot these real quick without any prep, justed lifted the lids and took pics.
I have the cloner sitting on a towel in an 18g rubbermaid. I have towels wrapped around it to help keep the res warm. I need a aquarium thermometer so I can check my templ, but it feels about right.

I have 2 12w flo tubes on a wooden ballast resting on the rubbermaids lip. I have blankets tossed over the top of all this to help keep it warm.

I taped over all the neoprene inserts after I got it all put together just to further light seal the whole thing. I think it was needed.

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http://www.rollitup.org/grow-journal...rry-cough.html

hmmmmmm

havent cloned with a bubble cloner.... maybe theres not enough rooting hormone i dunno..... ill do some research for ya and get back to ya onwhat i would doo...

y didnt you just clone normally ifthis is your first grew. all i know id when we dip i the mix the stem gets covoured....

anyhoo its been 5 days and they still have some health too em...... im not giving up either..... fingaz crossed...

wish i coulda helped but in all honest ive never bubble cloned so i cantgive ya personal experiences..... hopefully someone else will be able too..

sorry but i try not to answer questions if i dont know the answer will be helpfull... and i have no experience with this...

i know you can clone with justwater and you have rooting hormones in ther so its gotta have better chances....

there alive after 5 days and not drooped ta near death. so its prolly safe to say theyre getting water somehow.. and te longer they stay alive and it the mix theres a chance the roots will come

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Yeh, I kind of wish I had just gone with some rapid rooters, or even some jiffy pellets. I have some of those already. If these don't take, I will have to try once more and I'll probably go that way.

But you've made me optimistic. The foliage is still healthy so hopefully they pull thro, you're right.

I needed that input, I was pretty worried about them and I don't wanna mess with the girls anymore now that they're taking off.

Here's a pic I just shot of the Silver Haze. She's starting to look real healthy,


Oh, and here's a pic of someone on this sites crazy ass pink pheno version of some unknown strain.
Never seen anything like it. Just thought I'd share a cool pic tho I take no credit for it.

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yeah if u got rid of the bug theres a good chance the plants will pull thrue....


done a bit of outdoor... ya stuck in a skermish throught most of veg sometimes lol... but like i said when i get rid of them the plants generally look sweet again....

not alwys mind you but every once and a while the bugs seem to find yaplants

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