I'm starting a journal for my first grow. I've already done a bunch of research here, but I'm sure I'll still need lots of help along the way. Please chime in if you have some advice or comments. I am growing legally as a medical cannabis patient and I'm starting with clones I bought from local cooperatives.

The Plan
Starting with 4 clones (2-Chemdawg D's, 2-Ortega's)
4 sq.ft veg area (for mothers & clones)
7 sq.ft flower area (2-4 plants)
soil medium
organic nutrients
CFL lights

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Here's current pics of the babies. I don't know their exact age, but I presume each clone was clipped at least a week before I bought them. So for this journal, I'll refer to Day 1 as the day I bought the clones.

The Ortega's started on 4/12 and the Chemdawg was started on 4/17. The ortega's are indica plants and the Chemdawg is an indica/sativa hybrid. I might add more clones or mothers as they become available at the coops (space permitting).

Methods so far;
-18/6 light
-organic starter soil in 3" peat pots
-straight water with foilage sprays to maintain humidity.
-temps are about 70deg (night) 79deg (day).
-RH is between 29% (day) - 47% (night)

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This MJ garden is turning into a zen MJ garden. I've been playing with the set up trying to organize. I've isolated an area for large clones/small plants and surrounded it with 26w cfl's. The other side will be used for mother plants. Pic's of the new set up attached.

I'm new at this so it will be trial and error as I learn the process of watering and fertilizing. I just caught myself over watering and a couple of tops turned brown. It's either the watering or my tap water. I am now using distilled bottled water. I use small pint soft drink bottles by poking a small hole in the cap. It's a perfect for watering my smaller plants (pic attached). I waited until the soil was completely dry, and watered again today. It seems my small pots are drying up every 16-24 hours, so I added soil covers to maintain some of the soil moisture.

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I checked on my Ortega's and I noticed my leaves started losing color. I wasn't sure if that was caused by over watering or lack of nutes. The plant's been in starter soil for about a week, and I'm not sure how long it lasts without supplement. So I threw caution to the wind and started fertilizing my plants today. But then the leaves started pointing down within a few hours after I watered with the nutes. I waited until the soil was dry on this water, and I soaked it today (about 1/4 pint for each plant).

-1st pic is after watering and fert'ing (1/3 dilution).
-2nd pic attached is before watering (plant soil dry and pealing away from pot on the sides.)

Is the drop on the top leaves caused by too much water or too much nutes? How do I rectify?

If no one posts and the babies look good in a day, I'll continue with my schedule. (1/2 dilution of nutes, water whenever soil becomes dry and plant becomes light. No foilage spraying.) I also plan to transplant these into their 8" square pots soon.

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What a difference a day makes. Plants are perking up. Watering seems to be under control. Plants are really growing now with the FF Grow Big.

I'm thinking about a set up in the flower chamber with 2- 150w HPS +CFLs and a ScrOG for my first grow attempt. I'll upload pictures as it comes together.

I want to work with small lights to avoid heat/venting issues. Will two 150watt HPS's cover 4-6 plants under 8 square feet of net?

Anyone?

hey man. nice grow you have going on here. I also am growing for medical reasons from clone. I am going to subscribe to your grow and follow along. first time grower here to.

how did it turn out after you added the nutes?

my leaves are sagging really bad right now and I have never used nuts. I bought some today but I am just researching around to figure out why they would sag like this before I do anything that could make them worse.

i have a grow journal going also.
CFL Grow (Jack the Ripper clone)

I am doing a cfl grow but i do think that 2 hps 150w 's will work. but you may want some more opinions on that

Thanks for the support. I subscribed to your journal and left comments on your girls.

My plants seem to be okay. I might have nute burn on a couple of the ortega leaves, but the new growth seems faster and looks healthy.

I just watered them with 1/2 nutes and will watch closely over next couple of days.

I'll start with 150W HPS using only half my flower area. I plan a ScrOG set up on the ortegas (about 4 sq ft). I'm adding a couple more clones and I should have 4 plants ready to flower by summer after I veg them for awhile.

I'm not sure if you can see it in the pictures but I'm growing Basil from seed. I'm always out of fresh basil, and I decided to buy some seed when I was at the nursery. I abuse this basil with over watering and heavy nuting, and it seems the basil is indestructible. In fact it responds with lush growth. Anyways, I thought I would push the limits by adding Basil to my garden. If anyone criticizes my basil for stealing light or CO2, save yourself the time. The basil is staying.

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