whatup fellow rollers!

i'm new around here and new to horticulture in general. with the help of this forum, jorge cervante's bible, and a roommate that's worked with a couple hydro setups, i've got my first soil-based grow underway.

as odd as it sounds, i'm not sure what the strain is. i started with clones and know it's a purple something. it was recommended because originally i had bloombox height restrictions and needed something that'd grow bushy.

unfortunately, the 9 plants ended up being too bushy for the bloombox. ventilation was poor and powdery mildew came along. i knew something had to be done so i went all out and purchased the following new setup (will still be using the bloombox but haven't scooped more clones for it yet):

1 x sun hut xl silver
1 x hortiflux 1000 watt hps bulb
1 x xtrasun 6" air cooled reflector
1 x can 33 13" carbon filter
1 x vortex 6" inline fan
1 x co2 boost bucket + pump
1 x in/out digital hygro + thermometer
1 x 8000 btu portable air conditioner
1 x 18" oscillating fan

i didn't decide to do this journal until the other day so i'm missing a lot of the progress but here's what i do have thus far.. .

close up of clones on day 1 while still in the box:


after being transplanted to bigger pots and a few days before being moved to flowering:



the sexy light and exhaust setup:


outer view:


a close up as of yesterday, finishing up the 4th week of flowering:


so there it is. i'm definitely learning a lot and having fun. of course it's not all fun and games. aside from the mildew, aphid's showed up on one of the plants last night. i clean and sprayed it up then isolated it in the bloombox for now. looks ok tonight.

also, i'm experiencing a fair amount of drooping and discoloration+damage. do you think this is from the mildew? i've been fighting and fighting (first neem, now milk) but it's hard to tell if i've got a grip on it or not. ergh.. .

(reminder: i'm @ the end of the 4th week of flowering)

drooping:



discoloration+damage. i'll come back later with another pic showing the actual plants but for now here's a few i removed:


thx for lookin. will continue to post progress as it happens.

I think thats from the neem......I hate powdery mildew,if I grow a plant that gets powdery mildew ,I kill it....Try growing sativas /sativa indicas.Or indica, indica/sativas that are mildew resistant.You need to lower your humidity.......

Looking good, Cant wait to see the rest of the grow

Peace
K-town

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thx fellas!

fingers crossed that i've got the mildew under control. haven't seen any for a few days now. but thought maybe these were symptoms of a later stage.

instead i think what i'm seeing might be calcium deficiency. i haven't been putting any in 'cause i was worried about over fertilizing. plus, after switching from hydro to soil and not using reverse osmosis water anymore, i wrongly assumed my tap water was supplementing it.

off to give 'em some calmag. maybe a flushing too but i'm not convinced they need one.

looking good bro, hope youl get that prob under control.Nice setup too man...



keep up the good work....

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