Hi,
I am fairly new to RIU but I have decided to start a grow journal. I have been watching MBLAZE and Critical Mass techniques for growing big trees and I am ready to give it a try.

I have done 3 grows before but never with proper nutrients and never with much effort. PLEASE HELP ME ALONG THE WAY! Any advice or ideas appreciated.

MEDICAL marijuana CAREGIVER- 12 Plants currently.

Looking for a large perpetual yield.
Trying to figure out how to post pics? DO I need to have them on a different site first?

Alright I have some pics and some specs for you.
First off. Originally I started with 2 400w fixtures. One HPS, One MH. I decided to uprade and ordered 1 1000w HPS with a 42" parabolic reflector(bulb hangs horizontally in reflector).
My seedlings are spread out but all about a few weeks old. Seeds are from 2 sources:
Attitude SB:
-Wonderwoman- Nirvana
-Purple Widow- De Sjaaman
- CA Hash Plant- DinoFem

Other Source:
-Flo
-Blueberry
-2 which could be either of above.

All seeds were started in Roto Rooter plugs and placed in a tray under a dome. Seeds sprouted quickly. Once seeds had set root and grew about 1" tall I placed them in party cups along with Fox Farm Ocean Forest. That is where they are today.


I am wondering when I transplant should I go to 1 gallon bags or go straight to my 3 gallons(final pot)?????
Any help would be nice


Here are the pictures as promised:

Next Update on Monday. Should have the new 1000w HPS and reflector, and Im thinking about a transplant on Monday as well.

Right now the seedlings are vegging under a 400w MH in a home made hood.
You have seen what I have. I was thinking of a soil mix involving:
-Roots 707
-Worm Castings
-Vermiculite
-Perlite
-Guano( Not sure which one or how much?)

I was am going to fill the bottom of my pots with 2" of hydroton for drainage and to let the roots grab a hold of it.

NEED to nail down my soil mix ASAP. PLEASE HELP!I want to let sit for a few days before transplant.

Should I step my pots up in size or go to my final pot?

Are 3 gallon pots gonna be enough if I want 6 big sized plants on my 1000W HPS?

Any ideas of what I could do with a 400w HPS, was thinking about a single or double plant cabinent? I can only have 12 plants total

Thank you for readying and your advice.

Should I do thumbnail quick to expand or full size pics?

First of all I prefer full sized pics..
Unfortunately I can't help with the soil mix problem dude.. I always buy Canna gold mix soil and it does wonders for my plants :P

But I can tell you however, if you want big plants, 3gal. pots are not really going to do it..
You could get some height, but not the girth you really want to produce killer buds..
Go get some 4 or 5 gallon pots and you'll see how great those plants get under that 1k watt bulb. (5 recommended)..
Or mix and match them.. tall growin sativa's you put in 4gal and shorter plants in 5 gal to even out the yield..

Subscribed man!
Peace

Btw. you could cut 40% of the image dimension to make them a bit more visible on the brower.. (I should do it too actually )

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Thanks for your awesome feedback BlackRoses. I think Im gonna go with 5 gallon on the ones I want to get real big. I am going to start flowering some smaller ones in 3 gallon pots. My goal is to keep the 1000w on 12/12 to keep electricity down and use my 400s for vegging. Just got a 10,000 BTU portable AC and a Aerogarden today. Put 2 small purple widows in the Aerogarden. Also got a 3 gallon hydro bucket going. Germinating 2 feminized blue berry seeds for that. That may end up as a monster as well. Thanks everyone.

I decided to update daily so check tommorrow for more updates

nice Wonder.......and yeah i have a journal.check it out

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No problem bro,
can't wait to see some bud porn's

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Haha I see superthrive! I used to use that stuff.

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Alright here is the update for 8/30/09:
Yesterday a friend traded me an Aergarden, so I figured I would throw a few Purple Widows in there. Started them in Roto Rooter cubes and then put them in the Aerogarden. Had none of the Aerogarden plugs but the Roto rooter plug worked just find with a mini net pot underneath(the wire in the picture is holding the net basket in).
This morning I transplanted almost all my plants. Killed one of my Purple Widows; got a little to physical with it. Act of GOD! Made my soil mix:
3 parts Roots 707,
1 part vermiculite,
1 part perlite,
1 part worm castings
1 teaspoon of Sunleaves Mexicat Bat guano per 3 gallon pot of soil

Since I transplanted I was able to hookup my watering system which involves a 33 gallon trashcan, pump, airstone, on/off valve, tubing and ( 1 gph driplines. I am going to try it this afternoon with water and 1 drop of SUPERTHRIVE per Gallon. Not starting my veg nutes until next week.

Got the 10,000 BTU AC Unit. SHould cool the room down considering with my 5,000 BTU window unit I can keep it in the 60's if I need to.

My new 1,000w HPS should be here tomorrow so keep an eye out. I plan on updating daily, but am a student, and have to make the grades. School has started yet so we will see how much time I have to keep up on here. Ideally Id like to update photos daily.

Pic 1: my new portable AC 10,000 BTU
Pic 2- Topsy Turvy Herb Edition
Pic 3- Bottom side of Topsy Turvy Herb Edition
pic 4- Flo plant
Pic 5- BlueBerry
Pic 6- Inside of resavoir
Pic 7- Purple Widow in Aerogarden
Pic 8- Aerogarden with 2 Purple Widows

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