Mr. Harpua's 400w Medical Grow / Purps & Orange Crush

MrHarpua · #1 10-09-2009, 04:02 PM

Ding Ding Ding! Let round two begin!

Last time I was here my grow had a pretty serious hick-up so I was unable to see it through to the end but now im back and ready for some action!

Let me get right to it and tell you a little bit about my setup.......

My grow space is a standard closet that is 2.5' deep and about 6' long

Im running a Sun Systems 400w HPS w/ an Eye Hortilux Bulb. My reflector and closet are being exhausted with a Vortex 4" inline fan.

I am growing 6 plants this time as allowed under my medical card. I have one Orange Crush and 5 Norcal Purps. I clipped the purps from a mother I had about a month and a half ago. They sprouted roots in about two weeks then grew under a florescent for a month in a plasitc drinking cup (I was out of town), they are now in 3 gallon grow bags with Fox Farm OF soil and have been under my 400w HPS for about 5 days on 18/6.

The Orange Crush was purchased from a local dispensary about a week ago for $15.

Id like for the plants to be an average height of 1 to 1.5 feet before I start to flower. Right now the tallest plant stands about 8 inches. Im hopeing to reach a foot by next week.

Does anyone have an idea of how big they would get if I started to flower now, with an average height around 7" or 8"?

Im using the Fox Farm Trio for my nutrients. I decided to go with the FF feeding schedule they suggest to see how it works. I did my first feeding earlier this week and they seemed to take it pretty well. There was a little bit of burning but nothing to fuss about.

Anyone have experience w/ this Fox Farm feeding schedule? I started at 1/4 strength of what they say to use

http://foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf

Im still new to growing so I appreciate any helpful insight to help improve my harvest!

I included pics of the mother I cut the clones from, I decided to let her bud, she is about a month and a half into flowering now. She was on top of our pool pump / heater till the wind blew her off and snapped the top half of the plant.....the bottom is still alive and rocking though!

All Comments and Suggestions Welcome!

greenearth5 · #2 10-10-2009, 02:34 PM

Looks good man... the grow bags look a little big for them small plants but it dont matter much (unless your tight on money)... the FFOF soil shouldnt need any nutes for the first 3 weeks.. its packed full of alot of good stuff that the plants can thrive on for the first 3 weeks apx.

I use the grow big the most. Its like taking steroids and injecting it straight to your veins. Its that good of stuff. At your stage I would go collect a couple gallons rain water then add 900PPM's of grow big + 100PPM's big bloom and not use the tiger bloom for a little while

MrHarpua · #3 10-10-2009, 03:02 PM

Thanks dude, they are 3 gallon grow bags, I was looking for 2 gallon but they only had 1/3/5 so I went with 3.

They have been in the bags for about a week now. I fed them on Tuesday and noticed a tad of burning but not much. Im going to water tomorrow.

I live in Socal so it never rains here plus I dont have a PPM meter so I cant be that exact, I have been using the nutes at 1/4 strength so far and it seems to be doing well.

Do you have any knowledge about the Fox Farm products like Open Sesame & Cha Ching?

Thanks for the advise

greenearth5 · #4 10-10-2009, 03:06 PM

yah, i just got the cha ching for my last grow.. i know that one small tiny pinch of it will raise your ppm massivly.. more then ur tiger bloom

EDIT: I would have gone with the 1 gallon grow bags

MrHarpua · #5 10-10-2009, 03:54 PM

How did the Cha Ching work out for you? would you use it again?

Yeah, next time ill use 1 gallon

greenearth5 · #6 10-10-2009, 04:14 PM

My grow got torn down before i had a chance to harvest. I did recover the bud but it didnt taste all that great because I hadn't flushed with water prior to it being destroyed.

I will use it this next time to see what it does. But honestly.. on my first grow i only used the 3 main fox farm nutes and nothing else. Everything turned out good then. So if ur a newbie dont worry about getting cha ching .... get a PPM meter first... i can hook you up with a site to order a ph and ppm meter for under 20 bucks a pop

MrHarpua · #7 10-10-2009, 04:31 PM

Hell yeah, where at?

Dont they usually cost around $100?

greenearth5 · #8 10-10-2009, 05:49 PM

It might cost 100 bucks for a good one ... the one i have is generic and works fine for what im doing. heres the website

http://www.eseasongear.com/

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Originally Posted by MrHarpua

Hell yeah, where at?

Dont they usually cost around $100?

greenearth5 · #9 10-10-2009, 05:52 PM

pick your flavor.. there all the same only a diff brand or price... I got the milwaukee pH pen for 22 bucks... its yellow with black lettering.... and i got a hanna PPM meter thats blue... they cost 40 bucks combined

MrHarpua · #10 10-12-2009, 01:44 PM

Nice dude, I appreciate the link, ill have to pick those up with my next check.

My ladies have officially been switched to the 12/12 light cycle. The lights were on 6am to 12am before but I decided to switch the running time from day to night. So my lights will now be on from 6pm to 6am. My reason for doing this is mainly to help with heat, but also because my closet is exhausted through a window that is directly in front of the front door to my house and I dont want any daytime visitors (landlord, neighbors, etc.) getting suspicous because of the noisey exhaust vent.

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