well i got a job, my first day was last night. it sucked so bad. we unloaded a bunch of trucks. i dont want to work. i should just get a job at like target or something. lame....

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haha yeah man, i hate work but it brings in the green! how are the plants doing?

im on my way home now, i'll update in bout 1/2 hr....

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Heres a pic update.
They are all doing well. 2 or 3 suffering from stretching which I am trying to curb, unless they are a different strain which could be. A few are ahead of the pack, squatty and bushy. I call them my all-stars. Some of them are smelly and some are not. And some smell different than others. I don't know what that means since it's my first grow and I knew nothing about plants before this. Theres 1 runt thats lagging well behind the others in development. In some of the pictures you may see some residue on the leaves. When I was cutting my vent holes some sawdust got on the leaves and plants so I used a spray bottle with tap water to clean them off. When the water dried that residue remained. I don't think it will harm them will it?

Do you think I will need to re-pot these guys?
Should I take 2 clones from each when they are about 6" tall and flower the clones so I can identify and KILL the males? (Then I would only have to re-pot the fems if I flowered clones for sex)

Another tidbit of info: In my 2 light fixtures there are 2 lights each. 1 6500K daylight and 1 5000K Daylight. For 4 lights total. The plants seem to be favoring the 5000Ks substantially! I have to keep turning them in fact! I forget the ideal spectrum for veg so I am sure this has something to do with it but it's no matter since I am expecting my MH and HPS rigs on friday anyway.

Enjoy the pics!

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So today was pretty rad, I feel like I got a lot accomplished. AND I got new toys in the mail!
Today I built a cloning tub with a small plastic container, air pump, and bubble stones. I bought an identical bottom to flip over and use as a clear lid to keep the humidity up too. I also bought cloning powder and some rooter solution to add to my cloning tub. I might try taking 2 clones from each plant tomorrow if I have time so that I may determine plant gender and kill boys.

UPS and FedEX both showed up today!
FDX brought me 2 of the 4 pumps I had ordered for my aero tubs. The other 2 didn't ship because they are on backorder...LAME
UPS brought 1 ea 400w HPS and MH light setups from HTG Supply.
They are the cheap ones, and it shows in the craftsmanship. However, I think they are still far superior to the 4 T12s I had hovering over my plants beforehand. Anyway, they are just to get me through this grow and then it's on to the big time with 2 1000 watters! Then I can use the 400 for moms and clones and the like.
Also I got around to light proofing 2 of my aero tubs with paint. I bought 2 cans of matte and 2 cans of gloss paint both made to spray on plastic. The gloss seemed to go on better.
When I painted the tubs I turned them upside down and put a shop light inside them. Then I painted the tub in the dark, spraying where I could see light glowing through until I could see no more light.

I guess that's it, see pics for details. I'll keep none of you updated on my progress since I don't think anyone really reads this. Ha ha.

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Hey thanks man!

Heres a few pics before I go to work. I watered this morning, no nutes though, just h20 w/ a lil peroxide in it. The new MH is WAY hotter than the flouros-DUH. I have a little bit of curling going on but I think I have it under control now. My thermometer reads 78 at the tops of the plants. The 2 smallest plants didnt take the heat well but I guess that seperates the weak from the strong. I cut a few lower branches off of one of my biggest plants and am trying to clone them. I hope it works but I think I need more lightproofing in there for the roots, like on the lid as well. 1 cutting has been in there for 3 days and the other 3 for 1 day. we'll see in about a week I guess...

I'm so eager to flower them but if I can get the cloning down then I'm going to clone for gender like I said before. They have vegged for about a month and I dont want them to get too big before flower but i am considering lollipopping them. We'll see how it goes over the next couple weeks!

Have some pics....

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Well, I guess I havent updated in a while so I snapped a few pics before lights off tonight. I'm flippin tired so not much to write. A lot of my lower leaves are dying but overall the plants look OK. I just pick opff the lowers. i am wondering when i should lillopop. The whole cloning thing didnt work. I think in part because light was getting through the lid to where the roots were supposed to form... I'm gonna try in rockwool next i think. I need to order up all my net pots and rockwool and exp clay pellets still. The biggest plant, I call him George Bush is looking sickly these days. Theres a thread in plant problems about it. I think it's overwatering/nute burn? anyway I need to get some ZZzzs so enjoy the pics everyone (no one). Ha
later.

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i'm pretty sure your light should be way closer
as close as you can get it if the light doesnt hurt your hand it wont hurt the plants

what size are your pots?
I dont lollypop mine until they are in flower and i do it gradually i just start taking off branches that look like they arent going to grow much.

check my grow My third time around with 600 watt hps