Journal of my first real grow (Barney Farms LSD)

the miracle grow moisture control is awful for these purposes. i started my first grow with it. because it was so wet all the time (moisture control) i ended up with fungus gnats and all sorts. plain potting soil will do till u transplant, then either make ur own soil mix, plenty guides on here, or buy some a bit more tailor made for the job in hand.

good luck tho

Other than the MG products, this seems like a nice grow. Don't get me wrong, I've seen plenty of successful grows using only MG, you just have to make sure to flush a lot at the end, otherwise your smoke will taste like metal, and the moisture issues that Toaster mentioned too. You also have to be very concious of possible salt build up in the soil, which can severely alter your pH, which then ends up in nute lock-out, deficiencies, etc. I noticed you are using household containers as pots, when you do this, you have to make sure you have holes in the bottom so extra water can run off, otherwise you may run into even more moisture related problems. Best of luck, and please, always feel free to ask questions, but look around and do some research too, because there will be multiple answers to everything, some are wrong, some are right, and some may just not work for your particular grow.

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Ya the household containers are only temporary till they move up to their final home. The 5 gal buckets I use have roughly two dozen holes drilled through the bottoms and then sit on some wood in their drip trays so they are lifted out of whatever runs out of them.

Originally Posted by Venomhawk

Ya the household containers are only temporary till they move up to their final home. The 5 gal buckets I use have roughly two dozen holes drilled through the bottoms and then sit on some wood in their drip trays so they are lifted out of whatever runs out of them.

Fair enough, keep up the good work. They look like they do well the way your doing it. I have similar containers at home, and was using the small ones for seedlings/clones too. I since just started using party cups, and poke several holes in the bottom and a few along the sides close to the bottom, only because I got paranoid about too much moisture/not enough drainage, and light hitting the roots once they start growing along the walls of the container. That also buys me more time before they get root bound, and makes only one transplant necessary. Just my process, not saying yours is wrong, by any means.

just a side note, if your using any transparent pots always cover the sides with tape or anything to stop direct light hitting the roots

I agree completely on that one, learned it the hard way when I started noticing algae starting to grow in the container the LSD plant was in before it got transplanted into the big bucket. I like using a see through container to gauge my root growth, but at this point I have actually made a couple of carboard slips that fit around the containers so I can block the light, but easily remove it to look at the roots.

Just wanted to add a couple of pics of how shes looking and some that show the different techniques I am trying out.

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Originally Posted by Venomhawk

Just wanted to add a couple of pics of how shes looking and some that show the different techniques I am trying out.

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Theses techniques will increase your yield very nicely, just be gentle, you don't want to stress your plants too much. I would suggest using plain old topping combined with LST or LST combined with SCROG for the best yield, without risk of disease or herming the plant in the long run from continued physical stress. I applaud your willingness to experiment, it's always good to try new things, just try to keep the overall well being of the plant in mind too, is all I'm trying to say.