Second grow, White Widow X Big Bud Feminized. Hope you enjoy :D!

The different shades of green are pretty normal, its when it keep lighting to yellow is the worry. Check them before you go and when you get back. In 46 hours they won't dry out enough to hurt...rw

Nice man. im very new here, just started a grow myself. ill be following this one if i can find out how. haha if u got a second mind checking mine out too? thanks hommie P&P

Originally Posted by roofwayne

The different shades of green are pretty normal, its when it keep lighting to yellow is the worry. Check them before you go and when you get back. In 46 hours they won't dry out enough to hurt...rw

They guy at the hydro shop recommends I put 1/4 to 1/2 inch of run off underneath the buckets for the period I am gone, and it will be fine. The coco will gobble it up and carry it up to the little ones. Agree RW?

I'll probably end up raising the light a couple inches as well before I leave. Its at a foot now, but 14 or 15 inches above them is much more safe. In the end, they aren't really going to change that much while I am gone. The first leaves will be a tad bigger, and MAYBE the new set will be nearly out. But it's always better safe than sorry .

I was thinking about setting the timer up and setting it to 18/6, since 24/0 will do a lot more drying than 18/6. What do you all think?

Thanks RW, and anyone else you are more than welcome to pitch in as well. I love hearing different options and opinions ^_^.

-Ocho2

Originally Posted by OgrAdaY

Nice man. im very new here, just started a grow myself. ill be following this one if i can find out how. haha if u got a second mind checking mine out too? thanks hommie P&P

I've never followed along with a PC Box Grow, and it looks quite interesting. You plant to top, LST, and maybe supercrop as well? I'll definitely tag along . Thanks for following and joining this as well, +REP to you . Simply scroll up top, click on thread tools, and then subscribe . Thanks again ^_^

Originally Posted by Ocho2

Another Update -

So I know staring at seedlings for updates can be repetitive and lightweight spamming my journal, but that is why they call it a journal . Here is another update for all of you here, as well as all of you reading and possibly subscribing .

General Hydroponics Coco-Tek Brick is my medium, and it in fact does not need rinsed. I had a little panic earlier this morning after reading research I should have read prior to planting, but luckily I was being overly paranoid. The medium is 100% organic, and in fact does not need flushed of salts like a lot of Coco Coir out there. My worry was the fact that I did not add water to the Coco-Tek brick to expand it from a hard brick to the medium for the growing.

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^Lulz at the Cat investigating XD. Onward ^_^. Instead, the Mrs. and myself went to town on the brick. Clean hands, a lot of muscle pain, and five hours of breaking and grinding chunks apart down to the medium. Now you can in fact do this, but I do recommend just adding water..it saves A LOT of trouble. So in the end, I was lucky. Coco requires water to expand from that hard rock like brick to its medium, and since I did the hard exhausting method, there is no issue. Coco coir also typically contains a lot salt traces within it, and requires rinsed of it. And lucky for me, General Hydroponics already completed that task for me. Again, super lucky, and no issue there again. Anyone that is new to Coco, and do not know this yet, Coco is a soiless medium, and contains no nutrients. It is not a soil grow, and you cannot treat it as one as I nearly did >.<. Also, if you read that flushing daily or even weekly is required, please look up the Ask Ed's Coco guide. Rule of thumb, flushing one time a month. That is unless or course you see any plant issues or deficiencies. In that case, you may need to check your PH levels, add CAL, MAG, ect., or do a flush due to excessive nutrients.

As you may have seen previously, I was going to use Jack's classic nutrients, all purpose and blossom booster, for the grow as my last grows went perfect with it. Well, thanks to my new friends that pointed a few issues out, and sent me on a path of super 15-hour research, I definitely realized that HYDRO-FRIENDLY NUTRIENTS ARE BEST IN COCO. I purchased the nutrients you see a couple posts above this as well as below here. Cannot beat it for $19.99, as Roofwayne pointed out how they are an excellent choice, as well as the levels of the ingredients it contains. All of the water I had already made up, with the Jack's soultions, I have stored away for in the future. I added 1/4 strength to a gallon of water, filled my spray bottle up, and put it in the grow so the solution is not cold (cold will shock your plants, and can easily kill them), and ready for feeding later on .

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A slight issue I encountered/noticed..

The third plant, that I removed the seed head off of today, was most definitely taking too much heat from the light. It is in the grey bucket, and that bucket is around four or five inches taller than the other two. Luckily, it seems no damage was done, but would have if not checked on as constantly as I do. Which is really constant . I rearranged the buckets as well as tilted the fan upwards. The tallest bucket, with the third smallest baby in it, is now further away from the light. Before it was underneath it practically, thus the heat issue. It is already hard enough to arrange thee 5-Gallon bucks underneath this light without the plants tilting towards it some. Since the issue occurred, she is still getting light, just a not as extreme. She is fresh out of the seed shell I removed earlier today, and the other girls are much taller than her. Why risk a plant when rearranging will benefit the other two, as well as help a safe growth of the third. Below is a picture of what I did to the setup, what do you guys think? I believe once she is three inches tall or so, it will be much easier to not fry her. Along with that, she will most likely be behind in growth compared to the other two. Any input, advice, or thoughts ?

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Now to the update on the babies ..Due to the fact that all of these plants are WW x BB, I haven't made any nicknames for them. So here is what they shall be called, as it has been what I have used in my head and on pictures to differentiate that plants from one another..

*Number One - Popped on Easter Sunday, oldest of all of the three, as well as the biggest. Had the slight lean towards the light, as you can see in the picture, but after repositioning the buckets it has straightened once again. Interesting how half the seed is still attached . Picture is below, and she is three days old .

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*Number Two - Popped the day after Easter, second oldest, and is not far behind number one. Picture is below and she is two days old here

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*The Ugly Duckling - Popped up just barely on Tuesday, and still has the seed on it's head. The smallest and youngest of all of them. Thank you supchaka, as he encouraged me to remove that seed head. The pictures below show from when it popped and up to now. She is 1 day old ^_^.

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As for a few other last details:

Temperature and Humidity: Temperature typically at a stable 75F, and has not exceeded 77F. Humidity also is typically at a stable 37%, and does not exceed 40%. I keep proper air flow with the fan, closet door open, as well as the door of the room open. Seedling also will be strong, as the fan gives them a good wiggle ^_^.

Lighting: Still at 100W, so these girls don't fry. Eight inches above them.
I will return whenever any reply is posted, as well as a vital question for anyone here that can answer it. DUN-DUN-DUN. But..it's really important >.<. Thank you everyone, can't wait to hear back !

-Ocho2

Why in the hell won't all of my photos show up >.<? It did this at 4:00AM, I solved it, then it repeats itself -.-...

subed, cant wait to see the final outcome

I didn't think about putting the trays under the pots, that will work great!!! Putting the timer on will save money, plants don't get 24 hours a day except in Alaska. The missing pics happen to me unless I use basic mode. Have a good visit and keep your mouth shut.lol...rw

Originally Posted by roofwayne

I didn't think about putting the trays under the pots, that will work great!!! Putting the timer on will save money, plants don't get 24 hours a day except in Alaska. The missing pics happen to me unless I use basic mode. Have a good visit and keep your mouth shut.lol...rw

Yeah. The last kid lived upstairs, and climbed in the window. Silence is absolutely a virtue ^_^. But now, no unlocked windows or anything . What would be a good thing to use for trays? Just whatever can go underneath 5-Gallon buckets?

In other news, their second growths a much more present that earlier today. I have them all a shot of non-nutrient water, as I had fed them their new nutrients yesterday morning. I had the the worst earache, and yet it still has not gone away. Probably the worst thing next to headaches XD. I think a slight shot more of nutrients now, normal water when I wake up, nutrient water when I am leaving, and normal water in whatever I figure out to put under the buckets? What do you think?

Also, how far should I have the lights above them for when I am gone?

Tomorrow I shall do a full normal update .

Thanks everyone !

-Ocho2