Well here it is, my grow journal for my current grow.. I am currently growing afghan weed, I currently have 4 plants in their 6th week of veg. I also have one seedling I just planted 2 days ago.

My setup goes like this: I have 2 4' shoplights, each holds two fluorescent tubes Hanging over the plants(3 daylight, and one cool white). I have 4 32 watt daylight CFL's, 1 40 watt cool white CFL, and one 26 watt warm white CFL, for top and side growth, giving them light from all of the spectrum (red to blue). These 10 lights put off 18500 Lumens (aprox). I have a 600 watt HPS lamp currently on order for the flowering stage.

I lined the walls of my grow room with aluminium foil(matt side out), and have a homemade CO2 system(yeast, water, and sugar method).

I also have a cool mist humidifier, and a fan to keep the temp in the room down, and the humidity up. I have no door in my closet(where i'm doing the grow), so I have an emergancy blanket covering the whole opening(keeps heat, and humidity in).

My plants have reached 9 inches, quite small, yet they were stunted badly early in the grow, and almost died(thank god for the super tough afghani strain). They have bounced back, stronger then ever.

I have them growing in 8 inch pots, filled with MG soil. I water them aprox 2 litres of water every week, and if I do add nutes, it is very little, due to already having ferts in the MG soil.

The temp ranges from 25(early morning) to 31 peak temp during the day. At night I do not know the temp, as I leave them in the dark cycle with no light entering as to prevent hermies. Humidity ranges from 30%-55% throughout the day. My cycle is currently set to 20/4, to give a rest from the heat, and promote root growth and save a few bucks.

I am sorry I can not post any pics of my grow setup, as my digital cam's battery is dead, and i can only take pictures when it's hooked up to my computer. I can post pics of the plants though. So heres pics of the 2 largest afghan plants, destined to yield a good harvest:

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Well my internet was shut off, so I was unable to post for a week or so.. but i'm back, and with new photos.. I watered these suckers yesterday, and switched around how I have the CFL's set up, for a more productive effect. i have the cfls directly over the plants, and two of the four fluorescent tubes for side lighting.. they have grown quite a bit in a week and a half, i'm impressed.. They are now at 7 weeks, and the seedling at one week. now that I have internet back, I will try to post every few days with the stats and height and new pics for you guys.

From this:



To this:






in almost 2 weeks! Thank the lord for Miracle Grow!

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Well this is almost a week after the lastpost, plants looking bigger and bigger each day. I just watered the suckers(with MG ferts), and replanted the fattest mother into a bigger pot(12"). I will have to put my lights up higher, as the plants are just about reaching them now. Here is the pics of the 2 biggest plants.



The Fattest:





these are 2 months old now... looking very thick, I can't even find the stem on the fatter mother. it's like a journey through the jungle to get to it but the stem is reaalll thick. I can't get a picture of the stem though, the plant is way to bushy.

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I will begin the flowering process in about 4 weeks, after I order my HPS kit, and have it shipped to me. That will make my plants 3 months old at the time of flowering. I think I will use the best grower to make seeds.. pollinate the lower branches on the thickest mother. My plan is to use the seedling I have now, to grow through this grow, and keep her growing as my next grow. I will just grow this one plant, and make her reaalll tall and thick, looking to get 2-3 ounces off just this one plant. I will use a MH light over the plant, and 4 fluorescent tubes for side lighting. I think my nest grow will be a real success..

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lookin good man, gotta love afghani

thanks dude, I decided to try a pure indica strain this time.. supposed to put you on your ass, or so I here.. I don't think i've tried a 100% indica strain so far. This strain is also supposed to be full of resin and crystals(good for hashing), so I will try to make me some hash.

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That's weird.. I don't know why my pictures show up sometimes, and sometimes they don't.. :S

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im having trouble just uploading a new pic for my avatar :/

Well i decided to post some new pics today, and let you guys in on the progress i'm making..

Temp: 27 C
Humidity: 40%
Watered today with miracle grow 12-4-8
Reppoted seedling yesterday.

Well, my plants have obviously grown from the last post with pics, so here they are:

This one is 11.5 inches tall (in a 10" self watering planter)





Notice, it is getting quite bushy(due to use of side lighting) And it is starting to branch out quite a bit on the bottom( you cant really see weli in these pics.. stupid shitty camera). I have not yet flowered yet, but it is looking like my 4 plants are females.. one might be a male, but i wont be able to tell until I do actually start flowering.

this is the fattest momma at 11 inches(in a 12" self watering planter):







This was the fastest growing plant since the start.. it only got recently beat out by the first plant(first pics I posted in this post) it is beat by a mere .5 inches. It was always the fattest and tallest until now(which is now only the fattest). I reppoted her aprox 3 days ago, the roots were wrapped all around the inside of the bottom of the pot.. she needed the extra space.

This is my seedling, which will grow into my next grow (aprox 12 days):



Just a little recap for you guys.. I am growing in miracle grow all purpose soil, watering every 2-3 days, and using weak solution of Miracle Grow ferts every water (12-4-8 ). I have 2 fluorescent tubes for side lighting(daylight and warm white for outwrad growth), two hovering over the plants(cool white and daylight), and each plant has it's own daylight CFL bulb (over top the plants for height). I have the plants in 8", 10" and 12" pots. I spray the leaves in the morning, with a weak solution of shultz 10-15-10, as soon as I get up and the lights turn on. I also have 2 homemade CO2 (yeast, sugar, water) systems (Two 2 litre pop bottles with holes in the tops, and tubing running out of them hovering over the plants).

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what's up with the pictures blanking outt?? grr..

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