Just checking out your grow. I like your strain selection there. I also chose my current apartment for it's humongous closets. I've got a 6' x 6' walk-in that's been the perfect growroom so far. Try to find a place that has an additional second closet to use for growing. I was able to hook up 6 23watt CFLs in a second 2.5' x 3' closet and now I have a CFL veg chamber and a flower room with a 400watt HPS. This way you can harvest every 4 weeks instead of 12 because you can add fully vegged plants into your flower room every four weeks. Plan for it now because you'll want to do this eventually.

I'm a big fan of the 20 hrs on, 4 hrs off schedule. There's endless debate on this and it all boils down to this: the only scientific evidence I've seen compared 18/6, 20/4, and 24/0 - 30 plants each. 20/4 had the highest yield. Many pros use 18/6 and 24/0 so those obviously work as well. The difference is minimal. My only knock on 24/0 isn't backed up by any evidence but rather trying to apply some common sense. Stress causes hermies. We don't want hermies. Going from no periods of darkness for the entire plant's life to suddenly half of the time in the dark is a drastic change. I think the plants need some dark in veg, even if it's just a couple hours. Just my two pennies there. And I put my seedlings under a 400watt MH four days after they break the surface so you can do the same with the HPS. Just keep it 24-30 inches away for a while.

The last thing I'll say is I would stay away from the nutes and spraying for now. Having too many nutrients does terrible things to these plants and I've had 100% success with seedlings without spraying them even though humidity dipped down to 20% at times. And I grow in coco so I can assure you that a seedling can survive without nutes in a soilless medium for a few weeks. There's trace minerals in your tap water. You have all the ingredients for success here and I think you'll do well. I really didn't mean to write this much but I hope some of it helps. Peace.

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aw yes finally some pics i can squirt some baby gravy to jk...but your babies are lookin great hopefully they grow into some big ladies with huge knockers..keep up the good work fellow dakotan..peacez

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thanks cheetah.. i already went through your grow journal several times a about a month ago

thanks for the tips mared_juwan,

i think i might go with the 20/4 and i'll definitively consider your four week method.

peaceandlove im with ya praying for ladies!

the plants really liked the recent watering and im sure they'll be good for all of day today and probably tomorrow before they'll get some again. i'm making sure they dry out a little bit in between.

-focus-

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NL and Big Bud are both commercial strains. Good weed no doubt but focused on quantity over quality.

The Bubblegum you have is VERY special though. It's as good as it gets. I just smoked some last week. The taste was beyond dreams! The high was almost too strong. You're Stoked!

Good luck with the Thai. I love sativas but I've had no luck growing them indoors. They take forever to finish and tend to run! If you have the time it's worth the wait. But at 11 weeks and everything else is long harvested and dried you'll be saying "WTF! is this bitch ever going to finish?".

I'm currently putting all my spare change into this grow StinkBud so I can't even afford to buy any smoke. That being said.. I'm sure the NL and BB will tie me over until the BG and TS fully mature to their highest potential.

Bad news...the digital camera I have been using is going to be out of town till Sunday. I gave them another watering just a hour ago and they have already grown so much since the last pictures. One Big Bud seedling has some yellowish burn spots on it so I would moved it to the outside of the lights. As the plants have gotten taller, I have also raised my laundry basket up about two inches so I would say the closet the lights come to the leafs are 2 1/2 inches. The 12" fan is on full speed and there is a little 4'' one that is positioned so it goes right through the middle of the V shaped light setup. Keep in mind this is still just a temporary location and I fully intend to do things more professional. However, the shoe laces I used to suspend my lights are really easy to work with! haha

Can't wait to bring out the HPS!

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took a peak at them earlier today and the soil was dry about 2 inches so i watered them about 60% of the water i did last time. i have one sick big bud! i've searched the forums and i can't seem to find an answer. what a bad time to not have the camera! it has yellow/orange rounded spots on its first pair of leaves. i've been reading a lot of seedling threads and i come a crossed plenty of pictures of plants that are 2 weeks old already on their 4th or 5th set? what is the secret! my tempatures are near perfect and the humidity has been high lately so i'm sure they are loving it. another smokeless night

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haha i am also using shoe laces to hold up my duct work for my hood...don't worry i was using speaker wire to hold up my previous light fixture that held my CFL's but is not located under my bed haha...keep it up focus...peace

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Update time! Well what can I say...I'm not unhappy about them, but they are slow! They are about 1.5 weeks to 2.5 weeks. Depending on much they grow I may be putting them under the 600w by Sunday. I was planning on transplanting a week after Sunday into 2/3 Ocean Forrest 1/3 Light Warrior, but I've been fascinated with hempy buckets. It sounds more complicated, but in all honestly it would make things easier and the results speak for themselves. I have been letting them dry out. I compare the weight of a the plant cup with a cup with only LW in it and wait till they are close to the same. Adding 3-4 drops per galon of SuperThrive (maybe too much) and tonight I added a cap full of hydrogen peroxide per gallon. I loved the light about 1/2 inch closer to the lights and we'll see what happens. You can pick out the sick big bud, but I'm not worried because the new growth is fine.

I will also be continously planting bag seed that comes from good herb as we grow along Just planted the very germinated seed tonight.

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Looking pretty good for the most part. The necrosis, drooping, and yellowing are all symptoms of overwatering but you described the correct way to water in your post. Have you been doing it this way all along? And what's "LW"? Most importantly, what is the ph of the water you are using?

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LW = Light Warrior

I was watering too much before. I always let it drain out though. I'm only using PH strips and it comes out to be around 6.4.

Thanks for your presence mared juwan! I hope my grow turns out like yours.

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Thanks, man. This little seedling stage is the most delicate and difficult of the grow IMO. Just keep doing what your doing with letting the cup get light before you water. But make sure when you do water, you soak it good and let a good amount of water drain out the bottom. PH 6.4 is perfect. You should be getting some faster growth here soon.

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