have 8 sour diesel clones I vegged them for about 4 weeks (bought them as clones on Aug 9th) put them in 5 gal. pots. they are under 1000w hps for 12 light and 12 dark. i water them every other day i use about 4-5 gallons of water and disperse the 4 gallons evenly through the 8 plants. i am using foxfarm oceans forest with worm castings mixed soil. I am using foxfarm nutes: big bloom, & tiger bloom, i started using nutes 6 days into flowering, because i wanted to flush. they are in a 5ft x 5ft x 6ft 7in grow hut with reflective foiling (not white walls). Temp is constantly 73F TO 77F during light hours and dark hours goes to about 65-60F (ac unit), pH is always 6.3-6.1. Any tip/hints would be very helpful! i have osculating fans and two 6in. inline exhaust (YOU CAN ONLY SEE 1 INLINE IN THE PICS) the other inline is attached to the other end of the duct spitting the hot air out of the window. inline exhaust fans and a carbon filter. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK SO FAR??? ANY TIPS OR HINT WOULD HELP ALOT! IM A 1ST TIMER. anything you would do different? ps. THEY are really STINKY! already

THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING FOR A TOTAL OF 9 WEEKS AND 5 DAYS.
They are about 34in tall. is that normal??

Nute dosses: tiger bloom=1/4 tsp/gal
Big Bloom=1-2 tbs/gal

*I ALWAYS USED NUTES WITH EVERY WATERING, I FLUSHED 4 DAYS AGO WITH A GALLON FOR EVERY POT. I JUST BOUGHT SOME ADVANCED NUTRIENTS SENSI A AND B, AND BIG BUD, I WAS TOLD I SHOULD FLUSH THE FOX FARM GARBAGE NUTES, BEFORE I APPLY THE ADV. NUTES. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT????

*I HAVE NEVER CHECKED MY PPM...IS THAT NOT SMART? HOW OFTEN SHOULD I CHECK IT?

HOW MUCH LONGER FLOWERING DO YOU THINK??? WHEN CAN I CHOP?

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any thoughts ? comments? critics? anything? advice? is the yellowing normal for the fan leaves??

hey man looking really good, sour diesel is like my favorite strain ever, so im very jealous right now

very good job for a first run +reps

man i wish i could invest in a grow tent like that... owell one day


except for a few yellow leaves here and there your plants look like they are healthy and doing good for what like... just over a month into flowering?

sour d's go about 9 weeks if i remember so start checking your trichs around haloween

if you dont have a 60x - 100x magnifyer go to your local radio shack and pick one up for like 12 bucks

ill be around

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East oak huh, the bay bay bay bay bay. Things are looking good. Sounds like you have the environment in check for the most part. I would say at least a couple more weeks till you pull (usually 8-9 weeks of flowering is needed) so that those nugs can fatten up and get heavy. I would also either get another light for your next run or try less plants next time. after vegging for 4 weeks you should be able to pull about 3-4 ounces per plant when they finish. if there is enough light. also next time you may want to "lollipop" the plants (remove the bottom 50% of branches a week before flowering), I have even taken the bottom 70% off and had great results. on a plant the size of yours i would remove all but about 6-8 branches when i flower. see the lower branches dont get much light so they produce small fluffy nugs, while the top of the plants produce a larger denser bud. also, way to go on the advanced nutes. I love that stuff. if you can afford it, get voodoo juice to use with your sensi A and B. try to find the small bottles of it. this stuff rocks and is well worth the loot. good change on the nutes, just be careful because advanced nutes uses pharmaceutical grade ingredients and over use will cause a quick poisoning of your crop. but i would say you have done very well for yourself and you will soon be enjoying your own smoke, good shit bro. late

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thanks greenday and thankyou JS, i will take some more pics up close of the trichs and buds, should i cut the yellowed leaves off?? i will do the lollipop idea next, i think im going to go with GDP for my next strain... im thinking about adding a co2 setup, maybe switch to hydroponics hydrofarm 8 site, or up grading to a lumatek digital 1000w ballast. which do you think would benefit me more? or what cani add to my setup to make it better?


i will try and get those up-close pics asap

eastoak, id go with the ballast and keep it going in soil. Yea i'd wait another week and half, 2 weeks til you form some fat ass dank buds. Be sure to read up on drying and curing em, curing makes em super dank

i would deff go for the light, keeping the water in check on a hydro setup can be tricky, and remember more light = more bud usually. and as far as co2 goes, there is no need for it as long as you have a good in/out vent. co2 is really only necessary in a sealed environment. late

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new up close pics let me know what you think?

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definately got weeks left

looks real good tho

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Yep, make sure you don't harvest early. Patience is a virtue man!

Looks really good, the yellowing is normal, the plants are just using all their available energy to making bigger buds.

Definitely get your meters before you do your next grow. It's much easier to avoid problems that way.