Out with the old, in with new (grow)

laserbrn · #1 06-11-2007, 10:52 PM

I attempted to do a grow journal on my last grow, but I never updated it. I don't know, I was too lazy I guess. Well, I grew two small plants in a stealth closet grow. I have a 250w HPS that I used for Veg and Flower.

These plants were grown from clones at a local dispensary. One was reported to be Grand Daddy Purple, and one Blueberry. As these plants grew up I noticed that the plants labeled as Grand Daddy Purple were clearly not Grand Daddy Purple...or so I thought.

I had to start by setting up the closet. So I went out to the Home Depot and spent my day buying wood and all of the necessary tools for the job. What I ended up with for a setup is below.

laserbrn · #2 06-11-2007, 10:59 PM

After I had the setup ready I picked up the clones and brought them home. I planted them in Fox Farms Organix Potting Soil with 1/3 perlite. I didn't take a lot of pictures in the beginning, because I loaned my camera to a friend and didn't get it back. Figures.

Right before going into flowering the plants started to turn a little yellow. I suspected Nitrogen deficiency and chose to leave them on veg nutes for the first 2 weeks of flowering.

These pictures were taken at day 3 of 12/12.

laserbrn · #3 06-11-2007, 11:04 PM

By the 12th day of flowering the plants were looking good and I new things were going to turn out okay. I had been nervous that with a 250w light and only 2 plants even though they were vegged for a long period (7 weeks) that I wasn't going to yield very much. This stage made me feel better.

The plants quickly showed sex and beyond. After hearing stories of plants needing 2 weeks to show sex I figured I was way ahead of the curve. It only took 3 days to show sex!

They also really stretched out nice and were setting up the spacing very nicely.

laserbrn · #4 06-11-2007, 11:11 PM

Things ended up going pretty well with that grow, but again lagged on camera work. I didn't take any more pictures until the harvest. Well the harvest was mildly succesful at a whopping 3 oz! I picked them at 52 days of 12/12 because I wanted to start my next project and I wanted to get the nice cerebral high that picking early gets you. I probably could have gotten another 1/2 oz out of the two of them by waiting. One was a very sativa strain (that's why I say it wasn't Grand Daddy Purple, but it turned out purple) and definitely looked like it could go 2 -3 more weeks easy. It just would have left me with 1 plant using the space I need for my next grow so I pulled them.

Here are some harvest pics...

laserbrn · #5 06-11-2007, 11:17 PM

I ended up getting a line on some new clones that are guaranteed to be from better strains than my last one. The reported blueberry on the last one was ridiculously good, but the purple strains is just slightly above average, Definitely solid, but not WOW.

For this grow I decided to switch to Hydro to decrease growing time and increase yield. For those that don't agree with that, I don't want to argue it anymore. This is the way that I'm doing it.

I have decided to at least veg with a new 6 bulb T-5 light fixture that I picked up at the local hydro store. This unit is good for 30,000 lumens and should suffice my short vegging cycle. I am going to try to only veg for about another week and half. I need to keep them short and I'm only growing six so that I can veg shorter period and yield a decent amount. I can't get an ounce per plant right now because I am in an apartment and don't want to deal with the odor.

For odor control now I am already using a 360cfm fan connected to a Can-66 carbon filter. Works great now, but my shit is so stealth that my own roommate couldn't tell I was growing. And the shit was stinky before I did some things about it.

Anyway, here are pics of the new little girls...

These babies are doing well. I picked them up last Thurs. and they are already showing new growth and minimal yellowing/wilting.

laserbrn · #6 06-11-2007, 11:19 PM

These are the last 5 pics of the new little girls. I will update this log as much as I possibly can. I am aiming at once a week with pics and daily discussions are always good.

Well, stop by, check it out and leave your opinions/suggestions. Alright, I am done. Go ahead and reply!

Thank you for respecting the request to not post! This site kicks ass!

laserbrn · #7 06-12-2007, 10:59 AM

Damn, typed up this whole thing, resized all my pics, and took a little effort to share and not a single response. Cold blooded group this is.

laserbrn · #8 06-13-2007, 07:27 AM

Day 6 (VEG):

Plants are looking good. Some are growing faster that others. I believe some of the plants are beginning to stretch a little, but it's hard to say as they are growing leaves, just seem to be jumping up more than out. I have the light at 2" from the tallest guy and it gets too hot if I drop them closer. I only have to veg with this light for another week, maybe week and half and I'll switch to 12/12 with my HPS.

M0r1arty · #9 06-13-2007, 07:42 AM

Nice setup Laser, all looks well.

Good luck with this grow,although to be fair your first attempt was not too bad was it. At least you got to smoke some of your efforts which is always nice!!!

Anyways happy growing man and best wishes

M0r1arty

Coma · #10 06-13-2007, 12:08 PM

Looks pretty good to me!