Chroniks 5-star Grow Journal

chronik4lyfe

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Hi all this will be my new grow journal, I had germinated 10 5(five)-star seeds on Tuesday Jan 5th, that i had ordered from the Vancouver Seed Bank (VSB), so far there are 4 sprouts, i have just potted them into Dixi cups(beer cups) today, 2 cups per plant.
My growing room is a walk in closet, at the moment my setup includes..

- 4, T-12 2 bulb light fixtures (8 bulbs total)
- 6 Natural Sunshine(Full Spectrum) 2200lumens 5000k bulbs
- 2 Soft White 3300lumens 3000k bulbs
- pack of 32 Dixi Cups(beer cups)
- Scotts Premium Potting mix soil 0.07-0.01-0.03
- Nature Mix by Hortibec(Tropical Plant mix) soil
- 2- way Digital Timer
- Digital Thermometer/ Humidex
- 23" ocelating fan

I'll be adding 23w Cfls as the plants grow throughout the veg stage, but for now the T-12 light fixtures will be perfectly fine. When the plants move into the flowering stage ill have all the T-12 fixtures replaced by a mixture of 42w 2700k and 23w 5000k Cfls.
I dont plan on adding any fert until i transplant into bigger pots (about 2 weeks into veg), the Nature Mix should work great for these seedlings until I transplant. For flowering i will be using a 15-30-15 Plant Prod fert.
I have set the timer to 20/4 on/off

Feel free to leave any Input, Questions or Comments.
... Anyways heres some pics of the setup so far...
 

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chronik4lyfe

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I was having some internet problems, so i couldent update for a bit..
Well i almost don't even wanna update but i'm gunna.. reason being they arent doing to well at the moment. Out of 10 seeds i only got 5 sprouts.. They were growing just fine for the first week then it all went to shit, heat stress i think.. So iv'e recently up-potted 4 of the 5, i did not up-pot the last one because it is very stunted and not growing, very gibbled looking leaves. I've also removed 2 of the t-12 fixtures and replaced them with 6 23w CFL's 5000k for the up-potted plants, and for my next watering ill be giving some 1/4 strength fert if they havent perked up...
Heres the pics...
 

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chronik4lyfe

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Ok time for an Update! The seedlings did not do so well after the transplant, so i gave them some fert... Tonnes of new growth started emerging within 2-3 days, now the plants are looking great!
I had planted 3 more seeds and got 3 more sprouts. One of the seeds was from my female, and the other 2 were from a friend of mine, says he got them from some kush he had..
I had also removed the last T-12 fixtures and replaced them with more 23w Cfls. There is now one bulb per plant, gunna add more as time goes on..
All in all i'd say they're startin' to look up, theres lots of new growth everyday, and lots of new hope :leaf:

Heres some pics! :leaf:
 

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chronik4lyfe

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Well updates had been put on hold for a while cause my roomate is a dick,.. enough said about that.
Looking at the pics i had taken before to what they look like now almost a month later,.. is friggin awsome. The plants pretty much exploded after i had added fert.
I switched the timer over to 18/6 about a week ago to pre flower. Right away i discovered 1 female and 2 males(ditched the males), and over the course of the week 3 more females have popped up, im thinking the last 1 is a male. Leaves me with 4 females.. The 2 bigger females i have are the only 5-Star plants i have left, the other 2 are some sorta kush.
One of the 5-Star females grew a hell of alot faster than the rest, so i had to tie her down.. level to all the other plants, and its still growing faster than all the others, i have up-potted her into her final pot. I will only be up-potting 1 more of the plants, the rest are small enough to stay in their current pots
All the plants are looking extremely healthy, due to my own mistakes a couple leaves have been slightly burned cause i had let them grow too close to the light. I'll be switching over to 12/12 wednesday, and i'll also flush, trim and change the lighting to 2700k that day as well. My first watering will be 15-30-15 Flowering fert about 3-4 days after flushing
I had to use my phone to take pics soo their a bit crappy.. hopefully u can makeout whats goin on there... Enjoy!! :leaf:
 

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