First time growing hoping things go well

Mattytokes420 said:

Thanks. I tend to worry alot and I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I always feel like I could be doing something better. I need to learn to just sit back and let them do their thing because like you said they are looking pretty damn good for my first run all 9 that popped are still alive so I must be doing halfway decent.

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Exactly! They look awesome and I know I'm excited to see them grow aha . And same here man, sometimes I watch them and I'm like, you all started the same time why you all so different

Looking good!! How much water are they drinking?

noobzilla said:

Looking good!! How much water are they drinking?

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About a gallon every 5-7 days. It was once a week but I read something about watering when the top inch is dry so it had only been 5 days my top couple inches were dry but it was still wet in the middle I watered it and now my leaves look kind of bloated I think. Maybe pronounced is a better word you can see all the detail in them and they seem kind of thick. Also the fox farm nutes say to use twice a week with plain water in between but my plants only need water once a week. So I fed them half strength two weeks in a row and this time just gave them PhD water with a little calimagic.

Thanks for the info. Trying to get a handle on all of this. It appears easy at first glance, and I'm sure to a seasoned grower it is. But man ... there's a lot to learn!!

noobzilla said:

Thanks for the info. Trying to get a handle on all of this. It appears easy at first glance, and I'm sure to a seasoned grower it is. But man ... there's a lot to learn!!

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There's definitely alot to it. But the rwards will be so worth it

Day 33. I switched to keeping the lights on 24/0. They seem to like it. That blueberry is becoming quite the bush!

Day 36 from seed gave a full dose feeding of fox farm nutes Thursday night. Things are looking pretty good

Mattytokes420 said:

Day 36 from seed gave a full dose feeding of fox farm nutes Thursday night. Things are looking pretty good
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They are looking amazing!! I wish mine were hat bushy, out well mistakes can be learned from; yours just look so amazing!!

So I got sick of messing with gallon jugs for watering and picked up a Rubbermaid tote used one of my hydro pumps I have kicking around and an air pump and made this cool little res for feeding/watering. I'm going to pick up a watering wand so I can put my nozzle back on my outdoor hose when I get a chance.

Day 39 from germination

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Day 50. I setup my oxypot system which makes feeding/watering a breeze. Put in the 1000 watt hps bulb to try to acclimate the girls from the 600. About to switch to flowering. It's gonna be 90degrees for the next two days so it's the perfect time for a 36 hour dark period before 12/12. About half of the plants are already showing pistils. I used all feminized seeds so they should all show soon.

Day 55 from seed 3 since switching to 12/12

Day 58 from seed 6 days into 12/12. I lollipopped them Friday and installed a trellis net yesterday. All showing pistils. My only real problem is the amnesia OG is so short compared to the others and my tent is pretty cramped. In the future I'm only going to do 4 plants max in a 4x4 and all the same strain.

Day 64 from seed. Day 12 of 12/12. Things are looking pretty good. The tops are bright green/yellowish though I don't know why. They aren't really an unhealthy looking yellow. No brown spots or anything. I was thinking light bleaching maybe so I've been moving the light up but it's still there. Any ideas? I tried getting pictures before the light came on but only got 1 the others are with lights on.

Been a little bit since I've updated. I've been flooding 4 times a day now. 3 times during the light cycle and once in the dark. Since my roots are in the bucket now I figured I should be circulating the water more than once a day. I had to go through and clean up the bottom of the plants again. Things were way to crowded and there was alot of little branches that would be useless anyway. Everything so crowded I may have to start defoliating up top a little at a time. I haven't wanted to because it's so controversial but I figure with so many people standing behind it it can't hurt too much if I go a little at a time. Here are some pics from Thursday day 69 or 17 since switch do you think they are on schedule?

About to start week six of flower. Having some light stress from the fruit punch. They kinda grew out of control and I can't get my light any higher. Started using a portable ac and using the water it collected for my plants without realizing it is like r/o so I got some (I believe) Cal mag deficiencies. I started adding calmagic and I haven't seen any new problems so I think it cured it. Some real nice smells and frostyness in there. I can't wait for my second grow with the knowledge I've been gaining this time.

Mattytokes420 said:

About to start week six of flower. Having some light stress from the fruit punch. They kinda grew out of control and I can't get my light any higher. Started using a portable ac and using the water it collected for my plants without realizing it is like r/o so I got some (I believe) Cal mag deficiencies. I started adding calmagic and I haven't seen any new problems so I think it cured it. Some real nice smells and frostyness in there. I can't wait for my second grow with the knowledge I've been gaining this time. View attachment 3979204 View attachment 3979205 View attachment 3979206 View attachment 3979207

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Looking good man, any idea what you wanna run for your next?

It'll probably be dependant on which strain I like the most in the end. I grew 7 different strains this time and I saved seeds of each. I'll probably do fruit punch again because I have more of those and maybe start some mother's of the other strains at the same time to clone for future runs. I'm taking a break in between to build a shop outside where I can go a little bigger. So I'll have some time to decide. I know some of the free seeds they sent me are looking better than the ones I bought. Midnight mass has the biggest densest looking buds right now.

Nearing end of week 8 of flower. I pulled the special queen #1 last week. It's just finished drying I think I have about 2 ozs. It filled 2 quart jars about 85%. The other plants immediately took over the space. I think one of my fruit punch is of a different phenotype than the other 2 it's getting close to being done. The others are still going strong.