Its time: First Grow Journal:LST,150 Watt HPS,and Daily Updates(cause I have no life)

sorry for all the post, I meant to put this on the last one but i'm high.

The temps in the cab are around 80 and the circulation fan is going strong with fresh air so water evaporates pretty damn quickly. I can see the runoff in the pans below the pots evaporate within 30 minutes.

I also stick my fingers into the soil at least 2 or 3 inches into the dirt and it is bone dry for the most part. If I dig down deep and my finger goes in 4 or 5 inches and I feel slight moisture should I not water. I felt that this last time when I watered.

This is one of the craziest box grows I've seen in a while. lol only 1/4 of the inside is dedicated grow space. Your thread says 150 w hps, but those look like CFL's Which one is it? Interesting venting system....Whats it made of?

Sgt.Sly said:

This is one of the craziest box grows I've seen in a while. lol only 1/4 of the inside is dedicated grow space. Your thread says 150 w hps, but those look like CFL's Which one is it? Interesting venting system....Whats it made of?

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He added in the CFLs because he didn't have enough cool light spectrum for the veg growth.

GeekFarmer said:

He added in the CFLs because he didn't have enough cool light spectrum for the veg growth.

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"cool Light Spectrum" ?
I think you mean to say daylight spectrum.

Daylight bulbs have the blue spectrum in them, they are 6500k color temp. And are used for veg.

Cool White, spectrum rating is 4100k these are THE WRONG BULB AL TOGETHER.
They are about as effective as moon light even in high watages, kinda like halogens.

two inches dry wait a day...3 inches dry water...if your plant have that droopy look that's a sign of needing water ( or too much water) , but always check to be sure.....whats the ph level of your water ????? Today is the day you start to use the BIG GROW..start slow ..not too much..get the babies use to it first...Hey do what you want with the lsd just make sure you know how you going to top once you start tying them down...keep looking for those daylight cfls or any cfl with a kelvin rating of 5100-6500 ( with 6500 being the best and nothing below 5100 )..you going to need that spectrum to clone and veg next go around.....

yeah its not a very big box so my inline fan took up a lot of room... only way to keep it cool. I have both cfls and 150w. and the ventilation system is held up by bungee cords, connected by ventilation tubing and insulated by insulation. The air goes through the filter, through the fan, out the back hole and into the hole in my wall for ventilation.

and the cfls are 6500k daylight cfls

ok that's the cfl you need...perfect for clone and veg...

mm good good

Daily Update (Day 28 from Seed)

Another day another dolla. The girls look ok I suppose. Most of the yellowness is in the fan leaves have disappeared which is a good thing. But the fan leaves are getting pretty droopy, especially with the girl on the right. I am pretty sure they are just water logged right now. The soil is pretty moist. I plan to let them dry out for at least 3 or 4 days.

oh and LST/Topping. Time? I have heard yes and no

Well I went ahead and topped the girls. I think the operations were a success. Here are some shitty camera pics

yeh good call on the topiing. It depends on how you want your plants to look like and or are they gonna be used for clones. Looking good though.

thanks dude. I'll be keepin ya posted

Man them babys really started to grow..nice job with the topping ( I was so hoping you would top first )..now the lower sites will start to grow to catch the two heads you have coming.....now you will really see how you should tie those broads up..good job bro

hey man thanks for checkin out my cheese grow
ok so on to your grow, you did a good top job, you know if you want more sites you can top more than once, but i would wait until she gets a little bigger
are the leaves always kind of droopy like that because it looks like overwatering
when i water my plant the leaves get droopy and then a couple hours later they are stickin right back up again
other than that she looks good man,peace

wow man these girls look great, im definately gunna subscribe to this thread

How are your plants doing... I have problems getting my seeds to germinate.. did the water trick work???
coresurf

I need some tips on germinating???

coresurf said:

I need some tips on germinating???

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What are you currently doing?

Here's sometips.
1. Freez the seeds in the freezer for 24 hours(simulates a winter and spring thaw and speeds germination up a bit.)
2. then soak em in water for 12-24 hours till they crack.
3.Water should be in a dark warm place 80-90F warm helps too.
4. Seeds that sink to the bottom and crack open with little tails will be your winners. Plant those fucker Knot side up, tail point down. 1/4 to 1/3 inch down.

OR

Wet down some paper towel nice and wet but not sloppy. fold over the seeds. cover to keep mosisture in. Put in dark warm place. Check for tails in 12-48 hours.