My First Grow Ever. Clones in Socal

I just signed up on this forum because everyone seems so cool and helpful compared to a couple other places I looked.

I just got 6 OG clones that I'll be planting tomorrow in the backyard, right in the ground. I've been reading up and I'm hoping to be one of the few that succeeds teh first time out. (of course) I got soil with guano, castings, and everything else that the pages I've read suggest. I have a ph tester for water (wasn't sure just how necessary that was, but I got it. If you guys think it's a waste, I can return it.) I have earth juice bloom, grow, and catalyst. (I was told not to use these things for a couple weeks because the soil has so much good things in it.

Anyway, I figured I'd document it here and maybe get some tips along the way. I'm planting tomorrow. I started out by taking some pics of the clones and the backyard (which looks like a disaster, but could help hide these babies for awhile with the tall weeds and grass.)

Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated! Especially suggestions regarding transplanting them into the soil, which I'll be doing tomorrow. By the way, I'm in the hot san fernando valley in CA. So
while today it's a high of 75, it'll be hitting 110 soon I'm sure! Thanks in advance!


Here are the pics of the plants/yard.....

That was yesterday, this is today....

Okay, I've changed course on day 2...

The ground was REALLY REALLY hard about 6 inches deep, so we went and bought four 4 gallon pots, and two 7 gallon pots. I've named them all with my friend Samantha Parkington. We have Eve (because she was the first one out of the box,) Stalky (because she had a lot of stalks growing off the main stem and she was short,) Busty (She was very top heavy, with nothiing growing out the bottom of her stem,) Bunny (because it had a lot of babies growing out of it,) MJ (Maryjane was very average - we tried to come up with a very average name... one of us said Mary, the other said Jane so we combined them,) and lastly Teeny (she had a few teeny tiny leaves growing out of her stem.)

I used supersoil with some small rocks at the bottom for drainage. Then we put some organic soil at the top of each plant. We surrounded bunny with it as an experiment. The soil was mixed with water with a 6.5 ph level.

Here's the pic of them now. More to come... Any suggestions? Thanks!

haha sweet. Yeah dude, the pots were a good idea I think. You can keep good quality soil in it like you are, and they will grow to be hella bomb. Of course they wont get as big as if they were in the ground, but if the oil sucks, well, the soil sucks! haha But they look good... I''ll be watching. What Nutes are you gonna use? 110 sounds kinda hot, try and keep them cool if possible...

Musical Suicide said:

haha sweet. Yeah dude, the pots were a good idea I think. You can keep good quality soil in it like you are, and they will grow to be hella bomb. Of course they wont get as big as if they were in the ground, but if the oil sucks, well, the soil sucks! haha But they look good... I''ll be watching. What Nutes are you gonna use? 110 sounds kinda hot, try and keep them cool if possible...

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Thanks man! Actually I was told these OG clones are pretty decent in a bit of shade, so on hot days I'll keep them next to the tree I think?

As for nutes, I'm pretty much following this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1M-f9pxHUE hahahaha... (Earth Juice Grow and Earth Juice Bloom... Bat Guano once a week.) I also got Earth Juice catalyst and microblast per the guy at the store... Not sure if that was necessary....

What do you think? Also, how big can they get in 4 and 7 gallon pots?

Thanks!

Hi, I'm a little worried. I was informed that these little clones were probably kept under A LOT of light and now that they're outside in 14-10 or so in socal, they could prematurely flower. What can I do to prevent this? I'd really like them to veg awhile longer.

Thanks for any advice!

It's been about a week and a half and I need some advice... I think they're looking pretty good, but I'm not sure about a couple of things. They are in 4 gallon and 7 gallon plastic planters. Will that be big enough for them to grow large and harvest nicely? Also, how do I get them to grow large before flowering? That would be best right? Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks a lot.... Here's the pics from today!

Today has been EXACTLY 1 month from my first post on here. Wow, these have really gotten bigger. 1 in particular. For some reason, this one has gotten a lot bigger than the other 5. The others are looking okay too, just not as big as this one. They all started to flower... Should that be happening already? According to the plan I'm following, I'm going to keep giving them the grow nutrients for another week and a half and then start combining it with the bloom formula. Any suggestions or comments would be great...

I also germinated and planted 12 seeds. 9 started to grow. I'm keeping these far from my bigger 6 as to make sure the males don't interfere. Thanks for any suggestions or comments! Here are a few of the new pics!

This is the big one.... Some of the leaves are the size of my hand...

Here's a closer look at the big one... You can see the flowers starting to form...

Here's a couple of the smaller ones from the first 6...

Better pic of the flowering top of a smaller one...


And here are the small ones I started from seeds...

Went on Vacation last weekend and wasn't able to water the plans for a couple days. They were looking okay, but now a couple are looking pretty bad on on side. They look great on the other side though. It's hotter in Socal now so just starting 2 days ago I started to water every day instead of every other day. The soil feels dry after 1 day. Here are pics of the bad side of the big plans and the good side of it. Is this because of the watering or something else? Is it dying? Thanks for your help!


Another one of the bad side of 2 plants... The big one is on the left.

Another bad leaf... Most are lower also...


The GOOD Side of the big plant....


One more healthier pic...


Think they'll be okay? Any suggestions on what to do here if anything?

Thanks!