My first grow under MH light :)

MauieWoowie

MauieWoowie

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Here are some photos from my first grow. I have started to giving nutrients to my plants, will see how she ( i hope hehe ) react. I expect boom, as i mixed up nutrients with rain water which is gathered in iron barrel in my garden. I think it is very best water.

I was using one MH light 400w but now stuck with one 160w as first one broke :cry: When they were starting i was putting them at sunlight also but now can't because of neighbors...

Box made of white material and for night period i use dark closet.

She was growing for about month and 24 days now and i hope she will became more bushy as it looks fine but hope someone can tell better, i have taken few closeups.

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Please give some opinion, how they look as i don't have experience with growing but did experiment much with this plants from start. Also, she is in constant light, 24h.
 
Luger187

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looks overwatered. let the soil dry out before u water again. marijuana likes dry/wet cycles like that. thats y they r drooping a little. also they look kinda stretchy, how far is the light away from the tops? if u have an oscillating fan blowing around in between the light and plant, u can get it a lil closer without hurting the plant from heat stress.

what soil r u using? r u using nutrients? what kind?

edit: also forgot to ask, whats with the water droplets? r u sprayin water on em? jw
 
MauieWoowie

MauieWoowie

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Thanks for answer.

I water them a little every day, about 0.3l per plant. Soil that i use is from grow shop for flowers. Droplets are from spraying water on them, is that good thing to do?

Nutrients that i use are for flowering. 35ml on 2l and for spraying 8ml into 0.5l water, i started using nutrients yesterday.

Light is about 70cm from plants now and temperature is in between 20 - 25°c at all times.
 
Luger187

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MauieWoowie said:
Thanks for answer.

I water them a little every day, about 0.3l per plant. Soil that i use is from grow shop for flowers. Droplets are from spraying water on them, is that good thing to do?

Nutrients that i use are for flowering. 35ml on 2l and for spraying 8ml into 0.5l water, i started using nutrients yesterday.

Light is about 70cm from plants now and temperature is in between 20 - 25°c at all times.
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dont water them every day. wait about 3 days or so usually. put ur finger 2 inches down into the soil. if u feel moisture, they have enough water. if its dry, water it. when watering, spread the water around the pot evenly and make sure a little trickles out of the holes in the pot.

what is the soil called? they dont need to be sprayed if the roots have water. if for some reason the roots r damaged and cant take water in, then u foliar spray

what is the NPK of those nutes? it looks something like 10-15-20. what r those 3 numbers? since your in veg, u dont want to use flowering nutes. u want vegetative nutes. the veg nutes should be at a ratio of about 3-2-1, whereas flowering nutes have a ratio of about 1-2-3.

read up on nutrients and how they work because ur plant will die if u dont know how to do that

also, ur light is way too high. that is why they are all stretchy. i think 150 watts should be about 15"(about 40cm). lower it, then put ur hand right above the plants. if u can feel the warmth, raise it a tad. basically u want it as close as possible without burning the plant. when u get an oscillating fan like i said, u will be able to put the light a little closer
 
MauieWoowie

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Luger187 said:
dont water them every day. wait about 3 days or so usually. put ur finger 2 inches down into the soil. if u feel moisture, they have enough water. if its dry, water it. when watering, spread the water around the pot evenly and make sure a little trickles out of the holes in the pot.

what is the soil called? they dont need to be sprayed if the roots have water. if for some reason the roots r damaged and cant take water in, then u foliar spray

what is the NPK of those nutes? it looks something like 10-15-20. what r those 3 numbers? since your in veg, u dont want to use flowering nutes. u want vegetative nutes. the veg nutes should be at a ratio of about 3-2-1, whereas flowering nutes have a ratio of about 1-2-3.

read up on nutrients and how they work because ur plant will die if u dont know how to do that

also, ur light is way too high. that is why they are all stretchy. i think 150 watts should be about 15"(about 40cm). lower it, then put ur hand right above the plants. if u can feel the warmth, raise it a tad. basically u want it as close as possible without burning the plant. when u get an oscillating fan like i said, u will be able to put the light a little closer
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Nutrients have value of ( NPK ) 6%, 6%, 12% with addition of zink ( Zn ) and Mo ( molidben ). I heard your advice and will water them when they need, thanks for that really needed such advice. Below is nutrients bottle picture :

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Light is now put closer, i will see changes soon, also i noticed they start to look tired some way and i did turn off light to give them at least 4h of darkness daily.

Should i give them 4h or 6h darkness before flowering period?? Or to just leave constant, 24h light?

Thanks.
 
MauieWoowie

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After some time i post new pictures of my plant :) And, i think it is performing very well :)

It's female i think, most likely because i have been very good to her hehe

What can i expect from this plant and for how long must it grow before cutting, can someone tell me please... I did cut off some levees from this plant.

Here new pics :

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Plant gets about 8-9h sunlight every day last 10 days.
 
MauieWoowie

MauieWoowie

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Anyone reply please, am i progressing well with this one? It is important to me because i plan to invest more if this proves to be ok.
 
jimbizzzale67123

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Well you do have a female, dont cut off fan leaves unless they are dead, and you my freind are going to have one very large plant on your hands, how tall is that sucker. And dont spray your plants with water when ur lights are on you can sometimes reflect the light through the droplets and burn your leaves. And dont spray flowering plants down at all.
 
MauieWoowie

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Thanks for answer, i have stop sprayin plant few weeks ago, also i have stopped giving her nutrients - should i give more nutrients during flowering?

Plant is about 110cm tall. How much time does she need to grow before i can smoke it? :D
 
jimbizzzale67123

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yes once she starts flowering she will want more K and P but always error on the side of caution give her half strength doses unless she looks very hungry but be on the look out for over fertilizing or any kind of nutrient lock out. Just looking at your picture it looks like a good indica sativa mix, so I would say maybe 9 weeks of flowering, but you can go to radioshack and get a handhold microscope for 10 bucks and you can tell exactly when to harvest.
 
gweddo6868

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it is a female and u should be 12on and 12off and it looks like a sativa so it will probably have to go at least nine to ten weeks what strain is it
 
MauieWoowie

MauieWoowie

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jimbizzzale67123 said:
yes once she starts flowering she will want more K and P but always error on the side of caution give her half strength doses unless she looks very hungry but be on the look out for over fertilizing or any kind of nutrient lock out. Just looking at your picture it looks like a good indica sativa mix, so I would say maybe 9 weeks of flowering, but you can go to radioshack and get a handhold microscope for 10 bucks and you can tell exactly when to harvest.
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Yes, i noticed that nutrient ratio is very important because I fried few levees, but now i know correct dose of nutrients for her. - Will study more...

gweddo6868 said:
it is a female and u should be 12on and 12off and it looks like a sativa so it will probably have to go at least nine to ten weeks what strain is it
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Thanks, i messed up today, and she had only about 8h of full darkness. I plan to mix 12h of dark with 6-7h of sunlight, and then 6 or 5h under MH light to recover it.


Thank you both for your answers and i will show you some pics tomorrow - she is booming :D
 
MauieWoowie

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Here are some new pictures, i increased nutrients dose.

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She is about 15cm taller now. I am not sure of strain of this plant, i used seeds from weed that i was smooking, have choose biggest and strongest seed.
 
gweddo6868

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you should probably trim some of bottom growth off to help promote stronger growth on the top and that plant is a sativa or a hybrid
 
MauieWoowie

MauieWoowie

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Thanks for answer, i did think about it but not sure if i would need to cut of parts rite from the main tree or? can u explain more about trimming please.
 
gweddo6868

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is the light on in ur room in that picture if it is i would trim the first three sets off the bottom maybe even the fourth cut it at the main stem use it for clones the term is lollipopping by trimming the lower stuff u encourage the top to grow bigger buds that are closer to the lights but other than that the plant looks good
 
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