My first HPS closet grow! - PPPics

majek

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Hey everyone, I've been posting my pics in the wrong forum so I decided to start a journal to keep everything in order. Plus I want to keep track of my plants while they flower and get as much input from other growers as I can. Feel free to post comments, any help will be +appreciated!

Technically this is my third grow, but my last two were failures due to one plant turning out male and the other one dying from bad soil/lighting. This time I decided to do it right, I started by purchasing beans and a HPS lamp online, then I payed a visit to my local hydro store and the rest is ancient history :mrgreen:

I'm growing 6 Pure Power Plant from nirvana, I started with 10 seeds but 2 never sprouted and the other 2 never grew their first set of leaves so I pulled em. I'm using a 250w HPS so 6 plants is perfect for the amount of space/light coverage. They are growing in FoxFarm OceanForest soil with Age Old Organics grow/bloom liquid fertilizer, epsom salt and bat guano, organic baby! I'll also be using mollasses when the time is right.

I started feeding when they were 13 days old, 1/4 strength grow nutes and 1/4 tbsp epsom salt in a gallon of water. I haven't used the guano yet, FFOF soil has some in it already but I plan on using it soon.

Enough rambling, time for the pics!

This is when they were 12 days old, the night before I started feeding. There's only 5 plants in the pic because I had one plant that was growing retarded so I FIMmed it right above the 2nd set of leaves. The smallest plant sprouted 1 day later than the rest, and it's also stunted from being in a small pot.
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This is the stunted plant from the first pic at 3 weeks 1 day, it caught up with the rest of them now it's one of the best looking :-o
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This is the missing plant from the first pic, it has 4 main colas. 2 are growing nicely, the other 2 are small but slowly catching up.
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This plant was growing super tall, twice the height of the rest of the plants (I think it's male) so I topped it above the 4th set of leaves. It's a little skinny but starting to bush out.
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This was the shortest plant with the fattest stalk and leaves, so I transplanted it into a bigger pot and started some minor LST training.
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This is the canopy, I'm keeping the plants real close together so they get optimum lighting.
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Well, let me know what you think! I'll post more pics with better lighting in a couple days right before I switch to 12/12.
 
Yeah tight work! How is your temp in the closet with the hps? I was considering getting one for my next closet grow, but I'm nervous about the heat and cutting holes and shit is out of the question.
 
thanks for stopping by everyone :D

cap k, it's a pretty cheap lamp, the ballast is attached to the reflector so the temps get pretty hot above my plants. if you get a hps make sure to get one with a separate ballast so you can keep it in a cool place. that's the biggest mistake I made with this grow.

sorry I haven't posted any new pics yet, I've been sick for about a week :( but I'm feeling better now. I'll take some new ones a.s.a.p.
 
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