High everyone! Well this is my first attempt at growing cannabis. This site has been very informative and most the people on here seem real chill. I know i`m going to need a bit of help along teh way I hope this thread helps other people starting up or already along the way and please feel free to post any questions or comments.This is a LEGAL!!! garden in the US and will be providing medical marijuana for a few patients including myself
So first off here`s a run down of the equipment i`m using.
GROWING MEDIA: CoCo
Nutrients: Using a 3 part system from General Hydroponics. I`ll be switching to the Cana CoCo line when i can afford it.
All the flowering will be done in a Growlab 80L 4'11" x 2'7" x 6'7" using a ebb & flow system with 2 2`x2` trays. I`m also running an airstone and small circulation pump in the reservoir. My main pump is set on a timer to turn on 3 times a day for 15 minutes at a time. Lighting for the tent is a 600w GE Lucalox HPS in a Super Sun 6 Inch Reflector from SunLight Supply driven with a lumatek electronic ballast.
Also there are 2 can fans. One exhausting heat and smell out the top and into a carbon filter the other bringing fresh cool air into the tent through a HEPA filter.
I also have set up a smaller Veg area / Home for my Moms. Thia is a much smaller space in my closet and is lit with a T5 light fixture NEW WAVE T5 28 (2 FT - 8 LAMP). Lights are set on a 18/6 photoperiod. This is also set up on a ebb & flow system w/ Airstone, small circ pump. This is also set to come on three times a day for 15 minutes at a time.
Here are a couple pics of this setup: Please if anyone has any ideas or info they would like to share do so. This is my first try and i`m still pretty clueless. Enjoy and ill be posting more pics soon as i`m about a month into the grow now.
So what i have currently are 5 strains.
1- Bag seed (i think this might be a sativa but not sure)
1- Big Bud CLONE i got this given to me at a local NORML Meeting
3- Greenhouse Seed Company strains: White Rhino, Cheese, Lemon Skunk. (The Great White Shark and Trainwreck DID NOT SPROUT )
I plan on keeping mother plants of all these strains to take clones from.
i`m using a MAG DRIVE 250 GPH. I`m pretty partial to mag pumps after working in saltwater for years. They have always been a reliable pump. Then in the flower tent i`m using a MAG DRIVE 350 GPH
don't frown on the no sprouts i get 100% bag seeds to germ and only 75% of my first 2 orders have germd. i killed 2 kush fems and 2 lowryders. i made up for it by going 16 for 16 with some local stuf that was bag seed.
ok first off i`m switching nutrients today. So far I've been using the 3-part General Hydroponic samples i got as samples. Everything has been good but i wanted something geared more for CoCo. . . Took more clones over the weekend too. I have also taken all my plants out of veg and moved everything into the flower tent (except clones). So here are a few pics from my veg room over the last week. The Last two pics are current as of today.
Here is the progression of my bag seed plant over the last 2 weeks, it has been in flower 12/12 for 14 days now.
What does everyone think. . . . . should i trim some of the lower branches off to divert more energy into the upper parts of the plant or should i just let them all go?
Sorry for a lack of macros. i'm going to see if i can find my other camera tomorrow.
I hope this thread helps other people starting up or already along the way and please feel free to post any questions or comments.This is a LEGAL!!! garden in the US and will be providing medical marijuana for a few patients including myself 
