This grow will be the stuff of legends!!! 1st time growing...ANYTHING,EVER!!

Whats up RIU,

First off homage to all the old heads Uncle Ben,BeaverHuntr,Weedler,Dr. Chronic,Garden Knowm, and alot more that I can't think of off head. Guys like u make this easy AND fun!! I've gained a wealth of knowledge searching and reading your posts these last two years...(although I wasn't able to see the photos all the time),Ill explain later, u made this site a priority of my havoc ridden days...

Okay I'm a EX-convict freshly released from the states custody after 1254 days( yes 3 years, 5 months, and 9 days) the last 2 and a half years of my incarceration I had internet access due to a job in the Captain's office and this is what I spent my time reading( CAN U IMAGINE THAT). I've been home a couple weeks now and took time to do some important things...Anyway I've been looking for some quality smoke since I've been home but everytime I go to get some herb its always the same, light airy buds, barely frosted with trichs, and smelling off coffee beans (i know thats a smell pheno) asking 20-25 bucks per gram...NO WAY!!! I wanna get high but not that bad so I've compiled seeds from some "caregiver" friends with great looking "schwag" and a couple seeds from a self proclaimed 18 yr old "breeder" whos more like a seed farmer, but he did have a awesome crop of Candied Haze(Neville's hazexEye Candy)he said he crossed with his "Eye Candy" (HeadbandxVanillaKush) that I must say had some solid hard nugs and a nice fresh pine clean smell but my brother only gave it a 7 when he smoked it...So I got 3 seeds from his freshly hatched batch...

So heres what I got: the numbers are my brothers smoke rating of the bud, note: He classifies schwag and MMJ way differently!!

3- Candied Haze-7 of 10
4- A light green frosty popcorn type nug bud (beautiful schwag) 8 of 10
4- A dark lighty frosted heavy bud (really funky schwag) 5 of 10

I know these aren't great desriptions of the buds i got the seed from but I don't smoke yet soo I can't do better right now. I also know these aren't good selections of seed but I'm working with my given tools...I'll order Breeder seeds in like 2 weeks after my second paycheck!!!
 
My setup:

Space:4x4x78 mylar grow tent-ebay
Light:400w HID HPS/MH interchangable
Medium: Starting in Dixie cups with Fox Farm Light Warrior, Fox Farm Ocean Forest
Box of 5 Gal grow bags
Nutes: TechnaFlora Recipe For Success complete kit x2
2 Oscillating fans for heat reduction and circulation...

I'm using the cup of water germinating method letting the seeds sink before moving them to damp paper towels...from here to dixie cups using FFLW soil for new growth.
I plan on vegging for 6 weeks or 15 Inches whichever comes first..
1-2 24/0
3-6 18/6
transplanting just before becoming root bound to cut off 2 liter bottles in a mix of 50/50 mix of FFLW/FFOF...From here to the 5 gal bags to stay hopefully around week 5....
Then I'll ease into flowering with:
1-1 1/2 weeks 13/11
2-4 weeks 11/13
4-? weeks 12/12 with 36 hours dark before harvest...if i make it!!!

Anybody with comments/help/CONSTRUCTIVE critism feel free to post!!!
 

New Grower 420

Active Member
youre making it a bit to complicated buddy go 18/6 veg 12/12 flower thats really all you need you dont need all those diffrent light cycles really besides that sounds like a good plan.
 
@ New Grower 420 I recently red alot of lit on lighting and flower/resin production, lighting has alot to do with this...idk if you've read any of it or tried it but i think I will take your advice and keep it simple cause my brother has been telling me the same...

@ Kether noir Thanks for the best wishes i guess, I hope they're Fem too!!!
 

JayR

Member
Hey, man. Glad you're back home! I'm a first time growing anything, too, and have a similar setup as yours. Looking forward to seeing your progress! :)
 

New Grower 420

Active Member
oh yes im very well read on lighting and anything to do with growing haha. i know my name says new grower but am no longer a new grower:P just cant change it.im my experience keeping it simple will yeild you some very nice fruit. last grow i used soil from a well used cow feild and thats it no nutes at all come flowering i put 2tbs of unsulpherd molases in 1 gallon of water and fed that to the plants for a flowering boost and i got some great results.
 
wow so just cow manure and thats it??? Molasses ehh??? I read a full thread here about foilar feeding with p.h'd water and molasses and something else...I need to find it cause the guy had lots of pics and the result showed....as for the lighting since u've read on it I was aiming toward maximizing Resin Production and just abandoning a significant yeild all together...Like I said before I want to get Stoned!!!
 

RawBudzski

Well-Known Member
Post pics when you can +REP to you for finding your true calling in life rather than breaking laws. ^^ wish you the best, will stick around to see how it goes. Yea Fk,Schwag. If your growing it yourself. Keep the Good Seeds then Clone thoes. Dont put your hard work and time in seeds you know are Bunk,.
 
Post pics when you can +REP to you for finding your true calling in life rather than breaking laws. ^^ wish you the best, will stick around to see how it goes. Yea Fk,Schwag. If your growing it yourself. Keep the Good Seeds then Clone thoes. Dont put your hard work and time in seeds you know are Bunk,.
Thanks Raw, thats exactly what i plan to do...obviously I've never taken clones before but I think I can do it it looks easy enough. As for pics I have a Digicam I got from my brother yesterday now I just have to get a memory card and the USB cord and I'll have pics up!! Everythings coming along nicely tho...
 

RawBudzski

Well-Known Member
cool, yea. Cloning is not too hard, I am on my 1st clones right now. Seems to take a LONG TIME if Cloning in Soil Cubes. So im buying me the Bucket Cloner from HTGSupply.com should make the new clones pop roots in a week.
 
cool, yea. Cloning is not too hard, I am on my 1st clones right now. Seems to take a LONG TIME if Cloning in Soil Cubes. So im buying me the Bucket Cloner from HTGSupply.com should make the new clones pop roots in a week.
nice I'll just be cloning in a tray with Grodan 1" cubes with the technalflora cloning gel and a heat mat....
 

RawBudzski

Well-Known Member
Uhh, Depends on the light. I have a Fimmed plant right now, I am not going to LST it because I think its just to THICK & STURDY. I may eventually TIE down some branches to help light penetration. But I will not be Actively Bending the top and branches the whole way. IMHO, test any methods you like while keeping a clone from the SAME plant in Veg, So by the time your done. you can See what worked and what did not, then you can apply the BEST training method to the SAME plant.
 
I dont have anything that I could keep a plant in veg in unless I jusy clone it, root it, then transplant it to a 5 gal pot and let it sit out in my room next to the balcony since it's turning seasons now anyway??? IDK I'll see...Pics soon and I'm going to be really detailed about this guys stay tuned.......
 
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