muscleman54
Active Member
Hey All!
So this is technically my 2nd grow, but the first one a year back didn't finish due to unforeseen circumstances, I do not plan on running into any problems like that again.
I am doing this grow with a close friend who I can trust, which is a must, of course.
*I am starting this grow log a little late (10-12 days) so I will preface it with a little background up until today.*
Anyway, we started with 7, healthy in appearence, good bagseed in seperate containers.
2 were planted in soil on the 31st of March, and the other 5 were added on the 5th of this month.
We started the first 2 seedlings under two shitty CFLS, until we acquired our HID lights.
We have had;
1 400w MH
2 100w HPS
on the plants since April 5th. I think this is a great amount of light, of course when we get to flowering, it will be 600w of HPS with maybe some cfls around to promote some vegetative growth, not sure just yet.
We have been using a 24/0 light cycle, but we are switching to 18/6 today!!
Anyway, here is a picture of the box we are using.
This is essentially day 2 from when 5 of the 7 sprouted, but for simplicities sake, we will just assume all the plants are all the same age, I don't think it's that big of a deal.
To help identify the plants for the reader, here is a close up on day 2, note how the far left (in brown pot) and far right (circular pot) look a little older, that is because they are the ones that popped March 31st.
A few things about the box, to start.
It is 4ft wide, 5ft tall, and 3ft deep. I think this is ample amount of room for 7 plants to start, and hopefully 4-5 females. As you can see, it has mylar all the way around.
The front of the box is open, we have plastic panda sheeting for the front of the box that we can peel back when we are working on it.
Here is where my issue with the box comes in.
As it stands, our airflow is reliant on a small fan in the corner, as you can see, that is blowing on an angle up... the top of the box is open. Obviously, as the plants get bigger we will get a bigger fan. But air flow is a major concern of mine right now, the temps right now with all 600w of HID light, stands at about 80 degrees.
*If anyone has any recommendations on improving our airflow, please share, we are desperately looking for a different way to get fresh air in there!!!*
Anyway, that is what we are working with as far as the box goes.
Now, on to the good stuff.
DAY 3 - April 8th
Here they are on day 4 or April 10th, just hanging out.
We have just been feeding water whenever the soil gets dry an inch down in the pot. We are very cautious on the watering at this stage, we do not want to over water or do anything of that sort, when we know they will just be soaking up water in a week or so.
DAY 8 - April 13th
I don't want to bore you guys too much with the small adjustments we made as we were getting our box established, so I'll try and cut to the chase and get this journal up to date.
Here are the plants on Day 9 from sprout.
This is the setup we are using to date.
These are some really old/rigged ballasts for these 100w HPS... but the more lumens the merrier, right?
We just started feeding the plants with superthrive on this day. Half a capfull per gallon of water. And we alternate days we superthrive and just feed regular water.
DAY 10 - APRIL 15TH
close up of our biggest...
a look at the other soon to be girls
a side look at all of them.
Ok, now that everyone is caught up, I can give you a report on last nights check-in and what is going on.
DAY 12 - APRIL 17TH
The exponential growing has started, these girls are just thriving right now.
So, up until last night we have been feeding on an alternate schedule, water and then superthrive.
We will continue to do this through the vegetative cycle.
Now, for a few questions before I update with new pictures from today...
Now for a few questions...
1. Do they look ready to transplant? If so, should we move into 2 gallon pots or what? What do you guys recommend? I am thinking 2-3 gallon pots, and then another transplant to 5 gallon, once we sex and find the females
2. Is it safe to start feeding some high nitrogen nutes? I think its safe now.
3. As I said earlier in this very lengthy post, what can we do to improve the air flow and reduce some temps. From the pics, you should be able to get a good idea of how the box is setup and what it looks like.
4. We are starting the 18/6 today. Is it best to water/feed before the lights go on/right as they go on, or right before they go off?
That all I can think of right now, as I am semi-drunk/stoned enjoying this beautiful Saturday.
We are in this for the long haul and are dead set on yielding some quality buds. We both have seen/experienced an 1800 watt, 2lbs over 4 white russians from one of our close friends, so we have some experience from that grow, but we are not in contact with that person anymore and for any problems we run into, we are looking at the fine people of this community to help us out.
I will be very thorough with this grow log and update it constantly, so plan on seeing this near the top of the threads every day!! I'm not going anywhere, and neither are these beautiful girls.
I will update with today's pictures a little later today.
Cheers!
So this is technically my 2nd grow, but the first one a year back didn't finish due to unforeseen circumstances, I do not plan on running into any problems like that again.
I am doing this grow with a close friend who I can trust, which is a must, of course.
*I am starting this grow log a little late (10-12 days) so I will preface it with a little background up until today.*
Anyway, we started with 7, healthy in appearence, good bagseed in seperate containers.
2 were planted in soil on the 31st of March, and the other 5 were added on the 5th of this month.
We started the first 2 seedlings under two shitty CFLS, until we acquired our HID lights.
We have had;
1 400w MH
2 100w HPS
on the plants since April 5th. I think this is a great amount of light, of course when we get to flowering, it will be 600w of HPS with maybe some cfls around to promote some vegetative growth, not sure just yet.
We have been using a 24/0 light cycle, but we are switching to 18/6 today!!
Anyway, here is a picture of the box we are using.
This is essentially day 2 from when 5 of the 7 sprouted, but for simplicities sake, we will just assume all the plants are all the same age, I don't think it's that big of a deal.
To help identify the plants for the reader, here is a close up on day 2, note how the far left (in brown pot) and far right (circular pot) look a little older, that is because they are the ones that popped March 31st.
A few things about the box, to start.
It is 4ft wide, 5ft tall, and 3ft deep. I think this is ample amount of room for 7 plants to start, and hopefully 4-5 females. As you can see, it has mylar all the way around.
The front of the box is open, we have plastic panda sheeting for the front of the box that we can peel back when we are working on it.
Here is where my issue with the box comes in.
As it stands, our airflow is reliant on a small fan in the corner, as you can see, that is blowing on an angle up... the top of the box is open. Obviously, as the plants get bigger we will get a bigger fan. But air flow is a major concern of mine right now, the temps right now with all 600w of HID light, stands at about 80 degrees.
*If anyone has any recommendations on improving our airflow, please share, we are desperately looking for a different way to get fresh air in there!!!*
Anyway, that is what we are working with as far as the box goes.
Now, on to the good stuff.
DAY 3 - April 8th
Here they are on day 4 or April 10th, just hanging out.
We have just been feeding water whenever the soil gets dry an inch down in the pot. We are very cautious on the watering at this stage, we do not want to over water or do anything of that sort, when we know they will just be soaking up water in a week or so.
DAY 8 - April 13th
I don't want to bore you guys too much with the small adjustments we made as we were getting our box established, so I'll try and cut to the chase and get this journal up to date.
Here are the plants on Day 9 from sprout.
This is the setup we are using to date.
These are some really old/rigged ballasts for these 100w HPS... but the more lumens the merrier, right?
We just started feeding the plants with superthrive on this day. Half a capfull per gallon of water. And we alternate days we superthrive and just feed regular water.
DAY 10 - APRIL 15TH
close up of our biggest...
a look at the other soon to be girls
a side look at all of them.
Ok, now that everyone is caught up, I can give you a report on last nights check-in and what is going on.
DAY 12 - APRIL 17TH
The exponential growing has started, these girls are just thriving right now.
So, up until last night we have been feeding on an alternate schedule, water and then superthrive.
We will continue to do this through the vegetative cycle.
Now, for a few questions before I update with new pictures from today...
Now for a few questions...
1. Do they look ready to transplant? If so, should we move into 2 gallon pots or what? What do you guys recommend? I am thinking 2-3 gallon pots, and then another transplant to 5 gallon, once we sex and find the females
2. Is it safe to start feeding some high nitrogen nutes? I think its safe now.
3. As I said earlier in this very lengthy post, what can we do to improve the air flow and reduce some temps. From the pics, you should be able to get a good idea of how the box is setup and what it looks like.
4. We are starting the 18/6 today. Is it best to water/feed before the lights go on/right as they go on, or right before they go off?
That all I can think of right now, as I am semi-drunk/stoned enjoying this beautiful Saturday.
We are in this for the long haul and are dead set on yielding some quality buds. We both have seen/experienced an 1800 watt, 2lbs over 4 white russians from one of our close friends, so we have some experience from that grow, but we are not in contact with that person anymore and for any problems we run into, we are looking at the fine people of this community to help us out.
I will be very thorough with this grow log and update it constantly, so plan on seeing this near the top of the threads every day!! I'm not going anywhere, and neither are these beautiful girls.
I will update with today's pictures a little later today.
Cheers!
