| First Indoor Grow |

Including pictures and would welcome feed back pertaining to any thing related to this specific grow. I would prefer techniques not be debated in this thread, but again I welcome different ideas (outside or inside the box) that can help save time, money, etc.

This is my first grow attempt ever. Luckily, my buddy is near by and can pop in and help as needed.

Using 400 watt MH for veg. 400 watt HPS inside 4' x 4' x 79 grow tent for flower.

Plants:
- 1 x Blue Cheese
- 1 x White Widow
- 10 x Critical Mass


These are clones my buddy put aside for me. The shortest one is about 6"; the tallest is Blue Cheese I asked for plants that were resilient as possible as it's my first grow and may make a few mistakes along the way.

Day 1: Transplanted into 2 gallon nursery pots.
Water: I gave each pot 1 quart of water as the roots and dirt were completely dry.
Soil: Fox Farm Ocean Forest.
Temperature / Humidity: The temperature is supposed to drop to the teens through the night. I moved a 1500 Watt Space heater into the garage and it kept the temperature at 52 - 55 through the night with 40 - 50 percent humidity.

Day 2: Some plants seem to be turning light green at the tops. A few have fan leafs curling down that appear to be turning brown, drying in the most extreme cases. A few have powder mildew beginning to form on the leafs it appears. (Using "The Cannabis Bible" to ID these things)


Sick Plants Images:


^^ These are how they came. Hoping the water, soil and nutrients will help.

With FFOF how long do I have before I need to start nutes?

Bought distilled water today for the next watering. I realized last night I had not let the water warm to room temperature before soaking the roots. Today the tallest plant is drooping, including the new growth at the top.

I also mixed 16 oz of H2O2 and sprayed the plant that had white powder mildew.

We survived the cold front that dropped outside temperatures to the teens. I've backed the space heater down to 700w and will monitor the temperature to be sure it stays in the mid 60s with RH around 50%.

I've read that clones can go to flower rather quickly because they come from a mature plant. I'll be clipping a few clones for myself and begin flowering a few of the one footers once my tent arrives.

Will update with pictures.

Trimmed fan leaves off some of the bigger plants. Mixed nutrients for veg 3 - 1 - 2 ratio with water and pH is 6.0 All are growing and up and look healthy. Found spider in the garden but he left it seems. Lady bugs showed up for a little to kill themselves in my light, a few roamed the plants but moved on when they couldn't find food to eat.

Bought flower food and will begin reading up on that.

My flower tent is setup. Well, its standing. Installing the scrubber this week sometime, but first need to buy clamps as the package did not have them.

So far so good.

From April 21st until May 1st I the plants continued to veg.

May 1st they went into the grow tent and began their 12/12 journey.

I decided to try defoliation as a beginner. Insane? Maybe. However, so far so good. About a week into flower I gave them their first defoliation. I waited to water them, which I do typically during the "day" to minimize exposure to light at "night" plus give them time to drink it in and soak in the sun, until the pots were light.

I removed about 85% of the developed fan leaves, starting from the top and working down the plant to open up light to bottom bud sites. I then hit them with about a quart and a half of pH Water + Bio Organics Bloom 2 - 4 - 4 with about 25% of the recommended parts per gallon (idea being to slowly work them into flower nutrients). Before deciding to try defoliation, I scoured the internet reading both sides. I've read that the plant sends energy to where it has been trimmed.

Which got me thinking. (This is based on the premise that defoliation will increase yield, AND the plant sends extra energy to the sites it was "injured".)

If I waited until they were real thirsty (not parched but thirsty good) then defoliated close to bud sites without injuring the bud sites themselves wouldn't the plant naturally produce big buds at those sites due to excess energy being pumped there from the defoliation? I could be very wrong, and if so oh well. Here's a pic before defoliation (May 13th):

and roughly one week after defoliation (May 22nd) :



I'm not sure if it's working or not but I'm happy with how they look 22 days into flower.

Here's my attempt at "capturing the moment" with my first grow. Enjoy! xD

Since May 22nd I have been combating Powder Mildew. I don't like the idea of spraying oils onto the plant and would hate to screw up with chemicals on the plant. I've decided to spray Hydrogen Peroxide 3% on the leafs where PM is showing up. So far it has helped, however it has become part of the routine of maintaining the plants as it comes back after a few days. From what I've read on the internet, I seem to be very fortunate that this is the biggest problem I have.

**Thus far, no spider mites, root rot, underwatering / overwatering, light stress, nutrient poisoning / deficiency or mold.**

I've decided to not defoliate any more this grow. A few plants seem to have responded very well to the defoliation, however, a few pants seemed to have suffered as a result. I'm not 100% certain they are suffering due to defoliation. The plants that are not producing a sizable cola were also the plants that stretched the most, creating significant distance from node to next node.

After for days from the last defoliation:

Today was more power mildew control. I also purchased a compact, vertical oscillating fan that is a major improvement from the 6" tiny desk fan. I'm hoping that after today's PM treatment, this fan, coupled with 140 CFM Scrubber, will help prevent major spreading of the PM. It has not helped that it's been naturally high in humidity the past week, but I'm certain constant maintenance will be enough to ensure a good crop.

8 Days after defoliation (Same plant as above; cup present for size referance ):