Herb Man's First Grow (In Soil)

yankeegreen said:

Hey HM, I'm subbed up for ya. First off, that is fantastic growth for only two weeks! I'm counting five sets of leaves can that be right?

Next, a fan in the tent will circulate air, but in order to get air flowing in/out of the tent you really need to have an exhaust fan pulling air out of the tent an pulling (passive) air in. In terms of odor, of your strains I have only grown OG Kush. The do get pretty stanky so if you have other people breathing the same air or are in an apartment, definitely take measures to take care of it. Low humidity is a happy problem to have, if a problem at all. You can always mist a bit to bind with your babies.

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You are most welcome Yankee, good to have you here.

There are 3 or so sets of leaves



so I potted up (Super Silver Haze & Expert Haze show here in small pots have now also been up graded to yogurt pots) to temp pots while I decide what final pots I will be using. I've drilled some holes in some yogurt pots these will be used for just a week before the final potting in week 3.

Carbon filter was definitely budgeted for and will be here with the week along with exhaust fan, let out the hot air and scrub the odors.

Didn't know OG was stanky but it makes sense, it's strong stuff, lol.

The low humidity should pay off for me in flowering, should get them sticky icky, in the last few weeks all being well. Might also speed up the drying and curing process.

Seen a Humidifier, will have it here by week 3 that should be a nice addition.

zooka said:

Hi Herbman...I just finished an OG Kush and they stretch alot even in the last 3 weeks of flowering..Best plant ive ever grown..Will only be growing OGK from now on...Good luck with yours mate..

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Thanks Zooka and welcome to the thread.

What were your veg and flowering times?

What height did they get to?

Did you use any special techniques on them or did you just let them grow?

Hello again mate, I got her free when i bought some seeds and just popped her with my usual auto strains. I planted them all begining of november 2012. To be honest i just left her and she flowered by herself as i kept her with my autos on a 16/8 around xmas time. She was in a 20 litre pot with basic soil and no nutes until around jan 10th ( BioBizz bloom ) until a week before cutting her down. Begining of Feb..She gave be 3 and half oz dried which impressed me as i was always an auto(lazy) grower. She had very few branches and one long amazing main kola. The smoke was really nice and im on a mission to make sure OGK kicks Cheese outa off of the uk's number one slot..good luck mate and pay more attention to your ladies than i did mine and you should have some class smoke..

zooka said:

Hello again mate, I got her free when i bought some seeds and just popped her with my usual auto strains. I planted them all begining of november 2012. To be honest i just left her and she flowered by herself as i kept her with my autos on a 16/8 around xmas time. She was in a 20 litre pot with basic soil and no nutes until around jan 10th ( BioBizz bloom ) until a week before cutting her down. Begining of Feb..She gave be 3 and half oz dried which impressed me as i was always an auto(lazy) grower. She had very few branches and one long amazing main kola. The smoke was really nice and im on a mission to make sure OGK kicks Cheese outa off of the uk's number one slot..good luck mate and pay more attention to your ladies than i did mine and you should have some class smoke..

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she reached around 90 cm

man, I am telling to everybody and I know that my next grow I will follow this steps...have a look at this thread and maybe you'll consider in doing this https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/542308-main-lining-thread.html your plants look amazing and you have space there to play with!

perkele said:

man, I am telling to everybody and I know that my next grow I will follow this steps...have a look at this thread and maybe you'll consider in doing this https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/542308-main-lining-thread.html your plants look amazing and you have space there to play with!

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I love that thread, i have one going right now and its doing pretty good.

Ninjabowler said:

I love that thread, i have one going right now and its doing pretty good.

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perkele said:

man, I am telling to everybody and I know that my next grow I will follow this steps...have a look at this thread and maybe you'll consider in doing this https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/542308-main-lining-thread.html your plants look amazing and you have space there to play with!

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I've read through it as well and am stoked to give main-lining a try. I think once I select a mum in my current Hashberry grow I will use it with the first batch of clones.

perkele said:

man, I am telling to everybody and I know that my next grow I will follow this steps...have a look at this thread and maybe you'll consider in doing this https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/542308-main-lining-thread.html your plants look amazing and you have space there to play with!

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Have a look at Uncle Bens topping too Perk!
im SO impressed with the results man! Before I tried it and saw how my plants are growing, I had my mind set on mainlining, but topping after the 2nd/3rd true node produces almost the exact same result with less stress and you just make the one inital cut and go from there. It maybe even be more stress given you remove so much of the plants, but they respond very well man! I'll toss some pics up for ya later today

zooka said:

Hello again mate, I got her free when i bought some seeds and just popped her with my usual auto strains. I planted them all begining of november 2012. To be honest i just left her and she flowered by herself as i kept her with my autos on a 16/8 around xmas time. She was in a 20 litre pot with basic soil and no nutes until around jan 10th ( BioBizz bloom ) until a week before cutting her down. Begining of Feb..She gave be 3 and half oz dried which impressed me as i was always an auto(lazy) grower. She had very few branches and one long amazing main kola. The smoke was really nice and im on a mission to make sure OGK kicks Cheese outa off of the uk's number one slot..good luck mate and pay more attention to your ladies than i did mine and you should have some class smoke..

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Very nice indeed.

I've decided last week to stop smoking until I have harvested, dried and cured my crop.

So the next thing, I smoke hopefully will be from my own grow.

I am looking forward to that day when I get to taste some of my crop.

perkele said:

man, I am telling to everybody and I know that my next grow I will follow this steps...have a look at this thread and maybe you'll consider in doing this https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/542308-main-lining-thread.html your plants look amazing and you have space there to play with!

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Thanks for the heads up Perkele, I'll check it out during the week and have a read of it.

Alright so it's the end of week two and coming up to the beginning of week three.

In this week I have a few of tasks:

1) Get a Humidifier.

2) Make my own soil mix.

3) Pot all the plants into their final pots.

1) Get a Humidifier.

Check.



Spotted this item and bought it. It works very well but I don't over do it I dont want the area too damp, so I have it on a timer, use it on a lower setting and have it cut out an hour before lights out, to dry out the area, plus Humidity goes up after lights out anyway.

It's a good addition to my set up.

Nice humidifier dude, just know that if you dont paint the outside with spray paint or cover it with somthing the water will probably turn green from algae.

Herb Man said:

Very nice indeed.

I've decided last week to stop smoking until I have harvested, dried and cured my crop.

So the next thing, I smoke hopefully will be from my own grow.

I am looking forward to that day when I get to taste some of my crop.

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I'm quitting this weekend haha! For a week at least so that I can really see wassup with my smoke haha!
Funny how we can just say we're quitting for a week lol.
With what other drug can you do that after you use it all day everyday??
I'll wait for that answer hahah.

Next up: Soil mix

Sincerely420 said:

I'm quitting this weekend haha! For a week at least so that I can really see wassup with my smoke haha!
Funny how we can just say we're quitting for a week lol.
With what other drug can you do that after you use it all day everyday??
I'll wait for that answer hahah.

Next up: Soil mix

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I only smoke two tokes to get BLASTED! I quit for days whenever. If i have alot of things to get done and no time to get them done ill smoke. If ya got good grass one big puff should do the trick right? That makes it so much easier to stop smokin

Ninjabowler said:

Nice humidifier dude, just know that if you dont paint the outside with spray paint or cover it with somthing the water will probably turn green from algae.

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Water isn't in there long enough bud, this thing throws it out like a Fire Hydrant, lol.

And I let it go virtually empty, so it's fresh water re-fill every time, to avoid any algae issues.

This thing works.

But I'm less up tight about Hum and Temp they are pretty consistent now.

So long as the plants look happy, I'm happy too.

You guys have helped me see that the babies are happy for the most part and I see that now.

Thanks guys.

Herb Man said:

Water isn't in there long enough bud, this thing throws it out like a Fire Hydrant, lol.

And I let it go virtually empty, so it's fresh water re-fill every time, to avoid any algae issues.

This thing works.

But I'm less up tight about Hum and Temp they are pretty consistent now.

So long as the plants look happy, I'm happy too.

You guys have helped me see that the babies are happy for the most part and I see that now.

Thanks guys.

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Just watch it in flower when your keeping your humidity lower, if you leave it in there itll turn green. Just sayin, cleaning those things sucks

Sincerely420 said:

I'm quitting this weekend haha! For a week at least so that I can really see wassup with my smoke haha!
Funny how we can just say we're quitting for a week lol.
With what other drug can you do that after you use it all day everyday??
I'll wait for that answer hahah.

Next up: Soil mix

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2) Soil mixed.

50% compost with Peat

25% Perlite to aid aeration and drainage

25% Vermiculite to hold water/nutrients and help keep the compost moist and buffer
nutrient levels.

Gonna soak iti n water and leave it for 24hrs then upgrade the young ladies for week three.

Yep stopped smoking, all being well, I wont smoke again for something like 10 weeks 8 weeks flowering 1 week drying 1 week curing, something like that.

I was smacking my lips for a few days after I quit, but now I’m good.

I would rather spend that money on little upgrades that are needed around the tent, from time to time.

What if you get free weed? Hmmmm......its freeeee!!

Sincerely420 said:

I'm quitting this weekend haha! For a week at least so that I can really see wassup with my smoke haha!
Funny how we can just say we're quitting for a week lol.
With what other drug can you do that after you use it all day everyday??
I'll wait for that answer hahah.

Next up: Soil mix

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Yep, I quit, but then I bought a clouch I think it's called?

It's a clear plastic dome for propergation. But because I want to cut larger off shoots for clones, I needed a closh that would accomodate longer stems.

This one should do the job very well.



Long story short, I ended up celebrating

Ninjabowler said:

What if you get free weed? Hmmmm......its freeeee!!

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It wasn't for free