TheSadVeryBadMadGrower
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Being a new member here, I wanted to start a journal for myself and others to follow along. It's always nice to teach others or even learn a thing here and there. I am currently heading into week 3 of flower on my current plants with new seeds being dropped in a couple weeks. Now that I got my introduction out, let me allow myself to give some information on my grow.
Seedlings and Veg: I currently use a 2x4 tent to start my seedlings off. I start off in a basic Solo cup and transplant around week 2 to 3 gallon fabric pots. Inside I have a Mars-Hydro TSL 2000 and I tend to keep 8 plants total in this stage. While in veg, I usually give 4-8 weeks of growth time before putting into flower. I usually judge by size and where I am with training on each individual plant. My medium of choice is soil, so I tend to stick with what I know most. Fox Farm Ocean Forest is my go to brand of soil. I have a 6inch exhaust fan as my intake with one oscillating fan on the inside. My preferred style of training is topping with LST being applied afterwards. Lighting hours are 20-4 for the first couple weeks then 18-6 for the rest of veg. Ideal temps in this stage are as follows: 80-85f lights on with 50-60% humidity and as close to 75f with 40-50% humidity with lights off.
Flowering: Once I have reached this stage, I then move the biggest of the bunch into my 4x4 tent and keep the rest in the 2x4. Lights get flipped to 12/12 at this point. Lights being used at this stage in the 4x4 is one Mars-Hydro TSL 2000, one Mars-Hydro TS 1000 and one Viparspectra 450w LED unit. When I start reaching to the last 2 weeks of flower, I then move my lights to 10/14 instead of 12/12. I also use another 6inch duct fan along with 2 oscillating fans on the inside. My ideal temps in this stage are 75-80f lights on with humidity being as low as I can get it. Lights off I tend to drop around the 70-75f range with humidity staying as low as possible.
Now that I got the grow areas out, I'd like to provide more details on my grow and any current plans I have with the grow. Since I use Fox Farm soil, I also choose their line of nutrients as well. I have used these in all my grows so far without any problems. The trio works best for me when I follow the feeding chart exactly. Once in a while, I may find a strain that prefers a little more or less but unless I see visual signs, I don't change a thing. Luckily, I've never " loved a plant to death'. I have quite the time on my hands so I'll be uploading pictures often and anything I do in the grow will be documented in my journal. Please at any time feel free to follow along, post any tips, ask any questions or anything along the lines. I'm glad to be apart of the forum and look forward to growing along side everyone else.
I saved the best for last and that would be the plants themselves. I currently have 8 different strains in flower and everything so far has come along nicely. Starting in the back row and on the left ( Blue Dream, Critical Purple Kush, Alaskan Purple Kush and White Widow ) Front row starting from the left ( Blue Cookies, Girl Scout Cookies, Bubba Kush and Bubblicious ). Plants are in a 3 gallon fabric pot.
Seedlings and Veg: I currently use a 2x4 tent to start my seedlings off. I start off in a basic Solo cup and transplant around week 2 to 3 gallon fabric pots. Inside I have a Mars-Hydro TSL 2000 and I tend to keep 8 plants total in this stage. While in veg, I usually give 4-8 weeks of growth time before putting into flower. I usually judge by size and where I am with training on each individual plant. My medium of choice is soil, so I tend to stick with what I know most. Fox Farm Ocean Forest is my go to brand of soil. I have a 6inch exhaust fan as my intake with one oscillating fan on the inside. My preferred style of training is topping with LST being applied afterwards. Lighting hours are 20-4 for the first couple weeks then 18-6 for the rest of veg. Ideal temps in this stage are as follows: 80-85f lights on with 50-60% humidity and as close to 75f with 40-50% humidity with lights off.
Flowering: Once I have reached this stage, I then move the biggest of the bunch into my 4x4 tent and keep the rest in the 2x4. Lights get flipped to 12/12 at this point. Lights being used at this stage in the 4x4 is one Mars-Hydro TSL 2000, one Mars-Hydro TS 1000 and one Viparspectra 450w LED unit. When I start reaching to the last 2 weeks of flower, I then move my lights to 10/14 instead of 12/12. I also use another 6inch duct fan along with 2 oscillating fans on the inside. My ideal temps in this stage are 75-80f lights on with humidity being as low as I can get it. Lights off I tend to drop around the 70-75f range with humidity staying as low as possible.
Now that I got the grow areas out, I'd like to provide more details on my grow and any current plans I have with the grow. Since I use Fox Farm soil, I also choose their line of nutrients as well. I have used these in all my grows so far without any problems. The trio works best for me when I follow the feeding chart exactly. Once in a while, I may find a strain that prefers a little more or less but unless I see visual signs, I don't change a thing. Luckily, I've never " loved a plant to death'. I have quite the time on my hands so I'll be uploading pictures often and anything I do in the grow will be documented in my journal. Please at any time feel free to follow along, post any tips, ask any questions or anything along the lines. I'm glad to be apart of the forum and look forward to growing along side everyone else.
I saved the best for last and that would be the plants themselves. I currently have 8 different strains in flower and everything so far has come along nicely. Starting in the back row and on the left ( Blue Dream, Critical Purple Kush, Alaskan Purple Kush and White Widow ) Front row starting from the left ( Blue Cookies, Girl Scout Cookies, Bubba Kush and Bubblicious ). Plants are in a 3 gallon fabric pot.
