Icky's Experimental Grow From Bag Seeds

[icky]

Well, I have been reading and learning a ton of information from 420. I was so impressed with the people and results on here that I decided to start my own grow using bag seeds from some really top notch stuff just to see how it would go before I spent a bunch of money on seeds and supplies. I ended up dropping about $600.00 on supplies anyway just because I became obsessed with it. I sprouted 6 unknown seeds which turned into 5 fems and 1 hermi! Hermie is gone. I will try and supply all the info I can about the grow:

*Strain-unknown. seems to be IMO, Indica.
*2 months of veg. now into 1 week of flowering.
*growing indoors, turned a 12x15 area of the attic into a grow room.
has its own intake and exhaust ports.
*soil-MG indoor/ outdoor potting mix. 4 gal buckets w/ holes drilled.
*400W hps lamp.
*room temp kept between 70-80 deg. F
*Humidity staying low, around 50-60%.
*Pests- none.
*watering every 2 days now, 2 plants are 4 ft. tall and are very thirsty.
*used 1/4 strenth jacks Classic Bloom Booster first day of flowering. I'll do that once a week if all looks ok.
*PH is between 6.8 and 7.
Now to get some pictures uploaded.

 

[icky]

Re: Icky's Experimental grow from bag seeds.

Grow room setup.

 

[icky]

Re: Icky's Experimental grow from bag seeds.

ok, got the uploads figured out. 420 has all the answers!

 

[icky]

Re: Icky's Experimental grow from bag seeds.

3 of my girls are 4 ft. tall. only one week into 12/12. maybe I will have to LST them soon!

 

[icky]

Re: Icky's Experimental grow from bag seeds.

Here they are! 2 months old, one week in 12/12.

I know they got a little tall, I may have to raise the plastic ceiling.

 

[icky]

Re: Icky's Experimental grow from bag seeds.

The hermi I put outside still looks really heathy for the temps dipping into the low 30s last night. Does anyone have an opinion on bending the tops over now or waiting until I absolutely have to? How about clipping the huge leaves that shade the lower bud sites? does the added light to the lower nodes outweigh the stress of clipping?

 

[icky]

Re: Icky's Experimental grow from bag seeds.

OMG these things are stretching like crazy, How long does this go on until it starts just budding?

 

[budbro]

Re: Icky's Experimental grow from bag seeds.

General rule of the thumb is 2-3 times the size of plant when you switch over to 12/12.

 

[icky]

These things were 48 inches when I started last week, lmao, This should be interesting. uploading some more pics, messing with the camera, its due for a replacement.

 

[budbro]

If I stared at those pics any longer I may have a seizure with all that reflectivity, lol...You might try centering the plants more under the light and lowering it a bit closer to stop the stretch. Be careful though, I can't really tell from the pics the exact placement and distance from the tops so you'll need to be the judge on that, just a suggestion

 

[icky]

My 2 big girls are about 2 ft. away. I don't have a fan on the HPS lamp so I don't dare go any closer. keeping it about 75-80 Deg. F when lamps on. maybe these pics will be a little better.

Trying to keep the Mylar from making it hard to look at. photography is tougher than the grow!!!

 

[icky]

Now that they are up I don't think they are much better than the last batch. I need a better backround when I shoot them. cover the Mylar with a sheet maybe. They look so much more full and healthy in person.

 

[budbro]

They look great and healthy from where I'm sitting! Keep up the good work and maybe they'll stop the stretch without having to do much

 

[icky]

I am amazed at how thirsty they are now. They are showing dehydration in under 48 hours from a full watering. Water them and within a half day they are spread up and out and rigid. I brought my wife in to look at them tonight. she takes a look every few weeks but barely cares. (At least she pretends to not care.)She said "Wow, Look at all the white things popping out all over." Lmao. I'm having a blast with this grow.

 

[icky]

19 days into 12/12. alot of bud sites popping out all over. Today I trimmed off the huge leaves that are shading the lower buds. only did it on one plant for now to see how it reacts.

The smaller plants are a little behind, I guess that will help to string out all the cutting I will have to do when they start to finish.

 

[Dankosaur]

beautiful! they look so healthy! a little stretchy still though, maybe just the genetics. try doing a wee bit of late stage LST with stakes? you could possibly spread them out/ shorten them a bit. id research first. i dont know abou it this late.

 

[icky]

The stretch seems to have slowed. The buds are really poppin now. I have considered LST. If they get much closer to the HPS lamp I'll be forced to. The Male I chucked outside is still alive dispite temps down into low 30s F. Seed pods popping out all over but a little droopy, so I watered the freak. Also gave the girls their first dose of Jacks Classic Bloom Booster 10-30-20. 1/2 strength. Hope it doesn't over nute with the MG soil.

 

[Dankosaur]

The stretch seems to have slowed. The buds are really poppin now. I have considered LST. If they get much closer to the HPS lamp I'll be forced to. The Male I chucked outside is still alive dispite temps down into low 30s F. Seed pods popping out all over but a little droopy, so I watered the freak. Also gave the girls their first dose of Jacks Classic Bloom Booster 10-30-20. 1/2 strength. Hope it doesn't over nute with the MG soil.

do you know what ppm the water was when you fed?

 

[icky]

Call me a noob but what do you mean by parts per mil. of the water? I fed 1/2 the directions which was only a 1/4 teaspoon per gal. I should have just written 2 parts hydrogen 1 part oxygen to be a smart ass lol. Since I don't know what I'm talking about, especially when I just finished with my after work relaxation burn! Ahhhh

 

[TaylorMade420]

hey bro, lookin good. few q's.

how far is the light from the top of the plants?

how far are the plants away from the mylar walls?