1st Grow: Blue Dream

[Mr. Magoo]

They are doing really well so far. I will get some fresh pics tomorrow and post on the comparative thread. The Blue Dream are really taking off also and I got a feeling that they will stretch up to some big girls lol.

I’d love for that to happen! Lol. Feel free to throw some pics up here too.

 

[flashmp3]

I love the way your plants are developing. Mine are still stretching and it annoying now as canopy is not so even anymore

 

[Smeegol]

Top of the afternoon mr.Magoo apologies as I only half understood the RH problem but I think I mentioned to mr.Wick that coarse rock salt can be your ally in combating RH problems...
I think I might want to party with #partygirl...hahaha

 

[TheDude1337]

That is a nice looking canopy Mr.Magoo. I also have a 2x4x5 tent, and I am really starting to worry about size after seeing your girls. I was going to wait until Christmas to get a 4x4.

 

[Mr. Magoo]

I love the way your plants are developing. Mine are still stretching and it annoying now as canopy is not so even anymore

Thanks Flash! I don’t know how they will end up! The canopy is nice but they are pretty short. Guess we will see.

 

[Mr. Magoo]

That is a nice looking canopy Mr.Magoo. I also have a 2x4x5 tent, and I am really starting to worry about size after seeing your girls. I was going to wait until Christmas to get a 4x4.

Thanks buddy! Do you mean because I have 2 plants that take up most of the horizontal space?

 

[Asesino85]

Got a little pluck happy tonight! Hopefully not too bad though! Damn it smells so good in here!

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 5, 2018

Party Girl

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 5, 2018

Smurfette

I think they all have good looking airflow/light penetration because of your defoliation. You can tell you've nailed the quad because your plants have a very square shape to them from above. When I was trying to figure out how I wanted to train plants I told myself I want 4 plants in a tent and I want each plant to basically cover a 1' x 1' area. That requires the plants being more square and less round. When you pull the 4 main branches out horizontally to quadline you could almost draw a square with the outline. When most people grow plants indoors the side branches are weak and barely get any light and usually get in the way or under-produce. With quadlining you set the frame and then that little stuff now grows in the middle instead of the outside and everything becomes viable and even with little to no junk.

Keep up the good work Magoo!

 

[Mr. Magoo]

I think they all have good looking airflow/light penetration because of your defoliation. You can tell you've nailed the quad because your plants have a very square shape to them from above. When I was trying to figure out how I wanted to train plants I told myself I want 4 plants in a tent and I want each plant to basically cover a 1' x 1' area. That requires the plants being more square and less round. When you pull the 4 main branches out horizontally to quadline you could almost draw a square with the outline. When most people grow plants indoors the side branches are weak and barely get any light and usually get in the way or under-produce. With quadlining you set the frame and then that little stuff now grows in the middle instead of the outside and everything becomes viable and even with little to no junk.

Keep up the good work Magoo!

Thanks for the compliments and thanks for taking the time to teach me this method. I think it has really let me make the most of my space! Those ATFs of yours are gonna have some monster buds I think! As far as mine not stretching much....what could I have done to allow for a little more stretch?

 

[Mr. Magoo]

So the Northern Light Auto seedling is hitting her head on the top of the humidity dome. Gonna put her in a solo cup since she has a taproot showing at the bottom of the pellet.

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

NLA seedling

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

Root coming from bottom of peat pellet

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Thinking about transplanting from the solo cup into a larger pot I thought I might try to be creative. Lol.
I want to make it where I can easily transplant without harming the roots. So I grabbed some materials. 3 18 oz blue solo cups and 1 clear one.

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

Materials to make a transplant cup/greenhouse for seedlings. 4 cups (1 clear), a rubber band...

I cut a slit down the side of one of the blue cups, and cut the bottom off of it.

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

Cut one cup down the side and cut the bottom off

This will act as the transplant cup. Next I cut slits in the bottom of another cup. This will be the drainage cup.

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

Cut small slits in 1 cup for drainage

Next I put the transplant cup inside the drainage cup. Then I put the rubber band around those 2 and put them inside an unaltered cup. This cup will act as a drain pan basically, hopefully allowing me to set the plant anywhere without making a mess.

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

Put the transplant cup into the drainage cup

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

Put rubber band around drainage cup and place it in an unaltered cup

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

Unaltered cup catches runoff

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Next I cut a tiny bit of material from the rim of the clear cup. It goes upside down over the plant trapping humidity. Will need to let fresh air in periodically!

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

Cut a small section from the top of the clear cup

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

It goes upside down over the plant creating a little humidity dome/greenhouse

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Once it’s time to transplant, hopefully I can pull the transplant cup along with the plant and soil and place them in the larger pot and simply pull the transplant cup up and away from the plants new home. Or I can simply remove the cup from around the roots and place it in the new pot without having to pull the plant and roots and soil from the cup possibly risking damage. What are y’all’s thoughts on this? Does this seem like it will work well?

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Here she is in her new temporary home!

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 6, 2018

NLA temporary home!

 

[MrSauga]

I love the idea. You can use one of the solo cups to give you the formation of the hole in the transplant pot as well. Plug and play.

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Really simple. We will see how it works when I transplant around day 20 or so. This is day 2.
That’s the plan anyway.

 

[Bilbobudkin420]

Flower day 24
RH 40-53
Temp 68-79

So I think stretch has slowed way down. No change in height noted from yesterday to today. Watered the girls last night with wk 4 of bloom nutes. Still only watering about a half gallon each every other day. Here’s a few pics....

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 4, 2018

Party Girl!

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 4, 2018

Smurfette

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 4, 2018

Frosting up!

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• Mr. Magoo
• Aug 4, 2018

Questions:
With the stretch ending...doni adjust lights closer or doni leave them where they are?

Thinking about another decent defol...is that appropriate at this stage?

Def appropriate good sir

 

[Mr. Magoo]

Def appropriate good sir

Thanks B!

 

[Bilbobudkin420]

Thanks B!

Ah ignore me i see u already did it lol. Still though give it a few days and give it another little crack

 

[Kismet]

Keeping an eye on you Magoo. lol. Be cobbing next week using a vac pack and dehydrator

 

[Kismet]

Ah ignore me i see u already did it lol. Still though give it a few days and give it another little crack

Is there an ignore feature on here? lol