1st Grow Journal - 600W HPS - Pure Power Plant

[joseman817]

Hello everyone welcome to my first grow journal. I am currently growing 5 pure power plants from Nirvana and my gf has a AK48 growing with them as well. 4 of 5 ppps broke surface last night. Only the ak and one ppp have yet to sprout. Here's info on what I'm using
200w CFL Fluorowing for seedlings
1/2 Light Warrior 1/2 Fox Farm Ocean Forest for seedlings
I have the FF trio ready for when I need to add nutes. I'm hoping to learn a lot from anybody stopping by

 

[joseman817]

Will post photos when I come home from work

 

[kotsotronic]

Woohoo..how lucky am i...i ve ordered the same strains from nirvana too a month ago (AK-48 , Power plant and White Castle) but they never appeared..maybe its their first time policy..Any way hope you dont mind a newbie stay sillent here in a corner and just fill your bowls and learn by you on how to grow mine when they ll come !!!

 

[joseman817]

Sorry to hear that man, try contacting them I heard the customer service is great! I also ordered 5 Northern Lights Autos from them and I kept one (1st grow was too horrible to record haha). All are welcome

 

[joseman817]

Not too stretchy huh?

 

[joseman817]

 

[joseman817]

Quick question guys, I have a ipower 600w ballast with mh and hps. Should a get different bulbs? If so should I go with Digilux, Hortilux, or Ushio? Also I don't remember my autos stretching this much should I move my light closer?

 

[kotsotronic]

Quick question guys, I have a ipower 600w ballast with mh and hps. Should a get different bulbs? If so should I go with Digilux, Hortilux, or Ushio? Also I don't remember my autos stretching this much should I move my light closer?

i got different bulbs for my set up...ill let you know how ill do...

 

[joseman817]

No problems yet. I put a 150w hps next to my cfl for a broader spectrum. Think it was a good move?

 

[Smcholland]

Your seedling look good! That's how my autos look (unless I plant them outside or grow the tiny little plants under my 1000w mh)

 

[joseman817]

Thank you for that, I'm probably just being a doting father hahaha

 

[kotsotronic]

At this point there is no need, in my hummple oppinion, for a HPS or any HID bulb...stay on a cool light cfl and continue with you MH. i started growing with a fluorecent 25wx2 bulbs till the guys were ready to go in the closet under a 6400k MH 400w...maybe you can stuck your MH with Your hps at flowering...i have a dual spectrum HPS 70%-30% for this stage...but now under my MH seem all happy and perky
and i finally solved my overwater issue i had...(new grower here too)

 

[joseman817]

Yeah, my plan is to move them into the tent with my 600w MH(I'll probably dial it down to 300w) at day 14 from the time they popped out of the soil! Yeah I saw your over watering problem and I'm glad you got past it. May both of our yields be amazing

 

[Smcholland]

Yeah when I first started growing I thought my seedlings just weren't getting enough light (mostly because my very very first grow was outside so I had no indoor plants to compare them to) so I put my florescent light down right on top. it was as they grew out and planted my next batch that I realized that's just how they are! What a relief. So I planted some test bag seed just to try different light levels. It is definitely easy to give them not enough light at that stage. But I did discover something I didn't expect. Due to the fact that they were test strains when they stretched way to much under very little light and I really didn't need them I cut the little seedling and just put it on top of the dirt and put the pot outside. A week or so went by and I noticed the seedling was still green, but not just green it was growing so I pulled it up and the little stem had rooted and filled the pot with roots. Crazy she became my new baby! Until it showed me HIS true sex. Lol depressing

 

[kotsotronic]

Cheers m8...no need to dial down your MH you can just keep it far for the first 2 days so the guys can adapt in the new light...i place my MH at 30 cm above the tops the first day after the Fluoros and i got a minnor light burn and some signs of heat stress...the guys recovered as they slept an the next day i place my lamp at 60cm for 3 days and tap it down to 40cm now wich is my current distance.they love it in there...soon transplant and hopefully in 2 weeks time we will see some signs of sex....(Cross fingers).My white AK-48 and PPP lost their way.. so till the re-order comes i will give my best to my mystery children and try to steal some knoweldge from them...

 

[joseman817]

The world is funny like that man lol how many grows do ya have under your belt now?

 

[joseman817]

I hope you mean girls kotso lmao, yeah I'll keep them a good distance from the light thanks for the advice bud

 

[Smcholland]

I really don't even know I always have plants going if I can. I only recently bought a place I can set up a perminant grow spot! Yay lol but I have grown many strains of auto and regular photo period plants. My favorite so far has been
Green house seeds -super lemon haze
F-ing yum!
However I got a puppy and he ate my clones so for a whIle she was a goner.
I have recently aquired more seeds tho so they are popped and have been for a couple weeks. I'll pick my favorite of the 3 and keep her. Make some fem seeds. And I want to cross breed her with some
Sincityseeds-Tangerine power
If the Tangerine power stays true to its form they should make a fantastic citrus cross
I keep my autos under my veg and mother lights or the greenhouse outside so I always have an in between crop. And I like breeding plants together to make flavors. Potency and yields higher it's just fun!

 

[joseman817]

I feel you man I will have my permanent spot later this year , 2 rooms for growing so it'll be a fun project

 

[Smcholland]

I'm working on 3 areas
1)main area for flowering (the nft perpetual grow I'm going to do) I'm just in the process of building it!
2)a cloning/veg area I'm going to clone move those to veg for a week then cut more clones and when those root add those to the veg and add the already veg to flowering until I start harvesting then I'll just keep the cycle up.
3) a small breeding room so I can experiment with strains
I'll post all of that in a thread when I get closer.