Is this really your first grow or is it just a first journal?
Budtheory - 1st Grow - Hempy - Various Strains
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Both - first grow and first journal. I just started growing in Dec 2010.
I wanted to do everything I can "right", aka correct, from the start.
I got Jorge Cervantez MMJ Bible, read a bunch there, read a bunch of posts here, and then invested about 4 grand.
Everything is brand new to me right now, but things seem to be going pretty good.
Thanks for tuning in!
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thanks bro...and thanks for the ATF clones and seeds. It is going to be real nice here in the next couple months!
Tell me you can't wait for that Rainbow to finish!~ I know I can't!!!
yeah the finish product of that all that purple that was looking wayyy too nice. Hope the seeds work out
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UPDATE:
So, my wife is in Eurupe until Feb 1st, and as such took the camera. So no pics.....
Veg room: alls good in the hood.
Bloom room. No bugs, bt mother is getting huge (I will try to get a pic for you all, she is very pretty with all the juicy buds filling out now). She is on day 29 of flowering.
There are also 7 other mothers in the room now.
I am also doing a test/experiment:
both White Widow replanted and put into the flowering room...the difference?
1 is in a 5 gal hempy, the other is in a 2 gal hempy.
This means, it should take less time for the 2 gal plant to hit the reseviour, but of course it will have a smaller root structure than the 5 gal plant.
Which will get a better yield? We shall see...we shall see.......
Basically I want to see if I can get away with finishing a plant in a 2 gal without losing too much yield, rather than the big 5 gal buckets which limit how many plants I can flower due to how much space they taqke up...and how much taller they are.
So, my wife is in Eurupe until Feb 1st, and as such took the camera. So no pics.....
Veg room: alls good in the hood.
Bloom room. No bugs, bt mother is getting huge (I will try to get a pic for you all, she is very pretty with all the juicy buds filling out now). She is on day 29 of flowering.
There are also 7 other mothers in the room now.
I am also doing a test/experiment:
both White Widow replanted and put into the flowering room...the difference?
1 is in a 5 gal hempy, the other is in a 2 gal hempy.
This means, it should take less time for the 2 gal plant to hit the reseviour, but of course it will have a smaller root structure than the 5 gal plant.
Which will get a better yield? We shall see...we shall see.......
Basically I want to see if I can get away with finishing a plant in a 2 gal without losing too much yield, rather than the big 5 gal buckets which limit how many plants I can flower due to how much space they taqke up...and how much taller they are.
Marley15
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5 Gallon Hempy is huge! Interested to see your results.
Barry Manilow
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Hey BT how's things? One thing about perlite is that it doesn't retain water very well, if you look at most perlite root balls the roots are concentrated in the bottom half.
To combat this guys mix vermiculite or coca, say 20-30%, into the perlite. They retain water better and allow roots to use more of the upper part of the container.
So if you're looking to maximize growth in smaller containers that's something to look into. It's what I've started doing with my next grow, smaller clones in 2-liters.
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Hey BT how's things? One thing about perlite is that it doesn't retain water very well, if you look at most perlite root balls the roots are concentrated in the bottom half.
To combat this guys mix vermiculite or coca, say 20-30%, into the perlite. They retain water better and allow roots to use more of the upper part of the container.
So if you're looking to maximize growth in smaller containers that's something to look into. It's what I've started doing with my next grow, smaller clones in 2-liters.
Thanks for the heads up. Good call! I will give that a try on the next few plants I transfer over....should be a few this weekend making the move.
Barry Manilow
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Glad to help bro. I use a mask when handling the vermiculite, it's has very fine dust that you should not inhale so be careful. You can get those masks almost anywhere that sells paint.
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Picture UPDATE
As mentioned earlier, my wife is in Europe and took the camera. But, I did find a old 3.2megapixel Sony Cybershot that I got about 12 years ago. And hey, after a charge over night...I was able to take some pictures of the girls last night and this morning.
Veg Room:I had a busy night last night...and am paying for it at work today....can barely keep myself awake.
Anyways, I have seen some burn on leaves. Pretty much I wanted to make sure it wasn't lockout from overwatering, as some leaves were a bit droopy, so I took all plants out, trimmed them up to reduce the chance of fungus amoungst us....
I also cleaned out the veg rom which was dirty and had nutes stains everywhere from run off.
the veg fam
As you can see, a couple mothers are getting more than big enough to flower, I just wanted to make sure I got a healthy clone of each first....and I did.,...so next week or so, a few more will get the move over. I jsut need more space there as well.
the 3 clones, NLxBB, SDxMK, Rainbow
Room after I took all plants out, but not before I cleaned it.
Burned leaves....
Bloom Room:
Very happy in this room.
1 bt mother on 5th week of flowering in 5gal
3 mothers in 5 gals each (NLxBB, WW, SDxMK)
I also have 3 more plants, 2 BT and 1 WW, in 2 gal buckets.
Let us take a look.
5 gal and 2 gal side by side
SDxMK week 2 flowering
NLxBB week 2 flowering
left WW, back Rainbow, right BT mother
BT mother in porn....
close ups...
And last but not least...
Stay tuned....same bat time, same bat place....
As mentioned earlier, my wife is in Europe and took the camera. But, I did find a old 3.2megapixel Sony Cybershot that I got about 12 years ago. And hey, after a charge over night...I was able to take some pictures of the girls last night and this morning.
Veg Room:I had a busy night last night...and am paying for it at work today....can barely keep myself awake.
Anyways, I have seen some burn on leaves. Pretty much I wanted to make sure it wasn't lockout from overwatering, as some leaves were a bit droopy, so I took all plants out, trimmed them up to reduce the chance of fungus amoungst us....
I also cleaned out the veg rom which was dirty and had nutes stains everywhere from run off.
the veg fam
As you can see, a couple mothers are getting more than big enough to flower, I just wanted to make sure I got a healthy clone of each first....and I did.,...so next week or so, a few more will get the move over. I jsut need more space there as well.
the 3 clones, NLxBB, SDxMK, Rainbow
Room after I took all plants out, but not before I cleaned it.
Burned leaves....
Bloom Room:
Very happy in this room.
1 bt mother on 5th week of flowering in 5gal
3 mothers in 5 gals each (NLxBB, WW, SDxMK)
I also have 3 more plants, 2 BT and 1 WW, in 2 gal buckets.
Let us take a look.
5 gal and 2 gal side by side
SDxMK week 2 flowering
NLxBB week 2 flowering
left WW, back Rainbow, right BT mother
BT mother in porn....
close ups...
And last but not least...
Stay tuned....same bat time, same bat place....
Very nice. 
Barry Manilow
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That was a lot of work! Girls are looking good BT.
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UPDATE:
The wife gets home from Europe tonight....so hopefully I will get some high-res pics in the next day or two.
Veg Room:
The 5 ATF clones are looking good and healthy finally.
Put a NLxBB, SDxMK, and Rainbow clones all into small party cup hempy's. As such, I moved over 3 more plants to the flowering room.
I am trying to get one solid mother for each strain and flower everything else. That way I can get my plant count down and start a few other beans at some point in the near future.
Bloom Room:
bt mother - Day 36
NLxBB, SDxMK, WW, bt clone - Day 21
WW, Rainbow, 2 bt clones - Day 15
SDxMK, NLxBB, Rainbow - Day 1
Will get pics up soon.
The wife gets home from Europe tonight....so hopefully I will get some high-res pics in the next day or two.
Veg Room:
The 5 ATF clones are looking good and healthy finally.
Put a NLxBB, SDxMK, and Rainbow clones all into small party cup hempy's. As such, I moved over 3 more plants to the flowering room.
I am trying to get one solid mother for each strain and flower everything else. That way I can get my plant count down and start a few other beans at some point in the near future.
Bloom Room:
bt mother - Day 36
NLxBB, SDxMK, WW, bt clone - Day 21
WW, Rainbow, 2 bt clones - Day 15
SDxMK, NLxBB, Rainbow - Day 1
Will get pics up soon.
hey everythings looking great.
have you ever herd of SUPER CROPPING if you havent look at this link its weird but i hear it works maybe try it out on plant or something if you like what you see.
YouTube - Super Cropping...
have you ever herd of SUPER CROPPING if you havent look at this link its weird but i hear it works maybe try it out on plant or something if you like what you see.
YouTube - Super Cropping...
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Wow they are looking great. 