Come Grow With Me: A Beginners Guide

[Buds Buddy]

Did you buy the light used? Wish I could find one for that...

No, it's new. On sale on the bay for $123.99. They still have a few as of this morning.
I'm still buying another Mars Hydro TSW 2000 today.
Then just 1 more light & I'll be good for years. Wish I had my Nextlight Mega but it got broke & only 1 side works now.
So unless I win one I'll probably either buy one or buy the Mars FC 6500. But that's still a month or 2 away.

 

[Buds Buddy]

Welcome to my "Nightmare". I've named this bitch "Night - Mare" since she's a girl & collapsed at night.
Anyways, she took a hell of a beating. I've been working on her a little each day to keep her alive to the finish. I've removed about 30 - 35 leaves per day for the past 3 days & have been tucking branches back up under the net the best I can. Quite a few branches got broke. Looks like about 10 or so. But so far no seed pods or bananas. She's getting really frosty; but there's a lot of small bud on this one. I checked Trichs this morning. Most of what is left is still clear with about 15% cloudy & just a few amber spots. So if I can keep her going 2 more weeks I should do OK.
Here's a few pics. Try not to laugh too hard.

 

[Buds Buddy]

These 4 pics are of the Bruce Banger. She's coming out pretty good considering the slow start.

Then we have the White Widow. She's looking really good. I'm pretty pleased with this girl.

 

[Buds Buddy]

And here we have the Gorilla Girl. She's actually kind of sexy with her long legs & heels.

And a final group shot to round it out.

 

[JamesBong502]

And here we have the Gorilla Girl. She's actually kind of sexy with her long legs & heels.

And a final group shot to round it out.

I’m a sucker for a nice set of legs

 

[little kitten]

Here's a couple pics of the light I bought for $125. Seems to be just right for the 3 x 3.

And a couple of pics of what's in the 3 x 3 at the moment. 5 of the Cherry on Top Clones have rooted & are in 1 gal.
Still 1 C.O.T. & 3 Glue Cookie Clones waiting to root. I also have the 3 Glue Cookie Plants in the 3 x 3 for now. These 3 will move to the 5 x 5 once I remove the Male's & make room for them.

LOVE the light.! Got a question Buds. I'm fixing to flip my 'big girls' . I've got 2 more ??? (Colorado seeds is all I know) I believe they are going to catch up with my 8 miles high--am I going to have to have 2 separate lighting schedules OR will my 8's have to go on a 10/6 after a month or so? Let me know if I just made any sense. I may have to build a wall. Is your BIG ONE O.K.? or can you tell yet? This was the first time I've lost power since I've been off the coast. Glad I got back enough last year on my income tax, to buy the generator.

 

[Buds Buddy]

LOVE the light.! Got a question Buds. I'm fixing to flip my 'big girls' . I've got 2 more ??? (Colorado seeds is all I know) I believe they are going to catch up with my 8 miles high--am I going to have to have 2 separate lighting schedules OR will my 8's have to go on a 10/6 after a month or so? Let me know if I just made any sense. I may have to build a wall. Is your BIG ONE O.K.? or can you tell yet? This was the first time I've lost power since I've been off the coast. Glad I got back enough last year on my income tax, to buy the generator.

Are they Photo's or Auto's ? How many weeks veg on 8 mile & how many weeks on Colorado ? If both are Photo's & one is way taller you can Super Crop the branches to make them closer to the same height. You'll get more yield that way.
You can't switch to Flower & back to veg or the plant will quit flowering & go back to vegging too. The size of the plant doesn't matter that much. You can still flower them. I have 3 rows of plants. 3 taller ones, 3 med. ones & 3 smaller ones all in the same tent & all in flower. Keep in mind to only grow your plant 1/2 the size you want it to be in the end.
It will double in size during flower.

 

[little kitten]

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Are they Photo's or Auto's ? How many weeks veg on 8 mile & how many weeks on Colorado ? If both are Photo's & one is way taller you can Super Crop the branches to make them closer to the same height. You'll get more yield that way.
You can't switch to Flower & back to veg or the plant will quit flowering & go back to vegging too. The size of the plant doesn't matter that much. You can still flower them. I have 3 rows of plants. 3 taller ones, 3 med. ones & 3 smaller ones all in the same tent & all in flower. Keep in mind to only grow your plant 1/2 the size you want it to be in the end.
It will double in size during flower.

was wandering how you were going to do all those plants. Looking back in my notes; they're only 1 week apart. I'll LST them tomorrow. I up-potted the Colorado's in 1/3 pot ful (5 gal.) of HOT dirt. Guess I'll find out in the morning if I should have added any nutes to the water with that HOT soil.

 

[little kitten]

Are they Photo's or Auto's ? How many weeks veg on 8 mile & how many weeks on Colorado ? If both are Photo's & one is way taller you can Super Crop the branches to make them closer to the same height. You'll get more yield that way.
You can't switch to Flower & back to veg or the plant will quit flowering & go back to vegging too. The size of the plant doesn't matter that much. You can still flower them. I have 3 rows of plants. 3 taller ones, 3 med. ones & 3 smaller ones all in the same tent & all in flower. Keep in mind to only grow your plant 1/2 the size you want it to be in the end.
It will double in size during flower.

Ooops. forgot. Photos.

 

[Buds Buddy]

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was wandering how you were going to do all those plants. Looking back in my notes; they're only 1 week apart. I'll LST them tomorrow. I up-potted the Colorado's in 1/3 pot ful (5 gal.) of HOT dirt. Guess I'll find out in the morning if I should have added any nutes to the water with that HOT soil.

You can't just fill a pot 1/3rd of the way. It wont get light or air & will be hard to feed. Either fill it or use a smaller pot.
I use Fox Farms Ocean Forrest & they say it's a hot soil. Funny, I plant my seed straight in it & start feeding (really light dose) nutes as soon as they have a couple sets of leaves. I think the term "Hot Soil" is what people use when they mess up .... lol. If I can plant seeds in it & it does fine .... it's got to be the grower & not the so called "Hot Soil".

 

[Buds Buddy]

As far as how I'll do that many plants isn't that hard since I have 2 tents set up plus a Flower Room. Some of the Cherry Wi Fi are probably male so a few will get tossed. So as soon as the big girl is done (probably a week from the looks of things) she will get chopped & I'll move 2 - 3 plants out there in her place. I'll take them from the 5 x 5. Then move the plants in Veg from the 3x3 to the 5 x 5 for flower. As each plant finishes in the Flower room another plant from the 5 x 5 will replace it. So it's pretty much a continuous rotation. I could keep it going non stop if I wanted to. But I'll have at least 5 lbs. from the plants I have now. I'm thinking more like 7 - 8 lbs. So that's about 128 oz. & I only need 52 for the year ... lol.

 

[Mdlroad]

You can't just fill a pot 1/3rd of the way. It wont get light or air & will be hard to feed. Either fill it or use a smaller pot.
I use Fox Farms Ocean Forrest & they say it's a hot soil. Funny, I plant my seed straight in it & start feeding (really light dose) nutes as soon as they have a couple sets of leaves. I think the term "Hot Soil" is what people use when they mess up .... lol. If I can plant seeds in it & it does fine .... it's got to be the grower & not the so called "Hot Soil".

I'm on my 1st grow used 2/3 FFOF 1/3ffhappyfrog added perlite planted autos straight to soil had no problems. So I agree it's a cover for over feeding straight outta the gate. I watered only for 1st 28 days.

 

[SmokeyB]

I’m a sucker for a nice set of legs

Beautiful plants bro

 

[Buds Buddy]

Well, I guess clones do grow just like their mothers. One of my Cherry on Top plants is smaller then the others & seems kind of stunted or I'm thinking it wasn't a good seed. I numbered all 6 before taking cuttings. The #5 Plant & the #5 cutting are both way behind the other 5 plants & clones.
4 days since I flipped the 5 x 5 to 12/12. No sign of sex yet. Hopefully soon so I can move some plants around.
I may need the 3 x 3 for drying soon. I checked Trichs on the big Peyote Wi Fi last night & she's about 70% Cloudy, 20% Clear & 10% Amber. She may be starting to Hermie. Not quite sure yet; but I think I see signs of it coming. Hoping to get this chopped early next week before any real damage happens. I cut off one of the broken branches last night to dry & test. I normally wouldn't do this, but I'll harvest within a week so I did. Don't feel like I have anything to lose & much to gain if I harvest soon. It may be mostly cloudy instead of the 30% or more Amber I prefer. I wake up every couple hours during the night so I like something I can take a couple hits off of to help me get back to sleep. My mind is always racing & telling me I got to get this or that done & it goes into planning & details, etc. Got to smoke so I'm too tired to worry about it .... lol.

 

[SmokeyB]

Well, I guess clones do grow just like their mothers. One of my Cherry on Top plants is smaller then the others & seems kind of stunted or I'm thinking it wasn't a good seed. I numbered all 6 before taking cuttings. The #5 Plant & the #5 cutting are both way behind the other 5 plants & clones.
4 days since I flipped the 5 x 5 to 12/12. No sign of sex yet. Hopefully soon so I can move some plants around.
I may need the 3 x 3 for drying soon. I checked Trichs on the big Peyote Wi Fi last night & she's about 70% Cloudy, 20% Clear & 10% Amber. She may be starting to Hermie. Not quite sure yet; but I think I see signs of it coming. Hoping to get this chopped early next week before any real damage happens. I cut off one of the broken branches last night to dry & test. I normally wouldn't do this, but I'll harvest within a week so I did. Don't feel like I have anything to lose & much to gain if I harvest soon. It may be mostly cloudy instead of the 30% or more Amber I prefer. I wake up every couple hours during the night so I like something I can take a couple hits off of to help me get back to sleep. My mind is always racing & telling me I got to get this or that done & it goes into planning & details, etc. Got to smoke so I'm too tired to worry about it .... lol.

I no the feeling with sleep and worrying about stuff mate I don't sleep till 3 4 every morning because my head's always on the go for ever in my world of thinking I'm trying to wait for 2 of mine to be more amber to help with sleep got peyote cookies next hopefully that will do the trick get me to sleep at normal times

 

[Buds Buddy]

I no the feeling with sleep and worrying about stuff mate I don't sleep till 3 4 every morning because my head's always on the go for ever in my world of thinking I'm trying to wait for 2 of mine to be more amber to help with sleep got peyote cookies next hopefully that will do the trick get me to sleep at normal times

I'm smoking Peyote Cookies now .... lol. A really good strain that will help you relax.

 

[Buds Buddy]

Wedding Cake is a good one too.

 

[SmokeyB]

I'm smoking Peyote Cookies now .... lol. A really good strain that will help you relax.

Not guna lie I seen it in your journal so looked it up I brought 3 lol and yeah it's one of my fav smokes taste and stuff but if I get it 100% rite lol

 

[little kitten]

You can't just fill a pot 1/3rd of the way. It wont get light or air & will be hard to feed. Either fill it or use a smaller pot.
I use Fox Farms Ocean Forrest & they say it's a hot soil. Funny, I plant my seed straight in it & start feeding (really light dose) nutes as soon as they have a couple sets of leaves. I think the term "Hot Soil" is what people use when they mess up .... lol. If I can plant seeds in it & it does fine .... it's got to be the grower & not the so called "Hot Soil".

I Re-read my message. Misunderstanding. I meant the bottom is filled 1/3 with HOT SOIL RECIPE; the rest of the way is FFOF Ocean. Wish I could sit down and read up on downloading pics.....but got co. Everything looks gorgeous right now. Uppotted the "Colorado" plants and did some topping.....don't laugh at this; but I dried the leaves and smoked it..Tasted like cherries! Sure would like to know the name of that plant.

 

[Buds Buddy]

I Re-read my message. Misunderstanding. I meant the bottom is filled 1/3 with HOT SOIL RECIPE; the rest of the way is FFOF Ocean. Wish I could sit down and read up on downloading pics.....but got co. Everything looks gorgeous right now. Uppotted the "Colorado" plants and did some topping.....don't laugh at this; but I dried the leaves and smoked it..Tasted like cherries! Sure would like to know the name of that plant.

Lots of Cherry Strains out there so could be any of them. I've had them smell like cherries but not taste like them.
Blueberry I can usually taste pretty good.