Come Grow With Me: A Beginners Guide

Buds Buddy said:
Total dry weight on the White Widow is 129 gr. (4 oz. 17 gr.). So far this grow has been depressing yield wise. Only getting 1/2 the yields I was getting till this grow. I really believe it has to do with the V3 MC. I hope the V4 is better.
But I'd rather have V2 back. Had great results with it. Last round for MC if V4 doesn't do better. 4 oz. per plant makes me want to quit growing. Not worth the time that goes into it. 6 oz. per plant I can live with. 8 oz. + per plant every time is what needs to happen. 4 years doing this & $4K in equipment I should be yielding much better.
It seems the more dialed in I make things, the smaller the yield. Let the Temps & RH go all over the place & get big yields. I'm also starting to think all this 77 F & 70% RH is a crock of shit also. Hasn't improved my yields or quality at all. I actually get smaller yields with so called perfect conditions. But with Temps running 79 - 86 F & RH 45 - 55% I yield much better. So I'm not too sure about all this "Weed Theory". I think that has changed with the strains being bred. Kind of like we use to Flush / Now we don't. We use to pH / Now we don't. So in todays grows I think 77 F & 70% RH is old bro science at this point & not as relevant as it once was.
Has anyone else noticed similar outcomes in their grows ? Or is it just me ?
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I've only completed 1 grow. However being a rookie I made mistakes. I didn't have a humidifier to start. Long story short temps and humidity had huge fluctuation. I got 60 grams/plant with autos. Also I started outdoor grow in the desert. High heat low humidity. Plants are thriving. My 2nd grow I'm not gonna worry so much. After all nature has wild swings in temp and humidity
 
Mdlroad said:
I've only completed 1 grow. However being a rookie I made mistakes. I didn't have a humidifier to start. Long story short temps and humidity had huge fluctuation. I got 60 grams/plant with autos. Also I started outdoor grow in the desert. High heat low humidity. Plants are thriving. My 2nd grow I'm not gonna worry so much. After all nature has wild swings in temp and humidity
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Temps & RH are kind of the last thing I worry about unless it gets way out of whack.
 
OK guys, I'm trying to get a sponsored Grow Light Comparison Journal going. I hit up Viparspectra who is donating an XS1500 (150 watt / Flowers a 2x2). I also hit up Bestva & Mars Hydro a few minutes ago. Waiting on their reply.
If I get 3 contestants I will set up 3 - 2x2x4 tents in my Flower Room & grow 3 plants from clones SCROG Style. I hope they go for this as it would be quite interesting to see what they do.
Going to set up the 2 x 2 tonight & start a Mother (Do Si Dos) to take Clones from .... just in case this happens.
 
Buds Buddy said:
OK guys, I'm trying to get a sponsored Grow Light Comparison Journal going. I hit up Viparspectra who is donating an XS1500 (150 watt / Flowers a 2x2). I also hit up Bestva & Mars Hydro a few minutes ago. Waiting on their reply.
If I get 3 contestants I will set up 3 - 2x2x4 tents in my Flower Room & grow 3 plants from clones SCROG Style. I hope they go for this as it would be quite interesting to see what they do.
Going to set up the 2 x 2 tonight & start a Mother (Do Si Dos) to take Clones from .... just in case this happens.
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Yippee hope it pans out
 
:goodluck:
 
Buds Buddy said:
Some were Fem seeds. Some were Bag Seed. All came out female but 2 or 3 turned Hermie & got chopped. Guess I got kind of lucky. I filled my buddy up with clones. He has 2 - 4 x 4 & 2 - 4 x 8 tents that are packed with plants from me. Tried to tell him he didn't want so many; but he wouldn't listen. Now he's going through hell trying to keep up with so many plants.
Just waiting to get all the plants in one tent to start a new grow journal. I'm not a fan of 2000 page journals .... lol.
Do - Si - Dos & Aurora Indica are up next for sure.
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ALL mine were (SUPPOSEDLY) fem. So I just planted "my freebies" 2 of which haven't even sprouted after having them in water for 3 days! Oh well... Like I've always said...gardening is always trial an error, no matter how much you read....
 
Mdlroad said:
Yippee hope it
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little kitten said:
ALL mine were (SUPPOSEDLY) fem. So I just planted "my freebies" 2 of which haven't even sprouted after having them in water for 3 days! Oh well... Like I've always said...gardening is always trial an error, no matter how much you read....
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I don't do the water soaking BS myself. That's for those who like to play with their seeds. Could you imagine a tomato farmer soaking that many seeds before planting them ? I think that's total Bro-Science BS. I poke my little finger in the soil just deep enough to the depth of my nail. Drop the seed in, water & in 3 - 4 days I have a plant.
I just dropped a seed about 24 hours ago. It will sprout by Sunday. I've had 99% success this way & about 65% the soaking & paper towel method. I don't believe seeds like to be messed with once they have a tail hanging out.
 
I'm sure hoping all these new white pistils mean the plants are in their final 2 weeks & fattening up. Branches can't take much more weight & I'm anxious to finish this grow. All the plants I have left have been in Flower since Valentines Day. So day 61 of Flower. I thought they were almost done & the past few days I got more & more White Pistils. I should get some pretty good yields off these girls from what I'm seeing. Just worried about getting Bud Rot because I've had to tie so many branches up & they are very close & even touching in some areas. Getting ready to feed again & I can see I have to tie a few more branches up. Been trying to defoliate some to help with some air flow. Just got to make the best of it.
I'm not sure if this is a good assessment; but on my 1st round of plants I used Terpinator. On these current plants I've used Sweet Candy. The Terpinator made way frostier buds compared to what I'm seeing now. I'm not sure if it's the strains or the Booster additive; but it's Terpinator for me from now on.
 
Well Bestva never answered. Viparspectra offered a free XS1500 that I'll have to turn down due to the Mars Hydro offer.
They offered me Free lights & Tents every 3 months to exclusively do journals for them. I can't turn that down. So I have a New FC-E3000 on the way. I'll be starting a 1 plant SCROG Grow in a 3 x 3 tent. Strain is Do Si Do's & should pop it's head out of the ground tomorrow. I can see the white stem coming up now. Ordered a couple 3 x 3 SCROG Nets a few minutes ago & some 3 gal. fabric pots. Not sure if I should go with a 3 or 5 gal. pot for this grow. What you guys think ? My 1st SCROG attempt.
 
Buds Buddy said:
Well Bestva never answered. Viparspectra offered a free XS1500 that I'll have to turn down due to the Mars Hydro offer.
They offered me Free lights & Tents every 3 months to exclusively do journals for them. I can't turn that down. So I have a New FC-E3000 on the way. I'll be starting a 1 plant SCROG Grow in a 3 x 3 tent. Strain is Do Si Do's & should pop it's head out of the ground tomorrow. I can see the white stem coming up now. Ordered a couple 3 x 3 SCROG Nets a few minutes ago & some 3 gal. fabric pots. Not sure if I should go with a 3 or 5 gal. pot for this grow. What you guys think ? My 1st SCROG attempt.
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Sounds great. How did you get the deal with mars?
Bill
 
Congrats Buds! I'm sure they're going to like what you show for them. :thumb:
 
Buds Buddy said:
Well Bestva never answered. Viparspectra offered a free XS1500 that I'll have to turn down due to the Mars Hydro offer.
They offered me Free lights & Tents every 3 months to exclusively do journals for them. I can't turn that down. So I have a New FC-E3000 on the way. I'll be starting a 1 plant SCROG Grow in a 3 x 3 tent. Strain is Do Si Do's & should pop it's head out of the ground tomorrow. I can see the white stem coming up now. Ordered a couple 3 x 3 SCROG Nets a few minutes ago & some 3 gal. fabric pots. Not sure if I should go with a 3 or 5 gal. pot for this grow. What you guys think ? My 1st SCROG attempt.
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You’re right - can’t turn that down. Good snag...
 
Bill284 said:
Sounds great. How did you get the deal with mars?
Bill
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I just asked them if they wanted to do a grow light journal. I was asking each company to put up a 150 watt light to see which did best. I guess Mars didn't like that idea because their 150 watt light has epistar chips & Vipar has samsung.
So they said if I'd drop the Vipar sponsorship they would sponsor me new products to journal for them every 3 months.
Didn't expect anything like this. But that's an offer I can't refuse. I use there lights mostly anyways so it's probably a good fit. I also did a journal or 2 before for them.
 
InTheShed said:
Congrats Buds! I'm sure they're going to like what you show for them. :thumb:
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What do you think on the pot size for a SCROG in a 3 x 3 ? Not sure if I should go 3 gal or 5. Would the Cola's be larger if I use a 5 ? I'm thinking they would be since more roots.
 
I would say 5g for sure. You'll have to veg a bit longer to fill it with roots, but then you're set to fill the tent with flowers.
 
Buds Buddy said:
I just asked them if they wanted to do a grow light journal. I was asking each company to put up a 150 watt light to see which did best. I guess Mars didn't like that idea because their 150 watt light has epistar chips & Vipar has samsung.
So they said if I'd drop the Vipar sponsorship they would sponsor me new products to journal for them every 3 months.
Didn't expect anything like this. But that's an offer I can't refuse. I use there lights mostly anyways so it's probably a good fit. I also did a journal or 2 before for them.
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Do you have the name of a contact person by chance?
 
Viparspectra was lookin for a few people to do journals. If you contact the rep I think you could get a light. Do a good job on it & they'll give you better & better stuff to keep doing journals. Vipar is using Samsung LM301B Chips & Meanwell Drivers so they've damned sure improved a lot since the Blurple ones I use to have. But I've used Mars for almost 3 years & I can't complain about the growth so I stick with them.
 
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