First Time Grow Log

[bcuz92]

I started 12/12 on 2-15..so 6 days into flower with ballast aet at 400w and 2 23w 6500k cfls to add a little blue spectrum to assist with early stretching during flowering

 

[Nvchamp]

I started 12/12 on 2-15..so 6 days into flower with ballast aet at 400w and 2 23w 6500k cfls to add a little blue spectrum to assist with early stretching during flowering

They look beautiful. Nice and bushy

 

[bcuz92]

Thank u man.. I vegged those 2 big ones since a few days after christmas with the cfls about 1inch or less away to produce a bushy plant thats mature with a bunch of budsites. Thank u again man

And of course they are all LST'd otherwise they would be much taller.

 

[bcuz92]

I hate when plants are tall and lengthy... Im all about girth

 

[mb5200]

Finally here, let the picture show begin

 

[bcuz92]

2-24-16

-9 days into flowering
-4 plants
- LST'd and supercropped
- pulled one hermie out yesterday
-400w hps thats 12 inches above the canopy and two 23w cfls for side lighting

 

[bcuz92]

I go in my grow room and the plants look like they've grown alot just from yesterday i see huge growth...

 

[bcuz92]

When I LST my plants i use masking or electrical tape... that's why some of the Leafs are ripped up a little bit so if it snaps at least it's only a leaf

 

[mb5200]

Looks great

 

[bcuz92]

I pulled the two big ones out from the back to water them and I gave them 2tablespoons big bloom and one teaspoon of Tiger Bloom and like a half a teaspoon of this earth juice cal-mag supplement..

Do you think 4 dry ounces off of 4 plants under a 400w hps is a realistic goal?

 

[mb5200]

ounce a plant is completely doable, we have guys getting 4 times that amount with proper care

 

[Stinky Snid]

Oh I definitely like the pictures in that light. Shows how green and healthy your plants are. They're looking nice with their little stretch, an ounce per plant...no problem ☺

As always KiG cheers

 

[bcuz92]

I just don't see how these lil branches and buds are going to produce enough buds that will dry down to that much weight.... do you think that the two tablespoons of big bloom in one teaspoon of Tiger bloom is pretty smart? That's half of what both of the bottles say they say to use 4 tablespoons of big bloom which throws the balance on how much in each bottle I'm using way off because big bloom they want u to use the whole damn bottle each watering lol... big Bloom makes the water look like nutrient lockout in the making.. but it works good I don't think I even needed to add CalMag but the bottom leaves on my biggest plant turn yellow and die and I don't know why because I'm giving them a little bit of nitrogen

 

[bcuz92]

Maybe I'm being too skimpy on my nutrients because the bottom Leaves always turn yellow and die on my biggest plant but the other 3 plants are perfect... every time I water my plants with nutrients I hold my breath because i know my dumbass is liable to fuck something up catastrophically haha

 

[mb5200]

You are going to lose the odd leaf no matter what, don't overreact to a couple yellow leaves. Keep doing what your doing, no more no less

 

[bcuz92]

Yes sir, thank you again... I watered my two biggest plants with 2 tablespoons of big bloom and one teaspoon of Tiger Bloom and like one teaspoon of this earth juice Cal Mag supplement, we'll see tomorrow how they take the feeding.

 

[bcuz92]

Crazy to think these pics were taken between 1-24-16 and 2-9-16 and now theyre that big and they were under a 125w 2700k, 42w 2700k, and two 13w cfls just vegging since late December

 

[bcuz92]

Judging on how they look do you know what type of strain that they most resemble because they were some bagseed... believe it or not like 8 out of 10 seeds germinated are females and that's from bagseed..

 

[bcuz92]

I have hundreds of them as i have saved them up from mid grade ganja over the years.. Literally 2 medicine bottles full of all good looking brown with strips i picked out the bad hollow light green and tan seeds

 

[bcuz92]

Is there really much of a difference between a 400w and a 600w HPS because maybe it's just worth me putting my ballast at 600w if it's not going to be much more than maybe $10 extra a month compared to running it at 400w?!???!?! Because if I can potentially get 200 more grams let's go for it... I think I might order a 1000w hps dimmable ballast kit soon... For my 2nd grow..already got 3 plants veggin on theyre 2nd nodes for after i harvest these babies

The space that my plants occupy is about 25inchs wide and 25inches deep.. So about 8sq ft.

I figure... 400w times 12 hours a day times 30 days a month is 144000÷1000 watts in a kilowatt. Times .17 which i think is the price in arizona for electricity..and the 600w comes out to 216 kilowatts a month at 12 hours a day..