End of the first grow! With LOTS o' pics.

[kangasaurus]

So this is the end of my first experience with growing marijuana. The first seeds began to germinate on June 26th, and the harvest occured just this past Monday, October 14th, a grow season of 110 days that was divided into a Vegetative stage from July 7th to August 17th (42 days) and a Flowering stage from August 17th to October 14th (58 days). I began with three Sativa Haze seeds (from Dr. Chronic) under 3 24W CFLs and 2 42W CFLs (after germination, of course) in FFOF soil in a grow room that was actually a converted mobile closet. I began to LST one of the them, but I stopped after less than two weeks because I could no longer see the main stem that I needed to bend over. Then, after three weeks of Vegetative growth, I took my closet, split it into two, and made, from that, a veg room and a flowering room. The veg room (approximately 3'W x 5'D x 6'H) used the 5 CFLs and a 2 foot, 4 bulb T5 floursecent system (6000K) with three intake fans (120mm, 42 CFM) and an inline fan (300CFM) attached to a duct for exhaust. The walls were mylar covered, except for the door, which was 2mm thick black plastic sheeting. The flowering room was approximately of the same dimensions. To light that room I used a 400W AgroSun bulb (I think) housed in a Daystar reflector with 6" AC ducts and powered by the generic Hydrofarm ballast. The exhaust from the veg room went into this light, and went out through another duct (attached to the other flange) with went out of the room via another 300CFM inline fan. There was a secondary exhaust as well, which was a third 300CFM inline fan attached to some ducting. The plants exploded in there, growing to nearly 2 feet from less than half a foot in the remainder of the Vegetative growth, and I began using FF Grow Big and SuperThrive nutrients during that week. Before flowering them, I took four clones from each of the three plants, for a total of twelve clones. I put those under 24 hours of T5 and CFL light, and moved the three moms into the flowering room, where I put them under 12/12 light schedule via a digital timer and switched from FF Gow Big to FF Tiger Bloom and mollasses, continuing to use SuperThrive as well. Of the twelve clones, I ended up keeping four (the amount the space permitted), and on August 29th, put them under a 10/14 light schedule to hasten flowering (I needed to harvest on October 14th, only six weeks away). I also changed the moms light schedule to 11/13 (Haze plants generally need in excess of 11 weeks of flowering, and I was only going to have nine with the moms and six with the clones). I got a second HPS light with a switchable ballast and an MH bulb (also 400W) for the clones, which I put in on September 17th. I added a fourth inline exhaust (300CFM) fan that I attached to the new DayStar 6" AC reflector and directed out of the room using more ducting. The plants well outgrew the confines of the room, but I managed to bend and turn them such that I didn't need to rebuild the room. On October 6th, I noticed some white spots on the leaves, and discovered that I had become infested with Spider Mites (bastards....). I had had some pH and light burn problems earlier, but this was way worse. I bug bombed the whole room, and then hung a No-Pest strip in the room, as well as spraying down the plants with both Neem Oil and Safer Soap. I bombed and sprayed down a second time during that last week, but they didn't go away. When I harvested on the 14th, both the moms and the clones, the clones were over four feet tall (after only only about eight weeks of growth) and the moms were closer to six feet in height. I put the buds, stalks, and leaves into Ziploc bags, which I then froze in the freezer to kill the bugs. I left them there for 2 straight days on "Max Cold," at which point I took them out and many of the bugs basically fell off. I hung them to dry on the 16th, and now I'm wating for them to finish so I can begin to cure them. I don't have an exact weight (I didn't have a scale that went up that high), but I'm guessing that wet weight was approximately close to 2 two pounds of leaves, buds, and the associated stalks. Hanging them took up nearly five full-size storage boxes with four different hanging strings in each box. Currently, they are drying under the bed with a fan blowing air over the tops of the boxes.

I would really like to put my thanks out to JCJ77d, OciTown, and the rest of the members of the thread "So you want to grow Marijuana, your ?'s answered here." You guys came through when I had more specific questions than a general search could find the answers to, and I really appreicate it. I'd +rep you all, but I have so many times, I'm not sure it would do anyone any good. I would also like to thank my mom, who found out what I was doing in week two, said nothing until week five, and then set October 14th as the end date instead of shutting it down. Furthermore, she said nothing to my dad, who likely would have killed me, and in fact even kept them away from my room. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. Lastly, thanks to all the members of the forum. You guys fucking ROCK!

My final setup.


Bud shots



All together now.


Clone 1 and final harvest



Clone 2 and final harvest



Clone 3 and final harvest



Clone 4 and final harvest



Mom 1, bud shots, and harvest (this one's a doozy *drool*)







Mom 2 and harvest



Mom 3 (LST), harvest, and bud shots





Thanks so much again to everyone who answered my questions and indeed even posted at all on this forum! You all helped me out so much! I'd send you all some of the final product, but then I wouldn't have any left over for me .

[Aaronl8n]

nice, how much did you end up getting?

[mjboy]

a little skinny and the leaves look weird but all in all its a good grow

[mad4reef]

Not bad for a first grow, but, those are just some weird looking plants.

First of all, is the reason they are all leaning because you used LST or were they staked before you took the shot?

Definately have a serious nutrient deficiency. I am guessing potassium, but I could be wrong. Next time try to feed them a little better, especially towards the end of the grow.

Hope you enjoy the smoke.

[experimentalist]

Enjoy what you've got there and then take what you've learned from your grow and
get started on the next -- It'll be even better!

Take Care

~Experimentalist

[Tical00]

Shit man, stake those out next time! Or atleast don't stop on the LST.
Anyways, good first time.

[Azureblue]

Your mom sounds really cool

Good job for your first run! You have guts growing in your parents' home but I'm one to talk. It looks like you had plenty of yield and got to experiment with a number of different techniques. Most of the battle in the first indoor grow is just getting your growbox/cabinet/closet/room set up for the first time. After that it is gravy!

It's a shame you didn't continue on with LST, you can really do some interesting stuff with it. I was able to keep the height of my plant (about 2-3 weeks until harvest) around two feet or so.

Nicely done and enjoy the resulting bud dude

[Stephen Stoned]

first of all use paragraphs please next time so your post is legible...then make sure youre using plenty of nutes, someone above said K but it looks like your buds are really small and that is usually a P deficiency right?

congrats on your first grow!