First indoor grow

[brokencage]

Ok I had planed on cloning this plant and filling this space but the Fan-Damily is having a big get-together this year.Ill be gone for two weeks july2nd-16th soo IV orderd some seed's for next time and threw mom in instead.I took ten clones from this plant two weeks ago and ill be damed if you could tell now. this is a fast growing plant with verry little stetch after flowering starts.Id say im 4 days into flower and must be done at least a weak before im set to leave july 2nd.trouble is I dont remember just how long the other actualy took to finish out.but done or not she comes out a week before I leave.Im using a pre-fab 4'x'4x7' grow tent.i have 650 watts of hps lighting and am using the wick system whith 7/16ths nylon and poly-somthing or other rope.(I used to use this on my tomatoes before i started using a wicking chamber instead of a wick)I would have used a wicking chamber but hadent planed on anything other than taking clones from her so I had to add the wicks after the fact.anyway my res will hold 6 gallons I have a aerator coming soon so I will add that when it comes in.I chose and love the wick system because of its ease of use.I work allot of hours and need something that don't need me there to often.Iv been doing alot of reading and am surprised you don't see more of it.anyway im old so my methods are probably abit out-dated.here are some pics of what iv got going so far.my only concern is that the four wicks will supply enough nutes/water.for nutes im using the much bashed upon MG bloom booster and MG tomato food at about a 4-1 ratio bloom booster to tomato food.I use the tomato food because of the little extra P and the micro's. ya ya i know MG is saten and all that but I don't have time and must stick to what I already know.my soil mix is a good cheap sandy store bought potting soil mixed with about 40% perlite.I usually go about 50% perlite but this stuff was pretty sandy.I like sand drains well and don't wick to bad either.the thing to remember with a wick system is after 3-4 weeks to give it a good top watering to flush the salts back out of the pot.ok here's the rest of the pics.sorry but my camera is crap.
if you look close you can see some pest damage from when she was still out side I dusted her well with 7 dust and washed it all off by hand the following day.then placed in the space.Iv watched closely and she seems to be pest free.she also started to show signs of mg deficiency in her third week but that was caught very quickly and fixed.Iv already ordered ppp and super skunk seeds from weed farmer for my next grow.Iv also went ahead and ordered nutrients.I still need a good ph meter and one to measure tds though I still haven wrapped my head around that yet.I still just slowly ramp up till i burn abit and then back it off a notch.Barbaric I know.I figure this grow will help me work out the details ill need for the next real one.Anyway feel free to comment as I update and if yall have anything that can help me get it strait let me know.I do have a cheap ph meter and my soil ph is running at about 6.5-6.8 and the nutrient solution is about a 6.8 now time to burn a bone and read some more!

[brokencage]

Ok update time.I have switched to the flora series nutrients and am using heavy weight and liquid karma boosters.IV also started to get my water from the local grow shop as they offer free RO water for their customers.I had just a touch of nutrient burn 4 days or so ago but caught it pretty quick.she's really started to take off for me,.this is my third go around with this plant and things are actually a good bit different indoors.First off I never got alot of stretch once flowering had started, but indoors she looks like she may double in size.Im also wondering since this is a non recovery system if i should be using less nutriants since im sure not all of them are being used by the plant.ill add some pics shortly once her day begins.

[brokencage]

Ok heres the pics.



This is the first time iv trained a plant this way,but I can see how effective it is for filling space and getting light to cover more of the plant.I cant wait to see how this turns out.

[BUDSLiNGER]

Looking nice man.....

[DierWolf]

Wow, thats a nice change to scroll sideways instead of just up and down

Looking good

[brokencage]

thanks guys.quick update.I ran into abit of trouble as my girl became root bound. I should have seen this coming as it is an older plant (3 months)and only a three gallon pot.lacking a better pot to replant into I used a old outdoor trick and cut off the bottom 4'' of the pot and repoted 6'' deep into a larger container.in this case I used my cheep 18 gallon tote I was using as a ress.Ill water this by hand until she finishes out.with this large a container I should only have to water/feed once a week or less.Ill get some pics up tomarow it was a long day and I still havent burnt a bone yet so its high time I did.I cant believe all the trouble iv had on this grow. had this been out back id barely even have contact with it and it would have been less trouble!!oh well its been fun trying new things.

[brokencage]

Oh and the new system I just bought for my next grow. http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/...s=0,0&format=0

[Rebel]

damn man, ur goin pro with that next setup huh

[brokencage]

well I dont know about pro...Out doors in soil i am ok but indoors iv found soil to be messy and harder to work with.Iv had more problems than i ever had outside.I have already invested a good bit of money so I figured I should go the rest of the way.I haven't used hydroponics before so building my own system just wasn't an option.

[brokencage]

ok update time.Iv found that when using a HPS its a good idea to turn out the light and use a regular bulb for inspecting the plant,As youl find any deficiency's sooner as the yellow cast of the HPS hides the tell tale yellowing.seems iv been starving my girl just abit.heres the pics.

[brokencage]

Update time.Well what can I say but lesson learned.For some reasone when I started this grow I abandon everything I did know,and started trying to do stupid shit like treat this as a hydro grow instead of soil like it is....and totally fucking up my ph.I also didn't take into account the age and size of the plant and allowed her to become root bound.I dont know what to say accept that was some good shit I was smoking!! now on to what Iv done about this.Well as mentioned earlier I repoted.Next I addressed the ph problem by adding 1 tbs per gallon of soil of dolomite and rock lime.I did this by making it into a tea and watering with it,Then I fed with adjusted nutrent solution stepped up to a ph of 7.0.it seemed to take forever,and the urge to do more was over whelming.but atlast I see results.The yellowing is still there but new growth has taken off and looks good.my next feed I will adjust back to 6.5 and feed water only when needed.I will watch closely but im pretty confidant my girl has forgiven my momentary laps of judgment,and will show me love.

This is about three weeks into flowering

[brokencage]

yet another quick update.my girl realy seems to be puting on some size now and I am finaly starting to see trichs building up.ill up some more pics in a couple days.

[brokencage]

Ok well I got high and just had to take some pics. Im realy impressed with how well she has recovered,though im on the very edge of burning her from nutes.ill give her a good watering everyday till she don't look so tweaked.then feed again a week after that.I expect that to be the last feeding she gets as she looks as if she will finish early compared to her mother and sister outdoors.though Im alittle concerned that all the trouble iv had has had an effect on resin production.oh well time will tell.im sure she will show me love yet.

[420-420]

damn nice buds! wat day are u on? and which ones did u top?

[brokencage]

Thanks. I'm at about day 26 of flowering(Not 12/12) I toped all but a few of the smaller buds in the center of the plant as i wouldn't mind them stretching abit more to get a little closer to the canopy.if she keeps up like she is im in for some nice fat tops.