1st Journal, Big Buddha Cheese

[edwardvanhalen]

thanks for the friendly comment and rep doc i appreciate it
so ill be updatin pics daily, prolly once every 3 days , i cant wait until she gets bigger
peace guys

[edwardvanhalen]

hey guys new update!!!
my baby is celebrating her 2 week birthday , mines in 2 days haha
im going to start giving her half tsp per gal of flora nova gro, for next watering
ill eventually up the dose to 1 tsp but i half to see how she acts from the first feeding

im also going to transplant her into her permanent home which is an 8 litre pot in a couple days

so here she is guys , i like how big she is for 2 weeks and i love cfl's haha
btw, thanks for all the kind replies, i appreciate it
and i wont let you down when she starts flowering
o and BUDKINI PART 2 is just a couple months away haha my girl is all for it she loves bud all over her hot body haha

[newgrowNY]

looking really health.... and compact.... nice job so far

[edwardvanhalen]

thanks man
yeah im really happy with how healthy she is, btw for miracle gro haters, this plant is in mg
so im really happy with the results, the mg is workin way better than that organic shit i bought for my blue cheese, thank god the blue cheese made it , i was gettin worried she was gonna die
but this baby is lookin good and i cant wait to see her take off in her new home
thanks buddy

[edwardvanhalen]

hey guys quick question
im tryin to keep my closet as cool as possible, the average temp is 75
the reason im doing this is cuz i heard that it gives the plant more color but does it make the potency higher??
cuz me and my girl are wearin sweaters and blankets the whole day cuz its so cold in my room
thanks

[Buddha's_Stoned]

Good start... can't wait to see the buds on this thing

[d0c]

Of all the reading Ive done it doesnt say anything about potency being affected unless temps go under 65. Over about 80 and the plant spends more energy cooling off that it could bespending on growing tasty buds. So in a way you are increasing potency by keeping temps inthat average.
Take anything I say with a grain of salt, though. Im a noob

[edwardvanhalen]

thanks buddha
hey doc , yeah the above 80 thing makes a lot of sense so im just gonna keep it at 75 cuz it cant get much cooler in my room than that
you know a lot of stuff for a noob brother , thanks

Blue cheese grow
http://forum.grasscity.com/general-i...eese-pics.html

[Alatar]

According to the beginners grow guide on this site and everything else I've read, the optimal temperature for marijuana is 75F to 78F with a ~ 10 degree drop during lights off.

http://forum.grasscity.com/absolute-...-cannabis.html

[edwardvanhalen]

yeah i hear that

[Alatar]

That is one good looking pot plant. The pattern on the fan leaves or rather the actual shape of the leaves is quite striking. Indica with an attitude.

[d0c]

Ive been reading books on cultivation like a mad man. Ican regurgitate a lot of info but Im sure Ill learn the most during this grow.

[edwardvanhalen]

thanks alatar , yeah i love the way the leaves are shaped
hey doc thanks for the kind comment, yeah the more you read the more you will learn, thats how i got my plants to grow and eventually harvest them
im lucky i never had a failure since i started, except a male
thanks guys, im gonna post some pics of the transplant

[edwardvanhalen]

hey guys, thanks for all the compliments about my plant
so i took my plant out of the cup to see how the roots are lookin and as you can see the roots were gettin cramped

so here are some pics of me transplanting my baby into her new home
my girl took the pics so you can thank her for her great photography haha

i also added another cfl so i have 5 lights on her, heres the pics

[Alatar]

i also added another cfl so i have 5 lights on her

That leaves two flowering lights held in reserve, if I remember that earlier count correctly. Are you keeping those out because of temps?

I just noticed that broiler tray that the plant is sitting on. That works. It'll catch the runoff. That's assuming you get any runoff. I'm using Miracle-Gro soil as well, for the time being anyway. It's pretty dense stuff. I don't get any runoff. I guess if I really worked at it I could get some runoff, but I'd have to totally saturate that very dense soil to do so, and I don't think that would be a good idea. My intention is to start cutting my soil with perlite so that I'll be able to start getting pH readings on the runoff. I also think it's harder to gauge whether it is time to water when your using very dense soil. And using CFLs exacerbates the issue. CFLs don't burn off the surface water the way HIDs do. Waiting till the soil is dry up to your second knuckle when using CFLs means you are drying the soil out more thoroughly than if you were using a HID. These are the thimgs that the sight of that broiler tray bring to mind.