First closet grow.. 400w HPS and a few plants. Master Kush, Frisian Dew, NL...

Discussion in 'Indoor Grow Journals' started by potberto, Nov 10, 2009.

  1. Just figured I'd log my first *real* grow here.. I did try a grow about 3yrs ago with an old crappy 600w HPS, some Master Kush seeds from Nirvana. Got two females that were really stretchy and got me about an eighth of dried bud.. Not very impressive. Looking back, I did almost everything wrong. Wrong location, no nutrients, wrong soil, etc. Well, FF a couple years, and a lot of reading.. I went and got a 400w HPS from HTGsupply. That bastard is wayyyyy brighter than my old 600! Anyways.. On to some pics.. I started by planting one of the old Master Kush seeds I was stowing away.. Just one.. I also grabbed two clones from a grow friend.. One is a Northern Lights/Blueberry, and the other is a Frisian Dew. I got lucky on the one Master Kush seed I planted! [​IMG] I think they've all grown enough now. I've done a lot of LST'ing and a FIM on both the MK and the Frisian.. I put them into 12/12 on 11/6.. All these pics are from 11/05. I'm waiting another week or two for some good budding development pics. Also I've since re-potted the MK into a 3.5gl pot, and the NL into a 2.5gl pot. All plants are in organic soil mixed with perlite. Nutrients being used are the GH Flora series. Light is a 400w HPS with an agro bulb - I guess the agro bulbs have an extra filimant for blue light? Not 100% sure.. But these plants all vegged under it at 19/5 since babies. Ok, on to pics: The Master Kush [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] The Frisian Dew [​IMG] [​IMG] The Northern Lights - not doing as good as the others, but still doing OK. [​IMG] Also I planted two Butterscotch Hawaiian x G13 skunks.. They're both 12 days old in the following pics (12 days since popped out of soil). I moved them to a veg box a couple days ago so they can keep vegging while the others are budding. Veg box is four 6500k CFLs. Here's the two Butterscotches. [​IMG] [​IMG] I also tried my hand at clones.. I took two clippings off the Frisian Dew on 11/05. Today they look as green and healthy as if I just snipped them off. I have high hopes! My first clone attempts! Now I will have two clones of a clone. hahaaa [​IMG] And the grow closet - completely light proof using weather stripping and sticky sheets of felt from Wally World. Worked beautifully. Also threw on a locking door handle in case of any nosy guests. Off shot are a fan blowing from an intake hole in the wall which gets fed cold basement air, and a hole up in the ceiling with an exhaust fan blowing into the attic. No carbon filters or any of that crap. I'm venting to the attic I don't think smell will be much of an issue. Not to mention it's only a few plants at a time.. [​IMG] [​IMG] Will keep this thread updated with pics and progress.. Thanks to all for all the great help I've gotten while reading these forums!!!!
     
  2. This morning saw some nice bud formation on the Northern Lights.. Those pistils are looooong! Going nicely so far.
     
  3. #3 potberto, Nov 12, 2009
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    Day 6 of budding.. Took some pics this morning before they all went back to sleep :) First though here's the two baby Butterscotch Hawaiian x G13 skunks. They're both 19 days since they popped soil. Do they look about on par? [​IMG] [​IMG] Couple forming buds on the Master Kush plant: [​IMG] [​IMG] Nice long pistils on the Northern Lights: [​IMG] And the garden: [​IMG] That's all for now!
     
  4. No love for my grow. :eek:
     

  5. Haha hey there berto. I'll throw some love your way :hello: this is my first day at the city and I'm liking what I see. I am really excited that someone is growing the dew. I had a friend grow her outdoors a while back and she got COLORFUL, so I'm looking forward to seeing how those clones come out. Also nice going on posting a lot of pics, im always thankful for some potporn. I'm subscribed and pulling up a chair for the duration.
     
  6. Thanks Carl! haha Yes, I'm doing the dew.. I'm hoping that it's purples come out in the buds as my daytime and night time temps have about a 10-15 difference. That Master Kush is smelling like a dirty dirty whore!!!!
     

  7. That is what I like to hear. If you really want some color out of her (and I do mean color. Shes not purple, shes colorful...red, purple, yellow, green) get a small portable air conditioner and have it turn on next to them at night
     
  8. #8 potberto, Nov 17, 2009
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    Small update with a couple pics.. Flowering day 11 of my personal medical grow.


    The Frisian Dew:
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    The Master Kush:
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    And the Northern Berry x Blueberry (I call it Berry Blue :D)
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    And the garden:
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    Well within the legal limit of budding girls! :D Isn't life grand.. :)
     
  9. #9 potberto, Nov 23, 2009
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    Just some update pics on my first grow. These plants were flipped to 12/12 on November 6th (17 days). They seem to be doing pretty good for my first shot! They are under a 400w HPS. I only have three budding. One Nirvana Master Kush that I planted from seed. Got lucky on this one! The Master Kush view from top: [​IMG] Budz: [​IMG] Frisian Dew from a clone: [​IMG] And a Northern Berry x Blueberry from a clone: [​IMG] Nutes are GH flora three part series, a little bit of Instant Karma, and Molasses. All were veg'd under the HPS which has an agro bulb for a little bit of the blue spectrum. They seem to love it!!! Can't wait till harvest!!!
     
  10. PS - Looking at that Master Kush plant - do you think an OZ of dry bud is doable? I'm hoping to get at least 3oz from the three plants..
     
  11. Garden is realllly filling in nicely!! Hoping the buds start to really bulk up soonn!!! Day 20 of flowering.. I guess I'm a little under half-way there??
     
  12. Those look beautiful. Good job. I'm gonna have to take a crack at growing one of these days.
     
  13. Day 24 of flowering. At the moment trying to figure out a small prob - if you have a minute check out the THREAD please!

    Here's two nice bud pics.. The Frisian:
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    And the MK:
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    'till next time :)
     
  14. Day 26 of flowering.. Aside from the extensive yellowing, the buds are looking great.. I flushed/fed and gave some cal-mag in case it was a mag deficiency..

    Anyway, just going to let nature take it's course from here and see what happens.

    Here's a bud pic from each of the three flowering plants:

    Frisian Dew:
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    Northern Berry x Blueberry:
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    Master Kush:
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    Any comments are welcome!
     
  15. #15 potberto, Dec 3, 2009
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    One of my ButterscotchxHawaiians looks like it might be a little boy. I should know tonight when the lights come on. If it is I'll finish it separately and get some sperm .

    Which brings me to a Q - if I "paint" a bit of pollen on a single bud from each plant - will that stunt the plant at all? Or just that one bud? I'd like to do a little cross-pollination, but don't want to fuck up my end yield just to get a few beans.

    Thanks!
     
  16. Pretty dead forum huh?
     
  17. hello potberto,

    i cant really help you with the cross pollination question brother.

    your plants are looking really really good.

    I know you said that you used a 600 hps before, now your using 400hps. My advice would be to go with the 600w , reason being that

    "MORE LIGHT EQUALS MORE BUD"

    as for the forum being like a bloody graveyard, your not far off. I was just moaning about that myself today,lol

    anyways, i have subscribed to your thread, so will be on hand to give you any advice, bearing in mind that i have only one grow under my belt so far.

    keep up the good work

    peace
    eastman
     
  18. Love the grow!

    I've been following it for some time now, Im particulary intrested in the final product of the masterkush, cant wait to see how it turns out
     
  19. Thanks DangerLord! Here's a few more pics... The MK is definitely one stinky stinky whore.. If I gently squeeze the buds my fingers get sticky and smell like nectar from the heavens :)

    Some new pics from 12/06. Day 31 of 12/12..

    The Master Kush:
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    The Frisian Dew:
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    And the Northern Berry x Blueberry:
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    Harvest day can't come soon enough!!
     
  20. Dang man, looking good, I'm definitely jealous of your setup.
     

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