Hi Grasscity'ers, Im in the middle of my first grow and would love to share my experience. Any opinions, suggestions, advice would be greatly appreciated! Some info on the setup: TENT: ledwholesalers.com 20inch deep 36inch wide 62inch tall LIGHT: 400w HPS cooltube - ebay.com VENTILATION: 6" 205CFM inline fan LEDwholesalers 12" OSC fan inside tent SOIL / NUTES: MOKO coco imperial Botanicaire Pure Blend veg/bloom Grandma's molasses Cal-Mag Currently day 22 of Flowering, day 54 from seed Gonna try to upload some photos so you guys have an idea of whats happening.
day 32: Flowering begins Flowering week 1: Flowering week 2: Flowering week 3: I am now day 22 of flower. Only issue at the moment is slight yellowing in some leaves on plant #2. I will continue to use cal-mag and hope it resolves the issue!
Truckin along... Day 29 of Flowering Day 61 from seed I fed em today with: 35ml / 4L pure blend bloom 5ml / 4L cal-mag 3ml / 4L Epsom Salt 1Tbspn / 4L Grandmas Molasses Looks like they are starting to fill out a bit
Good luck on the 1st grow, it looks like your doing ok so far, The tents kick ass I dont get online as much as I use o but will look in now and then when I get a chance. My Part II was done in a 5x5x7 Tent with 400 MH Watt Veg and 1000 HPS Watt Flowering if you want to check it out, I just Harvested it over the last 10 days.
photos from the day after the previous post... 3 Main tops of the bagseed#1 that was FIM'd. soft porn
Flower Day 36 Days from seed: 68. fed today: all amounts are per gallon (4L) 35ml pure blend bloom 5ml epsom salt 15ml grandmas molasses 5ml cal-mag Here are some shots of the buds developing. This is my second (hermie?) plant...I'm watching it grow really hoping no big sacks develop! For the last week or so, I have debated whether i have a hermie or not. This is a photo i managed to grab. Some of the tops have slight uneven growth, but there are hairs regardless everywhere... I hope you guys can tell from this photo?
Hey mate, great plants! Im looking at starting my first grow with very similar setup, Have you used a MH lamp at all? how did you judge how high to have the light? cheers.
Thanks for posting I didnt use any MH. I have a separate small veg box i didnt show you guys...its about 2 feet tall by 1.5 weet wide with about 100W of CFL power. Good enough for babies and first 4 weeks of plants life. I judge by putting my hand under where i think i'd want the plants. If its uncomfortably hot for your hands, its probably the same for your plants. Its generally a good idea to leave around 10"-12" with a cooltube it seems
Day 39 Flowering Day 71 from seed~! So out of the 2 bagseeds, 1 ended up most likely being a 8-9 week flowering time strain while the other is dominantly sativa and the buds arent quite as fat, although it looks way more frosty !! I continue to feed 30ml Pure blend bloom 5ml cal mag 15ml grandmas molasses 3ml epsom salt all per gallon... And now...the photos: Plant 1 (which was fimmed): Plant 2 (only LST) Im not super proud of what she looks like yet, but like i said, shes frostying up way more than the other plant..already! another bud shot
Day 44 Flowering Day 76 from seed At this point, its all patience. The excitement continues to grow, and so do the girls !! I have a few photos to show you my favorite cola that seems to be crowning, and the 2 sativa photos of pure frost. The crowning Cola The trichomes i was referring to before in the sativa: Feeding schedules is about every 3 days and feed same nutes to both plants. I looked under my cheap 4$ ebay 60x-100x zoom microscope today and saw a lot of milky but some clear trichs. Its hard to stay steady with that thing but it works !! I would think maybe 2.5 weeks left? I'll slowly cut back on nutes from here on out i think...what do you guys think? I APPRECIATE FEEDBACK !
Day 46 Flowering Day 78 from (bag)seed So today I have begun what i've been waiting to do and that is FLUSH!!! Only water sitting for 24hrs and blackstrap organic molasses until the end. I see mostly cloudy/some clear trichs, so I think the timing is spot on Since i have 2 completely different genetics, I think I will only be chopping up 1 plant in the next 10 days or so. Both plants are giving off a great sweet-ish smell that is wonderfully stinky! Heres a few pics of the plant i want to cut in 10 days: there are about 7-8 of these colas: My second bagseed, The sativa dominant looks extremely frosty, but has very small bud sites that are fluffy. The trichs seem almost identical to the first plant, but I will have to inspect a little more closely in the upcoming week. Heres a shot of her sugar Thats all for now, I cant wait!!!
we all have to start somehwere and looks like you started right!!! well done man bud looks dank and theres lots of it xD
Thanks!! ive been looking forward to next week for the last 4 months almost. Originally i was shooting for 3Oz's, but with the strains i have, that wont be possible most likely I looked under my scope today and it seems to be 80% cloudy, few clear and no sign of amber....although this was after checking only the tops and only 2 of em...so cant say for sure :S
Day 49 Flowering Day 81 from seed i've decided on either the 16th or 17th of feb to chop my fim'ed plant which soon seems to be ready for harvest...to be dry in time for my bday which is less than 2 weeks away If only my camera was able to catch the detail of the sativa plants' bud development...it seems to have different looking buds at different internodes, but is the frostiest thing i've ever seen before.. Im stoked about the Fimmed plant with perfect top formation and thick buds. 5 or 6 tops are crowning...its awesome I believe I will continue feeding the sativa since the buds are definitely not ready, and prepare a water/molasses solution for the fimmed plant. Here are some photos of the FIM'ed plant: When i was writing earlier about the beauty and complexity of buds in the sativa, here are 2 photos that barely sum up what i was talking about, but gives you an idea of the weird awesomeness of it all.
Day 50 Flowering Day 82 from seed I realized the Fim is almost ready. I think monday is the day ! Heres the photoshoot i took for day 50: Folks, i am excited and patiently anticipating the next 3 days. I havent even taken a sample clipping. Fruits of my labor will soon be ready!!!
Day 51 Flowering Day 83 from seed I thought i'd share some photos fimmed plant bagseed #1: some of its colas up close: the smallish development of bagseed #2 plant..but the nice lookin buds not full group shot, but most of the buds