Hello GC. From the files of weed squad!, i bring you my journal for my first grow and hope to see it through right til the end. A little info to start off with and my plan. {which hopefully all comes together, but if theres anything ive forgot or overlooked, please dont hesitate to mention} Im growing in a dr60 with 250 watters {mh for veg / hps sonT for flowering} 4inch rvk dealing with the extraction and a 4inch rhino dealing with the smell. I have no inline fan unfortunalty and the cupboard is slap bang in the middle of my flat with no nearby windows, so not a great deal of fresh air getting in there. Im growing in biobizz allmix soil and will be using either bio bizz nutes or plant magic plus. 3 strains, all fem'd seeds, so lets hope they turn out and stay that way. Magus genetics - Warlock Barneys farm - Red dragon Next generation - NY Purple diesel. As im in the dr60 with not alot of head room. I plan on vegging these for only 4 weeks. And top as soon as i can and onto the 12/12 stretch. Im two weeks into that 4 tomrrow. Doing 18/6 for veg here. Seeds germed on the 26 sep, and were then transplanted into party cups. They then broke soil a few days later, grew out a little more nicely then hand to endure a transplant at the hands of me lol. On hindsight i transplanted a few days too early as the rootball wasnt that solid and a combination of the soil being to dry. Live n learn kinda thing. So the first one to go through hell was the red dragon and although the transplant was over in a few secs the rootball fell apart in my hand. Wasnt to nice. However, its pulled through fine and the transplant of the other two went considerably better. So this was on the 5th oct, and they were transplanted into pots {not sure the capacity of these pots, they measure 11cm in width at the bottom and 15cm deep, so about 1litre and a half pots i think} Since then they have been coming along nicely. Temps have been getting a little hot at times and im prob on avg about 81f. But iv got a neat little oscillating fan in there and with regular back of the hand tests they seem to be fairly happy dancing away in there. I also plan on getting a small 6inch clip on fan for my reflector, in the hope that with some extra breeze around the bulb it may help drop my temps. Not sure how effective it will be but even a little would be great. Done a few rough calculations and this 'should' be just about smokeable for the start of the new year. So it should be a very happy new year. But also cured pretty nicely for the time my b/day comes around at the start of feb. But thats a little away yet, and not getting too carried away . So, i think thats it, il roll on with some pics just shortly and ofc keep it updated as much as i can from here on out. How does my plan sound then, anything iv forgot to mention ppl ?
so far sounds good...get some photos up my friend...i have always enjoyed reading the journals from our friends across the pond...good luck man and will be following...interested in that NYPD
one other thing to add...why not top now? you will appreciate it more now than you would in flower...
Hi mate. Hows it goin, thanks for stopping by. The nypd should be a good grow, i cant find anyone growing it anywhere {with a journal and pics that is}. But does look/sound like a great strain, as do the others. So stay tuned, i wanna see this through and il update with pics as much as i can. I would like to top sooner rather than later, but im not sure they are quite big enough yet, think i should wait for another node or 2 ? Heres the pics.... Warlock.... Red dragon..... NyPD..... Group hug ..... Well, theres your first look in franks cupboard, but for now its lights off and me off to work im afriad. Back laters.
those are lookin good man! When i get my tent going I am gonna be growing a warlock and a motivation plant by magus genetics
Yea I would wait 2 more nodes...a transplant to bigger pots and with the soil closer to the rim would help get that growth restarted...with them being so low down in the pot, you have actually robbed yourself of some root surface area...other than that...these babies look good!!!
Cheers buddy. Yeah mate, i didnt notice that at first really until the nypd started getting bigger and it just doesnt look right. The Warlock is pretty bad too. I started a thread yesterday to ask, and basically the outcome of that is, il be transplanting again tomorrow, and wait a few days for it to recover any shock, then top, then wait another week before 12/12, which will take me up to the 4week mark. Just hope the soil will be ok by tomorrow to transplant and ofc i hope the rootball mass is sufficient and it doesnt fall apart too much like the seedling transplant did. But thats the plan anyway. And thanks for the advice mate.
22 days @ 18/6 A little update for anyone intrested in the little ones. As you can see ive transplanted now into 8litre pots and although the second one went a bit better than the first im not entirely satisfied, but the plants are still alive so that counts for somthing. Its pretty true what he says, jorge cervantes in ultimate grow 1 where he shows how to transplant and at the end says '' do a few hundred of these... and youl get the hang of it''. After a bit of dodgy topping, cutting too close for comfort, everything seems to be goin fine and im seeing new growth now after the shock. But certainly filled out elsewhere. Atm they are on theyre second feed. First feed was 1ml biobizz grow p/l. Yesterday fed with a healthy 2ml p/l. Im gonna have to switch to 12/12 in a day or two. A few days earlier than i was planning. Im taking into account the amount of head room i have left and the height of the red dragon, il need to make the switch soon incase it decides to triple in height in flowering. The diesels looking good, nice little maze of tight nodes on her Warlock smells damn good already Think thats about it. Wee a mini update. Warlock - Red dragon - Purple diesel -
subbed, I got a red dragon about 3 or 4 weeks into flower right now, and a couple warlock seeds still waitin to germ. cant wait to see how ur shits turn out.
Cheers man. Shes getting big and stretching and only a few days into 12/12. Did you find the same after the switch ? And is she still growing at a fast rate at your 4 week mark ? Or has it slowed a lil ? Cheers.
Yeah, she'll be doin that for a few weeks.. Im not sure bout ur dragon, it almost looks like you have a slightly diffrent pheno than me, mine didn't hardly stretch at all in veg, more like the nodes right on top of each other and growing wide very indica-esque they usually only grow up for the first 2-3 weeks and once you can see them colas forming then she wont really grow tall anymore she just gets straight to the dirty work I forgot to mention that I had topped her a few times to spread her out.. if u like I could possibly have a little photo shoot and try to figure out just how old she is an take measurements for u when I get home from work..Peace
Well, I had a short day so i took some pics.. unfortunately I am unable to get them to load at the moment.. we'll see what happens. anyway shes about 2.5 ft tall and bout 2.5 ft wide on the widest side, vegged about a month and she has currently been under 12/12 for 3 weeks and flowering for two, I guess I thought she was a little older than that but when I checked back in my log it blew my mind, oh well.. hopefully only 7 more weeks to go woo
Hey man. Some pics would have been sweet thanks, but like you say, it does sound like i have a diff pheno anyway. But would still like to see her pics none the less. Its all good. Try get them up some time the future bud. Thats a big girl you got lol. Good job. Day 5 @ 12/12 Made the switch to 12/12 on sunday. And my temps rose a little with it. But just yesterrday i noticed the vents on my tent had clogged up with duct etc bigtime. So removed the plants and brushed it all off. And it does seem to have had a good effect on my temps lol. Touch wood. On tuesday they were fed again. Now, i wasnt sure wether to start with bloom nutes already and my net was down so couldnt double check online. I had a hunch though and i stayed with the grow nutes as only the warlock was starting to show a little bit of sex, but still early days at that. And i seem to remember reading only to feed bloom nutes when the plants have shown sex and its ok to use grow into the first week or so of flowering. So i hope i made the right choice lol They seem to be doin ok, although iv got a few strange marks on the warlock. So im gonna head to sick plants section and find out if i can what its likely to be......
More pics.... Day 5 @ 12/12 Warlock - As you can see in the second pic, finally im starting to see some sex.... First noticed it a day or 2 into 12/12. Red dragon - Although i cant say the same for the dragon But still growing nice n healthy which is the main thing. Purple diesel - Purple diesel had started leaning over to one side, for what reason i dont know, but i thought itd be a good move to pull her back a bit and straighten up as you can see from the before and after pics. Also starting to see some sexy bits on this one too. Happy days.
Holy shit, I was just about to give up and on try #12 whaddaya know. sorry theyre a little shitty my camera is pretty old..but you get the Idea. I do think that those lil marks on your warlock are prolly just a little nute solution that splashed on your leaves while you were watering, but you might wanna watch it to make sure that it isnt overfeeding, and if shit does start lookin crazy an u start gettin nervous just flush em with some fresh water and maybe ease back on the nutes. it never hurts to be safe.. what nutrients were you using by the way? I also feel you can give your plants bloom any time you want now bud. I usually switch nutrients right at the beginning of 12/12 and have had no issues. I even start using my open sesame a week before 12/12 with my grow big and I usually see preflowers in a week.. I use the entire fox farms line liquid and soluble, love it... and she is actually my shortest plant at the moment shes thick tho so I cant complain, i honestly like more compact plants