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 First Grow, week 4 FLOWERING, 250 watt hid+184 watt cfl in Soil. July 9, 2012 
#623794 - 05/21/12 04:23 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey everyone!
This is my first grow. I bought a 32x32 in grow tent, 250 watt digital ballast, 4" fan+filter combo and a reflector which turned out to be way too big. It basically takes up the whole tent (lengthwise)
Im using Fox Farm soil and will be using fox farm 3 part nutrients. Also I have botanicare's liquid karma and cal-mag.
The strains are:
Honey B x2
Dutch Passion Blueberry x2
Violator Kush
Afgan Kush Ryder (auto)
La Diva (auto)
I poped so many because I didnt think they'd all survive, but they did and as far as I can tell theyre doing good  heres day 18 pics:
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In order: tent, temperature, afgan k ryder, honey b, honey b, blueberry, blueberry, violator kush, family photo w/ some parsley & basil on thr right.
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 Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Maestro]
#624128 - 05/23/12 09:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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starting to have some issues. First of all is it me or do all except one of the girls look really strechy? Secondly the upper leaf tips got burned overnight, but as u can see in the pic, the temps are fine, even though the light is only 12in away from the tops (also in a pic).
should I get more lights (couple cfls?) and pick the 250 watter up a few inches? Try to lower the temps? Start tieing them down?
Also, 1 plant has white blotches on the leafs. Anyone know what could cause that? This is the only one that stayed short, but with the same amount of leaf "sets". hope the picture is clear enouph, if not lmk.
   
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Hawksresurrection]
#624202 - 05/24/12 05:32 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
hawksapprentice said:
Get the light around 6 inches from the plant as long as the temps stay okay. That should take care of the stretching.
Thanks. But theres some burned tips as is, even at 80 F. or are a couple burned tips worth avoiding streching?
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Maestro]
#624203 - 05/24/12 05:33 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Scratch that, im just going to install an ac and lower the light. Its About that time of year anyway.
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: budgrowerwannabe]
#624205 - 05/24/12 05:38 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Will do. And wow, didnt expect anyone on here to be up this early. Only reason I am is that I got a chem final in 20 min lol
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Hawksresurrection]
#624261 - 05/24/12 03:29 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Im nnot feeding them yet though lol. Was actually going to ask if its about time to start. Heres a better pic
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Hawksresurrection]
#624277 - 05/24/12 05:32 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks a lot guys!
And I realised I cantlower the light because it only covers a small area that way, even with the oversized reflector. I decided to add a few cfls (about 100watt's worth), but payday is saturday so they'll have to strech a little more 
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Maestro]
#624285 - 05/24/12 05:51 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Would superthrive help them recover from the burns? Now that I think about it they have been growing slower for a couple of days. Also I watered 4 days ago and the dirt is still moist.
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: budgrowerwannabe]
#624947 - 05/28/12 07:42 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I put in 8 23 watt cfls, so hopefully they wont strech more.
The temps are 80-83F (IS THIS NORMAL?)
How long would you guys say I should keep vegging? I means its already getting cramped and I read that they get 3x bigger in flowering.
Also I decided to try lst. It's the violator kush (tallest one).
  
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Pilze]
#624950 - 05/28/12 08:30 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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32in x 32in, basically 7 sq ft.
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Maestro]
#624951 - 05/28/12 08:38 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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But two of them are autos (afgan kush ryder and la diva) that have 7-8 weeks to go. So theres really only the 5 big plants. Oh and theyre all femmed
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Pilze]
#624960 - 05/28/12 10:39 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks!
I got her as a freebie, and I gotta say...horrible. Maybe its my (absense of) skills but out of all the girls its the strechy-est and has the least amount of leaf sets
Is 80-83F good temps?
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: budgrowerwannabe]
#625577 - 06/01/12 09:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Day 30.
Switched to 18/6 lighting. Also checked the pH of the water that came out the bottom of the pot when I watered, 6-6.5 for all of them. New growth still has yellow tips.
Do i start feeding? Start using supplements?(i have liquid karma and cal-mag) If so should i start at half strength even though they are 30 days old?
Also, I'm thinking of transplanting them to 3gal pots tomorrow. Good idea? I'm still worried i might not have enough space later on.
I'm just really lost cause it's been a month, and i haven't added anything except water and liquid karma(once). I feel like i'm starving them but there are no deficiencies...yet. Am i being paranoid? I guess my question is, Do they look healthy for their age?
Also some rusty-yellow spots appeared on the tops of the afgan kush ryder auto, but that was yesterday and the newest leafs are fine. I'd like to know what it was though.
Oh and did i tie them down correctly?
Left to right, starting at the top: Violator Kush; the 2 Blueberry's; 2 Honey B; close-up of spots on the afgan k ryder; the auto's (la diva is the short one); Group shot.
     
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: budgrowerwannabe]
#626078 - 06/04/12 10:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ok can someone please explain something to me? I didn't want to ask before because it's probably a stupid question but I can't stop thinking about it. If yellow tips are from the ferts in the soil, why did my plants start developing them After 2 weeks of growth? aren't young plants more sensitive? And shouldn't there be Less nutes in the soil later on, if anything?
I guess i'm missing something here, so if someone can educate me i'd really apreciate it.
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Hawksresurrection]
#626110 - 06/05/12 01:23 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks. Wow you're quick!
Just one more (sorry): do you recomend flushing, then transplanting; or transplanting and flushing everything?
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Hawksresurrection]
#626616 - 06/08/12 03:38 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Day 36 (5 weeks)
transplanted the 5 photo plants to 3 gal pots and gave a big watering (about a gallon each). I also re arranged the lights and added 2 more 23watt cfl's. Unfortunately, i had no gorilla tape left so i used electrical, and it fell on the biggest branch of the Violator Kush ;( Only a few leafs have burn spots but im guessing she's gonna recover for a while (especially since this was right after transplanting).
Should i swich to 12/12 immediately or wait untill they start growing vigorously again? It's already getting cramped, but on the other hand the 2 auto's will be done in a few weeks and it'll free up some space.
 Group photo
 Afgan Kush Ryder
 La Diva
 Violator Kush. You can see some burns if you look closely
 Honey B #1
 The short Blueberry
 Honey B #2
 The tall Blueberry
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Hawksresurrection]
#626621 - 06/08/12 05:07 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cant you see the little buds o.o? Suposidely, in 3-4 weeks they'll be done.
And ok ill wait to flower. But do I feed them now? Is it me or are they paling?
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Hawksresurrection]
#626637 - 06/08/12 07:07 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ok, thanks again
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: budgrowerwannabe]
#626655 - 06/08/12 10:26 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I wonder how the autos will do with 12/12 lighting.
Im trying to get around an oz from the 2 autos combined and an oz each off the photo-period girls.
Is this realistic??
(so u dont have to go back to see) I have 250 watt hid, 4 23watt 5500K (daylight) cfls, 4 23watt 2700K (bright white) cfls (so 434 watt total) The area is 7x7. Also, im basically gonna harvest every strain at a different time, so there should be room. The Honey B takes 12-13 weeks to flower, violator kush is 10, and blueberry is 8-9. Wish I thought about this before 
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Re: First Grow, week 3. 250 watt hid in a 32 x 32in tent. Soil [Re: Maestro]
#627213 - 06/12/12 12:59 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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^ Wrong question?
Anyway, the girls seem to have recovered from the transplanting and are finally showing signs of nute deff (I think). The stems (from the top down) are starting to turn purple/red and most of the first, one leaf, sets are yellowing a little.
The autos are already covered with trichs! i didn't expect that so soon. Supposedly, the afgan kush ryder has 3 weeks to go and la diva has 4, but it looks real skimpy for now-_-
I have a few questions about feeding.
1. Do i refer to the fox farm feeding chart?
2. Do i start with half or 1/4 dose? I can mix separate solutions for the sativa (they're the more sensitive ones right?)and indica dominant.
3. Do i even start feeding the sickly BB that still has burnt leaf tips?
 Group Shot
 Tall BlueBerry
 Honey B 2
 Vialator Kush
 La Diva
 short Blueberry
 Honey B 1
  Afgan Kush Ryder
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