GHS - BIG BANG grow journal

[rasclot]

Oi oi, Day 18 and we getting there...
Gonna switch to 12/12 probly on friday or saturday,

WeedyWeedy im jealous of you man,
dats how long i was gonna veg for aswell, maybe longer before da mix up
I really wanted to FIM these beautys but im gonna hatta leave it for tha PW grow..

Off to get some bloom and algamic when it gets a bit darker.....slightly paranoid at tha minute due to smoking all but 5grams of my last two plants!

last pic is of my 2litre bottle lung or 'boo' as me n da lads call it..(short for Bucket)
I cling-filmed a massive fan leaf from my previous plant onto the outside for 'effect'
its still green today apart from some of the leaf tips have crumbled where the air got to em'
Just gotta grow a fan leaf that will fit round my 3litre boo now.....



.G4J.

haha my lungs couldn handle a bucket these days too much lugin wen i was younger plants are lookin healthy bruv

 

[grow4joe]

haha my lungs couldn handle a bucket these days too much lugin wen i was younger plants are lookin healthy bruv

Thanks Ras,
it seperates the men from the boys!!
ive stopped the joints cause i hate the baccy in dem, if im gunna roll one, it'll be a blunt, my mates always sticking in more baccy den weed! 'n' den i pass a blunt and get passed a big baccy spliff...nah man...nah....
Boo's are the way forward for me at the mo....untill me lungs pack up, den its ready steady cook!

 

[grow4joe]

Day 19 today and they look slightly droopy...
Gave em a bit of water and they've straightened back up... that was easy..
Gotta getta better camera cause the one i got don't do the pics any justice..

Never went and got my nutes last night so i got em' tonight..woohoo, im all ready now, apart from maybe top max but its pricey....

 

[grow4joe]

Just thought i'd bang these on ere...
Took the pics a few hours ago, not so droopy now....
I get rid of those annoying lines that wave down the cam when the light is on by holding a pair of shades over the lens and adjusting the brightness slightly...incase anyone was wondering...

 

[luckydog82]

Plants looking real healthy grow4joe very short are you going to top them ?

 

[grow4joe]

Plants looking real healthy grow4joe very short are you going to top them ?

Thanks Luckydog..
I know, they are really short.. i cant seem to get em' to stretch.
When they were seedlings they started stretching so i moved the light closer until they developed more....now i keep moving the light up but dey just dont seem to be taking the bait..
Stubborn little girls arent dey..

But seriously, i really want them to stretch just a little more because im going to switch it to 12/12 in about 3 or 4 days...
My plan was to use the 'FIM' technique but; due to unforseen circumstances; im going to have to leave dat till next grow.. (family coming over in the new year)
So yeah long story short, im vegging for 3ish weeks, den im flowering for maybe 10 weeks, we'll see how they do innit. My first 2 plants were vegged for ages so it will still be cool to see the difference in weight from more nutes and less time ect..ect...ect.... if dat makes sense..im pretty baked...



.G4J.

 

[mr773]

hey joe my big bang came today and of course there in the germ stage right now, i have another grow going on right now six strains under a 400watt hps, and its not enough room in there for my five big bangs, by the time they are ready to flower i should have my 600watt hps, here is a pic of my current grow!!!!!!!!

 

[luckydog82]

Thanks Luckydog..
I know, they are really short.. i cant seem to get em' to stretch.
When they were seedlings they started stretching so i moved the light closer until they developed more....now i keep moving the light up but dey just dont seem to be taking the bait..
Stubborn little girls arent dey..

But seriously, i really want them to stretch just a little more because im going to switch it to 12/12 in about 3 or 4 days...
My plan was to use the 'FIM' technique but; due to unforseen circumstances; im going to have to leave dat till next grow.. (family coming over in the new year)
So yeah long story short, im vegging for 3ish weeks, den im flowering for maybe 10 weeks, we'll see how they do innit. My first 2 plants were vegged for ages so it will still be cool to see the difference in weight from more nutes and less time ect..ect...ect.... if dat makes sense..im pretty baked...



.G4J.

10 weeks the GHS website gives a 8-9 week flower thats what i'm hoping for to have bud cured for xmas day Also G4J did you not check the BB vids on youtube ,also my BB were roughly 8-10 inches when I flowered they gave a big stretch if you check the first pics on my grow and the last you will see how much they have stretched in 7 weeks .
It would be good to see the difference in yield you get with the two crops

 

[grow4joe]

hey joe my big bang came today and of course there in the germ stage right now, i have another grow going on right now six strains under a 400watt hps, and its not enough room in there for my five big bangs, by the time they are ready to flower i should have my 600watt hps, here is a pic of my current grow!!!!!!!!

Your girls look great Mr7, hope all your Big Bang germinate because only 3/5 did for me, your girls are gonna love tha extra 200watts man...
Will you be running a grow journal with your big bang? If not keep me posted on their progress..

 

[grow4joe]

10 weeks the GHS website gives a 8-9 week flower thats what i'm hoping for to have bud cured for xmas day Also G4J did you not check the BB vids on youtube ,also my BB were roughly 8-10 inches when I flowered they gave a big stretch if you check the first pics on my grow and the last you will see how much they have stretched in 7 weeks .
It would be good to see the difference in yield you get with the two crops

Yeah checked it out...quite a few times to be honest...just to make sure i heard it correctly..
BB can be ready 8-9weeks but it could be took further, just depends on what high you want etc...
Looking for those rock hard nugs so ill take it as long as i can, and just roll with it innit..
They have stretched quite a bit since yesterday, i'll post some pics later on today, think dey will be good for 12/12 on sat,
its like you said, and like yours did.. they will stretch while flowering...
I was gonna say sumit else now but i cant remember what...

 

[mr773]

yeah i will have a grow journal, just as soon as i get done with the second flower room i will send you the link!!!!!!!!!

 

[grow4joe]

yeah i will have a grow journal, just as soon as i get done with the second flower room i will send you the link!!!!!!!!!

Thanks man, looking forward to it..

 

[grow4joe]

Day 20, things are looking good, going to feed dem some nutes tomorow and den hopefully... Start 12/12 on saturday
Quick Question.
I pruned some fan leaves off my last plants when they were vegging but not when they were young...i also did it through flowering and in the last week or so, removed all the fan leaves.
My question is, how old should they be before i can prune dem?
I'm not gunna go mad this time round, gonna let em' flower naturally, only pruning the ones that look 'wounded', its just because of my humidity problems early on, some of the fan leaves are fat and they're blocking light to all the lower branches etc.. ect...I know that these fan leaves act as a kind of solar panel for the buds but because we still vegging right now i dont think it could do much harm??
You can see from the pics with the light that the new growth is alot thinner because the humidity's been better, its just the ones under those that are really fat and greedy....
any ideas anyone?

just chucked in a close up of one of my previous buds aswell, probly about a week or so before harvest... i cant remember
Got a nice big purperly nugget still curing for me for christmas..

 

[mr773]

to be honest joe you dont need to cut any of the fan leaves from what i can see you have plenty of room in your grow tent. if you prune late it will stress the plants, prune early in the veg stage and at week five in the flowering stage. but on your plants your fine the plants are nice and healthy and like i said you have plenty of room in the tent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[grow4joe]

to be honest joe you dont need to cut any of the fan leaves from what i can see you have plenty of room in your grow tent. if you prune late it will stress the plants, prune early in the veg stage and at week five in the flowering stage. but on your plants your fine the plants are nice and healthy and like i said you have plenty of room in the tent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks mr.7, youre absolutly right, plenty of room in there, what am i going on about..
yeah im gunna leave it for now, they've strectched alot last night and the fan leaves seem to have spread out a bit more....dey must of heard me talking about em' ....
I'll post some pics inabit...
I think im just getting a bit ahead of myself... like a newborn baby..always worring weva dey are ok or not...
If it aint broke don't fix it.....

 

[mr773]

here is a pic of my veg room, the lights are t5 highoutput 42watts, 2foot 4 bulb there great for the veg stage!!!!!!!

 

[grow4joe]

here is a pic of my veg room, the lights are t5 highoutput 42watts, 2foot 4 bulb there great for the veg stage!!!!!!!

Thats a perfect little setup you got there,
how big is your veg room?

Im thinking about down sizing to something abit smaller, just for the first few weeks of veg on my next grow, and then ill put my tent back up for the rest.
I just dont see why i need to have a stonkin great tent setup when i can temporarily save some space by using a smaller cab when they young...
what do you think?

 

[grow4joe]

Day 21 and things are good still, they have gotten taller in the night! and the lower branches/shoots seem to have grown out past the leaves that are blocking light, ill post a pic but the light is on....
Fed some nutes today...had a problem with my PH reader and i spent about half an hour getting the PH up and then down.....it was a real pain in the arse! but we got there in the end..

other than that tings are good as always

 

[mr773]

the size of the veg room is 4x4x4 its a closet that wasnt being used, you dont need that much room for veg as you can see i can veg a max of six plants in 2gallon square pots, the tent is great for a stable flower room, if you have a closet that you can use there you go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[grow4joe]

Hello again, another quick update...
Day 22, they look great, gotten taller the last few days..
10''
10''
11''
so i think we at a good height now for flowering...12/12 starts tomorow.. woohoo!
havent watered today, gunna give dem some tomorow and then start on the algamic and bloom probly on tuesday..we'll see....
Thats about all for today,



.G4J.