My First Legal Medical Grow

[billcollector99]

As an Intro some of you guys were following me on another thread, where I had to trash my first attempt at growing, (for personal reasons) This Journal is picking up where the other left off, there had been mention of a 3 week old female Querkle that I had received from a friend. I still have her, and she will be the start of my first medical grow.





Here is a picture of the day i got her on 6/4/10 at 3 weeks of age

Here she is two days later

And now today here she is at 4 weeks. I just transplanted her from a small smartpot into a larger pot because she was beginning to get rootbound.

I took a few cuttings 4 days ago, one of them appears to show new growth, so i'm assuming the rooting compound is working. We shall see soon if so, then i will have 2 Querkle. Also I am supposed to be getting a few more clones from a friend of mine so i will update on that soon.

In addition, I am currenty growing outside, but in the near future I am planning on building a cabinet also. My limit is 12 plants, so i would appreciate comments and/or suggestions in my journal. Also any ideas that you would like to share with me would be awesome!

 

[marcoze]

dont rip these ones out

 

[billcollector99]

dont rip these ones out

Definitely not going to do that this time.

So i have the choice of some Tahoe Kush clones or some Bubba Kush clones, or maybe some of both.

 

[marcoze]

Definitely not going to do that this time.

So i have the choice of some Tahoe Kush clones or some Bubba Kush clones, or maybe some of both.

obviously go with both. variety is king in personal operations. getting "stuck" with 2-3-4ozs' of the SAME strain.........with no way to trade up for a little of something different gets boring as shit. and if you use it for any kind of pain/GI relief you start to build a tolerance to the certain chemical signatures associated with the CBNs' and CBDs'. (Especially if youre converting Delta 9 to Delta 11, your body builds a higher tolerance to the beneficial cannabinoids faster...if youve ever eaten alot of edibles in succession day after day you know what im talking about)

 

[billcollector99]

Small update, I am getting a 400w HPS light with a batwing style reflector. My question is this, what size box should i build to accommodate thee light, and 6 medium size plants?

 

[marcoze]

well how are you growing them? beanpole style? topping/ fimmin a bunch of times? you gonna Scrog it all? gotta think of these first. whats your footprint looking like?? 6 medium sized plants doesnt mean shit really. what size pots you goin with?

 

[billcollector99]

Well I was thinking a cabinet 2ft X 3ft X 4ft, with 4 ft being the heighth. Given a cabinet of those dimensions, what would be the best way to grow 6 plants? As far as what methods should i use/incorporate to my grow.

 

[marcoze]

Well I was thinking a cabinet 2ft X 3ft X 4ft, with 4 ft being the heighth. Given a cabinet of those dimensions, what would be the best way to grow 6 plants? As far as what methods should i use/incorporate to my grow.

i have about the same size space going right now and i LST.....but i also LST anything and everything. my next go is a mother mission and then i think im converting to SoG using the tallest 4x4 of 4x5" pots i can make/find.

But, if i had gone about my space differently i would have Scrogged 2 plants in there instead of the 6 i originally had. One reason i did not do that is because i had new genetics and had no idea how they would perform.

 

[billcollector99]

Ok, cause my other option i was considering is a outdoor trash can grow i saw done, that turned out quite nicely, and that way I would not have to worry about paying for lights..

 

[billcollector99]

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=61321

 

[marcoze]

Ok, cause my other option i was considering is a outdoor trash can grow i saw done, that turned out quite nicely, and that way I would not have to worry about paying for lights..

This is something that im planning on doing also. cant have anything outside around here......but i could conceal that shit with ease...however concealing the smell would be interesting.

i would still do something indoors too.

 

[billcollector99]

So I am allowed to have 12 plants, and only 6 can be flowering at a time, so that leaves me with a few options... maybe veg inside at 24/0 and put outside to flower???

 

[marcoze]

So I am allowed to have 12 plants, and only 6 can be flowering at a time, so that leaves me with a few options... maybe veg inside at 24/0 and put outside to flower???

12 plants, personally id build 2 Veg totes and have one flowering area. a veg tote can survive on about 40w of total power no problem. you can make the inside reflective a variety of ways. have 3 in each vegging and either Scrogging or LSTing away.

Then have 6 in the flowering area, doing the same but 12/12. either Scrogged or LSted'.

Anyway you look at it, youre going to be Topping for sure, followed up by LST or Scrog. Its just the smart thing to do.....and since you cant have too many plants in limbo between stages you got some time to do it right between harvests.

 

[billcollector99]

I'm familiar with the LST, and how its done, however the Scrog method is something i would be willing to try, but I am not sure how it is done, iv'e read about it a bit, but don't quite understand the concept.

 

[marcoze]

I'm familiar with the LST, and how its done, however the Scrog method is something i would be willing to try, but I am not sure how it is done, iv'e read about it a bit, but don't quite understand the concept.

its easy. all you do is feed the plant into/through a screen that is attatched to your pots. ever see a bean trellis? its the same concept except you have to do all of the work, and often because you only have a limited amount of time to put shit in the right direction before its too large/strong to bend through.

 

[billcollector99]

So I have good new and some bad news.

Good news is, apparently my plant has been flowering the past 10 days, and today I noticed sex, she is definitely all woman.

Bad news is I did not notice she was flowering until after I had just attempted to top her. I hope I didnt do too much damage.

On a side note, apparently it is true that if you veg a plant under 24/0 and then put them outside, even if it isnt 12/12 yet, they can still flower. I wonder if this is different for each strain?

 

[bajafox]

Your 3 week old is alot bigger than my 3 week old clone... I hope that changes after I put her under 400w

good luck, I'll let you know if I come across extra seeds

 

[billcollector99]

Here is the best attempt i could do to get a close up pic of the pistils

 

[billcollector99]

And the last one is where i topped her

 

[billcollector99]

2nd bit of good news, the Bubba Kush Clones should be here in the next few days, apparently they are not quite ready for soil yet. Can't wait to get them. I think I will use several different growing methods, to see which work out best for me Maybe one or two in a rubbermaid tote with cfls, a few under the 400 watt hps, and some outside in a trash can grow. In addition some I will Fim or top, some i will LST, some i will do as a Scrog. That way I can see what works best for me.