Headband and Chemdog! 600 watt Hps
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TheJointProject
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I've found that mine usually almost triple in size when i switch to flower. You're gonna want at least 2x the space as your plant height when you switch. don't forget to take your lights into consideration as well. if your lights hang down 6" from the top of the box you still need clearance for them to be above the canopy at a desirable level.
BuddyJesus
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Hey guys sorry been busy as hell this weekend.. had to work sat..and sun.. 14 hours each day.. was crazy lol.. Anyway TJP thats about what i expected in the switching to flower.. I'm going to build my flower box to about 7 feet tall.. That way i'll have more than enough room for the ladies =)
Figured i'd put up some pics of the ladies before I train them tonight.. They are starting to take off in growth and i'm loving it!! LOL. And i'm super super excited that out of the 5 cuttings I took for clones.. 4 of them have rooted today, and the 5th one i'm sure looks like its gonna pop some roots in the next day or two!! I have never ever had one clone that i have cut root so this is a first for me and man i feel awesome lol! I know its supposed to be simple as shit to do, but i just never had any luck until now!! Ohh and I setup a flower room at a buddies place for the time being until i can get some of the junk out of my house lol. So here's some pics for you all! I'll try and get a couple with the HPS light off tomorrow i know its a pain lol...
BuddyJesus
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Yes it is! Feels good to be able to do something new too =)
So after I went and seen the ladies tonight I've decided that i'm going to let them stretch out from being tied down a bit.. let them stretch there sexy legs out so everyone can see lol! Then i'll train the opposite way so that the other side will bush out not sure if this is normal or not, but hell i'll give it a run and see what happens! Heres some pics of what i did!
When they were just babies lol
Chemdog (the one i didn't broke the stem on when it was a baby lol)
Chemdog (the one i broke when she was a baby.. Still a runt but looking nice)
Headband (these are looking like they will produce a nice yield for me!)
Headband (looking nice lol)
Group Shot of all in the bin i have them in.. Left 2 are the Chemdog, and the right 2 are the headband
Hope you enjoy!!
Cheers
~Buddy J~
BuddyJesus
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Thanks Tao! This is by far the healthiest plants i've ever grown! I'm super excited about it!
TaoWolf
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How are you handling their nutrients? Going light or heavy on strength?
BuddyJesus
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Honestly I have not gave them any nutes in about 3 weeks.. since I thought I burned them.. just been watering with ph'd water. I'm gonna give them some nutes this next time I water and prolly only quarter or half strength. What do you think I should do..1/4 or 1/2 strength..
BuddyJesus
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Yea I know the soil that i use has a lot of nutes in it, so i'm sure thats why i haven't had the need to feed them anything.. But we'll see how it goes in the next couple days lol. man i really don't feel like working today.. Just one of them days! Blah
BuddyJesus
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Ladies look great today after being able to stretch out! Think i might give them one more day before i do a little more training.. Gonna be flower time here real soon!
Slojo69
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Dang dude, now i don't feel so bad with all the issues I've had in my grow LOL!! Just messin. They all are looking hella good man, wanting to see how those clones do too, think i'm going to do rapid rooter cubes and a dome. But ya, wanted to say if you add a HID plan for heat issues specially with a ballast. I know you are using floro's so expect the heat to rise tremendously, i still havent locked down my temp issues, but my plants seem to love it hehe. Anyways, sub'd from now on and I'll keep lookin in from time to time! Peace bro!
EDIT: Nvm ... Iono why i thought you was using Floros, think you said you use CFL's in my journal, but the title is 600w HPS so yer temps are already Dialed in hehe. Forget what i said! lol
EDIT: Nvm ... Iono why i thought you was using Floros, think you said you use CFL's in my journal, but the title is 600w HPS so yer temps are already Dialed in hehe. Forget what i said! lol
BuddyJesus
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Hey whats up Slo! Thanks for taking the time to check out the grow! But no you're right i'm using floros for veg hps for flower.. but when i get the MH light i'll get one that i can air cool with a nice fan! I got this T5 setup that puts out 10,000 lumens with 2 bulbs lol the ladies love the light, but seeing how close your nodes are from the MH is hella nice man!
Slojo69
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Hell ya, I just make sure the lights were as close as i could get them safely. Seems to have worked out just fine. The 1000w is 2 and a half feet at the moment so ya, good times! Hope you get one tho man, should see a huge difference
BuddyJesus
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sso
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the best time to top, that ive found, is at the 3rd node, you automatically get 4 equal tops.
topping after that, will normally just give you 2 tops, unless you top again. and the plant will be much more lopsided.
lst is bit pointless until you got some sidegrowth (the future lower budsites)
just bend the plant back into the direction you want (the one that gives you the most tops and loses the least to shade.)
tying it isnt necessary if you just keep bending it back for a few days, but its simpler for a beginner.
all the nodes that are equal in height will become tops. bend those down again and your number of tops is multiplied and the plant becomes wider. (do it for say 2 months and you will have a 2-3 feet wide plant, only a foot in height (or something, depending on your technique)
topping after that, will normally just give you 2 tops, unless you top again. and the plant will be much more lopsided.
lst is bit pointless until you got some sidegrowth (the future lower budsites)
just bend the plant back into the direction you want (the one that gives you the most tops and loses the least to shade.)
tying it isnt necessary if you just keep bending it back for a few days, but its simpler for a beginner.
all the nodes that are equal in height will become tops. bend those down again and your number of tops is multiplied and the plant becomes wider. (do it for say 2 months and you will have a 2-3 feet wide plant, only a foot in height (or something, depending on your technique)
BuddyJesus
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You know what as crazy as this sounds.. I still haven't water'd them since i've transplanted them into these bags.. I have a moister meter that I use everyday to check the soil, plus the finger test and I might finally have to water them tomorrow or friday for sure.. Not sure If i may have over watered when I did my transplant.. I really don't think i did.. I feel like I barley watered them when i did.. And i was having what I thought to be nute burn earlier and did start to flush with just straight ph'd water.. and haven't given them any nutes since. When I transplanted I used the fox farm Ocean Forest mix which i've heard is really high in nutes so I figured i didn't need to feed them at all.. But I still havent watered since they were put into those bags.. Does that seem odd at all? I was actually getting worried about this, but none of my plants are showing any signs that the need water.. No drooping leaves nothing.