2nd grow 1st grow journal

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okay so, here it is.
room size = 6 x 7
lighting = 1 1000w HPS air cooled & 2 400w HPS w/batwings
exhaust = 4in in-line w/carbon filter hooked up to t-stat set at 72
intake = 4in tube from attic
soil = FF OF w/perlite
nutes = AN 3 part + PK 4/8
plants = 2 Rainbow, 2 MK Ultra, 2 Texas Chili, 1 G-13, 1 unknown, and 1 Hawaiian Snow

just brought them out of a month of veg and flipped the lights yesterday.
i will also be tracking this grow with herb IQ i wi9ll post the growth graphs as well
they are all 8 week strains except the HS (108 days?) and maybe the unknown
we will see how the HS does, but she may need a new home

here is the room

rainbow

g-13

MK Ultra

 

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the unknown strain is now "known" it is a strain called Franks Flowers. was grow from seed over 20yrs old. i just got a couple clones and 2 didnt make it so here is what i got

 

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So as you can see from the pics I added, I am making my first attempt at super cropping (hand training the tops). I really hope I did this right

 

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So my temp with lights on reached about 84 last night. At this point my resources are limited as far as buying new equipment and what not. Is this temp okay?

 

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so after week one the ladies are looking really good i think. i am feeding the same nutes (AN) as i started. BTW, they were vegged with GH nutes. ALL the ones i hand trained are looking great. The Texas Chilis are getting tall and bushy. the MK's are also getting bushy and kinda tall. One of the rainbows (im calling it RB 1) is not getting tall, rather it is getting bushier and the leaves are getting HUGE, almost too heave to stay up by themselves!! here are a couple pics.

 

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so i thought id post a couple pics of the 2 rainbow plants i have going right now to show the differences.


here is the 2 together

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here is the one im calling rainbow 1

here is the other one

 

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just for anyone that is curious

Rainbow pays homage to its title with a menagerie of greens, oranges, yellows, and of course, purples. When smelling you can expect a bouquet of grape, and a surprisingly pleasant astringent odor akin to fresh paint. The high is relaxing with a mellow body high and an ‘up’ state of mind-but still ready to zone out. Demosthenes is very familiar with Rainbow, his colleagues in Northern California created it. Grower’s Statement: “Originally Rainbow was God’s gift (or ‘The Purps&#8216 crossed into Purple Elephant and stabilized, then re-bred into a purple strain called Demeter, then stabilized and crossed back into God’s Gift. It is a very strong disease resistant, pest resistant strain that carries a productive high from some of the top genetics from Cutting Edge Solutions in Santa Rosa, California.

this is courtesy of seattlecannabisjournal.com

 

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Any suggestions? Or thoughts, or anything visibly wrong with the pics I have available?

 

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okay.. so here are a couple pics just 2days into week 3 and also a little video


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room

rainbow 1

rainbow

Franks Flowers (thanx Sparky, its doin great!)

finally an MK Ultra with the G-13 behind it

 

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i just picked up some B-52 and some OVERDRIVE lets see if these nutes make any difference!!

 

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okay so here is how the hawaiian snow is progressing. the MK's and the G-13 and the rainbow are definitely doing the best. the Franks Flowers is about a week behind in development

 

[LT1RX7 Drifter]

lol thats not rainbow or mk ultra lol

 

[toughwork]

lol thats not rainbow or mk ultra lol

wow, What makes you say that?
so, in an attempt to control my "day" temps, i installed an air conditioner in the room . well, i attached the AC exhaust to my existing intake hose (to hoses duct taped together). well, the first night, the tape got so hot that it quit holding and dropped the hose down on the ladies, and increased the temp in the room to 107 degrees!!!!!!!!! everything seems okay, except, i lost the main cola on one of my MK's and a lower bud on a rainbow. other than that everything seems okay

MK top

after the hot air incident

MK top before the burn what a waste!!!

rainbow top

 

[420Marine]

Hey man...great journal and solid second grow...I'm on my second as well and you seem to have a great handle on your plants needs ATM. Of course flowering under 1800 watts would help..but from the first pics on they seem great...what light(s) did you use during your one month veg. Where they in that same room with all the mylar? I think everything looks great so far bro and I"m pulling up a chair to watch.

 

[toughwork]

Hey man...great journal and solid second grow...I'm on my second as well and you seem to have a great handle on your plants needs ATM. Of course flowering under 1800 watts would help..but from the first pics on they seem great...what light(s) did you use during your one month veg. Where they in that same room with all the mylar? I think everything looks great so far bro and I"m pulling up a chair to watch.

well, thanx for the compliments. when they were in veg, they were under 2000w one hortilux bulb (hps) and one blulux (MH) and they seem to LOVE the dual spectrum. No mylar in that room, all the walls are covered in white foam insulation. it is a 9 * 12 room

 

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thought id add another pic of the room

 

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my temps are now about a 3 degree diff between day and night. i have added a space heater that is on a timer to come on when the lights go out, and the AC is set on temp control at 78degrees.

 

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okay, so after some more fine tuning, day temps are 78.8 and night temps are 78.... would love to see double the yield!!!!

 

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here are a few new pics starting week 5

AC placement

Whole room

Franks Flowers left and G-13 back corner

MK Ultra

Rainbow