600W HPS - C99, Master Kush, White Rhino

hopefullydonfail

hopefullydonfail

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I have grown 2 times in the past, but that was about 4 years ago.

I got seeds from attitude seedbank and for this cycle will be doing:
C99
Master Kush
White Rhino

Using a 600W HPS in a advanced nutrients melonhead reflector.
Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil is being used, as well as the Fox Farm nutrient line-up


Here is the closet
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Door Open
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Zipper Open
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Looking up
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Passive Intake Holes & Fan
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The seedlings are currently 9 days old and were sprouted using the paper towel method
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hopefullydonfail

hopefullydonfail

Member
Day 18

Plants are dying for nutes. I hit them with the first LIGHT dose yesterday (1/4 strength). It didn't seem to do much. Will hit again with 1/2 strength tomorrow.

I was also able to sex some plants tonight.

White Rhino - 2 Females
C99 - 1 Female
Master Kush - 1 Female

I had to pull one White Rhino because it was already showing as a male =(. But happy so far to at least have a female of each strand.

Also I have to say I am very impressed at how much quicker these plants are growing under the 600w hps. My last grow was nearly identical except with a 400w (non digital) and the plants did not grow this quick.





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MrTokenPuff

Active Member
Awesome man, I just threw some under a 400w for fun =). Im curious to see how the 600w performs. Gl man, pulling up a chair because yours are about a week ahead of mine.
 
hopefullydonfail

hopefullydonfail

Member
Felt bad for being lazy and always posting cell phone pics so I finally busted out the digi =p

Day 20
Plants are doing well. I took these pictures before I did a bit of pruning tonight. Got rid of some lower leaves. Did what some may call a 'early lolipop'. Will do it again in a few weeks. Had too many lower leaves touching the soil anyways....



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hopefullydonfail

hopefullydonfail

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Day 22

Female Count
C99 - 3
Master Kush - 3
White Rhino - 3

Only 1 plant left to show sex and that is a master kush. So it will be a pretty crowded closet =). Still can't believe that only sprouting 5 seeds of each strand resulted in 3 females of each. Got lucky as shit...


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hopefullydonfail

hopefullydonfail

Member
Well just wanted to give an update.

First I wanted to say "don't trust everything you read on this forum". I read a grow journal where a guy says he never Ph'd his water when using Fox Farms nutes. I want to smack myself for even thinking this was doable. My entire grow is now at jeopardy due to this.
I have a bad Cal deficiency and a huge Ph issue. I did an emergency Ph flush a few days ago and am waiting until the plants dry out. I will prob flush them out again tomorrow night.

Hoping I can pull these plants back to life =( </3

I have some calmag plus and a Ph test kit with Ph up/down in hand now. Worst case scenario I have a ton of seeds on hands, but damn these girls were doing good.
 
eastcoastmo

eastcoastmo

Well-Known Member
Oh dude :( that sucks hey.

Agree with taking everything you hear with a grain of salt! Best to read up on it yourself and then if its wrong its only yourself to blame! I hope you can pull them through dude! Good luck.
 
hopefullydonfail

hopefullydonfail

Member
I think everything will turn out alright. The plants looked like they recovered well from the first flush. I flushed them again tonight, and hit them with a dose of nutes and some calmag. Will report back in a few days with the results. Keeping my fingers crossed!
 
hopefullydonfail

hopefullydonfail

Member
Little update. The plants still seem to be growing, but not at the rate they were. There are still signs of a Calcium deficiency on many of the leafs. I did some soil runoff tests tonight and the results were shocking. Lot of it was reading around 4-5. I spent a couple hours flushing all the plants with 5-10 gallons of water each. At the end each runoff was around 6-6.5.

I've been reading up on the fox farms ocean forest soil, and I think after these plants finish I'll be trying a different soil out. Reading a lot of complaints about the soil being/becoming too acidic.

I also hit the plants with 1 cup each of 1/2 strength nute dose with calmag. Hoping in another week to see all these issues clear up.


Note to all those following this: Make sure you keep track of your soil Ph and the water/nutrient solution Ph you are adding. This can kill your grow



Heres a quick shot of the girls in the garage drying a bit before going back into the closet
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