Newb Closet Coco Grow, 400w MH+HPS

Azadeh

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Your plants are really pretty:hump:, I would still flower the two and take some clones from them first. But then I am not the expert. I'm just dying to smoke some of my weed. I am also doing a first time experience batch and told myself if one can make it I will be happy.
Why did some of them became hermies? because you cut them and cloned the plants? I did not understand how you stressed them.....I am really sorry.
did you do some topping? One of my plants is 60 cm and 25 cm taller than the rest, I was thinking to cut the very top so it doesn't take all the light from the rest. What do you think? It is growing almost 2 inches a day.
it could be a male, I've heard the males grow faster, but then I don't know much.
:peace:

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/72913-first-grow-four-plants.html
 
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mared juwan

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These are all good ideas I'm getting from everybody but I'd really rather not put them back to veg at this point. And taking any more clones from these plants doesn't really appeal to me either. I'm just not feeling this strain. I think randomly picking seeds because they were cheap was my first mistake. I should have had more confidence in myself and my setup. I'm going to Hemp Depot, hell yeah! That Chuck D is the offspring of the High Times Plant of the Year?! I got to try that. I'm going to get two different kinds, haven't decided the second yet. So I'm going to go on a plant murder spree today and leave only the two females. I might hang on to the clones a little longer just to see if I can get them to root. The plan now is to germinate and veg 8 new plants by the time of harvest for the two females ~8 weeks from now. I think this should even allow time to determine the sex of these new plants and get some clones going too. Thoughts?
 

TetraHyC

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Hemp Depot did me right, the e-mail confirmation was hand written, fast service, seed germed well.
Do what feels right, Mared, its your first grow,but your growing like an old pro.
 

Hellafied Game

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So after taking a hard look at my finances I decided that my smoke related expenditures were getting way out of hand. I made an investment of about $500 to get started with the following items:

10 White Lady seeds - $38 shipped
From: drchronic.com

Closet Grow Kit - $398 shipped
Reflector hood
400watt ballast
HPS bulb
MH conversion bulb
18 one gallon grow bags
9 two gallon grow bags
2.5 cubic ft. Sunleaves brand Coco Coir
Monkey Juice A & B Grow and Bloom
Overdrive Flower booster
Seed starter system
50' mylar
From: HGTSupply.com

PH tester kit - $6
Chlorine neutralizer solution - $7
Wall outlet timer - $5
4 26watt 6500K CFL bulbs - $26
3 sockets w/ dome reflector - $15
Vinegar - $3
Baking Soda - $1
From: Walmart


I started germinating on 04/08 and planted all 10 seeds on 04/11. I used the CFLs for the first five days and then switched to MH. I highly recommend the domes I got at Walmart to anyone using CFLs. They're only $5 each in the tools section. The seed starter system is great for any newb. It is just a styrofoam slab with holes in it which the starter plugs sit in. The slab floats on water and the plugs always stay perfectly moist. I had tap roots hanging three inches into the water two days after planting. I transplanted into the coco and switched on the MH on 04/16. However, there was one sprout which kept it's shell on for a while and was several days behind the others so it remained in the tray. Since coco provides no nutrients whatsoever it is recommended to start with very small doses about a week after sprouting. My liquid measurement skills left something to be desired and I ended up burning the first leaves pretty bad but after a flushing they are looking much better. The only other mishap involved one of my dogs eating a plant so I am now down to nine. Here's some pics of my grow so far. I would love to hear from anyone who has ever come across the White Lady strain before. I got them because they were cheap and this is my first time.
nks on the info for HTG the
Son,thanks on the info for HTG the, U think they'll let me get a 600 watt in replacement of the 400 in that dirty dozen package???
 

mared juwan

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nks on the info for HTG the
Son,thanks on the info for HTG the, U think they'll let me get a 600 watt in replacement of the 400 in that dirty dozen package???
I wouldn't think so even at a higher price. I didn't see a 600watt MH conversion bulb on their site. They're kind of hard to find.
 

mared juwan

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Quite a different look to the room since the last installment, the biggest difference being the lack of plants. I also moved the light to it's permanent home hanging from a bar across the top of the room. The two girls are doing well but no sign of bud production yet. There was also a slight light burn problem from before I moved the light up.

This may be the last pic of Slowpoke, looking rather mannish. The clones also do not look so promising. I'm learning to roll with the punches and moving ahead. I built a shelf in the smaller closet which is about a 50% increase in floorspace. Six 2.5 ft tall plants will fit in there no problem now. I'll just have four bulbs on the two plants on the shelf and six bulbs for the four below. This is only because I plan on using those y-splitters for the sockets.

I went crazy with pics, enjoy!
 

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trustduran2

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you should order from the attitude.... i did and i think their the shit... the stealthy way they ship is hot... seeds germed great and the prices were good compared to other places... U are going to be a real good grower... invest..invest..invest, you cant spend enough on this...it will pay for itself soon. brother soon.
 

blinkykush

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Hey mared, i admire how your rollin with the puches. Growing will throw us some curve balls for sure,lol. Anyway, i like the plan you have up top. I think personally picking a good strain is really important. Well Good luck bro.
 

TetraHyC

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Mared, I know you have a bin just like mine.

Small sheet lexan , small sheet styrofoam, hole saw, black paint (for plastic),2 2foot 1/2 PVC, rigid risers (rain drip), 360 spray heads, Beckett M250 (pump),I was too cheap to buy PVC primer and glue, so I used hot glue, all from Home Depot.

Make however many holes you like, make a different top and use for aero mother.

I see your sander box, you must have a drill.
 

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mared juwan

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Mared, I know you have a bin just like mine.

Small sheet lexan , small sheet styrofoam, hole saw, black paint (for plastic),2 2foot 1/2 PVC, rigid risers (rain drip), 360 spray heads, Beckett M250 (pump),I was too cheap to buy PVC primer and glue, so I used hot glue, all from Home Depot.

Make however many holes you like, make a different top and use for aero mother.

I see your sander box, you must have a drill.
Very nice idea. And yes I have several drills. I work on my mom's rental properties all the time so I've got ridiculous amounts of tools and crap. They come in handy when you can find them. I'm trying to see in your pics what the styrofoam was for. Where did you use it?
 

mared juwan

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OK, yeah I can see it now that you said that. I'm still trying to get a grasp on this whole ppm deal. I know I want a number in the runoff lower than what I put in, but how much lower? I'm experiencing some N def in lower leaves on one plant so I'm thinking I need more nutes because I've only been using 760 ppm at most. The reason for this is that my runoff ppms are always pretty close to what I put in. For example, I put 760 in tonight and runoff was 650. I've been able to fix my ph differential between feed and runoff. These plants like less acidic water. I put in 6.25, got out 6.18 - way better than the 5.4 runoff I had before.
 

mared juwan

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Wow, after absolutely no care at all for 4 days three of my clones have roots hanging into the water. Does everyone agree that these clones are not worth it? 1 is from a true female, 1 from a male, and 4 from hermies and I'm not sure which is which due to my own error. Will I get exactly the same result if I grow them or will some hermie clones not turn out that way again?
 

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TetraHyC

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Me likey too.:clap:

I don't know jack about hermies, never had one.:dunce:

Overall your grow is A+, get-on Mared.:o

F@cking sand-bagger.:roll:
 
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