All I am going to say is this: no marijuana plant in the world is subject to 24 hours of natural light. 24/7 light is a waste of electricity. Google photosynthesis rates and circadian rythem if you don't believe me.
Other than that, looks good. In general, plants like to be left the hell alone unless something is amiss.
Funny you should say that. I've always run at 24/0, but JUST TONIGHT about 4 hours ago switched to a 20/4 schedule due to the recent heat in my area. Mid 90's this week, and only high 60's in the middle of the night.
I've always found them to grow fastest at a 24/0 schedule, but since I figured 20/4 wouldn't hurt, and would help A LOT with the heat. It was almost 11PM and it was still 90 F in my grow room.
Anyway Closet, I can't stress enough to you how important it is that you remember to check on them regularly.
They're very fragile at this stage, and VERY important, when you pull the plugs out, don't pull by the stem, pinch the sponge and pull. Play with the reggies, but just be careful that a male doesn't get involved. And of course, another piece of good advice is this; Don't ever bring anything into your grow room from outside that hasn't been washed first. And I'm NOT talking about a jug of water or something, I mean anything that could have a bug about the size of this dot >>>>
. (IE; Spider Mites, Thrips, Ect.)
No sticks, no wood, ect, ect, ect. You know.
But I still believe that growing the remainder of your grapefruit until it's about 30/40 days old, then clone the hell out of it. If you WANT, you can leave a few leaves on, and clip away a decent amount of the stem, it should be able to keep vegging and you'll be able to take more clones after it recovers. I however know little of keeping mother plants, as I've never had a need to take so many clones before, so if you find a better method of taking a good number of clones while keeping the other alive, by all means.
Once you have your clones (research cloning methods, you already have the T5 and the rapid rooter plugs. So it won't be hard, you just need the humidome) then you'll be able to start your crop. With 15-20 new clones, you can get them started in grow bags (bags used as growing pot) and soil by waiting for roots in the rooting sponge, and planting it in the soil (Fox Farms Ocean Forest, available at most hydro stores, or online. Veg them for about a 30-40 days under a MH (I recommend you keep your T5 in use for your mothers, whom will be the basis for your NEXT crop) bulb running in the main grow room. Once then, when they've reached about half to a little over half of the total size you want from them, flower them. You'll know when it's ready, but you can go to the
https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/328642-want-know-if-your-plants.html thread. Instead of doing the SOG, or ScrOG method. Simply due to the simplicity of the way I just suggested.
1. Veg Grapefruit for approx 45 days, but you decide.
2. Take Clones from said Grapefruit 15x or so. (Keep it small at first, you'll still end up with like a pound.
)
3. Let Clones Root
4. Plant Clones in Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil in potting bags. (soil bags with a single folded sheet or newspaper to allow for drainage, but doesn't let too much soil fall through the drainage holes) (Plant10-13x or so, or however many will fit comfortably you take 15 so you can keep 2 as mothers to replace the first 2 you cut up into 15 clones)
5. Veg for 1 to 1½ months with a MH bulb in your HID lamp. Using your T5 as a light for your mothers. (who will propagate the next generations crop and are not going in the primary grow area) Fertilize ALL plants as needed.
6. Once they've reached half, to a little more then half of the total size you want them to reach, switch the bulb to HPS, and put it on a timer, making the lights 12 hours on, and 12 hours off. Fertilize as needed.
7. Let it grow until the buds are big, the hairs are (mostly) red, and you believe it looks ready. Check with RIU, since a lot of us do when it's almost ready.
8. Dry and Cure for approx 1 month.(Cure is VERY important to a the smell, taste, high, and preservation of large harvests. Otherwise it will dry out, and/or mold.
9 Enjoy, and try some new tricks on your next crop, and take pride in knowing you just grew your first successful crop!!!
Sorry for the double instructions, but I truly believe we set you up with a to complex plan. This is far simpler, and will give you 5-6 months to learn everything you need to utilize all the equipment and potential that exists within your grow room setup, and size.
If YOU, or ANYONE doesn't agree, feel free to say so. If your interested in doing it your own way, then you should. But I promise you this, if you follow this SIMPLE plan, and learn basic nutrients (so you can fertilize properly and help them along for your first grow) then you will have a VERY large harvest and a lot of weed to do with as you please. It's a very simple plan, and simple works best. And it's an easy way, to grow a lot of herb (that you can be proud of) in a short span of time, and once you have those clones, you'll be ready with good genetics whenever you want to start another grow...Now to mention the fact that you can trade clones to get different, and even better genetics.
Anyway, enough of my rambling, good luck! And please, anyone feel free to point out any flaws in my concept idea here.
