1st Grow EVER! (pics!!!)

kaptainkris19

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Hey everyone! This is my First grow, and i think its going pretty well so far. Just looking for any feedback anyone may have. Ive been reading the forums a lot and so far they have been really helpful.

Here's what i got
:lol::

1 400Watt Galaxy Switchable Ballast
1 Classic Yield Master Hood
Veg under 400Watt Metal Halide
Flower with a 400Watt Lucalox HPS
1 box fan for air circulation

The Grow Area:

The closet in my bedroom has been converted into the grow room. its about 5ft wide x 3 ft deep x about 7ft high. I have no ventilation in there, i just leave my closet door open a little, the temp stays right around 80 and 75ish at night. Humidity is always less than 30%.

The plants are grown in soil, i added small doses miracle grow for veg growth but have not added any nutes for flowering.
Ph is right at 6.5.

The Grow:

I planted 17 seeds on STUPERBOWL SUNDAY aka 2/1/2009. IT was a great day..haha. Anyways.... I have no idea what kind of seeds they are, but i got 20 of them for free when i bought my Big Bud seeds. Since this was my First grow i decided to use the free seeds incase i muffed em up. But they have been doing well so far.

Out of the 20 seeds only 17 germinated. For the next six weeks those 17 plants were my children. (I couldnt stop watching them...creepy i know) After the six weeks i switched my light cycle and bulb from 18/6 with the MH to 12/12 with the hps. In 10 days they had shown their sex. Out of the 17 plants 8 were male-8 were female-and 1 was hermaphrodite. so i threw out the nine plants(and cried a little :finger:)

But now i have 8 sexy ladies in my closet and i cant wait. I am about 16 days into flowering and i have nice little buds starting to develop. when i began the flowering stage my plants were all about 18 inches tall, now the smallest plant is 20 inches and the tallest is about 30 inches. So ill keep everyone updated, PLEASE COMMENT or ask questions, whatevers cool with you...

-Till Next Time
 

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kaptainkris19

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Is odor a problem for you? Do you use any thing to reduce the smell?
Hey Guys thanks for the comments.

Odor hasnt been an issue yet, I keep a window open in the room with the closet (my bedroom). Dont get me wrong, you can smell it but i wont consider it an issue untill my neighbors in my apt building can smell it...haha.

more pics coming soon :spew:
 

kaptainkris19

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hey everyone. its been about two weeks and i thought id post some new pics for everyone to take a look at.
The plants have been flowering for a little under 4 weeks. let me know what you think so far. thanks!


P.S Be sure to check out my photo albums cuz theres a lot more pics that i havent posted!! NEW PICS as of 4.6
 

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ScottsBlown99

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figure out something to do about the smell, i'm in week 6 now and they wreek! shitty way 2 get busted, check out the odor control thread
 

DaBeatGoezOn

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Great bro! They look very healthy!

Just wondering how much water you give them and how often you water?


Cheers :)
 

kaptainkris19

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Hey everybody thanks for the replies. To answer a few of the questions: I water them every 2 or 3 days with spring water.
(i have to buy bottled water b/c the water in my apartment burned the plants when they were younger :sad:) I give each plant about a quart of water and that seems to be doing them well so far.... still no nutes.

As for the odor.... it isnt really strong yet but i have no way of venting with a carbon filter, or venting at all for that matter. i may look into an O3 Gen but until i need it ill just go without.


Keep up the Comments!! any questions just ask..... it makes me feel important... lol
 

kaptainkris19

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Hey everybody, im at about 6 weeks flowering now, i recently began adding small amounts of honey to the water supply, i heard it increases bud density. my plants are doing well but they seem to be a little smaller than i expected... i hope they will put on some weight before i have to harvest.. Ill post some pics later.

Let me know what you all think. Is this Normal?!?!
 

kaptainkris19

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If you really want them to put on some weight why dont you just go get some nutes?
i have a set date to harvest, and its in 17 days. ( i leave for vacation in 20 days) i read you have to flush for about two weeks, so even if i went and bought nutes right now then i would be able to use them like once... Woulda got them sooner, but i wasnt really sure on what to do. next grow i will invest in some for veg and flower stage.
 
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