1st grow! og kush in soil

This was my first grow. indoor with fox farms ocean forest.
I started with 3 seeds I had collected from various bags. (2 turned male and the only one left was the OG.) I started them in nature's care potting mix under CFLs on 7/22 they were 1 week from sprout.

On 7/28 (2 weeks old) I transplanted into final pots with FFOF and nature's care potting mix about 75/25.

8/4 and they are 3 weeks old. Still have not gave them any nutrients just ph tap water for now.

At 4 weeks (8/13) I topped two of them about 3 nodes up. Center one is the OG female.
I only topped the to Bigger ones. Still no nutes yet. Still using CFLS.

By 8/21 (week 5) one of the CFLS had fell on my OG plant and burnt some, kinda topping it again. I switched the lights 12/12 after she recovered. I got a used 1000 watt dimmable ballast and hood too. Again the only one that was a female was the OG far right side.

8/26 (week 6) only used the 1000 watt hps one day and my wife kinda tripped on how bright it was and heat was an issue without the proper setup. So back to cfl.

8/28... 11 days after the 12/12 flip they were showing signs of sex. 2 males and one female. At least the female was the biggest of the 3. Killed the male's off and got some nutes. Just got fox farm tiger bloom. Used 2 cap (about 2 tsp) fulls to one gallon of water once a week. I have only been watering twice a week.

9/4 (week 7)
Back to cfl and trying to scrog since I have just one.

Good job and good luck. If you blow a fan on that 1k it'll drop heat significantly. If u run cfls all the way keep them 1-2" away. If some leaves don't get a lil burned they arnt close enough. Also blow a fan on them aswell. CFLs can grow great fat buds if u do it right but they gotta be uber close and 42w are best ones to use. Hang em vertical if u can so they are parallel to the ogs stem as opposed to over top like an hps. Ull get way more coverage that way cuz cfls won't penetrate for shit. 3 inches and there worthless.

9/9 (3 weeks flowering 8 weeks total)

Thanks
By 9/19 (week 9.5 total 4th week flower) I went back to the hps set at 600 watts with a big fan pointed at the hood and Temps were @ 86 mid afternoon. Took off scrog net too.

el roacho said:

Thanks
By 9/19 (week 9.5 total 4th week flower) I went back to the hps set at 600 watts with a big fan pointed at the hood and Temps were @ 86 mid afternoon. Took off scrog net too.

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You should finish with the final month or more with the 600 if possible, it will dwarf CFL yields!

9/21 start of week 5 of flowering

Better way of explaining cfls. Pretend a soda can is a bud. If u have a cfl horizontal over it, the bottom 1/3 is getting useless light. Plus top paet of bulb light is wasted...so ur using only like 30% max of that bulbs lumens. If u have two soda cans (buds) about 3-4 inch apart and u put a cfl vertically top down between them then the whole bud is getting full intensity of the bulbs light, not just very top so ull get a full dense nug not just a decent top and fluff underneath. Plus ur using both sides of bulb so ur using whole bulb. So instead of having those bulbs like you do if u had them hanging down in between buds ud be gwtting. WAY more lumen output. Difference is equiv of having a 400 watt hps 30" away and having it 10" away. The diff is that significant. Anyways, up to u. That's best and most efficient use of cfls.


NVM u went back to hps which is much better. Good luck

DesertGrow89 said:

You should finish with the final month or more with the 600 if possible, it will dwarf CFL yields!

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Thanks that's just what I did.

9/28 6 weeks into flowering with 600 watt hps now...

10/5 is week 7 of flowering

Man I wish I would of switched to a bigger pot and kept the hps closer too.

Lots of things to do different next time.

Tomorrow is the 8th week of flower.

I think it's getting close to harvest. I have a loop and see mostly milky. Want to try and hold out another week for some amber to show up. Only seen a bit on the sugar leaves. Time to start thinking about harvest soon.

Looking tasty, you should post some close up pics when it's ready. Be patient!

Ok this bud broke Sunday and was hanging so I trimmed it up dried it for the last 2 days. Just took a few tokes and a bit harsh kinda planty but have a nice little buzz going on.

I think I'm going to start 48 hrs dark and then harvest Thursday night.

Couple pics of up close