1st "real" grow.. Advise from experienced ppl appreciated

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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Hey Sims i had to check back in your grow is looking good man your gonna be smoking that bomb white people fire in no time. Those plants you topped its best to wait a few weeks and let them grow to atleast 6 inches and recover before you put them into flower or it will be a dissapointing branch that wont produce much and hurt your harvest but your clones are looking good so your set man i will keep checking in see how your doing im getting ready for the outdoor grow up North here got my greenhouse set up just gotta go out finish it up and leave a hygrometer in there overnight to see what them temps get down to at night keep it up tho man good work
Thanks Montana.. I feel like a father showing pics of his kids lol.. But I topped the ww on Tuesday , so today makes a week, & I'll give atleast another week, thanx a lot for the positive feedback.. Much appreciated
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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Lol.. Cmon berkman, I'm gonna take that as a joke, cuz I know ur experienced.. Just my mh making it look like that.. & for the record.. Hopefully when this grow is done, I will b living in a cloud!! Lol
Oh.. & I 4got.. Me & my boys were smokin in the room when I took the pics lol.. & I do know that it's not recommended to smoke in the grow room .. But it's hard not to combine two of my fav things.. Growing & smokin!!! If only I could add women to that mix, maybe in the next pic you'll see a shadow or two of some ladies lol
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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Damn... Even with my plants lookin healthy, I can't help but think of my afghan kush seed that never made it... R.I.P. To my afghan kush.. May we please bow our heads in a moment of silence................ Alright, now with that said, f*c#! world of seeds!!!!
 

berkman858

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Lol.. Cmon berkman, I'm gonna take that as a joke, cuz I know ur experienced.. Just my mh making it look like that.. & for the record.. Hopefully when this grow is done, I will b living in a cloud!! Lol
Yeah I was joking, but if you keep at it you will be up in the clouds all day long. Stay high.
 

berkman858

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Oh.. & I 4got.. Me & my boys were smokin in the room when I took the pics lol.. & I do know that it's not recommended to smoke in the grow room .. But it's hard not to combine two of my fav things.. Growing & smokin!!! If only I could add women to that mix, maybe in the next pic you'll see a shadow or two of some ladies lol
hahah, yeah put some bitches in there! show us some ti-tays..... I know some people smoke around their plants and I haven't heard anything bad directly relating to this activity but I would say its probably mostly frowned upon, but everyone is gonna do what they want so who the hell cares?
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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hahah, yeah put some bitches in there! show us some ti-tays..... I know some people smoke around their plants and I haven't heard anything bad directly relating to this activity but I would say its probably mostly frowned upon, but everyone is gonna do what they want so who the hell cares?
Lmaooo.. Damn berkman.. I couldn't have said it better myself!! I tried to take the "high road" and say everything all politically correct... I'm. Not exactly sure of the rules to this forum & didn't wanna get kicked off... But damn... Couldn't have said it better
 

montanachadly

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I smoke all the time in my room i guess from what i have heard that the plants cells all close when there is smoke in there air to save it from dying or some shit but once the smoke clears those cells open back up i dont make it a habit of sitting in there for hours puffing but once in awhile you know you gotta go smoke with the ladies but they cant smoke cause there weed lungs cant handle the chronic.
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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I smoke all the time in my room i guess from what i have heard that the plants cells all close when there is smoke in there air to save it from dying or some shit but once the smoke clears those cells open back up i dont make it a habit of sitting in there for hours puffing but once in awhile you know you gotta go smoke with the ladies but they cant smoke cause there weed lungs cant handle the chronic.
I feel u Montana .. I just always start to feel guilty when I smoke in my grow room .. Like my plants are getting mad at me lol... Btw how is that outdoor coming along ?? I'm planning on a test run outdoors (just 1 plant in my friends backyard) I'm just a little confused in what strain I should use , it gets pretty cold where I'm at in the fall.. I'm not exactly sure if the weather in Montana is similar to the north east but I guess it shouldn't be too far off.. What strains do u grow outside.. When do u harvest?? And what are the temps like around your harvest time out there??
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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Almost 4got to mention... In the mist of all the Renovations being done to my house I had a bunch of people I had to allow entry into the crib unfortunately.. Plumbers , inspectors , contractors , u name it.. They were all at my house today, and since the sewer is located near my grow room (I'm in the basement) I had to completely take apart my grow room.. I only had about an hour notice that all these people were coming today so that kinds sucked... But I have an additional grow light (Hrdrofarm flourawing 125 watt cfl grow light) I kno that sucks , especially for 3 plants and all my clones.. But it's better than nothing. So my plants and clones are vacationing in a new room for the time being, atleast until everybody gets out of my house... So hopefully I will be able to resume with my metal halide & normal grow area later tonight.. & hopefully my new grow area will be completed in a week and I can begin my flowering in my new space. I'm so tired of spending all my money on bud!!! Something gotta give
 

hoodthug

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Yo Sims!! Been checkin in on ya grow. Looks good bruh! LMAO when u was talkin bout being the only black dude on here! I thought the same thing bout myself! Im new here homie! Doin my thing over here in Cali! I will start my journal a lil later tonight....Stay blown!!!
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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Oh, & I'm still running strong with my f#c! World of seeds movement lol., atleast until I've been fairly compensated. And as compensation I want a strain named after me "super simmy OG" or "sims da smoker silver supreme" or watever , I haven't figured out the name yet but I'm working on it .. & it better b some stinky shit.. I mean stinky!!! I'm talkin like a super skunk sour grandaddy haze lemon OG kushberry.(so what if it doesn't exist or it would take millions of crosses to make) I am owed this due to my pain & suffering.. So to all employed at word of seeds.. Get working on my "sims da smoker super OG feminized"!!!
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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Yo Sims!! Been checkin in on ya grow. Looks good bruh! LMAO when u was talkin bout being the only black dude on here! I thought the same thing bout myself! Im new here homie! Doin my thing over here in Cali! I will start my journal a lil later tonight....Stay blown!!!
Wus good hoodthug... Lol.. That's wassup, Cali is the only other state I would consider moving to.. Well.. Cali & Florida.. This cold weather shit is wack!!! Da women wear too much clothes & now that I'm into growing I realize that my area is wack cuz I only got like 2-3 months to do anything outdoors... Not to mention a medical marijuana card is unheard of over hear.. So matter fact I change that, I would consider moving to anywhere bud is legal lol.. But Cali is still the 1st choice... & imma def come check u out see what kinda shit y'all smokin out west.. Out here it's mostly haze & sour .. I know y'all got some fire tho!!! I seen that emerald triangle shit on national geographic lol
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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What are those pots called. Shit looks crazy haha
They're called air pots. Supposedly it allows air flow to your roots and it also air-prunes the roots.. It's supposed to trick the plant into thinking it's in a larger pot than what it really is.. So if u have a 1 gallon air pot it's more like a 2gallon pot... 3 gallon air pot will grow plants same size as a regular 4-5 gallon pot . & so on.., idk if I really believe all that crap, after all a pot is a pot ... But when I went to the hydro shop to get nutes , I saw the air pots & I had already read good things about them & since they were like $4 each.. I said y not.. Regular pots are that much, unless I go to the 99 cent store.. Anyway I jus said f#c! it .. I mean if anything, it can't hurt the plant right??
 
looks great but looks like your bottom leafs might have a problem you should put a close up shot on the leafs with brown on them
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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So my boy finally got his beans 2day... And it is a nice order!! From nirvana he got wonder woman,from rekerij seeds he got sour diesel, black diesel from advanced seeds & an outdoor mix from royal queen seeds.. They had an Easter promo so he got mad freebies.. Eva seeds gave him Jamaican dream, TNT kush, & monster . Ch9 seeds gave him cluster & the last one Is called jack.. Now I'm not gonna lie , I'm kinda hatin lol.. I wish I would have ordered & got all those freebies.. But watever I can get clones from all of them.. 1 problem tho , my 1st set of clones I have taken from my own plants still haven't rooted & I'm starting to get a little discouraged, they don't look bad, still green & healthy for the most part but no new growth, and I still see no roots. I figure since the jiffy cup is only 2-3 inches deep, if it rooted I should see the root popping through the hole at the bottom of jiffy cup. I also read somewhere (I think on this site) to give stems a slight pull to see if it has rooted. & while this sounded harsh & like a brutal way to treat a clone that possibly hasn't even rooted, I did it anyway.. Now keep in mind I didn't just rush and go pull the stem.. I read the thread about pulling on the stem.. That was about 6-7 days after taking clones.. I tried to ignore it but by day 10 (this morning) my curiosity got the best of me.. I took one of my weaker lookin clones & tried it.. I know that might not make much sence, y not try it on a healthy looking clone??? Well, I just didn't have the balls to do it, I admit it lol.. I'm not gonna mess with the 1 or 2 that I think really might make it, I'll probably f it up & kill it myself lol.. So anyway the clone that I gave a slight tug def didn't root yet, & now I'm worried my others won't either.. Idk what to do, I was really counting on mastering the art of cloning .. Idk whether to throw them out & just start flowering my plants or what.. I know it may take up to three weeks but I'm an impatient s.o.b ... This is probably what I get for not listening to the advice of the R.I.U. Community, I was told to wait until mother is two months .. & someone else said that I should just wait until I'm a more experienced grower.. Both of which I obviously neglected.. Now I'm fuked... Damn
 

berkman858

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So my boy finally got his beans 2day... And it is a nice order!! From nirvana he got wonder woman,from rekerij seeds he got sour diesel, black diesel from advanced seeds & an outdoor mix from royal queen seeds.. They had an Easter promo so he got mad freebies.. Eva seeds gave him Jamaican dream, TNT kush, & monster . Ch9 seeds gave him cluster & the last one Is called jack.. Now I'm not gonna lie , I'm kinda hatin lol.. I wish I would have ordered & got all those freebies.. But watever I can get clones from all of them.. 1 problem tho , my 1st set of clones I have taken from my own plants still haven't rooted & I'm starting to get a little discouraged, they don't look bad, still green & healthy for the most part but no new growth, and I still see no roots. I figure since the jiffy cup is only 2-3 inches deep, if it rooted I should see the root popping through the hole at the bottom of jiffy cup. I also read somewhere (I think on this site) to give stems a slight pull to see if it has rooted. & while this sounded harsh & like a brutal way to treat a clone that possibly hasn't even rooted, I did it anyway.. Now keep in mind I didn't just rush and go pull the stem.. I read the thread about pulling on the stem.. That was about 6-7 after taking clones.. I tried to ignore it but by day 10 (this morning) my curiosity got the best of me.. I took one of my weaker lookin clones & tried it.. I know that might not make much sence, y not try it on a healthy looking clone??? Well, I just didn't have the balls to do it, I admit it lol.. I'm not gonna mess with the 1 or 2 that I think really might make it, I'll probably f it up & kill it myself lol.. So anyway the clone that I gave a slight tug def didn't root yet, & now I'm worried my others won't either.. Idk what to do, I was really counting on mastering the art of cloning .. Idk whether to throw them out & just start flowering my plants or what.. I know it may take up to three weeks but I'm an impatient s.o.b ... This is probably what I get for not listening to the advice of the R.I.U. Community, I was told to wait until mother is two months .. & someone else said that I should just wait until I'm a more experienced grower.. Both of which I obviously neglected.. Now I'm fuked... Damn
Dude, what did you expect when you start getting into something like cloning? Did you think you were going to be successful the very first time?!? C'mon, dude I know you are not that naive. Take, for example, my growing partner who started cloning and lost a bunch every time he cloned. Now he clones with 80-100% success rate without an easy cloner or similar machine. It takes practice, and even though it seems contradictory, it is really, really beneficial to get things wrong. You know what NOT to do and for me that sticks in my brain much more than what I should do. I rarely, if ever, repeat a mistake. I take every opportunity to learn from my fuck ups and I hope you will too.

Keep cloning, growing, and doing whatever interests you but don't give up when it goes wrong, just do more research and figure out how you can make it right. That's why I went straight for UCDWC, I wanted a challenge.
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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Dude, what did you expect when you start getting into something like cloning? Did you think you were going to be successful the very first time?!? C'mon, dude I know you are not that naive. Take, for example, my growing partner who started cloning and lost a bunch every time he cloned. Now he clones with 80-100% success rate without an easy cloner or similar machine. It takes practice, and even though it seems contradictory, it is really, really beneficial to get things wrong. You know what NOT to do and for me that sticks in my brain much more than what I should do. I rarely, if ever, repeat a mistake. I take every opportunity to learn from my fuck ups and I hope you will too.
Dude, what did you expect when you start getting into something like cloning? Did you think you were going to be successful the very first time?!? C'mon, dude I know you are not that naive. Take, for example, my growing partner who started cloning and lost a bunch every time he cloned. Now he clones with 80-100% success rate without an easy cloner or similar machine. It takes practice, and even though it seems contradictory, it is really, really beneficial to get things wrong. You know what NOT to do and for me that sticks in my brain much more than what I should do. I rarely, if ever, repeat a mistake. I take every opportunity to learn from my fuck ups and I hope you will too.

Idk berkman.. Maybe I am that naive.. I didn't really expect to "master" the art of cloning on my 1st attempt.. But I have seen people clone with little to no effort or expense, so I didn't think it was irrational to think I could get 1 out of 5 clones to root given that I have seen a million videos, & followed all cloning guidelines (sterile blade, clone-ex, humidity dome, no nutes in soil, misting daily etc).. 1 out of 5 is only 20% success rate & I didn't think it was impractical to think I would get 1.(I thought I would atleast get 1 right by mistake lol) .. But with all that said, my clones are still not dead, & honestly they all look just as hood as when I cut them (with the exception of 2 which have a little yellowing on the leaves) & I also must admit that my second batch of clones looks way healthier.. I kinda 4got about them since I was so worried about the 1st batch. But they look strong,(prob cuz the 2nd batch had sturdier stems than the 1st).. & as far as the mistakes go.. We are the same, I try and remember all mistakes so I will not repeat them.. But in this experiment I think I had way too many variables that could have caused the lack of success. First my room temp is about 75 & I know it should be about 80-85 to clone at a successful rate, 2. I may have just cloned too early in the plants life cycle, 3. I cleaned out an old spray bottle to mist plants but fear I never really got 100% of the chemicals out of the bottle, & 4. My personal favorite. Maybe I just suck at life.. Whatever the case, I will not attempt cloning any more this grow. Maybe next time

Idk berkman, maybe I am that naive.. I knew I wasn't really going to "master" the art of cloning lol.. However I did believe I would have atleast 1 rooted clone by now.. Initially I took 5.. So I didn't think 1 would be impractical.. It's only a 20% success rate I was hoping for. And granted I am a newbie (kinda feels like telling my friends in highschool I was a freshman lol) I still thought I could get 1.. I see people use straight water and have better results, so I figured if if I follow all cloning protocol (clean sterile blade, clon-ex, no nutes in soil, far away from hid light, fairly warm spot) I could have some success.. Now, with that said.. My clones are still not dead!! Still don't look any worst than when I put them in (most of them atleast) do I dint completely know that it was a failure.. I also must admit that I was so worried about my 1st batch of clones I kinda forgot about the 2nd batch. And they look even better than the 1st honestly (I think prob cuz they had sturdier stems).. Either way, won't be taking any more clones this grow, maybe next. & I admit I should have listened to the rollitup community.. I still hope I can get atleast 1 to root soon though so I can have a little piece of mind about cloning & would need it to hurry cuz I think about flowering more & more each day & will prob start flowering in a week tops.. I'm really anxious to never see a seed again (unless I'm planting it) and I just can't pay that $20 for 0.8 anymore. I smoke way too much for that. So I really need a harvest asap. I've also been considering the stretch during the first 2 weeks of flowering & I wonder if my 400 watt hps Will reach the bottom branches of my plants if they grow to 3+ feet.. I measured today. CC-17 inches GLP-8 inches?& the we is 6-7 inches.. But I'm not gonna lie.. My biggest overall factor is I wanna smoke, atleast I tell the truth
 

Sims da smoker (Qboro)

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Dude, what did you expect when you start getting into something like cloning? Did you think you were going to be successful the very first time?!? C'mon, dude I know you are not that naive. Take, for example, my growing partner who started cloning and lost a bunch every time he cloned. Now he clones with 80-100% success rate without an easy cloner or similar machine. It takes practice, and even though it seems contradictory, it is really, really beneficial to get things wrong. You know what NOT to do and for me that sticks in my brain much more than what I should do. I rarely, if ever, repeat a mistake. I take every opportunity to learn from my fuck ups and I hope you will too.
Dude, what did you expect when you start getting into something like cloning? Did you think you were going to be successful the very first time?!? C'mon, dude I know you are not that naive. Take, for example, my growing partner who started cloning and lost a bunch every time he cloned. Now he clones with 80-100% success rate without an easy cloner or similar machine. It takes practice, and even though it seems contradictory, it is really, really beneficial to get things wrong. You know what NOT to do and for me that sticks in my brain much more than what I should do. I rarely, if ever, repeat a mistake. I take every opportunity to learn from my fuck ups and I hope you will too.

Idk berkman.. Maybe I am that naive.. I didn't really expect to "master" the art of cloning on my 1st attempt.. But I have seen people clone with little to no effort or expense, so I didn't think it was irrational to think I could get 1 out of 5 clones to root given that I have seen a million videos, & followed all cloning guidelines (sterile blade, clone-ex, humidity dome, no nutes in soil, misting daily etc).. 1 out of 5 is only 20% success rate & I didn't think it was impractical to think I would get 1.(I thought I would atleast get 1 right by mistake lol) .. But with all that said, my clones are still not dead, & honestly they all look just as hood as when I cut them (with the exception of 2 which have a little yellowing on the leaves) & I also must admit that my second batch of clones looks way healthier.. I kinda 4got about them since I was so worried about the 1st batch. But they look strong,(prob cuz the 2nd batch had sturdier stems than the 1st).. & as far as the mistakes go.. We are the same, I try and remember all mistakes so I will not repeat them.. But in this experiment I think I had way too many variables that could have caused the lack of success. First my room temp is about 75 & I know it should be about 80-85 to clone at a successful rate, 2. I may have just cloned too early in the plants life cycle, 3. I cleaned out an old spray bottle to mist plants but fear I never really got 100% of the chemicals out of the bottle, & 4. My personal favorite. Maybe I just suck at life.. Whatever the case, I will not attempt cloning any more this grow. Maybe next time

Idk berkman, maybe I am that naive.. I knew I wasn't really going to "master" the art of cloning lol.. However I did believe I would have atleast 1 rooted clone by now.. Initially I took 5.. So I didn't think 1 would be impractical.. It's only a 20% success rate I was hoping for. And granted I am a newbie (kinda feels like telling my friends in highschool I was a freshman lol) I still thought I could get 1.. I see people use straight water and have better results, so I figured if if I follow all cloning protocol (clean sterile blade, clon-ex, no nutes in soil, far away from hid light, fairly warm spot) I could have some success.. Now, with that said.. My clones are still not dead!! Still don't look any worst than when I put them in (most of them atleast) do I dint completely know that it was a failure.. I also must admit that I was so worried about my 1st batch of clones I kinda forgot about the 2nd batch. And they look even better than the 1st honestly (I think prob cuz they had sturdier stems).. Either way, won't be taking any more clones this grow, maybe next. & I admit I should have listened to the rollitup community.. I still hope I can get atleast 1 to root soon though so I can have a little piece of mind about cloning & would need it to hurry cuz I think about flowering more & more each day & will prob start flowering in a week tops.. I'm really anxious to never see a seed again (unless I'm planting it) and I just can't pay that $20 for 0.8 anymore. I smoke way too much for that. So I really need a harvest asap. I've also been considering the stretch during the first 2 weeks of flowering & I wonder if my 400 watt hps Will reach the bottom branches of my plants if they grow to 3+ feet.. I measured today. CC-17 inches GLP-8 inches, & the WW is 6-7 inches.. But I'm not gonna lie.. My biggest overall factor is I wanna smoke, atleast I tell the truth
 
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