thebuddinator
Well-Known Member
Hello fellow RIU'ers, like many people on here, I'd like to begin by stating that though this is my first post, I have been lurking on RIU reading threads and learning about marijuana cultivation for a couple years now, and 95% of the grows I see here are very inspirational and have always giving me an itching to get a legitimate grow going.
My current grow in progress.
On the 21st of December I got 2 dispensary clones, an LAC and LSD, decent sizes, both about 8 inches in size, came in party cups.
As of right now one is 22 inches and the other 20, they are both in 5 gal geo pots with ocean forest soil, and I am feeding them jungle juice, which I believe is meant for hydro, but is made for use in soil as well, correct me if I am wrong.
On about the 25th I put 6 germinated seeds in a single square plastic planter maybe 3 inches across. Once they had all sprouted and had grown there first true leaves I transferred them each to there own party cup. I discarded one which had deformed growth and was half the size of the others. Everything is in a 2'x4' tent, under what was a 500 watt mh, the reason I say was is because I was using a digital ballast which allowed me to select between 500/750/1000/1100 watts, I ran it at 500 because I didn't want to increase the bill by too much, but also because I figured the smallish clones and seedlings could make due with 500 watts 3 inches away, and they preformed spectacular in the 3 weeks I had the light at 500 watts, the LAC which is sativa grew about an 1.5" a day due to the fact that it was sativa, the LSD grew abot 3/4" a day. Point I am trying to make is that about a week ago I decided it would be best if I turned the ballast to 1000 as that is what the bulb is rated for, so I didn't want to harm the bulb life anymore then I already had by running it at half strength. So I brought the light up about 9 inches from the plant(cool tube reflector)and set it to 1000 watts. On the 18th I made a 6 site bubble cloner and currently have cuttings bubbling away, one popped out a single root today, I also began light proofing the vessel because I figured better safe then sorry, I have seen it done in clear containers but I figured why not black it out, I am nearly done with that but my lights turned off on me so I will finish tomorrow, the cloner is in a cardboard box with a 43 watt cfl 2 inches away, with a heating pad underneath the cloner. I will be posting pictures tomorrow with any luck. My whole reason for posting all of this is because I am sure I will run into bumps along the way and I figured what better ace could I have up my sleeve then the RIU forum and all of it's many helpful resident's. My ambitions are high for this grow because I will be attempting a sog.
Yes I may sound stoned but I believe it can be done with minimal difficulty.
The Plan(Very open to suggestions and critiques)
I have just acquired a 1.5'x2.5' tent And would like to turn this into a mother tent, in which I would put my LAC and LSD clones, which grow plenty fast for taking 3 cuttings off each every 2 weeks under the mh, but I would like to keep the mothers going by a 250 watt cfl feliz, does anyone think they would grow to slowly to take clones from bi weekly?
My hope is to take 6 clones every 2 weeks and get them in my 2x4 every 14 days, meaning by my 8th week of flower I would have 24 plants in the tent, under a single 1000 watt mh, and eventually when the funds come an hps, all in party cups and square milk cartons. removing the bottom 1/3 after the second and third weeks of growth in an attempt to lollipop. My main influence for this attempt at a perpetual is AIB fucts 2 week thread.
Anyone have any suggestions or ideas or criticisms they would like to throw my way, they would be appreciated.
will the height difference in my plants be too much of an issue in my 2x4 to use just a single 1000 watt mh/hps?
Hope to get alot of subs for my attempt at going perpetual for my first put together grow. and as my first posting on RIU I would like to thank Everyone in advanced for being such an accepting and helpful group of people. If everyone else in the world were as nice as people on here we would be much better off as a society today.
Peace
My current grow in progress.
On the 21st of December I got 2 dispensary clones, an LAC and LSD, decent sizes, both about 8 inches in size, came in party cups.
As of right now one is 22 inches and the other 20, they are both in 5 gal geo pots with ocean forest soil, and I am feeding them jungle juice, which I believe is meant for hydro, but is made for use in soil as well, correct me if I am wrong.
On about the 25th I put 6 germinated seeds in a single square plastic planter maybe 3 inches across. Once they had all sprouted and had grown there first true leaves I transferred them each to there own party cup. I discarded one which had deformed growth and was half the size of the others. Everything is in a 2'x4' tent, under what was a 500 watt mh, the reason I say was is because I was using a digital ballast which allowed me to select between 500/750/1000/1100 watts, I ran it at 500 because I didn't want to increase the bill by too much, but also because I figured the smallish clones and seedlings could make due with 500 watts 3 inches away, and they preformed spectacular in the 3 weeks I had the light at 500 watts, the LAC which is sativa grew about an 1.5" a day due to the fact that it was sativa, the LSD grew abot 3/4" a day. Point I am trying to make is that about a week ago I decided it would be best if I turned the ballast to 1000 as that is what the bulb is rated for, so I didn't want to harm the bulb life anymore then I already had by running it at half strength. So I brought the light up about 9 inches from the plant(cool tube reflector)and set it to 1000 watts. On the 18th I made a 6 site bubble cloner and currently have cuttings bubbling away, one popped out a single root today, I also began light proofing the vessel because I figured better safe then sorry, I have seen it done in clear containers but I figured why not black it out, I am nearly done with that but my lights turned off on me so I will finish tomorrow, the cloner is in a cardboard box with a 43 watt cfl 2 inches away, with a heating pad underneath the cloner. I will be posting pictures tomorrow with any luck. My whole reason for posting all of this is because I am sure I will run into bumps along the way and I figured what better ace could I have up my sleeve then the RIU forum and all of it's many helpful resident's. My ambitions are high for this grow because I will be attempting a sog.
Yes I may sound stoned but I believe it can be done with minimal difficulty.
The Plan(Very open to suggestions and critiques)
I have just acquired a 1.5'x2.5' tent And would like to turn this into a mother tent, in which I would put my LAC and LSD clones, which grow plenty fast for taking 3 cuttings off each every 2 weeks under the mh, but I would like to keep the mothers going by a 250 watt cfl feliz, does anyone think they would grow to slowly to take clones from bi weekly?
My hope is to take 6 clones every 2 weeks and get them in my 2x4 every 14 days, meaning by my 8th week of flower I would have 24 plants in the tent, under a single 1000 watt mh, and eventually when the funds come an hps, all in party cups and square milk cartons. removing the bottom 1/3 after the second and third weeks of growth in an attempt to lollipop. My main influence for this attempt at a perpetual is AIB fucts 2 week thread.
Anyone have any suggestions or ideas or criticisms they would like to throw my way, they would be appreciated.
will the height difference in my plants be too much of an issue in my 2x4 to use just a single 1000 watt mh/hps?
Hope to get alot of subs for my attempt at going perpetual for my first put together grow. and as my first posting on RIU I would like to thank Everyone in advanced for being such an accepting and helpful group of people. If everyone else in the world were as nice as people on here we would be much better off as a society today.
Peace
