First Grow: Northern Lights X Big Bud, and White Widow

Day 34: They are growing fast. The one in the back right is the one I think is male. The others are female. Some are still showing some problems on their leaves, but its not rampant. I don't think its spreading.

I bought this cheap $10 reservoir to put the plants in as a more permanent setup.

itll be interesting to see how they do in that container. i think i'l keep an eye on this one
great job so far

Day 35: Added Pandafilm to the closet, and a zipper. Now I can close the whole thing off if I want, but the temps start to get above 80°F. Even with the heat being exhausted out the top from a muffin fan on the side of the cool tube. I have to put another fan at the bottom and leave it unzipped a bit. What will I do when I need total darkness? I guess temps will be lower by default then.

This plant problem worries me too. Ive tried flushing them a few times, so maybe its a parasite. Theres only one which isn't showing these problem signs. Thankfully its a White Widow (last pic).

Any plant docs out there have a prognosis on this problem? Do I need to get some neem oil?

Looks awesome

Heres a shot of the sticky paper, with a closeup of the little gnat-like bugs I've spotted within the past few days.

I wouldn't worry too much about trying to correct those leaves, the rest of them look plenty green enough.

plants look kinda over watered, if they stay that way it could cause nute lock-out and make ur leaves look like that. are u letting u medium dry out before each watering?

to help your heat issue open the door flaps when the lights are on and put a regular fan in the door way to blow in air from out side the grow room, they look like ther gettin a lil to hot, id rais the light a lil also, looking good otherwise, good luck

Drizzle It is hard to say exactly waht is wrong. It could be nute lock from overwatering it also maybe from PH. IMHO It looks to me that it maybe the PH. Do you have a PH meter? What is the PH of your solution? If the problem is not progressing up the plant then you could be fine. I also have those little gnats flying around in my room too. Typicaly as long as gnat numbers are low they cause very little harm to the plants. I dont think these guys are the source of your leaf problem. Overall the plants are looking very good. Keep up the good work.

KM

Day 37: I made a table out of PVC and placed a dutch leach tray on top. I also bought some flexi pvc and other hardware to make a drip stake system. There is a 396gph pump for the reservoir, but I need to go get a rubbermaid storage bin to set underneath. Right now the pump is just sitting in a litter box, which is also collecting water from the dutch leach trays drain tubes.

Since im also a computer artist (and totally anal), I made a mock-up before I bought the parts. Here are some pics of it, if you're interested. This was mostly just to make sure my spacing worked out ok, to also fit the hydroflora system.

Day 38: The lights were turned off last night for the first time in these plants lives. I also switched out the mh bulb with the hps bulb. They are loving the new drip stake system.

Day 38: Here are the clones I took the other day. I hope they survive. They're all White Widow.

Day 40: They have been flowering a few days now. I think I can see signs of buds starting to form. I'm sure all five are female at least.

Day 43: They are growing so fast. Seems like theyre gaining about an inch per day.

Day 47 (pics taken last night): I have started them on the Flora Nova Bloom nutes at 1.6ec. They have been on 12/12 for about 10 days now.

They are getting so bushy that some are fighting for light in the small space. I am wondering of adding some CFLs below the canopy level of the plants would help some of the smaller colas produce better buds.

Not a bad idea. That will def. pay off when all of your
buds come out dense.