ZOMBIESxWEED
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So I have some extra time on my hands and I thought to myself, "What else do I have to do than make a neatly organized grow journal?" Okay I've posted in the grow journal section before but I'm not a fan so I'm posting this where I think it belongs, Newb Central. Before I start I am going to say I will be saying what brands I am using. I am not a brand ambassador in any way nor am I endorsing any products but I believe it would be helpful to those who are looking for exact information, that and I am trying to be as detailed as possible. So with that out of the way lets begin shall we?
This is from the very beginning. I had purchased a large Girl Scout Cookie mother from a friend and decided to completely chop it down and turn it into clones. I ended up with a pair of prop trays worth but I only needed 9 for my grow so I decided to sell the rest. I'm growing in a 5x5x7 Gorilla Grow tent.
So after a week of cloning under the T5 I took my best 9 and transplanted them into 1 gallon Air-Pots filled with Slacker coco and Growstones. At this point I started a half strength nutrient routine using Sensi Grow and Voodoo Juice. I was also feeding them up to 4 times daily when they were at this stage and reusing the nutrient run off.
15 days after the first transplant I found out I needed to transplant again and place them in their final pots, 7 gallon Air-Pots. I got lazy with feeding everyday so I made a cheap top feed system to water the plants when they were young. I tried doing this once they were in the 7 gallon pots but it did not end up working so I went back to hand feeding. The plants have been getting full strength nutrients for the past week. I also ran out of coco on this day so that's why the last two are still in the 1 gallon pots. It was at this point that I switched from T5 to a 1000 watt metal halide. I am using a Hortilux Platinum ballast with a Hortilux Daylight Blue bulb housed in an 8" Epic reflector by Sun Systems. I had also purchased a small portable 8000 BTU A/C for a decent price on Craigslist and I started using that once the T5 was out.
Days 30-35. Tried to throw in a shitty trellis net for a failed attempted at a scrog, it had no resistance and the plants grew right through it. Growth is looking very healthy at this point and I have been topping weekly since week 2 using the FIM technique, the leaves grew back weird looking but I found out this was normal. I was not pruning any growth up until this point except topping.
Day 41. I should have flowered back at day 35 but I saw a lot of other grows where the veg periods lasted for 2+ months and ended up with plants half the size of these GSC plants, so I waited until my tent was exploding with growth in an attempt to maximize yield, never ever ever do this. The bulb is a 1000 watt Hortilux Super HPS and the nutrients are now Heavy 16 bloom base, Voodoo Juice, Tarantula, Piranha, Bud Ignitor, and Bud Candy.
Day 50, 9th day of flower. So as you can clearly see I had hugely underestimated the size these plants would grow to. I however had no extension so I had to make due. Definitely neglecting my grow and it's showing.
Day 52-53, 11-12th day of flower. Finally purchased a proper nutrient and pH meter. Decided to go with the BlueLab Guardian. I also was fed up with how unattended my grow was looking so I decided to trim all the lower growth. I was surprised to find that all the lower growth which I thought was getting no light was actually very green and healthy so after only 10 days of flowering I tried my hand at cloning a lot of the pruned branches. *Future edit, I ended up getting 60 rooted clones from that*. Plants are looking a lot healthier and I'm trying my hand at decor placement.
This is from the very beginning. I had purchased a large Girl Scout Cookie mother from a friend and decided to completely chop it down and turn it into clones. I ended up with a pair of prop trays worth but I only needed 9 for my grow so I decided to sell the rest. I'm growing in a 5x5x7 Gorilla Grow tent.
So after a week of cloning under the T5 I took my best 9 and transplanted them into 1 gallon Air-Pots filled with Slacker coco and Growstones. At this point I started a half strength nutrient routine using Sensi Grow and Voodoo Juice. I was also feeding them up to 4 times daily when they were at this stage and reusing the nutrient run off.
15 days after the first transplant I found out I needed to transplant again and place them in their final pots, 7 gallon Air-Pots. I got lazy with feeding everyday so I made a cheap top feed system to water the plants when they were young. I tried doing this once they were in the 7 gallon pots but it did not end up working so I went back to hand feeding. The plants have been getting full strength nutrients for the past week. I also ran out of coco on this day so that's why the last two are still in the 1 gallon pots. It was at this point that I switched from T5 to a 1000 watt metal halide. I am using a Hortilux Platinum ballast with a Hortilux Daylight Blue bulb housed in an 8" Epic reflector by Sun Systems. I had also purchased a small portable 8000 BTU A/C for a decent price on Craigslist and I started using that once the T5 was out.
Days 30-35. Tried to throw in a shitty trellis net for a failed attempted at a scrog, it had no resistance and the plants grew right through it. Growth is looking very healthy at this point and I have been topping weekly since week 2 using the FIM technique, the leaves grew back weird looking but I found out this was normal. I was not pruning any growth up until this point except topping.
Day 41. I should have flowered back at day 35 but I saw a lot of other grows where the veg periods lasted for 2+ months and ended up with plants half the size of these GSC plants, so I waited until my tent was exploding with growth in an attempt to maximize yield, never ever ever do this. The bulb is a 1000 watt Hortilux Super HPS and the nutrients are now Heavy 16 bloom base, Voodoo Juice, Tarantula, Piranha, Bud Ignitor, and Bud Candy.
Day 50, 9th day of flower. So as you can clearly see I had hugely underestimated the size these plants would grow to. I however had no extension so I had to make due. Definitely neglecting my grow and it's showing.
Day 52-53, 11-12th day of flower. Finally purchased a proper nutrient and pH meter. Decided to go with the BlueLab Guardian. I also was fed up with how unattended my grow was looking so I decided to trim all the lower growth. I was surprised to find that all the lower growth which I thought was getting no light was actually very green and healthy so after only 10 days of flowering I tried my hand at cloning a lot of the pruned branches. *Future edit, I ended up getting 60 rooted clones from that*. Plants are looking a lot healthier and I'm trying my hand at decor placement.
