Let the Adventure Begin!! (pictures included)

So you never said what you decided to feed them with.

Whatcha usin?

K

koulajitong said:

So you never said what you decided to feed them with.
Whatcha usin?

K

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We're using Fox Farm Grow Big 6-4-4 N-P-K with trace minerals. I think we got some nute burn because I forgot to start the nutes on 1/4 strength and just went gun-ho full strength. I think they are loving the extra nitrogen though as they are getting quite big! We need to get some pics up! Edit: Gonna get medicated and do that real fast.

-Pippin

They have 3 sets of 7+ finger nodes today! We think they're making great progress in the 17 days they've been in soil! One question, I've read that you can bury the stem up to the Cotylydons and that root will sprout from the base of the plant, is this true? Should we go ahead and do that? Picture time!

Lol, dude, take this as a compliment, you need a bigger boat.

For real.

They do look beautiful though, very very healthy. You guys did have plans for a bigger flower chamber yes?

K

I bet gandalf could work some magic for you on the grow if u asked him :]

Nice nice, I am enjoying your adventure, your thought and preparation have taken you far, cheers to you

I would have to agree with koula and get those girls into a larger boat asap, I seem to have the reverse problem, lot's o room but small plants, well lot's o room imo for 6 to grow thru til harvest I think unless I decide to switch up and add the bathroom to the mixture for veg/clones, not quite sure yet about that, I will decide as I continue on thru, what is it, Moldor, I dunno, my gf is the potter fan My journey is thru Raccoon City

Good luck to ya

The more you know, the more you grow

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Good to have you along mysunnyboy. If you have any specific questions, shoot me a message or something.

K

Sorry we were a bit slow with replying! The girls are looking BEAUTIFUL! They have 11 finger leaves. Our girl Arwens leaf sets went; 2-2, 4-5, 7-7, 9-9, 11-11. Crazy growth pattern eh? We think we're doing something right there! To the bigger boat ques. We are aware they are reaching the limit of the baby box. We are actually going to order a 400 watt light today! We're thinking about doing a 400 watt switchable ballast instead of a 600 watt HPS. Any suggestions? Our current lighting situation looks like this. 2 65 watt cfls in 6500k spectrum. 9 23 watt cfls in 5000-6500k spectrum. We were thinking we could do a 2 stage set up. Where they veg in the first room for 2-3 months then swap to the flower room for 2-3 months. Any suggestions? We want to order the light tonight, or tomorrow latest. We have around 250$ to spend on it.

Looks nice, best of luck

Yo ladies this is the Sizz one of Maines top dank masters and they look great but they definately need more light for such a thick canopy. By this and your new addition of a 400 hps you will be able to use your cfls for supplemental lighting underneath the canopy thus producing way more denser thicker nugs. Those bitches are gonna stretch when you put them down to 12/12, so you will need more room height wise. Keep up the good work it takes time but is well worth it girls. Also you want to use cfls in the 2700k spectrum for budding ok/ and get rid of grow big it is not that good for marijuana. I also use foxfarm nutes and these are the ones that will have you smokin the best dank around. You want to use organic bat guano for veg with distilled water only. You should not ever have to worry about ph as distilled water or spring water are usually neutral which equals no burn. for budding I use open sesame, BigBloom, Tigerbloom, Mollasses. if you follow this routine you will definately have the best around. Also two treatments of superthrive (my best ingredient to healthy plants) once during veg acouple weeks in and once during flowering thats it! One more thing ladies try to stay away from ph up an down, you want to try to use something less abrasive to your plants like cal/mag or potassium silicate to adjust your ph. I sure hope this helps and if you need any guidance or info ill always be here for ya just lve a msg in my profile at Maine Budsizzler420 Peace the SIZZ

Thanks! We're designing a new box for vegging right now. We're going to build a 40-42 inch tall box with a 400 watt in the lid. The 400 has a cool tube around it and we'll install a couple of fans to get that heat moving outta the box. On the inside walls we're going to install 4 65 watt cfls on sliders so they can move up and down along the plant as it gets taller. The 400 is ordered, so, when it arrives, we'll start construction on the box!

-Pippin.

SWEEET!!! keep me posted as ya go and befriend me so i can see your grow : ) Ill show you my pics tommorrow you will be happy!!! My profile is Maine Budsizzler420. Im excited to see what happens ladies PEACE the SIZZ

yeah, our girls are just 18 days old right now. They are loving the light, but it definitely doesn't have the penetration we need. We're going to build a 400 watt MH vegg box and swap em over to that as soon as the light comes in the mail! We'll continue using 65 watt CFLs for the seedling-1 month stage though. Thanks for all the advice in the nutes, thats extremely helpful as its one of our areas of ignorance. We will be using a HPS for flowering, and hopefully it'll be hittin that 2700k spectrum!

The upgrades sound like your gonna be able to alleviate any lighting problems good work ladies!!!! I know it seems to take forever to get a decent set up going huh?? LOLOL if I didnt have anxiety issues before i started growing i sure do now lolo all the waiting for not only ordered products and what not but waitng for cash flow to get them waiting for growth waiting for this and that etc.... But it is all worth it in the end peace the SIZZ

Everything looks like it's going well. I thought Hobbits were frugal but you're spending like drunken sailors.

Dream Team said:

yeah, our girls are just 18 days old right now. They are loving the light, but it definitely doesn't have the penetration we need. We're going to build a 400 watt MH vegg box and swap em over to that as soon as the light comes in the mail! We'll continue using 65 watt CFLs for the seedling-1 month stage though. Thanks for all the advice in the nutes, thats extremely helpful as its one of our areas of ignorance. We will be using a HPS for flowering, and hopefully it'll be hittin that 2700k spectrum!

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Adequate venting is going to be key at this stage. You will be surprised by how much heat those lamps put off. Also, don't paint yourself into a corner making a box that is too small. If you're going to do it, then do it right, (or at least that's the way I see it.)

Here's how I do it:

I have a cabinet built that holds three extra large brewery buckets. Two of these buckets have ten net pots apiece. One of the buckets has four holes.

I keep four strains that I like around at all times. Friends usually hold onto extras.

Anyhoo, Every eight weeks, I take ten clones from the four mothers and set them up on my aero buckets. After they pop roots, I load them into my 40 site DWC/bubbleponics setup. I do this, staggering my clones two weeks at a time, thus...after my bubble system is fully loaded, I chop 10 fully ripened clones every two weeks.

Before chopping, I put them in my flushing system, thus allowing me to have ten extra going. The other bucket with ten holes has a different ligth cycle of it's own in the chamber, so it gets it's own compartment. Basically, I put my ripened plants in there for the last week or so to flush as they finish.

This all sounds intricate, but once you get it down....it is awesome.

EVERYTHING I KNOW I LEARNED ON THIS SITE!!!! Al B. Fuct was the main source of knowledge. He still has stickies up in the hydro section.

Sorry, haven't been around in a while, sounds like you guys are rocking it out though.

Peace,

K

DO NOT, AND I REPEAT DO NOT put a 400 watt system in a freezer chest!! even that size. you will melt the inner lining and could cause a fire. Been there done that, even with fans and vents, you will melt the thing. Trust me.

Rooster91762 said:

DO NOT, AND I REPEAT DO NOT put a 400 watt system in a freezer chest!! even that size. you will melt the inner lining and could cause a fire. Been there done that, even with fans and vents, you will melt the thing. Trust me.

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Hate to say this, because it's usually wrong regarding all other parameters, but, in this case, more is better. (space that is)

Wheremypicsat? I'll snap some tonight or tomorrow of some frostiness to share w/ the thread.

K

Very awesome man. I like