Ricof78 first time grow thread

[ricof78]

so I figured I will try to direct all my questions here since i think I'm going to have so many more....lol...so I kinda messed up I think I have plants that are a month apart but they were about the same size a week ago. Once I added the nutrients the proper way and the CO2 they grew out of no where which is awesome but now I am just wonder if I can wait another 4-6 weeks to begin to flower them so the other two plants catch up. I really want the other two to flower also because those are the good ones. They are the seeds I bought where as the older ones I just got in my last bag I just wasn't expecting them to grow so much so quick...lol

Now....they are about 12" now


1 week ago...then 5 1/2"

 

[Rizzo00]

If you wait any longer that big one will smother the other ones. next time maybe put them in separate containers so you can move/ adjust them so they get max light. Is it possible for you to take the smaller ones out and repot? They look super healthy tho good work. You just need to maximize the light to each plant. My friend is doing the same set up but each plant has its own 5 gallon bucket. GL mate!

 

[ricof78]

that's what I was afraid of....I realized it to late I have something different for my next grow that will give me the ability to move them and gives them each space...I might have to buy another tent and light to separate the containers to start the flowering on the others for now...Like you said your buddy put each one in a 5gall bucket is the way to go because the roots in these containers are all tangled and I can't pull them apart...so these container are going to be used to soak my feet in when I'm done with this fist grow...I just hope I can make it threw it....Thanks again for the help and support

 

[Rizzo00]

If it were me I wouldput them on 12/12 now. What light are you using? If you use a hps for flower you will be just fine cuz it will caise them to stretch a bit. Either way you will be fine but to maximize yield I would flower now.

 

[Rizzo00]

Almost forgot to mention that you should practice some LST with them. Tie the tops of all of them away from each other. Not sure if thats clear to understand. Haha im picturing it in my head just hope you can see it to. Haha

 

[ricof78]

I have both types of bulbs HPS and MH (I just put in the HPS bulb Monday night)...is it true that I should use the MH bulb for when the start to bloom or mid bloom...Also I noticed that the nutrients keep going down when I did the flush on Saturday the ppm meter read 756 and tonight it is at 532...is ok to add more nutrients, I noticed that some leaves have started to get a yellow color to them...last time that happend as soon as I did a flush and added more nutrients they cleared up (I'm not sure if it's ok to add nutrients without doing a flush...I'm such a noob at this...lol) and my smaller plants are starting to get a a lot of brown spots on them the ppm on those is 356 I hope that not to much


I know exactly what you are talking about I'm just way to afraid to break any branches or leaves


-thanks again-

 

[ricof78]

ok so next question when I want to bring it to 12/12 do i bring it down slowly or do I just switch it all at one time

 

[ShadowMouseKiller]

You may need to trim some of those lower branches. You could also move that big bitch. Looks like she's gonna be big.

 

[ShadowMouseKiller]

ok so next question when I want to bring it to 12/12 do i bring it down slowly or do I just switch it all at one time

Let your plants stay in the dark for a good 24 hours. Then light it up for your 12 on/off cycle. You should see results in a good couple days.

 

[ricof78]

yeah i had to turn her to get more light to the other two and that one grew another 5" since the other day...lol...wasn't expecting that

 

[ricof78]

sounds good...thank you

 

[ricof78]

so I just started the flowering process and gave them the 24 hour of darkness and started 12/12 today...the big ones are a little over 2' and the small one about 8" are they going to grow anymore if so how would I stop the big ones from getting any taller I'm running out of room in there...lol

 

[ricof78]

so how long does it take from the start of flowering till you begin to see buds

 

[ricof78]

Now not sure what to do they are getting to big...I've been trimming them but they keep growing...they out grew the tent so I had to set up the closet and now they are out growing the closet