Spectre's 1st Grow- Green House Big Bang/Hawaiian Snow

Figured it's about time I start a grow journal to help myself and possibly others learn something about growing or specific strains.

First off, I'm growing with my younger brother so it's pretty badass to have somebody to talk about it with and get ideas.

Our setup:
Closet Grow with 12 26W CFL lights
Green House Big Bang
Green House Hawaiian Snow
Fox Farms Ocean Forest
Fox Farms Light Warrior
Fox Farms Tiger Bloom and Big Bloom


The Big Bang is in a mixture of 75% Ocean Forest and 25% Light Warrior and is about 6-7 weeks old. It's still recovering from some bad nute burn, but I flushed it Sunday night and it's really blowing up now.
Here's a picture of our Big Bang as of today(10/14/10):







I'm just starting 2 clones of Big Bang using Jiffy 7 pellets and Rootone. Here they are 4 days in. I think they are growing the smallest amount but I could be wrong. I also think I'm overwatering them: they seem healthy(aside from the obvious drooping) and I only mist them 2x a day. They stay in the shitty plastic dome thing that came with the Jiffy pellets about 1 foot under 1x26w CFL. I don't see any root development yet but I read they can take around 2 weeks to really get going sometimes.

I also just started the GH Hawaiian Snow. It was germinating for about 6 days and the color coating came off after about 2 days(not wash off but it was actually a shell somehow). The remaining 4 days didn't increase the size of the initial root but it was somewhat large. I'll wait a few days and see if it starts to grow, if not, I have another seed of it.

This weekend we're setting up a 400w MH bulb in my closet for future Veg plants. I'm also going to be ordering a digital ph soil meter since that is a necessity. Can you guys give me some good websites/model types of one I should look for please? Also, any other essentials you guys think I might want to take a look at let me know please. I'm loving growing and learning as much as I can along the way so if I'm doing something dumb help me out.

I'll update every few days to show you the progress or if I encounter any problems.

Peace

Good stuff will be watching, check out the grow journal I just started.

I cut off a few big leaves on the bottom of the plant that were badly nute burned but didn't have any bud sites. So here's a pic of the plant today. I'll be watering with about 32oz and some Big Bloom today. I'm also getting my 400W MH bulb from my house tomorrow and will set that up for some crazy veg growth. Do you guys think this plant looks like it is ready to flower in another week?



Here's 2 pics of the pistils/hairs near the top of the plant.


I also took 2 more clones from this plant. 1 of them I'm trying the "leave in water until they form roots", the other I have in a Jiffy 7 pellet, both with Rootone. They are under a 13w CFL so we'll see how those go in the next 2 weeks.

Can some1 please give me some advice on which digital ph soil tester to get and from where? Thanks

Latest Update:

The Big Bang is still growing in veg growing more wide now.



My clone I had in a Jiffy pellet died from I don't know what. The one I have in a water cup doesn't seem to be doing well either. The stems are getting dark red/brown/black and it doesn't appear to growing any roots. The mother plant also has dark purple stems. I know this can be genetic but it doesn't look healthy to me. Any ideas on how to get my clones to work better?



Just got my first bong from GS on Thursday. It's a Weed Star double perc bong. We got 2 of them but one of them came with the perc broken off.

*Update*

Just put in the 400w MH bulb in my closet and moved the plant there. I've had no luck with clones thus far can someone please give me some inexpensive suggestions?

Here's the Big Bang currently, just watered it and have been using small amounts of lemon juice to lower the pH. I'm thinking of putting it into flowering this week, what do you guys think?




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how much room do you have to grow i'd 4 sure put that beast into flower if it were in my grow space

right now it's in my 3x2x7ft closet with the MH bulb. We also have a another closet that we are going to use for either strictly veg or flowering, haven't decided yet. That closet is probably around 6x2x7ft.

*Update*

I'm starting flowering today. I just turned off the lights for the first time and am going to start 12/12 lighting with the MH and some cool white cfl's. Here's the last veg pics.



From the top:


Also started germinating a Hawaiian Snow seed, will keep you updated on that.

p.s. all pics are taken from my G1 phone so sorry they aren't that great, hoping to get a decent camera on black Friday

*update*

1st day of flowering

doesn't need water yet, will probably water tomorrow with tiger bloom at a slightly higher concentration to lower the pH

the plant is doing really well on the MH bulb, it continues to grow wider and is really getting bushy

*update*

Here's the latest pictures:



Close up of pistils:


you can tell the bottom of the plant isn't getting much light and is also drooping. It could just be getting low on water (about to water with big bloom) and I'm also going to put in some cfl's soon



Feel free to leave comments/suggestions, help me make this the best weed I've ever smoked

just started germinating a Green House White Rhino seed

wow those look great, sub'd

MoNk0 said:

wow those look great, sub'd

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thanks I'm always trying to stay on top of things so it never gets out of control, though it's real tough not to baby it since it's my first


Just watered today with 32oz of water with about 3/4 tsp of Tiger Bloom.

Can anybody estimate how much I might get off of this plant? I know it's close to impossible since every strain and every setup and grow decides it, but just based on its size any rough estimations of dry weight? thanks

im afraid your going to have to knock a skylight in your closet for the hawaiian snow.BTW ive found rootone to be a bitch i now use nothing on clones

didn't realize they were that tall but I can actually knock out 2 shelves and then the height of the closet would be around 11ft, floor space on the other hand is another issue

DEAD SERIOUS snow reaches for the stars .you can pinch the hell out of the stems that really helps

pilgram said:

DEAD SERIOUS snow reaches for the stars .you can pinch the hell out of the stems that really helps

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so does bubblelicious mine finally stopped growing and is almost 3ft tall. I started flowering the plant when it was only 7 inches.

*update*

here's the latest pictures as of 11/6/10



these are best pictures of the pistils I can get with my phone right now, there are a lot of bud sites on this plant though


have to check my seeds but I think they will be ready to plant tonight

*update*


plant is still growing, both taller and wider, probably going to water with tiger bloom tomorrow




here's the newest addition to the bong, 4 arm diffused ashcatcher/precooler

*update*

End of week 2 flowering:

she is starting to look so good right now, a lot of hairs are starting to finally appear on the bud sites, and there are a lot of bud sites

can some1 tell me how much I might get off of this roughly?