THC Bomb/ Strawberry Blue newbie closet grow
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Hyperterminal
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well done makeshift - GL with the grow champ
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Jonnychron
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Like dude said earlier, wait about another week and then start your nutes at 1/4 strength and go up each feeding till you see a little nute burn on the tips of your leaves. When you do dial it back a bit and your set. I tend to give more nutes when I get a few weeks into flower but that depends on the plant.
I vegged the SB for about 3 or 4 weeks. It got pretty tall so I did some supercropping on the main branch and a few side branches. It was a pain to keep it out of the light, I have a little over 4 feet to work with in height. The 400w aircooled hood takes up about 10 inches of space. All in all, I wish I had a 600w, just to make the buds that much denser.
tryingtogrow89
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Very nice what size pots you use? 3 - 4 week veg then how long you flower for? sorry for all the ?'s its just that im growing this strain currently but mine is just over a week from sprouting.Like dude said earlier, wait about another week and then start your nutes at 1/4 strength and go up each feeding till you see a little nute burn on the tips of your leaves. When you do dial it back a bit and your set. I tend to give more nutes when I get a few weeks into flower but that depends on the plant.
I vegged the SB for about 3 or 4 weeks. It got pretty tall so I did some supercropping on the main branch and a few side branches. It was a pain to keep it out of the light, I have a little over 4 feet to work with in height. The 400w aircooled hood takes up about 10 inches of space. All in all, I wish I had a 600w, just to make the buds that much denser.
Jonnychron
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I use a 2 1/2 gallon pot, I never really looked to see how long the veg took. I kinda just feed them and chop them when and how they need it. I cut the SB with all cloudy trichs. I saw one amber trich and cut it down 2 days later. I like that head high and I have no problem taking a nap when I need one, so I try not to get too much couch lock. My autoflower plants, I let those run a little long, but that's just to make them fatter.
Edit: Just looked and the veg time was about 8-10 weeks, somewhere in there. Again I don't pay close enough attention.
Edit: Just looked and the veg time was about 8-10 weeks, somewhere in there. Again I don't pay close enough attention.
tryingtogrow89
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You mean 8-10 weeks flower?I use a 2 1/2 gallon pot, I never really looked to see how long the veg took. I kinda just feed them and chop them when and how they need it. I cut the SB with all cloudy trichs. I saw one amber trich and cut it down 2 days later. I like that head high and I have no problem taking a nap when I need one, so I try not to get too much couch lock. My autoflower plants, I let those run a little long, but that's just to make them fatter.
Edit: Just looked and the veg time was about 8-10 weeks, somewhere in there. Again I don't pay close enough attention.
This is giving me some good insight on what to expect for my SB.
Jonnychron
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Yeah sorry. I meant 8-10 weeks flower. I count from the day I switch to 12/12.
tryingtogrow89
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Nice so in a nut shell it was 3-4 week veg 2-1/2 gal pots 8-10 weeks flower and over 4 oz. Not too shabby.Yeah sorry. I meant 8-10 weeks flower. I count from the day I switch to 12/12.
Jonnychron
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Came in at 110g dried so 2g under 4oz. But yeah it was my best single plant yet. I've done about 9 grows now with 2 plants each grow and again my best producer to date. I liked the Super Lemon Haze the best out of the grows, But I only got 2 1/2 oz off of it. It's still a strain I will grow again, where the Strawberry Blue will not make it back into my rotation. I love the yield and it's a great high, I just want more flavor. Not to say there isn't a different phenotype that is better tasting, but the one I grew and am smoking on right now is just okay as far as flavor. I'm growing a G13 labs Sour Candy right now for the first time so we will see what that one is like. Don't let me bring down your excitement though as it's just my opinion. In my grow journal for the SB someone told me when I started growing it that it was a 6 out of 10 plant in their opinion, I give it a 7 of 10.
Len the Zen
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Hey man...did you ever find out why your leaves on day 11 were crinkled?
makeshift
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Hey bro, still not 100% sure, I think they were overheated from being too close to the lights. Whatever it was, it was permanent damage, coz they're still like it. None of the new leaves have had it tho so nothin to worry about
makeshift
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Any opinions on this? Anyone?
FrostyTheBudMan
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Doing the same, using two WalMart fabric shopping bag "Smart Pots" Does anyone think WalMart might want a few pics of that for their marketing?
Jonnychron
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I've never used fluro's before so I have no idea. Shouldn't be too much of an issue as long as they get light. You can do all kinds of stuff in the veg cycle, what are you planning for flower?
makeshift
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Flouros till harvest, that's why I really want to maximize the light they're getting. I know I should be getting a hps or something, but I don't wanna invest too much in my first grow. Plus I have a friend who had a similar setup (flouro tubes) and LST'd with some pretty decent results (5oz off 2 plants), so I'm keen to give it a goI've never used fluro's before so I have no idea. Shouldn't be too much of an issue as long as they get light. You can do all kinds of stuff in the veg cycle, what are you planning for flower?
Jonnychron
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For a cheap and easy fix you could run cfl's on the side that the flouros aren't running up and then you would get even light on both sides.
jhowdy17
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nothing wrong with CFLs hoss, great yields come out of CFLs done properly. everything looks bomb, im subbed
FrostyTheBudMan
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My feelings exactly jhowdy17. I've seen some piss poor HPS grows also. It all about bringing everything together from however you start, seed or clone, to curing what is hopefully a successful bountiful crop!