[The Cannabis Garden of Eden] 800W & 7 Strains Total! Multiple Techniques being used.

I'll be sharing my adventure into Cannabis, this is my first grow and I'm excited to get going.
I'll be growing 6 different strains with maybe an auto thrown in for good measure.
I'm using a XL tent 4x4x8 and 2 400W lights both HPS/MH.
I'm using 4inch pots to start off seeds, when I see some roots hitting the bottom I'll proceed to transplant into final containers.
I have Jacks Classic 20-20-20 with a lot of additives that I may, or may not, use. Advanced Nutrients B-52, Voodoo Juice, Rhino Skin, Big Bud, Overdrive, and Snow Storm Ultra (Not sure what this really is)

Since this is my first grow, I won't be transplanting to keep everything really simple and fuck up free. I'll be using 3Gal smart pots, I've heard really good things about them and I only intend on my plants final height reaching 3-4Ft.
I'll most likely be vegging 1 1/2 Month, then switch over to 12/12 so I can finish by the summer.
The tent is already set up and I'll have pictures following tomorrow.

I'll be using multiple growing techniques, each plant will receive different treatment. Some will be FIMd, Topped, LST, Supercropped, defoiliation, lolipop, etc.

I'm very open to advice any experienced growers can give, even though I've read a lot, I can still have a long way to go.

Strains I'm growing:

Purple Wreck - Reserva Pravada
Sage n Sour - TH seeds
Sharksbreath - DNA Genetics
Silver Kush - Reserva Pravada
Green Crack - Cali Connection
Gigabud - G-13
Auto White Widow - Dinafem

In this picture we have 3 at 1 week old, 1 at 4 days old and 1 at 24 hours old.

Far right (Sage N Sour), far bottom (Purple Wreck), and far left (Sharksbreath) are 1 week, middle (Silver Kush) is 24 hours old, and far top one (Auto White Widow) is 4 days old.

2 Other seedlings are cracking today (Hopefully)
Which will be Green Crack & Gigabud

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Below anything that showed any roots at the bottom of 4 inch pots were transplanted into final container.
From left to right in 3 gal Sage n Sour, Sharkbreath, Purple Wreck
From left to right in 4 inch Gigabud, Green Crack, Silver Kush
In Pepsi 3L bottle is Auto White Widow

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Also depending on how big my plants are when I flip to flower I may add 2 more strains to 12/12 from seed.

Most likely Blue Cheese or Black Widow

The grow continues with both 400W on, one MH one HPS for now.

No one likes seedlings lol wait till they're in flower, people will love them then!

haha so true. tough to draw a crowd so early on.

totally ur call but i wouldnt waste a black widow doing 12/12 from seeds. id reserve that for freebie beans

Oh it was a freebie =D
All my seeds were
I got like 50 seeds from a friend in norcal all different strains every single one

sounds like a good guy i need to find friends who will give me a black widow seed lol

cheers

So after the transplant they looked good, then the next day they were droopy, but today they picked up very well and started to show new growth. Which means (Hopefully) all 7 transplants were a success.
I'll have pictures up tomorrow, I gotta install a new hood tomorrow first though.

I can't wait till April ,1 so I can see how beautiful they'll be.

First set of nutrients were used.
Foiler sprayed 1/4th tsp of Snow Storm Ultra
1/4th tsp of 20-20-20 jacks classic
1/4th tsp of Voodoo Juice, B-52, and Rhino Skin.

My purple wreck is literally purple.

Had a 3-4 day setback because I forgot to water and when I did, I mistakenly sprayed them with 1tsp of SSU instead of just plain water.
Anyway they are back on track, SnS is taking off with 4 main tops, next is the Sharksbreath I just topped, it will have 4 main tops too, as well as the Purple Wreck, I just topped today, it will have 4 tops. The silver kush or green crack will get 4 topped and that's it, the rest will be 1 main cola.

Will start using nutrients once new growth comes out clean and green.

Here is a update though, they are getting big, and the ones that have been topped are growing insanely fast.
I moved them around, you can probably guess which is which based on the other pictures though.
The only plant that isn't growing as fast as the rest is the Auto White Widow which is to be expected. It's just in the tent for fun, and maybe some early smoke to pass time.
I'm very impressed with the Sage n Sour strain, it's a very fast grower, as well as the sharksbreath and green crack.

Small update.

Were almost 30 days in.
(Although all plants vary in age)

2 Plants not seen in this picture sorry, I have to setup my other security cameras to get pictures without disturbing.


Front row left to right:

Silver Kush: Just topped at 2 true node, I let it grow some before I cut to ensure minimal downtime.
Sharksbreath: Topped only a few days ago, have recovered very nice. The only plant that has nute burn oddly.
Sage N Sour: The oldest and boldest. Growing out the 4 main tops very nicely. Uncle bens technique is a charm. The arrow shows root growth out of the smart pot, uncommon but hopefully not a problem.

Middle row:

Auto White Widow: Nothing special going on here, just wanted some smoke while waiting on the other 6.

Back row left to right:

Gigabud (not shown): the smallest out of every plant, it hasn't been topped yet, slow grower, very healthy though. I intend on topping using bens just as all the others. Maybe tomorrow I'll top her.
Purple Wreck: I cut off the purple growth in order to top her, she was topped 3 days ago and has recovered a lot. I may spray her with SSU to get the purple back, or just wait till flower.
Green Crack: Topped and has started to recover. I want this one to grow the tallest out of every one, very excited to try it.

I'll up the nutrients to half strength this upcoming weekend as I prepare to switch to dual spectrum. They will undergo another month of vegging most likely as I want them at least 2-2.5Ft before I flip to flower.

White widow seen in the middle, in the above picture.
Has showed its first pistol, incoming frost! hope she grows a lot more, has the be the smallest Auto I've ever seen, but it is in a 3L pepsi bottle.

all looking very healthy

iv never done autos but im sure every plant is a bit different. it could still triple in size before stretch ends.

Been almost 2 weeks since an update.
I've come across a few problems since then, but almost all have been sorted out.
I also changed from 24/7 to 24/0 to give them some time to rest, and also to give my auto some rest since she is flowering.

I had PPMs on run off over 1500 on two of my plants, now it's lowered to 300-500 PPM with all growth green and healthy.
I've done a lot of cropping over the past 2 weeks, only 1 plant hasn't been cropped.
I've done uncle bens 4 top method on every but 1 plant.
I broke off an entire cola on my Sharksbreath, but I put it into a small can of water with a bubbler to keep it alive for a while. I will be attempting to clone the entire branch, but if it doesn't work I'm not worried.

3/7 plants have already "matured" and have showed female pre-flowers. This is not including the Auto White Widow, which has already begun flowering.

Picture below, it does not show the Gigabud or Sharksbreath in this picture.
As you can see my Sage and Sour is pure Sativa @ over 2Ft at 1 Month 1 week, I haven't forced it to grow, and I've been super cropping/ bending/ topping every week to keep her down.
All my plants are so healthy and resistant, that their roots are coming out of the fabric pot, living for 2 weeks, then drying out and dying (Some don't die and stay pearly white)
I have the Fungi and Micros to thank for this.

My silver kush also has a rare mutation and is a Triploid? Has 3 branches per node. I may clone to see if it keeps the trait and use that for a SCROG next grow.

Some better pictures.

So it's been almost a week since my last update, they are going to be flipped to 12/12 next week.
They've grown a lot, I still have yet to do any pruning of the lower branches, but I will tomorrow most likely.

The auto flowering white widow is still using most of its power on growing out branches, even though it has started to flower.
I tend to think this auto white widow is going to be a 75-80 day strain.

400W Hortilux MH & 400W Ushio HPS are now being used.
Please note because of the HPS, the color on half the picture is a bit off.
I'm happy to say though, that not one true leafs have turned even slightly yellow.
The only leafs that are starting to yellow/brown are the first single leaves (The sprouting leafs and the one blade leafs) This is most likely because of the nutrients being poured directly on them.

Nutes are still the same from prior weeks.

Now that the tent is starting to fill out quickly, I'm starting to notice I may not have room for my clones. I have over 10 clones (Out of 20+, I trashed any that looked to be sick or not at their best) that need to be put in once 12/12 starts. I may do the hanging buckets on the side of the tent.

Anyway, here are some pictures, they're getting huge.
This is my biggest grow, I normally only do one plant, so if this works out, I won't be growing for an entire year!

amazing journal man..

not bad for a piece of shit thief. i'd let my dog piss on that.