First grow what you think so far?

MGrow2016

MGrow2016

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Newbie first grow...fun experience...short bushy plants as expected... Tell me what you think! Lets get to the facts...
2 Plants
Happy Frog organic soil
300 W LED ( mostly red, some blue)
4×2 Tent
Bag seed- unknown strain: Got stoned though!! Smells like mix of skunk and sour diesel
7.5 week veg
3.5 weeks in flower so far
Topped early veg a few times
Fed with RO water first few weeks from seed
Fed with Maxicrop Seaweed Extract 3 weeks from seed and now
Fed 2 weeks into flowering started Foxfarm Tiger bloom and continuing RO/MSE
All PH'd 6.3
Temps 80 day night 72
Humidity 45-55
 

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Pete Townshend

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MGrow2016 said:
Newbie first grow...fun experience...short bushy plants as expected... Tell me what you think! Lets get to the facts...
2 Plants
Happy Frog organic soil
300 W LED ( mostly red, some blue)
4×2 Tent
Bag seed- unknown strain: Got stoned though!! Smells like mix of skunk and sour diesel
7.5 week veg
3.5 weeks in flower so far
Topped early veg a few times
Fed with RO water first few weeks from seed
Fed with Maxicrop Seaweed Extract 3 weeks from seed and now
Fed 2 weeks into flowering started Foxfarm Tiger bloom and continuing RO/MSE
All PH'd 6.3
Temps 80 day night 72
Humidity 45-55
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Plants look healthy especially for a first time grow. A 300 watt led is quite a bit on the low side as far as lighting goes as far as your space. Be careful with that Tiger Bloom. I recommend 1/2 recommended dosage with FF nutes. Good luck!
 
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Doing that with at 300 W LED shows you have potential to become a Master Grower... Well that may be a few years down the road... :fire:
 
MGrow2016

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Thx for the feedback. I agree always 1/2 FF def did my research. :)

Also angled LEDS to the 2 corners and put my pots directly under it. It has been doing well. I plan on buying another HydroGalaxy LED for next time. 600 W for sure.

Thx again.
 
MGrow2016

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Here's another angle for my biggest cola...this is only the top part. You can see the entire thing in the prior pics. There's multiple colas altogether, I lost count. bongsmilie2nd pic is my grow tent. No filters just a 6 inch fan and a humidity/temp meter. I add a big fan in front of one of the vents during the day for more circulation.
The other plant has more smaller colas/ flower sites. Intentionally i split the main hub on both plants to see if it would deliver nutrients quicker. The colas became bigger-more leaves filled in and trichomes were produced almost immediately after. I don't recommend this cause you are damaging the plant, but if you're super careful and do it right, it does wonders. Also prefer toppin early veg, better handling your LST early before flowering rather than a christmas tree. Best thing of all no nutrient issues, a little tip burn from 2nd wk veg when i used my bathroom vanity lights in a plastic cup:) :dunce: Now.....just waiting for the pistils to curl, only some have.
 

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OP you got aggressive with those girls for first time grow, nice job., Training can be tedious bur when you see the buds..
Are you thinking about mainlining or another method for next time?
 
MGrow2016

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Thanks Six9 & agree- I was a bit aggressive my first grow. When i started defoliating my plants, i noticed the second time how the plants would refuse to experience stunt growth which made me believe she's a real bombshell.So I did it a *little every week * and in flower the first week removed some of the lower growth which would of wasted energy. A few small flower sites were sacrificed as well on one of them. If my plants weren't so healthy, than it wouldn't have been done. I took a chance, sometimes it's worth the risk :-)
Oh and...Mainlining? Absolutely. Anything that could increase yields will be highly considered. I have plenty of beans so that is one thing I would like to do for sure.
 
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Six9

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MGrow2016 said:
Thanks Six9 & agree- I was a bit aggressive my first grow. When i started defoliating my plants, i noticed the second time how the plants would refuse to experience stunt growth which made me believe she's a real bombshell.So I did it a *little every week * and in flower the first week removed some of the lower growth which would of wasted energy. A few small flower sites were sacrificed as well on one of them. If my plants weren't so healthy, than it wouldn't have been done. I took a chance, sometimes it's worth the risk :-)
Oh and...Mainlining? Absolutely. Anything that could increase yields will be highly considered. I have plenty of beans so that is one thing I would like to do for sure.
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There's plenty of good info on mainlining, you have the skills for it; combine it with undergrowth trimming for nice colas. Undergrowth trimming is critical IMO when using panel LED. Cheers good luck
 
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Six9- One person that comes to mind mainlining is nugbuckets. I will defintely read up on it. Long fat colas is the goal! Thanks!
 
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20161102_194023-1.jpg 20161103_085922.jpg 20161103_090001.jpg I noticed some more views...so i wanted to add 3 trich pics for the heck of it if anyone wants to take a look. Looking for milky fat trichs...should happen soon. I only have my camera phone at the moment but they look small. The pistils also are still sticking up or slightly curled. That split in the main hub i believe doubled the trichs which was what i was looking for. :)
 
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wsntme

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MGrow2016 said:
Thanks Moondance appreciate it! ✌

Tacomac- Agree. Extra light will be added next grow. I don't know how to feel about HPS yet but LEDS are my thing at the moment. Galaxyhydro and King LED is my preference. This is the one I'm using for both plants.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NAPA7GE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478092075&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=galaxyhydro+dimmable&dpPl=1&dpID=51DiK-T73zL&ref=plSrch
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I'm not sure if you've looked into them, but you may want to consider going with an LED light that utilizes COB(chip on board) arrays. They will be a bit more that that 100 dollar light on amazon but i think you'll see MUCH better results. You're plants look great and I just can't help but imagine how they might look if blessed with some full spectrum goodness. :-) Happy growing! Looks good.
 
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I've heard of excellent results with COB. The only thing i regret about this grow is lighting. It's a great LED for on the budget but looks like I will be investing more next time. Especially since I'm in a state where recreational MJ is on the state ballot this yr. Just voted ;)

Thanks for your kind words!
 
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MGrow2016 said:
I've heard of excellent results with COB. The only thing i regret about this grow is lighting. It's a great LED for on the budget but looks like I will be investing more next time. Especially since I'm in a state where recreational MJ is on the state ballot this yr. Just voted ;)

Thanks for your kind words!
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I hear ya! My first run, I didn't even spend a cent on lighting, it was all borrowed. I used one LED highbay light fixture that ran a single cob(5000K) at 200 watts and then I had some chinese blurple light that was like another 60watts(both measured @ the wall). I was pleased enough with the results that I invested in (what I hope to be) a better light, the growmau5 5 cob kit. So far so good on my second go! Shall know more as flowering proceeds . Attached is what I grew the first time.

I look forward to seeing those flowers you've got fatten up, they looks nice a thricy already.
 

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