1st Grow, LOTS OF PICS, need some feedback

[robside]

django,, did u just tell thaat guy ...."it's better to "overwater" then "underwater" ??? Plants are more likely to survive a drout then a drounding.

 

[dewbzillla]

django,, did u just tell thaat guy ...."it's better to "overwater" then "underwater" ??? Plants are more likely to survive a drout then a drounding.

Lol... Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[WeedyMcweedweed11]

Here is an update on the plants. still looking solid. in the past week the two i have individuals of have grown almost 2 inches. i think its the increase in light but it could just be natural growth, dont know this is my first time. haha the ones i started LST on are also doing well i can tell allot of growth in the stalks, they have gotten much thicker. how much longer do you guys think i should wait to flower them? i was planing about another 2 or 3 weeks, what do you guys think?

 

[Coreyhulick]

looking like it wants to be chronic, i bet it will be.

 

[dewbzillla]

They're looking nice and healthy Weedy, whatever you're doing, keep it up!
Keep in mind, in flower they can stretch to triple their height at flip...I always veg mine at least one month, and you see how big they get.

Rock dat shit bro!

 

[rambler420]

I"d still put them in bigger pots. Looks like those are pretty small Big pots=lotsa roots. Lotsa roots=big plant

 

[Gr33n]

looks good man. glad that LST is working out for you. can't wait to see the crop you're gonna get!

 

[WeedyMcweedweed11]

Thanks guys, Im glad some of you are as excited as i am. haha. i totaly agree with you rambler biger pots would be ideal, but the problem i run into is money, first of all, and space. my plan is to keep them in these pots untill i can tell the sex and then plant the in 4 gallon buckets so they will fit in the closet. however i dont think they need to be transplanted yet anyway because i have not seen any roots growing through the pots. i bout those 100% organic pots that you can plant right in the ground and the roots will grow through it.

I have heard that from allot of people dewbzilla and im expecting that. i want to let them get to about 10 inches untill i flower. i think yours were allot bigger than mine after 35 days though cause my tallest one is only about 8 inches. and yours are monsters. lol

 

[dewbzillla]

Hey man, just a thought... The dollar stores sell cheap buckets, you can drill drainage holes in them yourself and save some $$
Thats what I do, hell with spending tons of cash on buckets!
You can also use 3 liter bottles, kitty litter buckets, all kindsa stuff...

 

[WeedyMcweedweed11]

Awesome. I didnt think of the dollar store having buckets. and i dont know what a 3 litter bottle even looks like, lol i guess we dont have them down here. but great idea, thanks. ill def. go to the dollar store to get the buckets. thanks again.

 

[WeedyMcweedweed11]

I just looked around and saw that allot of peoples plants that are the same age as mine are a bit bigger. is this due to my lighting? imm still using 2 24in Fluorescent grow lights. 75 watts each. im planning on getting a 400w HPS in 2 weeks but this is what i have for now. is this enough? or is this why my plants are only 8 inches at most at day 40 from seed. Should i get a couple of CFL's for the grow box?

 

[Gr33n]

I just looked around and saw that allot of peoples plants that are the same age as mine are a bit bigger. is this due to my lighting? imm still using 2 24in Fluorescent grow lights. 75 watts each. im planning on getting a 400w HPS in 2 weeks but this is what i have for now. is this enough? or is this why my plants are only 8 inches at most at day 40 from seed. Should i get a couple of CFL's for the grow box?

might be man. i was thinking the same thing about my plant and i had some fluoros but they were only 2700 lumens (what's needed for flowering) and not 6500. check the lumens you got and maybe that has something to do with it. also you haven't added any nutes yet have you?

 

[WeedyMcweedweed11]

yea i gave them nutes twice. MG tomato plant food 18-18-21. but they started to look a little burnt on the bottom leaves so i skipped a feeding. waiting till this saturday to feed again.

 

[WeedyMcweedweed11]

ok, i seem to be having a problem with one of my plants, its starting to droop pretty badly and im not sure what the problem could be. i have not watered it any more than the others and it has not been nuted in almost 2 weeks. please help!!! If you know what might be causing this i would love to hear opinions.

 

[dewbzillla]

Do you have a pH meter Weedy? The MG tomato nutes are probably fine (not the best thing to give cannabis though) but you really need to be making sure the pH is correct.
If you're about to buy a 400 I'd say spend $60 more bucks and get yourself a decent digital pH pen and some pH up & pH down while you're at it...
I bet your plants will grow much more vigorously if you do.
Just my 2 cents

 

[WeedyMcweedweed11]

good advise man, i was planing on getting something to check the PH with for my next crop, i have to get this one off the ground first and make some money so i can di it better next time. loll im actually not even going to pay for the light. im having a friend buy in in exchange for some of the finished product. haha but on a brighter note for some reason my plant that was drooping has started to turn up. this makes me happy

 

[WeedyMcweedweed11]

OK, so i think i am going to start flowering my lady's sooner than i thought. my two tallest have just reached 9and a half inches so i think i am going to start flowering them two at a time until i weed out the males and females. Im going to put my two tallest in the closet and start the flowering process on them. i plan to put them in the closet for 4 hours the first day, and increase by two hours every day after that until they are on 12/12. any one think this is a good way to go about things? or a bad way? please all feedback is appreciated.

 

[dewbzillla]

Nahh man... Just switch from whatever they're on now straight to 12/12... No need to do it gradually. You're trying to over-think stuff bro.
Trust me Weedy... Keep it simple.

 

[Gr33n]

nice to see you're about halfway done! it's just going to be looking better and better after you start flowering. that's a good question about the lighting change. seems like that would be a good way but i dunno.

got my 2nd grow going man. you can check it out here > https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/359576-second-try-3-plants.html

 

[rambler420]

I agree, go straight to 12/12. You don't need to do it slowly.