400w HPS/full grow box/FIM/LST/pics

Hey all this is my first grow on riu but not my first grow ha. I made a nice grow box out of plywood, its 2feet by 4 feet by 6 feet tall, has intake duct, 4inch inline fan pulling through a carbon filter and exiting through a vent at the top )made for a rooftop, it closes when no air pushing so no light leaks during dark period). A 400w hps with reflector hood for veg and flower, yes i have done it before and works great. A 16inch oscillating fan for circulation and keeping the light cool. A digi thermometer with high and low memory and humidity meter, also one with the control piece outside the box so I can tell the temp inside at night :bigjoint:. And so temps run about 73to 85 during the day and 68-73 at night. Seeds all sprouted by yesterday so this is day 2. There are all in Miracle Grow Potting Soil with 10% vermiculite, 15%perlite and perlite on the bottoms of the pots. I germed seeds in a damp paper towel put in a ziploc bag put in the closet and then into rockwool cubes to sprout then into the dirt pots. Lights are running at 18-6. Any questions or comments then feel free to type away. :weed:. Ive also attached pics for your enjoyment and will ONLY be updating pics ONCE a week to really sure the growth for ya guys, stay tuned as its a mystery strain :idea::idea:
 

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Alright so I took my girls outta the bud box and put them into a little veg room i made out of an old computer desk. It has 8 23w cfls in it and 4 are 2700k and 4 are 5500k. I also changed the lights to 24/7 but may go back to 18-6. The girls are startin of slow but i think its due to going right under the hps off the hop. Now that i got two rooms though i can start a perpetual grow and i will be cloning and showing how I do it. Last but not least i lost two girls to my damn cat.So yah they are just starting to take off as of yesterday so stay tuned.:eyesmoke::eyesmoke:
 

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Hello everyone (i get viewers but no comments :lol:) Well its another boring sunday so I drove down to the hardware store to get some dirt and organic nutes. I bought 5 bags of 15L basic dirt, didnt say anything is in it and I have used before with great success so please no haters when you hear the price...2 bucks a bag on sale woop woop. I also grabbed some verm and perlite. Now i picked up some blood and bone meal and will mix that in with the dirt. I will also be using the powder nutes during watering (not every water). I went to the big city about a month ago and went to the grow shop and everyone in there swore on this bud candy stuff so I will be trying it during flower. Its supposed to crystalize the hell outta the bud and make it realll sweet like cotton candy. :bigjoint:
 

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No i dont i got them from my dealer of a few years and he is who i usually get my seeds from. He told me it was a strain that his provider bred and wouldnt tell me what the mother or father was until it was done :| i can almost gaurantee itll be good this guy is high grade only :)
 
looking great i like the creativity
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Anyway heres the update.
The "girls" are definetly an Indica you can tell with the overlapping leaves, but I am not impressed with the growth at all. There is one runt I almost want to pull but wont just because it may be the only female. I watered them once with water PHed to around 6.5 from my fish tank with one siamese fightin fish-mind you i DONT clean it :twisted:I hate that fucker haha. They really liked it but next water im gonna hit them with a dose of 3/4 strength 20-20-20 fertilizer(see pic in previous post). I also mist these babies every chance I get- it really does make a difference in my opinion. Keep smokin, peace
 

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Hey everyone who is watching and sorry for not updating lately just been pretty busy. So I bought a metal halide bulb at a flea market for 5 bucks (cant say no to that) so i threw 'er in my hps setup and works great. YES you can do this to the haters and I know this because i work at a electrical supply company and the lights and ballast guy has told me the only thing that will happen is the mh will burn out quicker.PS i cant get shit from work or they will know what im up to or id have a ballin setup for cents :fire:.. I transplanted the girls into i think 5 gallon pots could be 4. I was stoned and completely forgot to add the organic blood and bone meal :wall:.. but still made a great soil mixture with about a 20percent perlite and 10percent vermiculite. I need to top up the pots and will do that later today. I watered them immediatly until the were leaking out the bottom--HINT what i do when first watering the plants in new pots i do it in the tub, just because i really soak em the first time and alot of water comes out and i hate carrying it to the tub anway.

I also fimmed one of the plants and used the guide they have on here i would credit the poster but im stoned and cant remember. The plant i fimmed did fuckin excellent with 8 TOPS!! Its in one of the pics its hard to tell but there is 4 right at the top,small, and then two secondary branches trying to take lead and then another two below about a half inch and there trying hard to reach the top as well. Definetly fimming the rest and highly recommend. the runt is still a runt but almost a hard ball its just a bush its weird.
 

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kermitfrog3303

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Hey everyone who is watching and sorry for not updating lately just been pretty busy. So I bought a metal halide bulb at a flea market for 5 bucks (cant say no to that) so i threw 'er in my hps setup and works great. YES you can do this to the haters and I know this because i work at a electrical supply company and the lights and ballast guy has told me the only thing that will happen is the mh will burn out quicker.PS i cant get shit from work or they will know what im up to or id have a ballin setup for cents :fire:.. I transplanted the girls into i think 5 gallon pots could be 4. I was stoned and completely forgot to add the organic blood and bone meal :wall:.. but still made a great soil mixture with about a 20percent perlite and 10percent vermiculite. I need to top up the pots and will do that later today. I watered them immediatly until the were leaking out the bottom--HINT what i do when first watering the plants in new pots i do it in the tub, just because i really soak em the first time and alot of water comes out and i hate carrying it to the tub anway.

I also fimmed one of the plants and used the guide they have on here i would credit the poster but im stoned and cant remember. The plant i fimmed did fuckin excellent with 8 TOPS!! Its in one of the pics its hard to tell but there is 4 right at the top,small, and then two secondary branches trying to take lead and then another two below about a half inch and there trying hard to reach the top as well. Definetly fimming the rest and highly recommend. the runt is still a runt but almost a hard ball its just a bush its weird.
Damn those are looking great and very healthy! Have you started lst on any of them?
 
Damn those are looking great and very healthy! Have you started lst on any of them?
No I havent and im not sure if i really will need to as they are real short and the bottom ones have shot out sideways to collect light so its a nice blanket of light hitting lots of future colas :eyesmoke:.. ANYWAY i fimmed the other two decent ones and last night before the lights went out i noticed the one i previously fimmed and the kiddie corner plant are showing a decent amount of pistils-meaning girls. But I havent changed the lights yet and they are shorter than i want so i will try to veg a lil longer but if they want to bud out i will do so. I will take some clones here this week.
 
The girls continued to show sex so i swapped out the mh for a hps bulb and changed the light cycle to 12/12. I pulled the runt and the other one was a male so i pulled him as well. So i am left with 2 very healthy girls. The girl on the left is the one i fimmed early on and is doing tremendously well. The one on the right was fimmed a few days ago and i started lsting them today and when i pulled the top over on the right one it showed me a hole bunch of secondarys :clap:. I have over 20 tops between the two girls :weed:... I also took 6 clones altogether from them both and Im gonna try putting a couple outdoors. ENJOY!!!dr.dankydank
 

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So the girls are looking GREAT!!!!! They are doing so well that im not going to put the screen in. I have been lsting them with metal coat hangers that i cut in half and then bent in half and pin the stalk over where i want. This is my new favorite method i came up with because you dont have to carefully tie string around your girls, and its so easy to move the "pins" around. Thats what I have been doing and you can see for yourself that it works. I also added the homemade Co2 generator to the flower room about 3 days ago. I threw a pic in of the clones i had rooting-lookin niiice :bigjoint:. Hopefully this thread starts taking off and i get more critisism---i always want to learn.
 

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ginoSA

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very nice man, you are a few weeks ahead of me so i will keep a close watch, please update alot
 
Not alot to say, they have been goin a little slow but still healthy. Im lookin into making a cooltube or getting a real one if i can find a deal. They are suffering from a bit of nute burn so I will just water with plain water with a little of the bud candy for a bit.
 

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