First ever grow, grow journal.

my venting is so cheap but it works so well! I have 1 120mm pc fan blowing air in and one 120 mm fan blowing air out of the top and its duct taped to the duct, and i lead it out of my op and at the end of the duct is an 80mm fan helping blow the air out. All in all it costs me $22usd.

ah right really, may get some 120mm fans instead then, im a bit worried about odor now that im doing a full length grow now it may become an issue, particularly as i can smell them a bit already. How are your girls smell wise? So good to be able to say "girls" to you mate

oh man it reaks in that room and buds haven't even shown up yet but outside of it , it doesn't smell at all. Not really too worried about it yet, but if it does i'm trying ona gel.

Alright cool yeah im going to try ONA gel but not going to purchase it for another month at least. It'l be just under a month before i put them to flower now i think.

Its the beginning of day 23:

Im not doing a full update about them today though may have some questions later.

I just cannot get over how fast these plants grow, i can see a difference every time i go in there.. Today for instance the leaves are much fuller and must have put on half an inch over night at least. I'm not going to post any photos now until Monday, not because i cant but just because i want to compare the growth in photos from yesterday to today.

I'm enjoying this so much, i never thought i could get so excited over something like this, i feel like a kid at Christmas again every morning!

Thanks again for everyone who has stopped by!

Quick update:

Found a fly clinging onto emerging leaves on one of my plants so went to flick it off then where it landed a little beetle emerged and then disappeared back into the gravel.... So i've used some provado. This should clear it up, just hope its not too early to use this on the plants...

Also i used my new lamp for the first time today just to see how the lamp held up for a couple of wires as im still a bit iffy about my wiring abilities. Looks great, alot of heat though so i can imagine my grow area getting VERY hot, as it gets really warm and humid in there anyway... The rising heat is making all the leaves of my Salvia plants (on the shelf above) move as if they have a small fan on them...

I wont be completely setting this lamp up for use in the next couple of days until i can get some decent fixtures to hold it up, so i have until then to sort out my cooling methods.

Other than that, the plants seem to be doing great

TGP is happy

The girls are growing so well its crazy. And they smell soooo good!! Need to get some ona gel sooner than i thought...

anyway its Day 25:

Introduced nutes a couple of days ago, but hardly any going to ween them onto it.

Named them finally, Mary and Jane. (Sorry for using Mary toolage hope its cool?)

Keep finding small flies but think i've gotten rid of them for now. Anyway thats enough, photo time!

Mary (with green pot) Jane (with porcelain colour pot)
















Node development seems to be going great and new leaf development at the base of the nodes is coming on well.

Cheers for stopping by.

im so stressed now its unbelievable, its time for my Salvia plants to move out as i need to put my HPS in right. So moving the salvia plants everything that could have gone wrong did, nearly killed the lot of them.. I think theyre ok now though. So i removed the lights for Mary and Jane ready to replace them with the HPS, when my next door neighbor starts working outside, its hard to explain but basically the gardens are on a slant so if hes in the garden he can see my grow tent... And when i turned the HPS on it lit up like a hyper christmas tree because i havent black it out completely yet... So to avoid drawing attention to myself im going to black it out then turn it on but i have to wait for him to go away.... I hope this wont add to any stress for the girls...

Right stress over... HPS is now set up. I cant believe how hot it is in there now. It used to get pretty warm in there before just generally with the door shut but now its alot hotter. So i've made two holes at the top for now for rising heat. And put a 9inch desk fan in pointed upward at the light. Im hoping this will do for now. I dont have a thermometer yet so i dont know the actual temp, just hope its not too high....

I'm worrying too much at the moment im sure, just this lights a big step up from my fluro and one tiny CFL lol

Anyway fingers crossed nothing disastrous happens in the next few days, and i should see a difference in growth

To get the heat off your HPS, this is where the 120mm fans come in handy! One blowing air in and one blowing air out at the top and tape it to a duct and lead it outside your grow OP. Did you ever re-order the right fan with the correct speed?

your plants are looking so nice! 2 more leaf sets and I'd say you can start off with 1/4 strength nutes and start working your way up!!!

Keep up the great/hard work!!!

Cheers mate, just woke up, first extended amount of time with this light, and i can see a difference already. Im still shock as to how fast these girls grow. The light is about 13/14 inches away so just over a foot. I'd been thinking Mary was doing the best but after close inspection just now Jane is going crazy, shes not as tall but all her new leaf growth is way ahead of Marys. Looks like she'll be a nice short bushy plant.

Nah i havent ordered any more fans yet as i've spent quite a lot on bits for the grow this month already although i will be ordering some soon. The two holes at the top seem to be doing really well. It wasnt too hot when i got in there this morning. So when i order some new fans i'll be sorted.

Tuesdays are my favorite as i leave the girls for over a day and a half, so i see a bigger difference in growth. I'll be sure to post some photos tomorrow night!

looking good dude! Im subscribed now and will keep watching this grow!

Cheers for popping by!

Update: Day 27:

No more clear pictures, all have an orangey tint to them now with my HPS lol

They seem to be doing really well under their new light. Not much to report apart from needing to water more frequently as it gets really hot in there now.

If i was sticking to my original plan i would be putting them into flower tomorrow....

But thankfully im not. I'm thinking of putting them into flower on the 8th of May but maybe earlier, what do you guys reckon? 8th of may is 22 days away i think.

Anyway pics::















Cheers for stopping by again!

nice! your plants look really bushy and that is good!

Cheers man Yeah i tried to keep them small an bushy by keeping the lights really really close as i heard that worked. I guess it does They'll probably stretch out a bit more now as the light is further away now.

you def got the hang of hydro, those beasts are doubling in size almost every day!!!

Looking good man! Nice work!

How tall are they now?

Very Nice
I can only hope mine turn out as nice as yours are starting to.
Very compact and very very healthy looking.