First Grow Journal - 250w HPS - Cindy 99, Pineapple Exp, Bruce Banner #3

Hello everyone, this is going to be my first grow journal and I'm fairly new to marijuana horticulture (this is really my first grow) so I welcome any helpful/well thought input. Since I am a medical patient and can grow up to 6 plants I decided I start a little grow closet, anyway onto the show.....

Setup1:

3' x 3' x 6' Grow closet, lined with panda film on part and just white paint on the walls
250w HPS Grow light - 18/6 light cycle
3 Gal. self watering buckets
Soil: Fox Farm Ocean Forest mixed about 3:1 ratio with perlite for extra drainage.


Veg Setup for BB#3 in a different room:

1x 20w Fluorescent Tube
2x 13w LED panels
20/4 light cycle

Plants:

Cinderella 99 from seed - height ~10" but tied down a little
G13 Pineapple Express clone - Current height ~10" but really bushy
Bruce Banner #3 seed - height ~3.5"

The current pictures I have are from about 4 weeks ago but that's alright since I started the Cindy about 40 days ago, got the Pineapple Express 31 days ago and started the BB#3 25 days ago. Right now I only have pictures of the Cindy from when she was vegging under fluorescent tubes but on Monday I'll have pictures of the others.

Thanks for reading all.

Finally got the camera back and have some new pictures, quite different from the last ones.

New pictures today, I started the Cindy 99 and Pineapple Express on 12/12 lighting on 4/25 and also raised the HPS a few inches since the plants were touching the glass. I kind of just let the Pineapple Express do it's thing, it's really bushy, I feel it might have been good to trim her but I figure to let it be now that she's started the 12/12 cycle. The Cindy looks quite healthy and even though the Bruce Banner is growing slowly (sprouted on 3/31) it still looks very green and healthy as well. I'm not sure when I want to put Bruce under the HPS, I'm going to replant him either today or tomorrow.

Bruce Banner - 5.5"
Cindy 99 - ~17"
Pineapple Express - ~16.5"

Temps - ~78-82 degress
Humidity - ~40-55%

I can't believe how fast these girls are growing, Pineapple Express is on the left side, Cindy is on the right. I've had to raise the light probably about 2-4" in the past week and really had to tie the Cindy down. I think my next day off I'll be trimming the plants a little, especially the Pineapple Express.

I trimmed the plants a little yesterday and I might trim just a little more but I really don't want to do any past the 2nd week of flowering. Both the Cindy and Pineapple look great, spent about 20 minutes tying the Cindy down since it really likes to stretch. I love this Pineapple Express, it's staying really short and bushy, it has hardly grown up in the last few weeks. Since I'm limited on space I decided to put the Bruce Banner #3 under the HPS on 12/12 light, 2 days ago and I've definitely noticed the stalk getting thicker. Bruce isn't showing any sex signs yet but male or female I feel like a winner.

Bruce ~9"
Cindy ~19"
Pineapple Express ~18.5"

Everyone got fed today with some Fox Farm Big Bloom and General Organics CaMag and all looks good. The Pineapple Express really looks like it'll get some nice sized buds, the Cindy seems to want to keep stretching and BB#3 is still just vegging, not growing any buds yet.

juman said:

New pictures today, I started the Cindy 99 and Pineapple Express on 12/12 lighting on 4/25 and also raised the HPS a few inches since the plants were touching the glass. I kind of just let the Pineapple Express do it's thing, it's really bushy, I feel it might have been good to trim her but I figure to let it be now that she's started the 12/12 cycle. The Cindy looks quite healthy and even though the Bruce Banner is growing slowly (sprouted on 3/31) it still looks very green and healthy as well. I'm not sure when I want to put Bruce under the HPS, I'm going to replant him either today or tomorrow.

Bruce Banner - 5.5"
Cindy 99 - ~17"
Pineapple Express - ~16.5"

Temps - ~78-82 degress
Humidity - ~40-55%

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Very nice.

Yur C99 is gonna stretch mad! if i flip mine at 11-12" they will be 32-34" finished. Yur lookin at about a 40+" clone when yur done with stretch. She will stretch for a solid 30 days give or take. These bitches get tall. I got a 3 footer right now lol

looken great bro cant wait to start my grow

Dizzle Frost said:

Very nice.

Yur C99 is gonna stretch mad! if i flip mine at 11-12" they will be 32-34" finished. Yur lookin at about a 40+" clone when yur done with stretch. She will stretch for a solid 30 days give or take. These bitches get tall. I got a 3 footer right now lol

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Yea she keeps stretching about an inch or so per day but I've been tying her down quite a bit to manage the height before it becomes a problem.

Enima684 said:

looken great bro cant wait to start my grow

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Thanks man, it's really a fulfilling experience. I enjoy being able to spend time with these plants, don't know if I'd ever want a huge grow because then it would be more like work.

Anyway I do have some new pictures, the BB#3 is confirmed female and she's about 14" tall, no buds yet. The Pineapple Express I think is really going to give me some nice buds, I've seen little to no growth up or outward, I've only seen the buds growing. The Cindy, like I said above, is still stretching but I'm also seeing the buds growing.

Here's a nice picture of the top of the Pineapple Express and the second picture is my preemptive strike on Cindy's height, I do like a lady with curves .

Figured I'd add some close-up pictures of top of the Pineapple Express.

Ur plants look great, juman, looks like the PE could be a heavy yielder for ya. I'm subd and along for the ride. Where'd u get your Cindy seeds from? Looks like she really likes the bondage.

xebeche said:

Ur plants look great, juman, looks like the PE could be a heavy yielder for ya. I'm subd and along for the ride. Where'd u get your Cindy seeds from? Looks like she really likes the bondage.

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She doesn't seem to mind the ties at all, the next day after tying a limb down it's already growing back up. I got the Cindy seed from a dispensary in Nederland, CO (I believe it was Tree of Life), I had gone to visit Ned and figured I'd pickup some meds. I've read there's a really stank phenotype of Cindy that kinda smells like poop and I think I have that pheno but she doesn't have a super strong smell yet so we'll see. The Pineapple Express really smells like pineapples, nice sweet smell and I can only hope it'll get stronger.

The one thing that worries me is that I'm moving in the next 2 weeks so it'll be a task getting everything setup at the new place and moving the plants in one night. I shouldn't be so worried these ladies seem quite hardy though.

Everyone got fed today and so far all is still looking good. Cindy has been stretching less and the PE is still just filling out (not stretching at all). BB I've been a little careless with, haven't topped her or tied her at all, I'll just see what happens since she was put into flower fairly small (8-9") and was free (everything I'm growing was free even the clone).

I also took a closer picture of BB's lady parts.

Hopefully I'll have a grow tent by next week since I need to move these guys and a tent would make it really easy at the new place, tents wait until payday though.

Everyone looks healthy, BB's top bud is starting to form, PE's buds are just filling out and Cindy seems to have stopped stretching (noticed more bud growth). I ordered a 24" x 48" x 60" mylar tent yesterday and should be here Tuesday, then I'll move the plants Wednesday night. I'll post some pictures tomorrow, really tired tonight.

The girls are still looking good, I found a few dying leaves on the inner part of the PE that I cleared out and Cindy seems to have stopped stretching. BB's top bud is starting to form but I feel like she's going to take a long ass time still. Right after I finish this post I'm going to feed everyone since things seem a little dry.

Just a few pictures from today. I cannot wait until these buds get fatter to get some nice pictures of the trichomes.

Edit: Here' a nice looking high resolution picture of one of PE's buds. (Picture is ~2.7Mb)

http://juman37.home.comcast.net/~juman37/pe05232011.JPG

it looks like cindy might be a hermie bro. i had a female plant that only flowered for the first week maybe two and then she stopped growing. next thing i know, there were little pollen sacks on it. i removed it right away. i might be wrong about your cindy, but i would definitely keep a close eye on it

Looking good juman. Mind if I ask where ya got the BB seeds? Been thinkin about runnin it next cycle, but thought it was clone only, didn't know there were seeds available.. Good luck with the grow!

SirPsycho said:

it looks like cindy might be a hermie bro. i had a female plant that only flowered for the first week maybe two and then she stopped growing. next thing i know, there were little pollen sacks on it. i removed it right away. i might be wrong about your cindy, but i would definitely keep a close eye on it

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Thanks for the heads up, I'll keep an eye on Cindy for any sacks, as of today I'm not seeing any. Also by 'stopped growing' I just meant stretching up, it looks like the buds are still getting bigger.

peaceloveandpaws said:

Looking good juman. Mind if I ask where ya got the BB seeds? Been thinkin about runnin it next cycle, but thought it was clone only, didn't know there were seeds available.. Good luck with the grow!

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Well it may not be 100% BB (possible it crossed with another in the grow) but I found the single seed in an 1/8th I picked up from a local dispensary. If you do buy a BB clone I would buy it somewhere other than Delta 9, they charge $50/clone, other reputable dispensaries sell for ~$15-20/clone.