Fish's 1200W MH/HPS Grow: First Timer

Hello everyone, You can call me Fish. I have been a member of this community for a little while now and have wanted badly to start a grow journal, but had not found the time to do so. Well, I've decided to simply stay up late and make one!

On June 1st, 2 of 6 seeds I had been given by a good friend of mine began to sprout. I was not told what they were, which is too bad... Bu oh well. I am in it for the knowledge, experience and the smoke . I began growing for my personal uses because the other methods of acquiring it are such a pain.

I had made a post not long ago showing how I put together my veg and flower rooms. Give it a look and you'll get a better idea of what's going on: https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/340519-4x8-secret-jardin-240w-growroom.html

Sadly, I am very far behind on this... I am going to simply start from today and go from there.

Day 29: First on the left is Stubbs. She has been recently determined to be female for sure, and by far is the healthiest of the two plants. On the right is Ms. Cruff (short for Cruffington). I use Fox Farm's Ocean Forest soil in 2x3 gallon Smart Pots. I correct my tap water's pH to 6.8 always. For Nuts I use BioBizz's Bio Grow, Bio Bloom and Bio Heaven P.E.E. liquid solutions. So far so good! The other plants in the pictures I am simply baby sitting for a few days . I have taken photos consistently from 16 days till now, I will post them next for you all to enjoy!

Cheers!
-Fish

Here are the pictures I have taken up until now in chronological order, of course. Maybe someone could help me identify the strain's I have..?

Day 16: Stubbs and Cruff have been growing for the last 16 days in these hard plastic cups with Fox Farm's Ocean's Forest soil. I drilled some holes in the bottom of the cups for drainage.



Day 18: Transplanted them into 3 Gallon Smart Pots today. they are drooping a bit, but not showing any real sign of stress. I love these Smart Pots! They are so flexible and breathable. I like that the roots can air prune themselves through the sides of the pots. I am hoping this creates a denser root system.



Day 19: They seem to be recovering quite well today! I noticed the first signs of what I assume to be over-fertilizing in the form of a little whiteish dot on one of Stubbs leaves..
Otherwise, not much else to report today.



Closeups of the burns on Stubbs:


Day 20: They have made a full recovery from the transplant and have taken off growing again! Their are a couple more little white dots on Stubbs leaves. I tooks some closeup shots.. Otherwise nothing else to report.



Closeups:



Day 21: Nothing to report today other than big growth! I dig how huge the leaves are on these guys! Must be healthy girls



Day 22: They are really bushing out! Not a whole lot of stretch between each node.. No more burning signs on any of their leaves, yay!



Well I have to go catch a train, but I will be back tonight to post the remainder of the days. I do have a quick question for anyone who is reading this: What's with the Grow Journal Discussion board versus this board? Do I need to make a separate Grow Journal in the discussion forum to get your comments?

Anyways, Thanks for stopping by!

Peace and Love,
-Fish

Here are the last 10 days up until today:

Day 22: Just another day in heaven .


Day 24: Stubbs has REALLY taken off now! Cruff is doing very well, but not quite as rambunctious as Stubbs. They are obviously of different strains. How exciting !


Day 27: Missed a few days. I had to leave my baby's for a day. They seemed to have behaved so well. I am a very proud parent . Both plants have shown great health and are growing these HUGE factory leaves!



Day 28: I am officially the proud parent of at least one daughter! Today I noticed some pre-flowering on Stubbs, and after comparing them to what I have seen on the threads here and in my MJ Horticulture book, they are definitely female! This made my day . I tried to get a close-up shot. Kinda hard to see though...



Day 29: Today we had some guests stop in for a visit . I am babysitting for a few days for a close friend for various reasons. I got to use my flower room for the first time today! I hooked up the scrubber from Phresh and it is working like a charm . I will post photos tomorrow as the flowering plants are on their dark cycle right now due to them moving today.



That's all for today. I will find some more time to post yesterday and today's entries a little later.

Peace and love,
-Fish

Day 30: Lot's of pictures today! I thought I would show off some of my buddies girls I have been babysitting in the flower room. Also, this should give you a better idea of what I hope my setup will look like a few more months into our Summer. We had a warm muggy day today, but the temperatures still stayed in a very reasonable range of 68 - 71 in the flower room, and 72 - 75 in the veg room. I'm not entirely sure why the temp is higher in the veg room as the fresh air being blown in is the same temperature and speed as the fresh air in the flower room. Perhaps the bulbs burn at different temperatures. Anyways, I had a little fun with my dslr . Hope you enjoy.


<--Stubbs & Cruff --> Thermometer Readings for Flower/Veg Rooms-->

<-- The Family -->

Here are our guests in the flower room -->

Peace and Love,
-Fish

It has now been over a month since Stubbs and Cruff have sprouted in their Fox Farm's soils. I can only assume that the nutrients in the soils are beginning to wain off. Therefore, I have decided to begin feeding them some nutes. I am using BioBizz's Bio-Grow Liquid Fertilizer (1-0-6) and BioHeaven Liquid Plant Energy Enhancer (0.24-0.18-0.24). I used 2 Liters of water per plant and measured out 2ml of Bio-Grow and 2ml of BioHeaven and mixed them into my tap water. They came out to 250-260 ppm, is this about right for a 1 month old in fortified soil? Or should I step it up? After I watered with the nutes I noticed no runoff from either plant, so I decided it must be time to ramp up the watering to 3L. Stubbs ended up taking 4L before any runoff started!

The tap water has a pretty steady pH of 7.4 where I live, but after the nutes were added, this dropped it down to 6.7. I adjusted with some pH up to 6.8. This is the pH they have been receiving since their birth. It also gives a runoff pH of 6.5 which I believe to be close enough to perfect for me . I am making all of these measurements with a fairly nice pH/ppm/temp device I got used from my local growing shop. It is working like a charm! I added a picture of it below.

<-- My office I know I know. It's probably a bad idea to be doing this all on my carpet. I am working on finding a nice work bench.

<--Cruff & Stubbs-->

The Family -->

Please, feel free to leave comments. Perhaps I have something turned off? Or maybe there is just not enough interest out there... Until tomorrow, Peace and Love.
-Fish

very nice set up

sirwolf said:

very nice set up

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Much appreciated sirwolf.

Subscribed! i'll have a proper read through when i'm not baked (first time i've had Blue Cheese and first smoke in months) lol. looks good though man!

JustinWafroGuy said:

Subscribed! i'll have a proper read through when i'm not baked (first time i've had Blue Cheese and first smoke in months) lol. looks good though man!

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Thanks Justin for the sub. I have always wanted to sample this Blue Cheese
Do you grow?

-Fish

Not much to report today. I did some watering for our guests. But nothing much to do with my babies but rotate .

<-- Cruff and Stubbs -->


The leaves on Subbs are getting out of control big! -->
Would that make this an Indica plant?

I am thinking I should clone the lowers on these ladies (hopefully) before I go and stress them in their flower stage to prove their pre-flowers tellings. What do you think?

Peace and love,
-Fish

fishern3 said:

Thanks Justin for the sub. I have always wanted to sample this Blue Cheese
Do you grow?

-Fish

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No . Still at home with mummy so no growing for a while unfortunately. You won't be disappointed with the cheese man doesn't half whiff n all lol Gonna read your thread through now pal.

JustinWafroGuy said:

No . Still at home with mummy so no growing for a while unfortunately. You won't be disappointed with the cheese man doesn't half whiff n all lol Gonna read your thread through now pal.

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Thanks a lot for stoppin' by! I will try my hardest to stay up to date with this Speaking of which, it's about time for an update...

Day 33/34: Yesterday, our friends went back home, but left one behind for showing such good hospitality She has been named Alice.

No watering today, just some rotation and inspection. They are looking amazing as always! Their stalks are getting very strong, and their nodes are very tight together. Will this hinder my abilities to clone? I added a photo so you could see, as well as some of Alice, the latest addition to the family.

<-- Stubbs' Stalk

<--Cruff Stubbs-->

<-- Alice -->

That's it for today! Have a happy 4th of July!
Peace and Love,
-Fish

What does anyone think about me transplanting Cruff and Stubbs into 5 gallon pots..? too risky? too early?