Grow Journal #5-12/12 from seed to finish, 400W Grow Cabinet, Hydro & Soil

Week 5, day 4

Official Ages of plants.

The Queen & BHP is 5 weeks, 4 days old.
Indica Soil #1 is 4 weeks, 4 days old.
Nirvana Bubblicious is 2 weeks, 4 days old.

last night I did my advanced growing technique on all of my plants. (its not really that advanced, I just wouldnt recommend it to the n00b's till they really understand the way these plants grow.)...just a lil something I picked up over time. I wont go into details bcuz I dont have much of an audience. so it would just be wasted keystrokes.

so far everything has been pretty good coming to an end of week 5.

- now all plants are being fed nutes:

+The Queen is getting 1/2 strength FloraNova VEG nutes till week 6, then its half strength FLOWER nutes.

+Indica is getting 1/4 strength all purpose MG plant food (24-8-16) for the rest of week 4. week 5 its gonna be 1/2 strength, then the week 6 its gonna be ready to flower.

- I fixed the heat issue! i turns out that my venting came loose from my window, so no fresh air was being pulled in to cool off the box and HPS. I hooked it back up, temps have been at a steady 85*F.

- humidity is still my biggest prob. it stays between 30-40% RH. Im trying to get that up to at least a constant 50% RH.
so far Ive tried:

+leaving a bucket of water in there (almost no affect. the air is constantly being pushed into, and pulled out of the box. with winds like these it tends to dry out quickly)

+leaving damp towels in there to dry out (same as above)

+ daily misting of plants (best method so far. after mist the humidity reaches as high as 60% RH, but it drops back down to 40% within an hour or 2.

pics on the way

S4$

Week 5, day 4

I got a nice suprise for u guys. I know Uve been waiting to see how 'wet' my ladies get. so I threw in a few bonus shots.




Indica Dom - Soil





The Queen


yea. she likes it wet too.



B.H.P. & T.H.P.



Nirvana Bubblicious - Hydro

thanks 4 the update, they are lookin real nice.

nice grow and i like your cab. i thought about making the same thing soon so this helps with those plans.

lookin good. You're a little ahead of me but I'm all soil. I'll keep checking by.

Week 5, Day 6

Ive been seeing some glorious growth. I dunno if its the cab or if I just got lucky with a good strain but something is causing these to take off.




Indica Dom - Soil


B.H.P.


Nirvana Bubblicious - Hydro


The Queen









The Next Generation is ready to go...


(Nirvana Bubblicious clone, 3 bagseed)

looking very nice... although I have a question... why is some of your leaves... like the tips are almost like boxlike... any ideas? Almost looks like they were cut.

Week 6, Day 1

I started feeding the older ones bloom nutes.

Check out my method for hand feeding my hydro plants. Its the easiest way to grow in hydro, and the least expensive.

My Hydro setup is as follows:

Net pots, hydroton, rockwool cubes, flora nova Veg nutes & Bloom nutes.




I use 2 tupper ware containers that are close to the same size. I mix the nutes in one container, and set the plant on top of the empty container. I pour my nutes over the hydroton and it drains into the other, then I go back and forth 3-4 times, spray the plants down with water and put them back under the lights..

so far so good.

great pics , some of those leaves are huge.

mastakoosh said:

nice grow and i like your cab. i thought about making the same thing soon so this helps with those plans.

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thanks MK. I appreciate u stoppin by. I hope my design helps u out, if u have any questions feel free to ask them

ru8fru said:

looking very nice... although I have a question... why is some of your leaves... like the tips are almost like boxlike... any ideas? Almost looks like they were cut.

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thats part of an advanced growing technique. I saw some video where a dude in a white coat did that to his clones. it was supposed to stimulate new growth, so I tried it on my seedlings and it worked out. Ive been doing it since then. damn, good eye man.

Oh that explains it... nice glad its working out? How does it work? I might be interested in it on my next grow ... I just upped some pics on my journal if you wanna peep

Week 6, Day 2

I noticed a bit of drooping when I saw my plants today. I realized that I hadnt flushed my plants yet.




The Indica Dom was doing kind of a LST on itself. It just bent over on its own the top felt soft and flexible. the leaves were also droopy. its getting close to being rootbound.



B.H.P. In dire need of a flush



On a positive note, I found out one of my Nirvana Bubblicious plants is a girl!




So today I decided to build a Mother chamber for my Bubblicious mother. I'll have to put this girlie in the chamber under 16/8 lighting so she can grow some branched for me to clone.






this is what my cab looks like now

ru8fru said:

Oh that explains it... nice glad its working out? How does it work? I might be interested in it on my next grow ... I just upped some pics on my journal if you wanna peep

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Trimming away the tips of the leafs stops the growth of that leaf.

by doing this to my leaves im stopping the plant from growing huge leaves, wasting energy in that area. it focuses on new growth instead. I only do it to the second node with 3 bladed leaves and any leaves that are getting a lil large and casting shadows.

Week 6, Day 3

I got a quick update for u guys.

this is the day after the flush (hydro) and transplant (soil)


The Queen.


B.H.P.


T.H.P. & the two new seedlings I call them "Bright" and "Early"


I moved the two seedlings into the VEG chamber below since the HPS & fan dries the soil too quickly.

Looking good Spitting for cash nice to see u got the flushing porblem solved looking much healthier now, so you flowered straight from seed? 6 weeks? how long did it take each new plant before it showed fe/male flowers?
Jolly, Keep it up!

I love the 12/12 method...havent tried it yet but reading about it, it sounds great...My two females in flower are so bushy, one is growing straight up the other isnt...I dont have a whole lot of space so this would be ideal for me...My other 4 p.p are on 1 week of veg...might put them into 12/12 on week two or so...cause i have 5 fem bb cheese coming soon...want to have a steady growth...
Nice job by the way...fucking dank ass shit..

TheJollyBrother said:

Looking good Spitting for cash nice to see u got the flushing porblem solved looking much healthier now, so you flowered straight from seed? 6 weeks? how long did it take each new plant before it showed fe/male flowers?
Jolly, Keep it up!

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wassup jolly!

yea, 12/12 straight from seed. today is exactly 6 weeks and 3 days since the very first one popped. the males showed sex in just over 3 weeks, females showed closer to 4 weeks of 12/12 from seed.

GreenCrunchies said:

I love the 12/12 method...havent tried it yet but reading about it, it sounds great...My two females in flower are so bushy, one is growing straight up the other isnt...I dont have a whole lot of space so this would be ideal for me...My other 4 p.p are on 1 week of veg...might put them into 12/12 on week two or so...cause i have 5 fem bb cheese coming soon...want to have a steady growth...
Nice job by the way...fucking dank ass shit..

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wats good GC?!

the best part about using this method from SEED is that the plants wont even begin to bud until they are ready. so for the first few weeks (up until the buds start forming) the plant is actually vegging.

If someone was to grow from clone, the clone would be mature enough to start forming buds once it roots. so it wouldnt be a good idea to put clones under 12/12 until the clone starts growing side branches.



I appreciate both of U stopping by. grab a seat and the spliff in rotation the fun is just beginning!


S4$

hehe No problem spittin, were all learning tokers here, i really cnt wait to see the final yield, i mean those arent small plants by any means, and putting plant 12/12 from the start has gotta help with money and the fact u only need ONE chamber! i think im gonna google it n read some more, i wud have a toke but my useless dealers has his fone off and my plants aint giving me no love for about 2months, BUT, good job man,
we need you pioneers.

just stumbled on this grow. Looking great. I am looking into starting an outdoor grow when I get back home. The queen is looking nice and the technique of cutting the larger leaves is something new to me and I might try with my grow.

I have done this before....it does work well but some strains will hermie out from the stress...