Stoney McFried's diary of a level two plant slayer(a grow journal)

Well, what do you know, I got one up.
This time around, (this is my second grow)I'm growing Big Buddha G-Bomb, which is G Force feminized.Right now I am only growing one plant, and I'm going to attempt a scrog.This is an Indica.


To start off, I disinfected my grow room with a mild bleach water solution and dried all the surfaces I wiped.My grow area is...like 4x4x8...I hate measuring.
I'm using a 150 hps and 6500k cfls,(the 24 watt kind) 6 right now and in a week or so I'll add more.My temps have been running a steady 80 degrees,and I can't vent, so I'm going to be building a makeshift air conditioner to keep it cool as the weather warms, and as I add more lights, because right now I'm just using my hps,and if I use cfls, even with the fan, I'll hit 90.
I started my seedling in paper towels, then transferred her to cactus soil in a 16 oz cup when she sprouted.The cactus soil is schultz,and it is a mixture of sand, perlite, peat and reed moss.I added extra perlite to make sure the soil was loose.
I water with bottled water when the soil is dry,this is about every three days or so.My seedling is about one week old,and will be transplanted in another couple of weeks to a bigger pot, depending upon the roots.
Here are some pics.It's not impressive, it's only about a week.Don't worry, that's not a brown spot, that's cinnamon, I use it on the soil surface for all of my sprouts as an antifungal.

Well I already learned something new!! I had no idea you could use cinnamon as an antifungal. That is great, and, it smells good too!

Your plant looks good Stoney!
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Thanks, ma'am! I forgot to mention I have mylar on the walls, too. This weekend at the latest I have to get my air cooler built, because I'm going to add more light, and my room gets hot really easy.

Sunnysideup said:

Well I already learned something new!! I had no idea you could use cinnamon as an antifungal. That is great, and, it smells good too!

Your plant looks good Stoney!
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let it grow about 6in tall then fim it,then do the scrog,that way the stems will be nice and thick and it will beable to hold the weight

Thanks!Told ya I'd get one up.Man, the roots are just filling the cup up.

tipsgnob said:

hi stoney....good job girlfriend.....

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Sounds good.I was gonna make sure it had at least five nodes.I also have a fan on it to strengthen the stem.

wackymack said:

let it grow about 6in tall then fim it,then do the scrog,that way the stems will be nice and thick and it will beable to hold the weight

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I also wanted to mention, my humidity is about 30 percent...a bit dry for a young un, so I'm going to place some ice in front of my fan,and as it evaporates, it will provide cooling air and a bit more humidity.I am also on a 24/7 light schedule, and I will change this to 18/6 about a week after I transplant, to give the plant a bit of time to bounce back from transplanting before I make changes.I found in my last grow that 18/6 seemed to make the plant grow more rapidly.I also sat in my room with the lights out tonight, and noticed that light does leak out of my grow room,so I'm also going to assume that light can get in and take appropriate steps to eliminate this problem before flower.I also have the plant itselfon a platform, which allows me to raise the plant to the lights so I don't have to mess with the lights as much.I doubled up on the cups as well,as one has drainage holes in it,the other one catches that water and is emptied after I'm sure it's done draining.
My journal may jump back and forth a bit, sometimes I forget to mention stuff.I want to mention that When the plant sprouted, I had a humidity dome over it for about 3 days,then took it off when I was sure it was established.I also sterilize my pots before use with bleach and water, then a good rinse,and if they're dishwasher safe, I run them through to sanitize them.My humidity dome was just plastic wrap which I lifted each day to ensure fresh air. I sprouted between two paper towels which were placed in a clean taco bell super nacho container,and then placed on a warming pad which cycled off every few hours under my bed.I sprouted three seeds, which were all treated the same, but two of them really didn't thrive and ended up dying.This one really took off.I was going to sprout some more, but I think right now, I'll focus on this plant, and making it the best grow I can, especially since I've never scrogged before.
I also have a few grow room issues which will be be addressed before they become a problem, such as air cooling.
Thanks for watching, and I'll probably be asking questions before it's all said and done.

Yes?

Tronica said:

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ooh. a stoney mcfried jr.

Yes, and we already know it's a girl, cuz it's femmed.I'm trying to be detailed on here, even with details many may feel are irrelavent,because I think it will be a lot of help to the newbs to kinda have a step by step of what to do, like disinfect,check for light leaks, etc.That and this is only my second grow, I want folks to let me know if they see me fucking up.

Kant said:

ooh. a stoney mcfried jr.

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have you given her a name yet?

Yeah..."My pot plant",lol.

Kant said:

have you given her a name yet?

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Good looking plant Stoney.

I've been looking forward to seeing it.

Thanks, greenleaf and twisty...I'll try to update every week.I'm nervous about doing scrog,I think I got it down, been reading up...I know you said to LST, twisty, and it's kinda doing that on it's own...I actually planted it in the center of the cup, but it leans over to the side.Definitely gotta get my heat control built this weekend so I can put more lights on her.

GreenLeaf420 said:

Good looking plant Stoney.

I've been looking forward to seeing it.

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Twistyman said:

I found it....... looks good Stoney.....

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Lmao,we were all newbs once, I guess, but I certainly didn't try to give advice and then argue with the more experienced posters.I'm just going to try to get this plant as big as I can,and flower it for longer than is recommended,to ensure the trichomes are mostly amber.I'm going to use reptile lights as supplements for the UVB.I want this to be some knock you on your ass indica.

tipsgnob said:

hey stoney...I was reading a thread where a guy was asking how many plants he could grow in a 3x5 room. that's about the size of my flower area, so I told him I do 6 plants. this other guy chimes in and says I'm crazy. that you could grow 50 plants in a 3x5 area. newbs indeed.........

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Yay! I found Stoney's Journal... with pics too!




Sorry Stoney, they won't let me +rep you again so soon , but I'll be watching.
May she grow big and healthy.

Keep us posted

Here's an update...not a hell of a lot of difference, but you can see it's growing.My old man bought me a little swamp cooler, hopefully it raises the humidity a bit and keeps the temps manageable.I have a fan blowing on the stem.The roots on this thing have gone nuts, and I'm sure the cup is filled with them...probably next week I'll transplant.