1st grow with pics, 6 plants, organic soil, comments welcomed

exclamatio

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Been growing my little girls for 17 days now, took these pics yesterday as a personal reference but was hoping you guys could give me some tips!

Is organic soil, ready mixed from a grow site so all the essentials in there, great water retention and excellent drainage. I'm considering using the same to grow indoor fruit/veg/other herbs.

Got a 250watt HPs you can see high above the plants, is roughly 18" away from the plants, 2 x 150watt flourescent grow lights with 2700k spectrum, producing a tiny amount of heat so nice and close to my babies.

I rotate the pots clockwise once daily, usually watering once daily with roughly 200ml of water. Sometimes i will substitute 40-50ml of the water for a fert mix. I've been using BN soil (supergrow i think, will check later), has a nice mix of NPK and other micro nutes, so far they have recieved this 3 times, it Is mixed at 5ml to 1litre of water.

All my water has 5ml of 6% h2o2 mixed in to keep it pure and to help oxidize the roots. (slightly higher dosage in my spray bottle that I use to clean the area, roughly 15ml to each 500ml).

All the girls are named. Some are doing slightly better than others but they are now all levelling out and growing superbly, I have a journal I've been keeping, if anyone is interested I will share it.

I've also included a personal picture so everyone can see what I look like, this is just incase any of my enemies are lurking they can see what happens to them.

Hope you like the pics and I welcome all of your comments guys.
 

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Wisegrow

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They look pretty good, were at about the same time with our babies (im at day 16 "single plant" cfl grow). If you want you can check up on mine to compare, just look at some of my latest threads..... you'll find my baby in there somewere. Actually I am gunna make some sort of grow journal
 

exclamatio

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nice Setup Man Lmao At Your Enemy pic :)
cheers mate, did my research before starting. Thought i knew all id need to know but now im growing i realise just how much there is to learn!

They look pretty good, were at about the same time with our babies (im at day 16 "single plant" cfl grow). If you want you can check up on mine to compare, just look at some of my latest threads..... you'll find my baby in there somewere. Actually I am gunna make some sort of grow journal
cool man, your plant is looking pretty good, hope its a decent yield for ya :D

looks nice. gl
cheers mate!
 

scottish lad

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not being funny lads but my plant looks the same as yours and its only 7 DAYS old

i have got 2 lowriders and they are now where near the growth rate of the plant am talking about but i dont know the kind o it :(
 

exclamatio

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aye ive seen a fair few plants with better initial progress than mine, im thinking its because i started vegging with only my 250watt hps, when i introduced the 2 flourescants they started to bloom faster
 

scottish lad

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mite just be the type o plant because am only using 2 fluresents at moment waiting on my 400hps to be deliverd
 

Wisegrow

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not being funny lads but my plant looks the same as yours and its only 7 DAYS old

i have got 2 lowriders and they are now where near the growth rate of the plant am talking about but i dont know the kind o it :(
Thats the genetics of the lowriders though (HENCH THE NAME)...lowriders are meant to grow short and stout "FAST" with early yield. My baby is just some bag seed, but she is growing at the pace of some bank seeds it feels like haha
 

exclamatio

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just switched to 24/0 and jesus their growth just exploded!

I figured starting with 18/6 would give time for their roots to grow thick and strong and now at 24/0 they can make use of the light and use more nutrients, thinking about keeping them under 24/0 till the end of their 4th week and then flowering for 7/8 weeks.

will post update pics when i get my camera back!
 

scottish lad

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well done i :)

i have just fitted my 400hps the nite but my heat has just jumped up to over 100f so am racking my brain try to sort out cold air and extraction :(
 
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