Grow #2 White Dwarf....

This is my second grow, first journal. My last grow was bagseed, i had Ph issues(no meter) got Mg Cl Lockout and just pulled them after 2 weeks of watching them slowly die . But now I'm back armed with new seeds and a Milwaukee SM100... So here's my setup

- 5x Buddha Seeds White Dwarf Fem.
- Fox Farms Happy Frog Soil with Fox Farms Big & Chunky Perlite
- Fox Farms Big Bloom, Grow Big, Tiger Bloom, and Open Sesame nutes
- 2.5x2x3.5ft cab lined with mylar
- 10 23w 6500k CFL's for veg.
- 2x 150w Econolight HPS's with remote ballast's
- 2x 4" Inline duct fans

The seeds hit soil on 2/14, all popped a day or 2 later. Right now my temps are at 80-85f with a RH of 40-53% Lights are 24/0 for the first 2 weeks then I will switch them to 18/6 for the rest of the grow.

Here is a few pics of the cab from the 1st grow and the new little girls... Feel free to comment...

GoldenGanja13 said:

Your set up is Tight. I like to see people grow smart.

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thanks the cab was made from 2 different cabinets. The bar the runs a crossed is not there any more... i didn't have enough clearance for the HPS lights. I also switched to light chain instead of rope. here are a few pics of my light set up...

CFLS



HPS

Size comparison next to the 4.5Ft

well it's been 8days since they hit the soil and they are looking great!!!! Does any one know the best feeding schedule for AF Strains?? I was fallowing the FF feeding schedule for my bagseed grow but, do AF plants require a different schedule???

bump... Anyone?

well i decided to uses the fox farms schedule....Today i will be using a 1/2 strength of week 2 on the ff schedule. They should start to show sex in a few days. Most start in around 14days. I don't know exactly when to switch to bloom nutes. But i think 2 weeks would be a good time. Im open to ideas..............

switched to my dual 150w hps lights today.... temps went up a bit but are sitting around 83-85f.

This will be day 2 and the plants are taking off!!!!!! They love the hps lights!!! I have them set around 14" above the plants, temps now stay around 80f RH is around 30%. I noticed i bit of yellowing on 2 lower leaves but it hasnt't progressed since i added the nutes.

One plant is experiencing what i think is N deff. The lowest 2 leaves are turning yellow. Ill post pics later today. The rest of the plants are doing great!!!!!!!!!! All have showed sex(All Girls)!!!!!

well the yellowing continues on the one oldest plant.... I think its N Deff. Or K Deff. but i dont know. PLEASE help me out

What is your Ph? And how much nutes you feeding?

Do you calibrate your ph meter? I made this mistake and found my ph was off by .8. It could be ph problems from the look of it. You need to make sure you check ph after you add nutes as well. Grow big has a very low ph and will drop your ph big time.

I would flush them the next watering with straight Phed water. Make sure if its tap water you let it sit 24 hrs. Chlorine will evaporate out. Than give them a small feeding the watering after. maybe 1/4th even 1/8th strength. Start slow.

Leftyy2k4 said:

What is your Ph? And how much nutes you feeding?

Do you calibrate your ph meter? I made this mistake and found my ph was off by .8. It could be ph problems from the look of it. You need to make sure you check ph after you add nutes as well. Grow big has a very low ph and will drop your ph big time.

I would flush them the next watering with straight Phed water. Make sure if its tap water you let it sit 24 hrs. Chlorine will evaporate out. Than give them a small feeding the watering after. maybe 1/4th even 1/8th strength. Start slow.

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pH of the run off is 6.2. My meter is Calibrated i check it before i mix the nutes. Nutes are full strength Tiger bloom with a 1/4tsp of open sesame. I phed it up to 6.8 before i fed them.

OH and BTW this is only on 2 plants of 5 plants. The two plants are 2 days older then the rest.

sublime51127 said:

pH of the run off is 6.2. My meter is Calibrated i check it before i mix the nutes. Nutes are full strength Tiger bloom with a 1/4tsp of open sesame. I phed it up to 6.8 before i fed them.

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How often do you feed them or water them.

If your feeding full nutes that is the problem. You need to work up to full nutes.

Wait your using bloom nutes? Its to early for bloom nutes. Are your even in 12/12 yet? Right now grow big will be fine. Do not start tiger bloom till you switch to 12/12 and flowers begin. Than I would switch to tiger bloom and big bloom and maybe feed one more time grow big at week 3 or 4 of flowering.

Flush them with ph water and slow back on the nutes. Go 1/4th or 1/8th strength grow big every other watering and no more than once a week. Increase dosage as you see fit and as your plants tell you. If they are doing great on 1/4th or 1/2th strength go with that. If they burn a lil flush and scale it back.

They are AutoFlowering, they have already gone into flower. They are also non receptive to photo periods. 18/6 from start to finish....

sublime51127 said:

They are AutoFlowering, they have already gone into flower. They are also non receptive to photo periods. 18/6 from start to finish....

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So flowers have already formed? And how long has flowering been going on?

And how often are you feeding and watering?

Can I see a pic of the whole garden and whole plants?

yep they have. Here are some pics Sorry they are under the hps's

no red stems, maybe stunted growth, just yellowing then DEATH!

They look good. Maybe just flush them and scale back the nutes a lil. At least for those that are having the yellowing issue.

How often do you water? and how do you determine its time to water?. When do you feed them?