Island Sweet Skunk Grow

Well I have been reading on this site for a while now. There is some extremely knowledgable individuals on this site.
Set up = 1000 watt MH Agrosun (veg)
1000 watt super HPS Hortilux (flower)
1000 watt lumatek electric Ballast 120/240v
Ecoplus inline fan 340CFM 1.1 amps
Hydrofarm Daystar AC
I am growing 6 Island Sweet Skunk clones that I recieved from a local Dispensery. I would love to attach some pictures since I have been documenting very closely from day 1. May I can get some help there first. Down to brass tax as they say. I have grown out doors in FL for years and now I am in CO growing indoors. I am 15 days in and the plants have grown 6-9 inches. I count that as a win. I thought that it would be cool to document this grow and why not on this site so those that would like to follow along they can. If anyone has anything to say then get it. I welcome all new and old. I know that sound bad. I actually found the picture part. So if anyone has any comments at all please post. New pictures to come after the weekend.

Just a quick little history. I have been running on the HPS bulb due to the ballast being broken and the MH side has a short. I was able to pick up the new ballast today. (it is an upgraded version with an adjustable knob for 50%, 75%, 100% or Super Lumens) I will be changing over to the MH tonight when the light cycle had turned off. I am running a 18/6. I have mixed Fox Farms Happy From and Pearlite 80/20. watering about every 4-5 days and they seem to be responding pretty well. The growth was very slow in the beginning (transporting) but then they really took off.

OK it looks like some of you are taking a look. If you guys are anything like me you want more pictures. My fiance is out of town with the camera but will be back tomorrow PM. I will try to get some up then. The plants are looking very full since the switch to MH. My caregiver says that I should only wait until they are 18" to flower. No bigger. I want to wait until they are atleast 2' but he is the master. My ceilings are jusy over 7 feet and with the large reflector I can see why I should start to flower at 18". Any other thoughts from the masters here?

I figure I am all alone out here but I am going to continue to post weekly until I see some friends pop up. The plants are looking very good. They are ranging between 13"-17" now and getting very bushy. I am getting very close to flowering phase. I measured to day and the bottom of my reflector is exactly 7'. Any advice on when I should to flower? I have added some more pictures because everyone loves pictures. The pictures are from a few days ago but I will take more when the ladies wake up. The lady in the front middle, I started to manipulate the stems so it didn't get to high. I figure that part of the fun is to try new things and see what happens for yourself.
I like this guy he is cool.
If anyone has any thoughts I am new and could use all of the advice I can get.

how did you start your seeds or did you use clones

Lookin good cuhz. I live in FL and I think CO is the only place besides Cali that I could move to and be happy. I went to winterpark, CO a couple years back and had a great time snowboarding. Subscribed & +rep

Thanks for the kind words. I was in FL for 20 years. The girls are looking great but I am not getting much vertical growth on the plants. Manybe 1/4" - 1" a day or two. I spend probably 1-2 hours a day with the girls (only lights on) and that is not counting the days that I water (another 40 min.). The flowers are comingg along nicely but I think like I said before that I think I have a little bit of mold.

I HAVE MITES!!!! I was doing so good in making sure that the room was so cleaned before I moved the girls in. I guess when you have 2 cats and Dog I just should have had the carpet cleaners out first and then started from a very clean place. I have seen the mites but I can't see more than 2mites per leave and I have only seen them on about 6 leaves. I trimmed them quickly. I have read so many different things on how to treat or get rid of. I have a grow consultation today with my caregiver and he always has all the answers so I will keep everyone posted on the advice that i get.

I went out and bought some preditor mites today. We will see over the next couple of weeks.

LOOKING VERY HEALTHY... What dispensary in CO has ISS clones???

Dr. I tryed to reply to you earlier and I think that I had some problems. If you did recieve the message then I did figure it out. CO is pretty big and I am not sure what region of state you are in. Let me know and I will be in touch.
The girls are looking better than ever and all of the leaves look good with no burn markings. I will look daily and post again in the next few days.

Looks great to me. Do you have holes in the bottom of your buckets and what soil are you using?

Thank you. Fox Farms Happy Frog and perlite 75/25 mix and yes a lot of holes around the outside bottom edge and holes on the bottom as well.