luckyskindaguy
Active Member
Hello Rollitup!
This is my first thread and the purpose is to just share my experience thus far, as well as update on my current projects. I would appreciate that this stay positive, so please withstand from any harsh statements. This is for education, not to debate about light comparisons. Thanks, now let's get star.ted!
I am relatively new to growing, and weed in general. I came about this because my girlfriend medicates with marijuana to help with headaches and trouble sleeping. My goal was to lessen the amount of money we were spending on bud.
The seeds that I started with seem to be sativa dominant. After seeding 4 of them, and losing one to a dog, I ended up with 2 from that bag. I nicknamed the strains Peachez and Jade. Jade tends to get very stretchy and Peachez can be trained to stay bushier.
I found a cabinet at a thrift store that measures 38"h X 40"w X 22"d. I lined it with mylar for a reflective surface. Since I had such a small space, I chose a 660nm and blue UFO type light. I flush mounted it to the ceiling after drilling 1 1/4" holes matched up to the fans on the light.
I flowered 2 plants my first go around and 4 my second grow. The first time, I yielded 3/4 oz. The second grow was 54g dry.
Since I am new to growing I don't mind admitting my mistakes and hopefully others can learn from what I have done, both good and bad. For the first few months I noticed less than ideal appearance of my plants while in flowering. It wasn't until the second grow that I realized what was the cause of this. I Introduced a 3rd strain from another bagseed nicknamed Cameo an Indica dominant strain. When Cameo went into flower, she was not as resilliant to nute burn as the other strains were and she all but died on me. When I saw this I re-traced my steps and reliazed I had made a HUGE error! Instead of 5ml= 1 tsp., I was feeding 1 TBS! Three times the amount I was supposed to! I didn't catch this until 6 weeks into Flowering. I replaced the nutes with fresh water at 8 weeks (hydro setup) and flushed for 2 weeks. Once I put it on proper nutes, the plants all flourished! Had I not had plants waiting in the wings, I would have given the second grow a week or two longer.
You can see in this pic from the second grow that these were spindly and tall even prior to going into the cabinet.
Another change I made during this process from the 2nd to 3rd grow was during the Veg cycle. I began to prune the young plants to keep the nodes tight. This caused the plants to stay bushy and tight with twice as many nodes as unpruned of the same strains. In this 3rd grow I added 2 (23w) CFL floodlight bulbs, one on each side of the LED light. This is to try to give a more complete light spectrum of light as well as fill the side lighting some.
Here are a couple pics with the new plants and new lighting setup:
3rd grow plants went into the box on 4/3/2010 and started 12/12 that night after vegging at 18/6. I'll take pics periodicly and stop by to chat fairly regularly. I look forward to hearing what you guys think!
Grow well!
This is my first thread and the purpose is to just share my experience thus far, as well as update on my current projects. I would appreciate that this stay positive, so please withstand from any harsh statements. This is for education, not to debate about light comparisons. Thanks, now let's get star.ted!
I am relatively new to growing, and weed in general. I came about this because my girlfriend medicates with marijuana to help with headaches and trouble sleeping. My goal was to lessen the amount of money we were spending on bud.
The seeds that I started with seem to be sativa dominant. After seeding 4 of them, and losing one to a dog, I ended up with 2 from that bag. I nicknamed the strains Peachez and Jade. Jade tends to get very stretchy and Peachez can be trained to stay bushier.
I found a cabinet at a thrift store that measures 38"h X 40"w X 22"d. I lined it with mylar for a reflective surface. Since I had such a small space, I chose a 660nm and blue UFO type light. I flush mounted it to the ceiling after drilling 1 1/4" holes matched up to the fans on the light.
I flowered 2 plants my first go around and 4 my second grow. The first time, I yielded 3/4 oz. The second grow was 54g dry.
Since I am new to growing I don't mind admitting my mistakes and hopefully others can learn from what I have done, both good and bad. For the first few months I noticed less than ideal appearance of my plants while in flowering. It wasn't until the second grow that I realized what was the cause of this. I Introduced a 3rd strain from another bagseed nicknamed Cameo an Indica dominant strain. When Cameo went into flower, she was not as resilliant to nute burn as the other strains were and she all but died on me. When I saw this I re-traced my steps and reliazed I had made a HUGE error! Instead of 5ml= 1 tsp., I was feeding 1 TBS! Three times the amount I was supposed to! I didn't catch this until 6 weeks into Flowering. I replaced the nutes with fresh water at 8 weeks (hydro setup) and flushed for 2 weeks. Once I put it on proper nutes, the plants all flourished! Had I not had plants waiting in the wings, I would have given the second grow a week or two longer.
You can see in this pic from the second grow that these were spindly and tall even prior to going into the cabinet.
Another change I made during this process from the 2nd to 3rd grow was during the Veg cycle. I began to prune the young plants to keep the nodes tight. This caused the plants to stay bushy and tight with twice as many nodes as unpruned of the same strains. In this 3rd grow I added 2 (23w) CFL floodlight bulbs, one on each side of the LED light. This is to try to give a more complete light spectrum of light as well as fill the side lighting some.
Here are a couple pics with the new plants and new lighting setup:
3rd grow plants went into the box on 4/3/2010 and started 12/12 that night after vegging at 18/6. I'll take pics periodicly and stop by to chat fairly regularly. I look forward to hearing what you guys think!
Grow well!
