My First Mmj Grow Az

MasterS

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This grow is for a patient who wants a small number of plants to take care of (3) while I grow the rest of his medicine (9 other plants).

I am volunteering my time to teach him everything I know so that at the years end, he won't require me as a caregiver nor the services of other caregivers. (Except for variety etc but this is primarily for low income patients)

We have a small ebb/flow system. 3 plants. Lost Coast OG by Emerald Triangle. Normally I follow the 5L/plant rule for the reservoir but we are using 10L/plant due to our ghetto fabulous set up. He was more interested in learning DIY cheapo methods (again for low income patients)

I explained this leads to pH imbalances but he doesn't care.. he has fun playing with it haha

Seeds were germed May 5th. So plants are 22 days old. Main plant is only 7 inches tall but it is 16 inches wide! haha Leaves are bigger than the plant is tall ^_^

There isn't any nute burn, the odd color variation is due to them being misted recently and some crazy light refraction. Here in AZ we have some low RH (relative humidity)

Leaves curling up a bit due to pH fluctuation, at least what I've assessed. We are trying to maintain the pH at 5.80-5.92. Sometimes he forgets a day and it jumps to ~6.34 (daily spikes are due to a bigger res than required but it's what we have to work with.)

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Bird Gymnastics

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Looking good man. What type of lights are you using to be cost effective? I live in California right now but I too have my caregiver's card in Arizona as that is my new home come June. I was curious as to what you were offering your patients? Fees, setups, etc... Your plant seems to be looking amazing. You have definitely done your homework and am looking forward to seeing the progress on this little guy (hopefully girl :D )
 

MasterS

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Just started showing preflowers 2 days ago, 1st one is a lady so far ^_^ A 400W HPS, electricity isn't that bad and doesn't have to be cool-tubed. We just have a small fan blowing over it allowing us to keep it 6-8 inches from the canopy. By vegging with HPS he can use it for flowering as well. Trying to help him budget to plan for unknown factors such as bulb dying, something breaking ect. We wouldn't want to go very long at all without essentials. It's very satisfying determining an efficiency for someone else, not to mention teaching someone to grow their medicine.
 

MasterS

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They averaged 2 oz per plant. Big girl was 2.5 while the smallest was just over 1. I recommend this strain, I had reservations but extremely solid. The medication it provides has been very praised.
 

MasterS

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Also, they all ended up being female. I have since started a co-op and am currently building a 10X10' grow room.
 

Bird Gymnastics

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Sounds good man. Wish you would of snapped some pics. I have the lost coast og too from seed but still not sure if. Wanna run that over the vanilla kush. Good stuff though man. 2 zips per plant is nice.
 
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