this is my first grow

Ok this is my first grow.alright here it goes,i built three areas to work in,out in my work shop.baby area is above one of my veg areas it 2' tall by 2.5 wide x5' long with a 5t flor grow light. Have pod tray with dome and a heating grow pad under.Using rapid grow pods.For seedlings and clones. This is all covered buy a black sheet as a wall to in close all light from leaking out.This light stays on 24/7. Under that is one grow area 3x5x5 foot tall also walled off with black sheets it has a 400 watt hps lights with air ventilation running through it. With the lights vented i can put the light right down on the plant, which made my second grow real tight between nodes plant look bad ass i think. Wait im getting a head of my self. MY first grow is in flower right now.Which is right next to this grow area walled off with another black sheet. Theirs a hole cut in sheet for vent to go through and is hooked up to my other 400 watt hps.I put 7 plants in and 4 were males. Now this grow area is 4x4x6 with 2 walls panted white the other 2 are you guess it black sheets,hey they were cheap and block the light from getting out. I have 2 fans mounted on the walls and a ac unit for the hot texas days. It stay between 75 to 85 with ac on all day.Now i let my my 1rst grow stay in veg for 6 weeks and they got little to big for my flower area but o well im dealing with it. Learn a lesson there from now on 3 to 4 weeks tops in veg im thinking 3 though so plants dont get to tall for my flower area.Im growing in fox farm organic potting soil. My nuts.are botanic veg formula and botanic flower formula.Also just started my flowering plants on bushmaster formula.In my 2nd veg area i start out in the 2nd week with 7 ml per gal of tap water thats as been setting in the sun for 2 days then water ph levels adjusted to 6.0.I was told that what my ph level should be at so if not what is? I go from 7ml to 15 ml to 30 ml per gal of water buy the end of their veg life.when they make the transition to flower i used 15ml of veg and 15 of flower formula. To now i start my 4th week in flowering,were 30 ml per gal of flower formula.and 2 mls of Bushmaster.I was told that the bushmaster would help slow down the plants from growing taller so will see. Like i said i let my first grow stay in veg a little to long my next batch is in veg now and will be ready in 2 weeks for flower.the light down lower on this batch and they look alot bushyer.SEEDS used, i use some bag seed i got from around here for my first grow but is looks alsome,sense then i went on a shopping spree of a bunch of seed banks. To see witch ones i like the best. I like attitude the best i think,mainly because i like the fact that they send there seeds in the breeder package,better that seed in zip lock bags marked. Have some alsome strains now, some are in the 2nd batch getting ready for flower,cant wait for them.I didnt take about clones, I tryed 4 clones and three rooted out all came from males plants so they were pulled but one is the pic it looks like a pulm tree.also2 of the smaller plant in pics are 2 week old blue berry and 1 crystal ill post new pic tomorrow of 4 week buds and 3 week blue berry and crystal pics and others as well.tell me what you think?

Your plants look very healthy. Nice job.

thank goig to post more pics to day.

this id my first grow and ive been growing for 4 weeks indoors fromt seedling start and i use two 65 watt plant lights ans one 70 watt plant forecent light, can i use this for all stages and when can i start the flowering stage, i use the right nutes i know from reading so much i have a fan in them allways running and my lights are on 16-8 cycle, right now there 8inches tall, i could use any advise i can get plz help thanks

im new to but i run my lights at 18-6.and i let mine veg under the 5t flor.... light ofr a week then put them down under the grow light,and they seem to grow fine.but i kept them in veg to long for what im wanting and they got about 3 foot tall at 6 weeks and strechy it seem,because my light were kept about 1foot or so off the plants.before i put them in flower.sence then they grown tallest one is about 4.7 tall and only have about a foot left to lights.started training it to give it room under the lights.or trying that is.As for useing those lights iv seehn alot of grows on here were people use them so i dont see why not.I just dont think they put off enough energy but i new so i use 400hps light hook up the a vent so

at 4 weeks mine were taller that 8" im thinking for my grow area and flower area im not going to let them get over16 to 20 inch tall from now on.I think i can produce more from useing that size in flower.NOw i have 4 in there and it seems thight in there.but there tall.I can put more smaller ones and grow them more effectively i think. It looks like i could put up to 12 in there at that size and use the space better.

but shoot man im looking for answers to any one just jump right in.....

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new pics sunday will be start of week 4 in flower and have thumb size buds on three.just cut some clones this mourning. 3 week old blue berry and crystal too.took these pics after i misted them heavy.look droopy but there not when the light is on them.any one have any advice. noetic some of the leaves the tips are turning brown any one have any reason for this.

Hey cutman,

I got your message.

Do i put the cloneing solution in bucket or just plan water?It looks like if i run a 4 gal res... how much solution do i put in the bucket.

Yes, you use the cloning solution in res. Its your nutrients.

On the chart it say 10ml per leiter.Dose that mean 40ml per gal which mean 160ml per 4 gal?Is that all i put into water or do i put some veg formula in with it?

Yes, I use clonex and I think that's whats recommended. I have found it is good to follow recommended amount on cloning solution by itself and use it for two weeks. Then go half strength with the nutrients for the rest of the grow.
One liter is equal to a quart so yes 40 mil would be used in a gallon.

Also i have rooting gel do i still use it?

No, Only once.

Im trying 4 clones this morroning out side the dome.Going to do 4 inside the dome to see which works best? Any help would be great.im looking for 100% that all live.

Put them all under the dome. mist the dome, not the plants. take it off for a minute or so each day and mist the dome then put it back on. after a week or so take it off for an hour and look at them, if they look ok keep it off. check in a few hours, If they show signs of stress put it back on and ween them off it.

You can check out my cabinet journal. I go over cloning in it.


Good luck.


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cool i cut 8 clone to day and going to do 8 more tomorrow. hey i was told to cut fan leaves i half is that right and why?

Yea,

when plants are rooting they pull energy from the leaf so you want some, also once rooted sometimes the leaf will come back. When you have too much leaf the plant is trying to grow while its trying to root and it takes much longer. What works is trimming the leaf so it has the right amount. Then once planted give them 24 hours of darkness to trigger the rooting hormones.

once it roots out and planted in the siol give it 24hr out sarkness

so fa out of 15 clones i think im giong to lose 2

cutman said:

so fa out of 15 clones i think im giong to lose 2

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here weekly pics from flower to veg wait flower the big stalks are blue berry,and crystal.I sure can tell the differance in gennetics of good to great. also theres one there dont know any i deals? leaves are dropy see gets up in the morning but the evening she drops.she gets the same as all others and is growing but the droppyness .I was giveing nutes but they show signs of to much so i cut back ,and the last week they all are just getting ph adjusted water only.will start nutes back on monday 1/4 str....and then theres my very first ladys.yes ther was some streching but hey im learning.the next batch iv kept the light down on and these will look alot better when they flower.Cant wait there going in a week to flower.

any i deals? leaves are dropy see gets up in the morning but the evening she drops.she gets the same as all others and is growing but the droppyness

Most look good, aside from droopy there. I would guess the one plant would have something sapping the energy from her. I don't think it would be in your feeding or lighting cause you said they all get the same, so I would guess shes got a bug.

I know you said you checked for spider mites but ya know? They are pretty small.

Oh, and next time around you may want to cut off that bottom growth to send more energy to the buds during flower.

so she might have a bug you say?could enfect others? I mean shes has sperts of energy and picks her leaves up all day.light go out so dose she.Tell me more about trimming?

iv seen mites on my strawberry plants before yes very small.magnifeing gass shows them well