This time.... this time there WILL be buds...

Welcome everyone to my second grow journal! I gained alot of knowledge from my first grow, and i intend on using that brain learnin' to actually get some BUDS this time around instead of BALLS!

so here we go, improvements on the first grow:

#1 - FEMINISED SEEDS. bought the Cheapest seeds possible last time, which resulted in 2 males out of 2 plants. lesson learned. This time round i have some quality feminised seeds.

#2 - HPS. although there is nothing wrong with CFL's and im impressed with some of the results people are getting, its pretty much the consensus that HPS is the way to go, so i have a 400w system this time around. i still have my 2 big 150w 2700k cfl's for later in flowering for more light if i need em.

#3 - NO STRESS. last time I trimmed a few leaves off and also fimmed at a fairly early stage. lots of stress for no reason. this time im going to allow nature run its course and top/fim only if really needed. i have alot more room now to play with due to the new hps. I want girls not hermies.

#4 - GROW TENT. last time i did a pretty half-arsed job of keeping my grow area clean and keeping lots of reflective material around. I have solved this problem with a fancy new growtent.

so there you have it, onto the pics.

first, the new grow area.



and next, my first seedling which has had about a weeks head start on the other seeds, a feminisd BIG BANG.




I will reveal the identity of the other strains when they sprout. At this stage I think that 4 of the 6 will sprout. They are 6 different strains.

ALL COMMENTS WELCOME!

lookin good man. I'm rockin out with the 400 hps too, very impressed

Good luck with females this time!

cool, good luck with it this time

looks good.cool looking hps

thanks everyone

captcannabis420 said:

looks good.cool looking hps

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aye, i wouldve prefered one without a built in ballast, but it was cheap cheap cheap!

well at this stage it looks asif all 6 have sprouted, which is excellent news! i'll wait a couple more days for them to get nicely settled then i'll take some pics and reveal the other 5 strains!

wat u pay for it if u dont mind me asking???

including postage it was £38, which is about $75/$80 if youre in the US.

can you give me an idea of how to build a horizontal cfl lighting system. i have 2 t5 fluros now and im not pleased. will 2 cfls that you used work, i will need the name of them if you think they will work, thank you

thats not bad.looks bright

yea it seems really good, that price included a brand new phillips son t bulb too, pretty decent.

i think im just gonna go with a 400w system that can use mh or hps that comes with both bulbs and a timer for free.High Tech Garden Supply

im a bit annoyed because the reflector is a bit rubbish, just a dome over the bulb which is reflecting the vast majority of the light back onto the bulb.

i really want a double wing reflector but these are like £40/£50 which is more than i spent on the ballast and bulb combined!!! i really dont want to just throw a load more money at this grow but it might have to be done!

Why not make one?

VCSDave said:

Why not make one?

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true, i could buy some aluminium sheeting and bash one together, i have zero metalworking skills tho, so although banging a sheet into a double wing should be quite easy, getting it attached to the bulb holder, and doing it safely, is a different matter all together. and even then youre looking at about £30 for the aluminium alone.

I'm sure I've seen it done with just aluminium foil. I dunno how effective it would be though, but perhaps it may better than what you've got now?

you can bash together ghetto reflectors nice and easy with CFL bulbs, i did it myself with my last grow, but these lights are FAR hotter and anything other than aluminium poses a fire risk.

i think i might get some and instead of attaching it to the bulb holder i'll suspend it just above the bulb. that'd work nice.

now its time to introduce the whole gang.

youve already met big bang:



but here are the rest!

Strawberry Haze:


the Blue Cheese


skunk #1


Alaskan Ice


and last but not least, white widow! shes had a tough start in life as you can see, her seed was immature and didnt open properly, so one of her starting leaves basicly rotted inside the seed case. As i gentle peeled the seedcase away the dead leaf just came away with it. but as you can see shes not letting it keep her down!



so there we have it, 6 plants, 6 strains, all feminised seedlings!

big bang
strawberry haze
blue cheese
skunk #1
alaskan ice
white widow

So far so good!