Anyone grown "Chem Dawg"?

Green Growbot

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On my 2nd grow, first one was a Mango strain but, well you know how it goes, cant get it all right the first time (made some decent hash though).
I used a 150 Watt HPS for the full life cycle of the last one but switched to T5 for vegging and will most likely use the HPS for flowering. Any help on the the "Chem Dawg"strain or extra info on using T5's that I might not know would be great.
ALSO, for some reason I am starting to get a little bit of leaf tip sagging on her but she is only 5" tall. I was running her under plain fluorescents for a couple days and i know that it wasnt enough light intake for her but could that cause the leaf tip sagging? She did go a couple days with the possibility that her roots may have seen some light so i guess that COULD be it.

Any ideas or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

(Ill add a couple pics of her but this damn Linux pc wont let me get the pictures I want.)
 

MrFishy

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The sagging could mean over, or under, watered. With tube fluros, use shims to bring the plant up to the light rather than trying to adjust the light above the varying/different sized plants, you know, for best veg growth and an even canopy.
 

Green Growbot

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How much water should I be giving a 5" clone/ often? I havent used any nutes yet but may go with a little B-1 liquid vitamin while she is small. According to the grower that works at the store I got my new Dr. Earth soil, I shouldnt be giving her any nutes while using that soil until she is almost ready to flower. I have been going up with the plant not down with the lights.
What do you think about just buying a "Bloom Bulb" for the T5 instead of running the 150HPS for flower?
 

Green Growbot

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She is pretty. It kinda looks like she is stretching what light are you using and how far away? Looks like maybe a 400w HPS for flowering but I cant tell if it was stretching during vegging or if the nodes are spaced far apart on that certain strain. Mine is only about 5" tall right now but its first branch is spaced way far down on the plant before their is another one.
Sooo... Questions are...

1. What lighting and soil did you use
and
2. What nutes and when did you start using them?
and
3. How long did you veg before going to 12/12?
 

manditroy

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The T5 should work fine for veg - if you have the right spectrum bulb to change for flower, it will suffice. You may want to use the HPS too if it appears to need more light at some point in flowering. The clipped leaves are common for clones - has to do with transpiration while waiting for them to root. I don't do mine like that, but I'm not sure if there are proven benefits to either way...may be more of a preference thing.
 

Green Growbot

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Im sure you know that there are "blooming bulbs" that you can swap into the T5's right? Im kinda thinking that one bulb may not be enough if I just use the T5 for flowering, probably have to just go with the HPS on that, but still might be worth a shot considering the closeness that you can get to the plant with it and the cost of running the 2 different types of lights. Could probably get another and mount one on each wall that might cover all of it.
By the way, i got the clone 5 days ago and planted the same day. I believe the plant must have established roots by the way she is growing, so, how much am I supposed to be watering at this age of the plant?
 

harper

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yeah i used t 12s for veg they was on veg a long ass time and that was my fault due to other plants in my flower room..... i am using fox farm line of nutes and there flowering under a 600 watt hps...i got the clones as like mid size so i just started nutes right away quarter and half wat the bottle say's they did good the whole time i had mites i got rid of before i put them in the flower room azemate worked good...... imtrying to go tents from wat i seen thats the way too go..... your plant is looking good tho :)
 

Green Growbot

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@harper

Next grow try "Dr. Earth" soil. I have heard from several local growers here that Dr. Earth is a vast improvement over Fox Farm. You should give it a shot, I have heard that you dont have to use any nutes at all until almost flowering time other than maybe a little vitamin B-1. Its working pretty good for me so far.
 

MrFishy

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Re:How much water. Obviously a thriving root system is key, so I generally wait for obvious signs of lack-of-water stress, ie:sagging, then water thoroughly.
Frequency is determined by environmental variables, like temperature, moving air, etc.
 

Green Growbot

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@mr fishy

She is a constant 74-76 degree temps with a small fan going during light cycle which is pretty much pointless since there is not high temps. I have a probe that can check moisture content of the soil but I would rather not get to close with the probe for fear of messing up what little roots she has. Ive been giving her about 3/4 of 1 cup every 3 days but, what seems weird is that its a couple of her leaf tips that are sagging, not the leaves themselves. Since I know that it isnt heat stress and their seems to be no discoloration due to fungus or deficiencies, what could it be? Its not a real major concern considering that she is just a baby and she may grow out of it, then again, she is a baby, which I assume means that she is susceptible to being easily stressed. So now what? Just try and wait it out?
 
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