1st DWC grow! Northern bright (northern light x haze)

[italian04]

they sprouted about a two weeks ago and already roots are touching the water. I love DWC! all net pots are sitting in two gallon buckets. each pland is under a 27W flouro. i will put 42W in their place nxt week. we found out that the lower wattage caused the plants to grow bushier. the 42w's mad them stretch a little. so i will let them bush up for a while and then switch the bulbs. i will add nutes in another week or so. ill also have some pictures up later. my first grow was just a run through and i was able to get my system set up the way i want to. so this is my first grow with me being settled down and not fixing the room every day. comments appreciated on progress. Thanks guys and i have learned so much from the website this year!!

[italian04]

ok so here are the babies. they look beautiful. i will start to add my gh nutes next week. all roots already touching the water. the other one is my k2 clone. im about to get a bubblicious clone as well today. im using gh 3 part with cannazym. thats all they will get for another month. i will keep you guys updated. dwc all the way!! hah peece

[MVP]

Big congrats on the log, you will be in for good times. As you may (or may not) know already, this type of gardening is an addictive hobby!

Be safe and have fun. And DO NO TELL A SOUL.

MVP :jointsmile:

[italian04]

so it has been 3 weeks today. is it a good time to start with a 1/4 nute solution. i was really gonna wait another week since they look so beautiful but i guess it will just speed up their growth tremendessly. i have gh 3 part and cannazym which im waiting to add. any comments are appreciated.

[italian04]

just changed out my fem. northern bright and rooted k2 clone with a 2.5/2.5/2.5 ml/gal and 1 tsp cannazym this morning. the NB are nearly 1 month old and look beautiful. i totally removed superthrive from my lineup up supplements. it always seemed to burn the tips of my leaves. i have had great results with the cannazym. hopefully in one more month the ladies will be ready to flower. have pics soon. peece and smoke

[italian04]

i added about 18,000 more lumens with 2 42W and 1 30w CFL. i now have a total of about 40,000 lumens for veg. they will then be transferred under 400w hps to flower. the plants have blown up since i have added the nutes. everything is running as smooth as possible. they are about a month old today. I will give them full strength nutes on saturday. the k2 clone has grown about 4 inches in less than a week. pics up shortly. camera broke.

[italian04]

just changed out the nutes on these ladies. went to 2.2/1.5/3.6 ml/1.5gal and 1tsp cannazym. they are about 5 weeks old. i love how bushy they are getting. they are not stretching at all. the bigger one is the k2 clone. also about 1 month old. and then my new puppy, Kody. hes a pit mix. hes so cute. haha. thanks for checkin out the post. comments appreciated. thanks guys!

[italian04]

i was thinking about buying a 400w mh light. would this be enough for 6 plants? also what are the benefits over 250w of cfl??

[BeFree]

http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-lighting/140735-answers-about-cfl-hps-how-much-light.html

Scroll through the thread, it's got tons of info regarding lumens per watt and the right kelvin temp for veg and flower. :jointsmile:

I'm still a lurker, but I'm experimenting with bagseed and lst at the moment, but also trying to give a little info with some popular links I've found.

Good luck with your grow, I'll be following it. :bonghit:

[XmaxxX]

i was thinking about buying a 400w mh light. would this be enough for 6 plants? also what are the benefits over 250w of cfl??

i think 400w mh has more lumens= more light= better growth=fat budss

[italian04]

thanks for the advice. i am getting a 400w mh this weekend. im gonna have 1 northern bright mother, one k2 mother, and one skunk haze mother, with about 3 or 4 clones underneath it. this is my first grow so i have a few questions. what is the best way to conserve the mother plant. should i just have it in ph'd water? do i leave it under 18/6 lighting and just keep pruning it every week? i have moved 3 northern brights and k2 under the 400w hps. growth is steady and they look very healthy. will go take pics shortly.

[anbesol]

Get a 600watt HPS if you can instead. Looks great!!!

[italian04]

would love a 600w but the temps are very hard to control in the closet. when i get my 400w mh i will vent the two air cooled fans together, and blow the air through the attic so no air from the lights hits the room. that should help with the heat for the most part. ill upgrade the light if i can stabalize the temp with two 400w lights. i also might put one of those hortilux bulbs in for my 400w hps. isthis a good idea?

[theish420]

Looking good italian, thought i'd throw some props back your way. An MH or HPS would benefit well especially now that the plants are getting bigger. I'm flowering under a 150w and 250w HPS, and i used the 150 and 2 cfl's with great results. Keep up the good work!! :smokebong:

[italian04]

k well im waiting for the batteries to charge so i can take sum pics. i just ordered a 400w hortilux bulb for flower. also i got a 400w mh for veg. plants are a little over a month old. post pics shortly

[SunnyD]

Wow, I'm sticking to this one, you are donig a fabulous job as far as I can tell

Keep it going

Stay Sunny :thumbsup:

[italian04]

ok just snapped these pics. Thanks everyone for stopping by. come back and check out the log in a few days. 5 weeks into veg right now. picture 2 are the mother plants (K2 and NB) under cfls and the other ones are all NB. all of them are 5 weeks old.

[hydrocannabis]

they look very nice. but how R U liking them.

[killa12345]

plants are looking great.....the puppy is cute as hell......good luck....im gonna try northern brite....their fems right?

Anyways the log looks great!

[italian04]

i love em!! its so much fun! what a great hobby. and killa yes they are fem northern bright. supposedly a badass strain.

[italian04]

i am taking out my cfls and puting a 400w mh in their place. i am also cloning northern bright and K2 today. i will clone with cloning gel and then place in bubble bucket with hydroton. i cant wait to get my mh light up and get rid of all the damn ext cords and shit. woo hoo. thanks for checking in on my grow. have pics up soon up my cab. peece

[italian04]

ok so i got my room all nice and neat. i totally sectioned off my flower section of my closet. I have a vent from the a/c blowing in there. also both of my lights (one 4oowmh and one 400w hps) are vented together and exhausted out the room. i plan to buy another intake fan so i can have one intake blowing a/c and one sucking air through my lights.
pics:

1. flower side of the closet. light is still on 18/6. one more month of veg time for these ladies. then go 12/12
2. veg side of the room. have my two mothers and clones that i cut yesterday on 18/6 under 400wmh
3. another shot of clones. i am buying more panda film to enclose veg side as well, it allows me to control temps much better.
4. up close of my the two strongest plants. all plants are very healthy, no signs of stress or discoloration. going on 6 weeks old.

i hope the plants stay nice and bushy during veg so they will be nice and strong to hold sum huge nugs. i have them on a 2.2/1.5/.75 ml/ 1.5gal and 1 tsp of cannazym.
pH5.2-5.6
temp(room) 78-84 day and 75-78 night.
hum 45-60
ppm- do not check unless plants show signs of stress or burn. i know its under 1000ppm for sure.


thanks for checking up on my log. comments appreciated. smoke and peece:thumbsup:

[Gruffy]

Very nice :cool: Doing a good job there :) those clones taking yet ?

[italian04]

just an update. i didnt think i was getting the growth that i should so i upped the nutes a lil bit for the last 2 weeks of veg. i now have a 4.5/3/1.5 ml/1.5gal of gh 3 part nutes. the plants look beautiful. i lost my k2 mother b/c my roomates didnt even check on them when i went outta town and she dried up. good thing i already took a clone from 'er. anyways, i updating my light to a 400w cool tube that i just bought off ebay for $220. great deal. hopefully that will keep my temps below 84. besides the temps being a lil high, everything is going great. ill have pics in a few days. im selling all my old lights on craigslist. thanks for stopping by. peece

[hydrocannabis]

new pix.:thumbsup:

[italian04]

ok guys. sry took so long. week 7 of veg. tomorrow will be my last nute change before we go to ph water and total darkness for 3 days. then 12/12. they are perfectly green and no signs of stress or anything. they look amazing. as u can see i started lst'ing my clones. so far so good. thanks for stopping by.

[Puffzter]

7 weeks of veg? o_O

And in DWC on top of it. If I did that with my WWs I would have 3 meter plants before harvest.

[italian04]

they are from seeds and the temps are a little high so i veg a little longer bc i think they grow slower in the higher temps. besides the temp everything is fine. atleast they look healthy. im getting cool tubes for both of my lights this week so temps should lower a bit. thanks for the comments. peece

[italian04]

just put my 7 weeks old ladies in ph water for a few days. added nutes to my clones today as well. im waiting on my second cool tube and my 530cfm fan that i got on ebay for $100. awesome buy. hopefully that will help me stabalize my temps. have pics in a few days. cant wait to flower these ladies!! thats when the fun begin.s

[daihashi]

just put my 7 weeks old ladies in ph water for a few days. added nutes to my clones today as well. im waiting on my second cool tube and my 530cfm fan that i got on ebay for $100. awesome buy. hopefully that will help me stabalize my temps. have pics in a few days. cant wait to flower these ladies!! thats when the fun begin.s

subscribed.. It's a shame you didn't have the MH at the beginning of your grow. Probably could've cut your veg time in half.

I'll probably be doing SOG this time around. I LST'd last time and it was alot of work and it got out of control fast.

I'll be going for SOG w/ even canopy. I'll be checking in to compare my grow against yours since we're growing a very similar strain.

[italian04]

ya i know that mh light is badass. im starting to lst my clones but i love the way my plants are growing right now. hope u come back soon. start flowering in a few days. peece

[bickeybammer]

this is a great grow i cant wait to see them in full bloom ... the northern lights in it are gunna make some big colas

[greenatik]

may i ask why you are putting the plants in darkness before switching to flower? I have never heard of that, I would think it would retard growth due to shock?

[italian04]

i read it at this forum DWC, Bubblin' Buckets, What's Needed And How To - Cannabis Culture Forums (http://forums.cannabisculture.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=654343&fpart=2)
very interesting log. i came back from outta town and the ladies were already showing preflower, and stuck pretty bad. they look beautiful. i wil be changing buckets tomorrow morning. they will get full dose of nutes and awesome blossoms. i now have both of my cooltubes. just waiting on my 530cmf fan. im trying to decide how i want to vent my cab. its so hard to keep temps down cuz its so hot outside. clones look great as well. a little burned from adding nutes to early but they look good. i also bought a badass vape on ebay for 150. its pretty sweet. i would recommend it to everyone. thanks for all the comments. im so excited about these next 3 months. stay tuned!!

[daihashi]

i read it at this forum DWC, Bubblin' Buckets, What's Needed And How To - Cannabis Culture Forums (http://forums.cannabisculture.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=654343&fpart=2)
very interesting log. i came back from outta town and the ladies were already showing preflower, and stuck pretty bad. they look beautiful. i wil be changing buckets tomorrow morning. they will get full dose of nutes and awesome blossoms. i now have both of my cooltubes. just waiting on my 530cmf fan. im trying to decide how i want to vent my cab. its so hard to keep temps down cuz its so hot outside. clones look great as well. a little burned from adding nutes to early but they look good. i also bought a badass vape on ebay for 150. its pretty sweet. i would recommend it to everyone. thanks for all the comments. im so excited about these next 3 months. stay tuned!!

awesome. Can't wait till your ladies get nice and hairy :thumbsup:

[LuciferN]

These plants are great, really bushy and no stretch. I'll follow up !

[italian04]

ok so im about 9 days into flower. i see a few white hairs on a couple but besides that nothing too noticeable. ive been perfecting my nutrient loads during flower and i wanted to get a few opinions on when to completely cut out the ferts to maintain a great flavor. i dont want to have any chemical taste in my bud, and i have seen that my plants grow great in ph'd water. i was thing about a month of heavy fert and about a month and a half straight ph water. how do u guys feel about that?? everything is going great except my camera is broke. have pics up soon as possible. any tip swould be great. thanks so much. peace

[italian04]

no one has an opinion about this??

[LuciferN]

You may end up with deficiency, the plant in flowering are using a lot of nutriments, but I'm not certain. Usually people use plain water 2 weeks before harvest. If you really want to have better tasting you should use organic fert.

[italian04]

about 11 days into flower and these ladies already blooming. everything is going great. just trimmed them all today. cant wait to see what they look like in another month. very sweet smell. what do you guys think??

[italian04]

more pics

[smoothsmoke]

sweet looking plants, those are beautiful

[italian04]

also, what does everyone think about trimming? ive been trimming about once every 2 weeks. its definitely a pain in the ass. any advice helps. thanks guys.

[italian04]

buuuummmmp.

[Puffzter]

Good looking plants with a lot of flower spots to build nugs from. They will be heavy in a couple of weeks m8.
Keep up the good work.

Puffzter

[trinitybound]

subscribed..... Very nice looking girls. What is it that you are trimming, fan leaves?

[italian04]

ya fan leaves. leave a couple around the nug but trim most

[italian04]

just maxd out the nutes in my flowering ladies. a 0/2.75/4.8 ml/1.5GAL . 9ml awesome blossom. i also made a foliar spray of the awesome blossom and gonna try in out inthe mornings. have pics up soon. everything looks great.!!

[trinitybound]

You might want to give them an additive with the proper chemical to minimize stretch. I can't think of the name, but it should help keep those big girls from growing out of the light area.

[italian04]

nah man they have plenty of light room. the pics make them look strectchy but they are growing nice and full. so many buds its amazing. they seem to be loving the foliar spray. id say they are looking about the way they should for 2.5 weeks into flower. ill have pics tomorrow and then you guys can tell me what you think. thanks for stopping by and come back sooon!!

[italian04]

here are some pics. everything is going great. almost 3 weeks of flower done. will put clones to flower later this week. comments appreciated.

[italian04]

come check it out

[italian04]

a little less than halfway through the flower cycle. These ladies take about 10 months to finish. so i had one of them dry out over night. she was only without water for a few hrs. she is very droopy. i hope she makes it. only about 2 more weeks of nutes before they get plain water. the clones are on week 2 of flower. no signs of sex yet. enjoy thanks for stopping by

[killa12345]

Wow italian.....the log looks yummy!

[housitonic]

Yeah! Im growing the same strain. Im in week 6 of flowering, cant wait! They look just like yours. So has anyone actually tried this stuff yet? Im super excited to try it out :) Good luck!

[italian04]

i havent but i let one of my buckets dry out and i think i lost her. i mean the leaves are droopy as hell but dont you think the bud will grow still even though the leaves are dead?? it was only dry for a few hrs. ahh this sux. now only 3 northern brights left. thanks for stopping by.

[italian04]

doing a nute change today. couple more wweeks of nutes and ill cut em off. they still have almost another month left of flower. due to ourA/C breaking, they under went 90-100 degree temps for a couple days. its fixed now so avg temp is about 82. i am buying a hydro hut as soon as i can get 500 bux. its a 8ft by 4 ft and im goin to divide it into a cpl sections. i cant wait. get out of this hot ass closet. thanks for stopping by. better pics today.

[Shovelhandle]

Nice plants, man. Question...how come you don't know the sex of your clones by now? Didn't you have the donor show sex or what?

Thanks,

Shov

[italian04]

no all the plants are female. got some fem clones from a friend. they are 2 weeeks into flower and look beautiful. thanks for stopping by.

[Shovelhandle]

oh, I get it. You knew that the clones were fem but hadn't shown yet.

Sho

[italian04]

fa sho. they are lookin beautiful. i fimmed one, lst'd one, and let one grow regular. i dont think i lst'd right tho. i kept tying down the main stem but i dont think that is right. i think i can tell the way the plant is growing on how to do it right. i can ususally figure stuff out and now that i can tell how it grows under lst i think i know how to tie down. but as i can see right now the one that wasnt messed with looks awesome. the fimmed one looks great too. i should have fimmed it twice but i didnt. i think i have 2 k2's and one white widow clone. about one month behind the northerns.

[italian04]

more pictures as promised. thesse were snapped this morning. thanks so much for stopping by. more pics up soon. peeece

[daihashi]

your plants are looking gorgeous!! Haven't been able to keep up with the logs but wanted to at least drop in and comment on the pictures. I'm about 3 weeks behind you. I hope mine look as good as yours do. :thumbsup:

[italian04]

thanks man.. ya they look great. good luck with ur grow man.

[xRedDUBdeRx]

Plants looking good man. I'm in veg and I hope mine look that good when i start to flower ;)

Beautiful pitt too btw.

cheers~!