My first grow, any advise to give a beginner

[CannaEnthusiast420]

Hey everyone I'm doing my first grow, and Im about 21/2 months into it, and 1 week into flower. I'm running a 600watt super hps which runs just under 100,000lumens, I recently transplanted her into a 25 gallon trash barrel from a five gallon, I use fox farms indoor and outdoor soil mxed with happy frog soil, I use fox farms big bloom nutrients every other watering, and water her every other day. I can only post a pic if I'm taking a picture there and unfortunately I am at work I will post a pic as soon as I get home in the morning.

[thenewgrow]

i cant wait to see this plant man :D sound great and big :D

[OMB]

A 25 gallon trash barrel?? Really? Damn...I have to see that.

[CannaEnthusiast420]

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[CannaEnthusiast420]

Picture furthest to the left is the newest and picture furthest to the right was a week after harvest, the muddle pictures were taken day one of flower, and the newest pic was taken today at the beginning of week 2.

[thenewgrow]

that's a plant man :D

i wish that i had the space to grow thees kind of plant's :D the plant's that is next lvl for grow :D

some day man i will have plants like this to :D when i get i new place to live :D

--peace--

[CannaEnthusiast420]

I'm upgrading soon to a ten plant op beasts like her. I beleive firmly in soil grows with at least 2 1/2 months of veg, that'd how u get true flavor and nice resinous buds. My teacher taught me a lot but currently is unable to help me due to his own personal problems.

[CannaEnthusiast420]

Btw she's lemon kush from female seeds via attitude seeds

[Shovelhandle]

I know a grower who loves trees. He often veges for up to a Year!

[CaptainOrganicsCO]

Nice big bush! Careful not to over nute her. Looking good.

Wonder what is more economical for the indoor grower (yield vs. costs): 1 tree grow/ year indoors or 5sm grows/year indoors. Would have to assume you have everything as ideal as possible in either situatuon. Hmm...

[CaptainOrganicsCO]

Also u may want to water a 25 gal pot a lot less frequently. U should never have to water the pot every other day unless maybe u had that beast in a 3 gal. Overwatering is a common and easily corrected problem. Water when the bottom sets of leaves begin to droop. Or u can feel the weight of the pot, That is what I do.

[Shovelhandle]

Usually my indoor plants in 3 gallon bags can use a 2 liter watering daily when they are in peak flowering.

[CaptainOrganicsCO]

And ur soil probably has really good drainage...

[d00g]

Big girls need love, too! She is a gorgeous tree! I am very impressed, I hope to have the space and ability to find out the benefits in flavor and resin from a long and strengthening grow like this one.

[CannaEnthusiast420]

I usually get very lttle to no drainage, I used fox farms root supplement when I started and the rooting systems are huge, wish I took pictures during transplant, but the water is ver much needed.

[d00g]

How does a transplant go with a plant this large? Are you able to flip it upside down as if it were a small plant, or do you have to gently dig it out around the edges and lift out? I feel like it would be a scary experience for me after such a long time of effort and care.

[CannaEnthusiast420]

Before transplanting her she was in a 5 gallon home depot paint bucket, I tried to squeeze the sides together and after losening up the soil Shit. Which it didn't need cause I dehydrated her for a week, and then flipped her upside down to get her out, it was fairly difficult even with 2 people, and I ended up snapping a main branch near the bottom. If you look at Tue picture of the stem, it's the left main branch right at the bottom, fortunately it didn't completely detach, and I was able to just use some string to tightly hold it back in place until it healed its self, and is now the largest branch because of it, and I did it to the otherside on purpose with great results, it caused it to shoot juices up to heal its self and because its so close to the bottom it healed on each side in a matter of 3 or 4 days.

[R1D5G7]

Thats Crazy cool man :thumbsup:

[Chromophore]

Really nice. Beautiful form. Did you supercrop or train them? Or is that their natural form? I like the fact that you move up in pot size incrementally. I really believe that is the best way to indoor grow most any plant. Make sure that barrel has good drainage. I guess that would be my only worry. Otherwise, looks great!

[CannaEnthusiast420]

Barrel as great drainage, and what do u mean by trained? I havnt super cropped yet, but I have topped a lot, if I had made clones I'd probably have close to 30 clones maybe more.

[Chromophore]

By "train" I just mean any method of controlling growth and form. Bending, topping, tying, etc. Supercropping is the method I've used, but some people think its too harsh on the plant.

[CannaEnthusiast420]

I've topped and tied down, I'm going to start super cropping next weekend for maximum bud growth.

[CaptainOrganicsCO]

Next time Mix a bunch of perlite into your soil mix, u will enjoy the results. Perlite will improve drainage and reduce soil compacting.

[CannaEnthusiast420]

What is perlite and what does it do?

[Chromophore]

Perlite is a form of volcanic glass (like obsidian, but full of bubbles). It's formed from volcanic lava that literally solidifies as a glass foam. In soils it is used primarily to keep the other components from compacting, and it also traps air and water, so it's good for aeration and keeping water and nutes from draining straight. It's essentially a filler. Totally inert. I personally feel that many potting soils use way too much of it. Probably at the expense of more valuable components. Foxfarm's Ocean Forest has a very nice ratio.

[Shovelhandle]

perlite holds air, vermiculite holds water.