FIRST GROW - 13 PLANTS

[smokin dope]

Hey,

Well no one was really helping me with my orginal post...so decided to start a new, cleaned up post.

I recently re potted 13 plants that have been growing outdoors since June. When i got the plants, all but 2 of them, were still in small, styrofoam cups, the OG ones they were planted in. The plants just started to flower when I got them. I started them on a 12/12 with a basic 2 BULB FLOURESANT setup (BUILDING A 400-600 HPS...SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOON ENOUGH).

These are a couple pics....the first day I got them inside. I think theyve grown alot since then, and the buds are all looking great. This is my first grow...so not too much knowledge on this. But I am almost 100% sure all these are females...one or two I am questioning maybe a hermie...Ill get better pics of those. All the buds have white pitsols coming out every where. The biggest plant is almost 6 ft....and the average plant in the room is 3 ft. Some smaller, but most average 3 ft.

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The temps in the grow room have been staying around the 75-80 degree area.

I re potted all the plants, about half of them are in 2 gallon nice pots, and the rest are in misc pots that I had to find around the house.

Its been on 12/12 for indoors for 7 days (today is the 7th day).

Anyways, I know I need a better light for the flowering process, but for the 7th day, most of the plants are looking pretty well.

These plants were NEVER given nutes throughout the time outside, and am going to start a nute process with my watering any day here. Ive been watering when the soil drys out, and been spraying plants with fresh water also.


:rasta: Let me know what you guys think. I am working on doing a reflective material around the entire room, getting the nutes (found a good one for flowering at wal mart) and most importantly the HPS light. I am hoping to have a decent crop, but who knows. We'll see I guess.


Heres some recent pics I snapped today.

The first pic is of the nicest cola. The plant itself is smaller, with not alot of bud flow and alot of stretching, but this main cola is getting bigger every day!!

:rasta: :rasta: :pimp: :pimp: :pimp: :dance:

[DaBoyWeb]

how close are you keeping the flourescents to the canopy?

[invision]

those plants look sad man i see a twig with a microbud on it you need light and dont be upset if it all sucks

[smokin dope]

hmm...

well theres not much you can do when you get 13 plants...and need to do something with them. i didnt raise them, so at their current condition, has nothing to do with me.

im making a hps, and realzie its needed. the plants look really good compared to how they were when i got them, so i must be doing something right.

i know theyve been stretched, but in my opinion other then that, there in a good state.

some of the buds comin up, are looking really really good. hoping a decent crop once i get a light and start a good flowering nute.

[DaBoyWeb]

if your using soil you should use the 600 hps so you can penetrate the canopy once they really start going you may need to turn some of the also

[Weed4Life]

Just to let you know, 600w hps wont give off enough lumens for 13 plants. Its pretty much for every 100w=1plant/sqft. I would also add some cfl's to get the lower part of the plants. More light, more bud. Atleast they were free or whatever, and they all look farely decent. Give nutes real gradually, try 50% first, if they handle that then try increasing alittle more little by little. Good luck!!!

[smokin dope]

thanks. im actually going to scrap about 4 of the plants that are really really small, and thinking bout going 600hps for the bulb.

we'll see what happens. thanks guys.

[yoyohunter]

600w hps would be more than plenty for them, cmon now, with a 400w hps u/I can grow more than 30 into flowering! 400w is awesome for up to 15 square feet as long as the bulb is puttin out 40000 lumens

[hudson88]

Just to add my bit, from what i've read 40watts per sq foot is what you should be looking at, so a 400hps would be fine for a 3'x3' area, allowing you to flower 9 plants. Apparently when you go over 40watts per sq foot light starts being wasted. But i'm not sure if the use of Co2 would allow the plants to use more light so you could up the 40watt limit of deminished returns. 100 watts a sq foot seems too much to me tho weed4life

[Dutch Pimp]

...or you can do it the hard way..like I did. 13 female white widows..one 400HPS Hortilux. I rotated half ..every 12 hours..from the grow room to the dark room...for 60-90 days flowering. Whew!..that was a lot of work. I'd do it again ..........in a heartbeat.

[TheGreenFog]

...or you can do it the hard way..like I did. 13 female white widows..one 400HPS Hortilux. I rotated half ..every 12 hours..from the grow room to the dark room...for 60-90 days flowering. Whew!..that was a lot of work. I'd do it again ..........in a heartbeat.

Wow, that IS a lot of work! Dedicated man. I like it. A big :thumbsup: for that.


TGF

[smokin dope]

the buds are looking GREAT! the smells on the ones that are budding is great...lots of pistols.

i belive the pistols go from white to a clear brown correct? thats when you know to harvest..? i could be totaly wrong, ive seen grows but only like 2...and didnt see them all the way through.

thanks.

[invision]

the best way to tell when to chop is get a microscope from radio shack 20x power or more and look at her trichromes......clear means still early, cloudy is right on, and amber is degrading THC most people harvest when they have 80% cloudy 20% amber

[Dutch Pimp]

Wow, that IS a lot of work! Dedicated man. I like it. A big :thumbsup: for that.


TGF

If..your going to be a bear? ....be a grizzly!

[yabatab]

You're doing ok for a first grow and don't get discouraged you will learn
a lot from your first time around. Unlucky 13 though I might just be
superstitious though LOL go for 12 or 14 next time hahaha

[TheGreenFog]

You're doing ok for a first grow and don't get discouraged you will learn
a lot from your first time around. Unlucky 13 though I might just be
superstitious though LOL go for 12 or 14 next time hahaha

Well, I hope 13 is not an unlucky number. After I planted 15 germinated seeds, some special person killed 2 of the seedlings. :eek: I was left with.......13 PLANTS. Whoa...thats pretty spooky :stoned:

So, GOOD GROW, smokin dope. *passes ergonomic pipe to smokin dope* Hit that then pack it up with summa yours. :rasta:

I'm lonely over at my thread, guys...

CHECK OUT MY 13 PLANT GROW (1st GROW also) here:

JOURNAL OF A MADMAN <----CLICK HERE!! (http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=83858)

The beginning is pretty wordy and boring so just skip to where the pics start! :D

[smokin dope]

thanks guys.

im going to send away payment for a 400hps tomorrow or next day...my plan is, i am moving the 5 nicest plants to a closet, which i am going to mylar the walls, and have the hps in for the rest of the flowering...and keep the rest of the plants where there at with the flours....and continue the flower. its on day 9, so i figure another good 50 days, and i could have a decent crop. the buds look really good, but the smell isnt that amazing unless i disturb a bud like squish it gently, then its a great scent..im guessing the smells are chillin in the buds?

hey fog, that grow looks like its going well! just wondering how much enough mylar for your closet costed? and where did you get it?

[KHAN]

Hey smokin, plants look good dude nice work. Glad to see you got your grow started :)