My first (successful) grow... (hopefully)

So last time I tried growing, I messed up after harvest and wasted a bunch of time. this time I don't wanna make that mistake.

So heres my setup...

5 ft x 2 ft closet with two overhead shelves
Mother on top shelf fully grown with 4 warm white fluoros on 24h/day
Clones/Seedlings on second shelf under same light setup (diff lights)
and then the bottom has my 1000w hps conversion, I use MH for veg, HPS for flower. I keep it cooled with a 6" fan and some ducting that draws air from the cool ground level and expells it at ceiling level outside of the growing area, and then another fan inside for air circ

I'm using a homemade hydro setup which is basically a storage container thats got 3 layers of duct tape all around it to prevent light getting in filled with water. The water I use usually has approximately 2mL of each of these: Main - Dyna-Grow, Supplements - Thrive Alive B-1, Maxicrop. I have my TDS and pH readers to make sure my nutes and pH are good. In the container are 2 foot long airstones placed diagonally with an 80 gallon pump with a splitter on it. In the top of the container (its like 3' x 1.5') I cut 4 6" holes and used some 6" netted pots with wicks to insert in the holes. My medium is 50/50 perlite/vermiculite.

I think I got all that... now for the questions:

1. How big should I let my babies get in the 6" pots before I let them flower? I don't want them to be too big for the containers.

2. I enjoy pruning, I find it relaxing. I like to prune too much probably, but I find that pruning lower branches that I don't want flowers on makes the plant much more hardy. Is there a point at which I can visibly tell that the pruning is hurting the plant?

3. If not, whats a good rule to go by with pruning?

4. How do I link pics?

I'm sure I'll think of more questions as I go along, but for now, any comments/suggestions/answers would be greatly appreciated.

hey dude just checkin out ya page...1: i would say depending on strain let em veg for bout 2 weeks after clones root fully...2: in my experience pruning is extremely damaging to the plant...3: pruning is last resort if you over veg and bud site are being blocked then i would suggest it but otherwise i would say dont cut any leaves of...4: go to "go advanced" write what u want then look for the attachment button towards the bottom of the page... then click browse, find the pic and ur set...

ty! much obliged

more input plz :)

i thought i posted this before :wtf: im dumb
ill put more up once the lights go off
sorry bout the quality

the seeds were just from a bag.
the big one is just now 9" and its stem is like the size of a finger in that little 6" pot, and its roots are way beyond the borders of its container, but its seems to be doing fine, its been growing out of it for like a week.

id flower now, but i gotta wait.
heres a closer pic
they popped up out of the medium just the beginning of this month
i closed the window too early on the upload before :jointsmile:

y do u have to wait?

arent they clones?

Nice pics Esaron but you should really consider resizing your pictures to 800x600 or something like that. Uploading such large pictures not only uses up extra disk space, but each time someone downloads the picture it uses a lot of unnecessary bandwidth!

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Originally Posted by MasterKief

Nice pics Esaron but you should really consider resizing your pictures to 800x600 or something like that. Uploading such large pictures not only uses up extra disk space, but each time someone downloads the picture it uses a lot of unnecessary bandwidth!

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Step me through the resizing procedure? Is the setting on the camera? Before I could load pic.But none since the purchase of a new digital camera.If it's the camera,I'll figure it out.Just need to know.

Ga Grown!