Blueberyy/Belladonna/Sweet Tooth Log

Well here goes nothing. A little late starting this, but better late than never.

400w MH/HPS in a 4' x 4' x 6' space
Mylar walls ( 3...dont ask;) )
Soil grow
A few fans moving some air around
Fox Farm nutes

Seeds ordered: Blueberry, Belladonna, Mango and Sweet Tooth ( ST was freebie)

Ok I germinated the beans in a few damp paper towels on a small plate (each strain) and covered them with a similar sized bowl. It took only 36 hours or so for the BB and the BD to pop. The ST followed 12 hours later. The Mango was a complete dissapointment. Not 1 of em' popped. The only 2 that cracked a lil' just sprouted a 1/16" nub and stopped. I am not angry at the seed bank (weedseeds), they will send me a different strain in good faith. But the genetics came from KCbrains, as I was told. All of the other (24) lol worked out just fine.

Planted the beans in a 16oz Solo plastic cup w/ Pro-Mix/Perlite mixture. They had about a 1/4" tail on em at the time. All sprouted except one BD and as of today are at about the 4-5 stage (It's been 1 1/2 weeks).

As of tonight I am transplanting them into 1 gallon pots (cheap thin plastic w/ several drain holes ) which will be EZ to cut open and trans after sexing. I bought a bag of Ocean Forrest soil and a new bottle of Grow Big.

A few more pics and one of the plants after transplant.

I will be updating this thred every few days or so. And instead of spending more $$ on a new camera I will get a USB extention for this POS LifeCam so I can snap em' in growroom ;)

Ok, I feel pretty dumb. I have been trying to grow for 1 1/2 yrs now too little to minor success. I promised myself this time I would take ALL steps to ensure a healthy environment for my babies.

I started noticing some "splotching" of yellow on my bottom fan leaves. Obviouslly far too early for this to be happening, so I decided to start from square 1 again. Only this time i took a sample of my tap water to a local "Pool guy" for some testing. I had bought a pretty expensive water Ph test kit, and even a digital one eventually. I was reading what I thought was around 6.5 to 6.9 Ph so I never worried about my water source. After a PROFESSIONAL (LOL) tested my water he found it to be arong 8.1 to 8.3 Ph. I almost passed out!!! He even said I looked a lil pale. After a few bong hits and some personal verbal abuse, I headed back to the store to get some advice. To make a long story a lil shorter I got some instruction and a test kit that cost me $4.99 (OMG) and some Ph down for $4.99 (PFFT). Here are a few pics for the record.

Having grow like 6 times w/ my non-adjusted tap water, all the problems I ran into in the past seem reasonable. PH!!!!!!

Well it is now 2 1/2 weeks or so from the start and I just watered em' w/ some GOOD water w/ some grow big (1 tsp/gal). I hope they like the new water supply. I had a ext for the camera, but believe it or not some1 stole it outta my car. So, I will not be able to get pics of all my plants till I get another one. Here are a few of each strain. Got 4 Blueberry, 2 Belladonna and 2 Sweet Tooth

OK, so all my plants but one (8) are looking very healthy. One of the strains is sweet tooth and I have two of them started from seed.

Two things I do not understand. One, why do none of the other plants show nething like this? Two, is it worth keeping? all the shoot growth is green and healthy. It appears to be the first 3 sets of fan leaves. The new growth on top looks OK. I have posted a few pics, notice the one of both of the same strain next to one another, big difference. And the new shoot growth compared to the existing leaves. Sorry the pics so bad. I am a burnout and would rather have nugs than a new camera;)

P.S. - When should I start the Molasses? I am at week 2.5 and am on 1/2 strength Grow Big. I plan on going to full Tsp on week 3 and a 12/12 cycle at week 4. Fresh Ocean Forrest soil (week old)

Well, a few update pics if anyone is looking;) The first is one plant of each strain...from left to right. Sweet Tooth, Blueberry and Belladonna. The other photo is a shot of the shoot dev on the blueberry.

I had ANOTHER blown bulb...the 3rd one overall. This MH conversion situation seems to be doing great vegging the plants, better than the HPS. But if they keep blowing, how is it going to help. The supply company replaces them, thank you HTG Supply, but it takes a week to get one. Does anyone know if the switching between the MH and HPS will do any damage to the plants in veg. They look fine.

I raised the light to about 2' above the plants. I was keeping it real low to try to stop stretching....but now I am concerned they are too short. Only been a few days and I see a noticable stretch happening. I just want em a lil bigger cause I plan on cloning them and it will help with clone stem length (more clones).

And one more added comment. The pH down'd water seems to be the ticket. There is a very noticable smell in the air now.....I love it so;)

I have switched my light to 12/12 in hopes of finding nothing but females. Acctually I need a few males, cause the closet looks like a jungle at the moment....I need the room. Man are these plants looking good. They are on average about a foot tall, but have about 12-13 stages and so many shoots!!!! Hooray for Blueberry.

One slight problem. I have a window screen on one side of my grow area, and i open the closet door to let more air circulate around in there, and it keeps temp down w/ the door open. The screen is strictly for protection from cats, I have 2 monsters. I took the screen down thinking my cats would no better not to touch them. Smoker, the one in the pic decided he wanted a lil taste and ate about 10-15 leaves. He was belly up on the floor for about 6 hrs, just staring at the ceiling. 2 funny.

Went to full stregth Grow Big last week (1 tspn/gal) and started adding some molasses (1/2 tspn/gal).

Pics of plants are ST,BB and BD from left to right, and a pic of the BB shoot dev. And of course 2 of the pot monster ;)

Damn, Slayer, those things are taking off. I have no idea about your spotting, just glad it is only happening to one.

I am subscribed and will be watching. Best of luck! :hippy:

Thanks for the response!!!! I cut all the spotted leaves off (2 sets of fan leaves) about 1 1/2 weeks ago. Have not seen any new spotty/crinkled leaves. I was thinking of submitting it to an ugliest plant contest....it was a sure winner....;) All i know is it is gone.

This is not the best pic (camera phone) but best I can do to show the whole family and their home.

best room in the house!