Steezy log #1

Hey hows it going, so Im going to attempt a grow log here...I'm already half way through but i figure its cool. This is my first grow in a good 5 years, I consider myself a novice at best. When I was younger I started off w/ a small ebb n flow and a 400 watt HPS in a telephone booth like space, then i did straight soil for awhile...i had a good couple of harvests(and by good i mean i got something out of them) but nothing ever came out "superbomb" most of it was preamy as shit...this was mostly due to the fact that i didnt know what a trichome was...let alone when its primed for the cutting -lol

So im a little older now and w/ my past experiances and all the reading ive done(medical growers bible - J.cervantes, internet) + some help (shoutout to shake) I think im ready to harvest some good quality nug.

So I guess Ill describe my setup and post pictures through the beginning to end.

So I have x2 1000 HPS(Lumitek and a Nextgen) a charcoal filter w/ a 8' ducting hole, I have a wall a/c unit in the room, I have a 8 inch vortex fan thats sucks about 675 cfm. I use 8 inch ducting in the room, then it converts to 6' then back to 8( the reason i used 6' is because i have about 150-200 extra cfm then i need for my room. My room size is 5 ft wide,9ft long, and only 6 1/2 feet high(cutting it close ,I know).I use 2 window fans that i have mounted on the wall blowing directly under each light and right above the plant canopy(I will probably add 1 more small one). I'm just sticking to my legal limit w/ 12 plants.




(below are room pics)

Im growing my "chemdog" girls in sunshine #4 soil less mix, The Nutes I use are "botiancare" CNS-Grow, bloom & ripe w/ Liquid karma.
I use a hydro logic RO filter w/ cal mag, i have a milwaukee ph pen & TDS meter(even though TDS for soil is kinda useless)
I made the mistake of starting them in 3 gallon pots, I should of started small and transplanted my way up.



I started last week of september so Im really right at the half way point, they've been flowering for about 3 weeks now.

Here are some pics from beginning to where im at now...
(week 1-2)

-I should probably mention that I received some bad advice on watering at first...i was told to give a little nuted water everyday(that would be a no no because i was not wetting the entire medium,resulting in dry spots etc...)I also gave them nutrients right away...and being that I am using sunshine#4...it has starter nutrients...so you shouldnt give them nutes for at least 5-7days(did not know that at time)...on top of that i gave them too high a dosage...so I had some leaf curl and decided to flush(half way through the 2nd week of VEG) and just start fresh...I also learned the best way to go in soil is(Nute, ph'd water, ph'd water)...so I flushed and started fresh.

-Ok the last pictures were from week 2...these pictures are from week 1

-So 9 of my 12 babies handles the flush good...but 3 of them took it a little harder then the others due to fact that the person who cut my clones butchered three of them...resulting in them being behind a couple days and more stockier then the other 9.

-I should also mention that i only used 1 gallon of water at 1st to flush...and im in 3 gallon pots...so that really wasent a flush, once i found that out i went back and flushed the proper three times amount.

-So this is the 3rd week of veg I believe.a good week after the flush
(you can see there a little pale )

-Like i said before I made the mistake of starting in 3 gallon pots, so roots grew much faster then the top...resulting in them being root bound...it took me awhile to figure this out(shout out to shake again) and I got some heavy yellowing...I wanted to transfer to 7 gallon pots but i was worried about space, so i went with the 5 gallon pots...

So these next pictures are from the last week of Veg and the first week of flowering...you can see some of the yellowing that occured.

-there are two plants in these pictures one big one smaller(nine of them are same size as big one, three same size as small)

keep working at it....5 gal is plenty

So once i transplanted they recovered nicely...all new growth nice and green...I just started to get some bud sites...here are the final pictures...

everything that happens from here I will post as it happens

man i just made 14 gallons of nuted water at one time....does it always look like this? I had to use 20 tablespoons of ph up(trying to get 6.9-7.0 ph level to balance ph in soil which is a lil low) after giving them a full flowering dose...around 1300-1400ppm i think....the water is like blue almost though...I started watering the first plant...and u can see the shit on the soil...is this normal?...shit makes me nervous sometimes

thanks weeddaddy

...its a little small to be honest,I could use another foot all the way around. I have the pots on a big Styrofoam sheet...and every time I want to get in there and do my daily things I have to slide all the pots on a sheet(2 seperate sheets) against the wall or something or move a some pots, lol. If i try to walk through i will bend branches...this being my first grow in here this is the biggest ive gotten them so far, so new stuff is coming up. I also just took the lights off the yoyos and put them on chains so i can get some extra space.My lights are nearly at the roof now...but work with what ya got right?