My first grow :)

Hey guys,
Well I first found this site when I was reading up on reviews for rhino seeds company where I bout my first batch of seeds from.
Well they arrived within a week and a half (I live in the uk)
And I bought 5 feminised double berry seeds germinated 3 and potted them as soon as I saw sprouts I put them under light which was a bad idea seen as I have a 800w metal halide (no cooling tube) and killed all 3 :( lol
So I started the process again with my last two seeds and did everything properly this time,
my plants are now a 7 weeks old I had a few scares Along the way.

First was a worry for transplant shock when I moved them into 3 litre pots from 1 litre pots but they seemd to pull through fine just a stunt in growth for a few days then they shot straight up.
Then I started looking into cloning as I had no seeds left and they can be expensive to buy for every grow .

I started with 2 trimmings in rock wool using cloning powder and they died, no roots formed at all.

Then two more in rock wool but using a small time company's cloning gel and after 2 days didn't look very promising either so today I took another two trimmings this time using rapid rooting pellets and clonex gel

The two with rock wool are starting to show signs of life supporting thereselves again and leaves straightening out towards the light :)
Fingers crossed the rapid rooters will do the same but quicker.

So I've been pruning my two plants to allow good growth of the new leaves as they was starting to get really bushy and stop a lot of light to the lower parts of the plants.

Im using canna terra nutrients thought my grow starting with terra vega, rhizotonic, canna zym and then onto terra Flores, pk 13/14 and canna boost finishing with a weeks flush just before harvest.

I've decided the 12th of march will b d-day for my two plants to go into budding and I hope they will give me some real nice big dank buds :) I'll upload some photos when I get onto my computer and keep posted on how I'm doing I'm sure if I need any advice someone on here will help :)

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Hey good luck on ur cuttings btw...:thumbsup: Im kinda struggling whether to put mine onto flower just now or not, i'm going to upload pics when i can, and am open to any advice at all! Im also struggling with telling the sex of them too, im pretty sure i have 1 female and 1 hemaph, but not 100% , hopefully when i get the pics up someone will help me out lol! ive had both my plants under a 600w for 24hours now for 6weeks, do u think i should put them onto flower the now?

Thanks in advance :hippy:

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Originally Posted by Lewisk91

I started with 2 trimmings in rock wool using cloning powder and they died, no roots formed at all.

Then two more in rock wool but using a small time company's cloning gel and after 2 days didn't look very promising either so today I took another two trimmings this time using rapid rooting pellets and clonex gel

The two with rock wool are starting to show signs of life supporting thereselves again and leaves straightening out towards the light :)
Fingers crossed the rapid rooters will do the same but quicker.

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I clone in rockwool cubes, fastest I have ever had a clone root was 6 days, they generally take between 10 and 14 days to show a root (for me). I once had a really stubborn cutting take 28 days.

search for Jorges Cervantes on youtube. He has a great video on taking cuttings.

here is a little update, my clones are confusing one day they look good the next they seem like theyre not going to make it :s lol i trimmed my plants alot taking all the big fan leaves off and already they have bushed out again :) ive attached a few photos starting from 2 weeks up to now.

if anyones got any tips on how to tell if my clones are creating roots id love to know :)
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Just a quick update :) I changed my timer to 12/12 today, time to get some flowers :) my clones are a lot better now I bought a 300w blue spectrum cfl and they are loving it,
I germinated and put 2 new seeds into soil so my next garden should consist of 3 double berry and 2 super iced grapefruit has anyone grown these straines before? Would love to know what the smokes like and yield :)

I'll post some new pictures soon :hippy: