First Grow Log w/Pics

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Originally Posted by Slevinkal

I guess I'll wait till tomorrow and see which is showing stronger then clip the weaker plant. I really dont want a fourth plant now and dont wanna disturb the young roots of them anyways.

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Yep. Thats what I said.

But when I decided to go ahead and destroy one of em I just reached in and pulled it out then I started thinking that it wouldnt behoove me to kill off a potential female.

None the less, at 7:30 this morn I saw one little white sprout and now this is what I have... plant number 4.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...1andCinpot.jpg

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Originally Posted by Slevinkal

How hard should a fan be blowing on them at this point?

Its pretty cool in the closet. Theres a little 5" fan at the end blowing between the plants and the lights, then theres a 10" fan on the floor blowing up around the lights.

The plants wiggle around a little at the top, maybe they sway 1/2" from side to side at the most but mainly just wiggle a little bit.

Everything I've read says to keep a fan on them to fatten up the stems and make a stronger plant but exactly how hard should the fan be blowing on them?

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as long as your plants are moving they are fine. you don't want to blow it directly on them (unless you have your fan on oscillate) as it can actual burn them.


-shake

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Originally Posted by headshake

as long as your plants are moving they are fine. you don't want to blow it directly on them (unless you have your fan on oscillate) as it can actual burn them.


-shake

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Yep,... I just had this problem on some blueberry clones. I adjusted my fan to better circulate air around my peppers and it wound up blowing hard on the blueberry's,... after 4 day's I started to see damage (it is oscillating but is pretty intense even on low), so I've re-arranged the plants in the room and fan angle, now time will tell.



As for plant 4,... Yeah, I know the feeling man,.... I can't just pull that plant,.... it could give me 3 oz in just 4 short months! :D

It's gut wrenching every time I prune my mother plants and throw away 20-30 viable clones :sadcrying

New pics

Plants 3 and 4 are kicking ass!

I never mentioned this but when I repotted the plants I used MG Organic mix but I also mixed that with a Bone & Blood Meal (6-7-0). The bag said to use one third of a cup per pot. I used about one fifth of a cup instead since it didnt say what size pot. My wife has been using this stuff on veggies for a while and she always goes a bit over the reco'd dose so I should be cool...

My little girls when I got home today:

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...kal1/98-D1.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...kal1/98-C1.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...kal1/98-B1.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...kal1/98-A1.jpg

A lot has happened in five days. The woman grew tired of a cramped closet and I was forced to move my little girls again. I like this setup a lot better though.

Plant A started to wilt a bit yesterday. I started roughly one hour after I watered all plants. The rest look fine. I also noticed that my temps were running a little high so I installed an intake fan to bring in cool air instead of expecting the exhaust fan to do all the work through small intake vents. Its cooled down a bit more now but I dont think the plant started to wilt from the heat because none of the others did and it had only got to 85 degrees at plant height.

Any ideas?

The first pic is plant D and the last A and of course the new setup but the other three plants seem fine.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...al1/913-D1.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...al1/913-C1.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...al1/913-B1.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...al1/913-A1.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...kal1/Setup.jpg

So I have a problem now.

My pH is off. Its reading just under 8. The soil I used was about 6.5 and the bone/blood meal was 7. Other than that I've used no nutes and the water I use is 6.

Anybody know why this is happening?

Plant A is still wilted at the tips but overall looks a lot better. IDK what caused that either.

Any ideas, hints or criticisms would be greatly appreciated...

Soil naturally buffers the PH up just a little, I've never checked my soil or runoff PH,... only inbound water/nutes. I'm kinda taking the KISS approach.

Your Girls (we hope) are looking good tho! :D

plants are looking good, keep up the good work...I like the new closet setup. the only thing I might change is to shorten the intake tube on the light to help exhaust some of the hot air up top, but on the other hand, you're also pulling cool air up to the light. Someone more experienced may know the better solution, as I'm not up to the cooltube just yet (will be one of my next purchases). keep up the hard work and keep us updated

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Originally Posted by canniwhatsis

Soil naturally buffers the PH up just a little, I've never checked my soil or runoff PH,... only inbound water/nutes. I'm kinda taking the KISS approach.

Your Girls (we hope) are looking good tho! :D

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:thumbsup: thanks

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Originally Posted by kwaaluudekid

I like the new closet setup. the only thing I might change is to shorten the intake tube on the light to help exhaust some of the hot air up top...

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On the light?

The tube up top is exhaust and it kinda just hangs beside the top light, its not really attached to it, its exhausted out from the top of the cabinet using a 80mm fan that pushes 30 CFM attached to a four inch flex duct. I wanted the tube a bit long with at least one bend in it to keep light from escaping.

The tube running down the right side and ending directly behind the circulatory fan is the intake, it uses an identicle 80mm fan.

:thumbsup: thanks for your replies too

was noticing your pots, if no holes in bottom those dont drain well. you may need to drill a couple holes on the side near the bottom because the bottom is flat