Jerry Garcia's Blue Widow, Blue Apollo, and Mystery Seed From Start to Finish

1st pic is of a 2 gallon bucket that I have filled with soil mix and compacted firmly. You will notice there in the center is an unused germination pot. After compacting the soil I remove this and you can see the perfect hole it leaves for the plant as seen in the 2nd pic.

3rd pic is after the seedling has been transplanted a small amount of new soil covers the old and lightly packed down.

4th pic is of the Current Nutes I am using [ FF Big Bloom, FF Grow Big and Pros Choice PH Down ]. The First Feeding of any nutes happened the day I transplanted. It consisted of 1 Tbls./ 15ml of Big Bloom and 1 tsp/5ml PH Down per gallon . I then added 1/2 gallon of nute mix to each 2 gal bucket and let excess drain out the bottom.
Next was a full week later and it consisted of 1 Tbs. Big Bloom, 1tsp. Grow Big and 1tsp. Ph Down, again 1/2 gallon of nute mix each bucket.

Next watering was just plane water again a full week later and at a 1/2 gallon each (current to today)

5th pic is of a plant taken today end of week 3 of veg. And was just LST'ed for the 3rd time. I started LST on week 2 and every week after that. I also trimmed any fan leaf that covered the center of the LSTed plant.

More to come.

More pics

Well here is what they look like today. I just watered with plane water and performed LST on them. That is why they look droopy. All are extreamly healthy and growing like crazy now most, already have stalks 3/8'' thick and the new lower branches are really starting to take over as the main plant in the pics.

hey jerry. they're looking nice and healthy. have you used the fox farm nutes in previous grows? If so how did they work for your plants? I may order some online but I'm looking for more opinions before I take the leap and spend the money.


in the meantime, good luck with the grow

gmorning

All of those ladies look mighty fine, JG! And, thanks for going over your nute schedule in pretty good detail. I need to really begin developing an organized nute plan, and this will be a good thread to which to refer. Everyone really seems to be pleased with the FF nutes, so there must really be something to them.

Thanks for the update, so I can ogle all of those fine blue speci(wo)mens!

Puffzter,
Thanks for stopping by and giving your support. Feel free to ask any questions when you need for your grow. I am doing this log more as an instructional log:) I do this only so that I can spred my knowledge and experiance to you all. I do this by keeping it as simple as possiable while still getting the maximum out of every plant and so I will give the most exact dates and amounts of every step of the grow.

JakezKing,

As usuall your support is greatly appriciated:) Yes I do swear by FF nutes and I expect everone will by the end of this log. These babies are the strongest looking plants I have seen at this stage of growth. The stalks are already 3/8'' thick " that is almost the size of my pinkie finger" at the end of week 3.

Chinacat443,

Thanks for stopping by and asking before you posted any pics.
I think you have a great idea but like I stated to Pufftzer. I am doing this as an instuctional grow log and don't really want to turn it into a comparison log.
But I do have a good sugestion for you:) You can download any pics that I post then attach to a post in your log. Then just credit and quote me in your log.

MrGoodmorning,

Yes my last grow I used FF nutes the entire grow and got a mind blowing yeild from them. So I fully expect it to happen again this grow. I do highly recomend you buy the entire family of nutes and follow the feeding chart that comes with granuler forms. Just some advice I get mine from the local hydro store and pay cash if you order online use a prepaid credit card for saftey. I wish you better luck on this grow and if I can help feel free to ask.

JG

Hey JG,

Looks like you got some happy and healthy plants there. I remember reading through one of your other logs a while back and seeing the great results you got. So i'll be following this one along to try and pic up some tips if you don't mind.

What light have you got lined up for flowering btw? Apologies if you've mentioned it already i didn't see anything.

What's with the ph down when you feed? Is your water high or is it a preference to knock it down a couple of points or something to do with the ph of the soil?

Hudson,

Thanks for stopping by,

When I go to 13/11 I will switch out the bulb to a 600 watt HPS. I am currently using a 600 Watt MH conversion bulb.

The resons I use PH down is 2 fold. First, is yes my tap water ph is a 7 and I want to knock it down to a 6.
Second, is I am using MG Moisture Control soil and the ph has a tendancy to rise over time and this helps keep it in range, Since I have been using it I never get any yellow tips or edges on the leaves just that nice deep forest green the entire grow.

JG

Wow Unbelievable Growth.

They are ready for their next feeding. I will do a post later for that.

2nd pic is the results from LST. Look at all that growth off the main stem!!

Wow....:eek:

Those are the same plants?? They are huge...nice job Jerry...:thumbsup:

I don't want to annoy you, but please, buy a new cam...it would be so nice to see some better quality flower and budshot pix....:hippy: