PurpleRoot's first grow log

Soil:
B - soil runoff is now around 6.3, lst dosent appear to be working, it's still growing vertical, stems aren't shooting out. I might not have tied down far enough? Last time I gave her too much water, so between lst and overwater, shes been crabby..... still growing though....

C - finally transplanted, they were rootbound.... also soil was slightly acidic (must be the bag I got) so I added ph+ h2o. the topped plant is starting to get brown spots on her older leaves, new growth appears healthy so far. applied ff dont bug me, still got those dam flying things.

Hydro:
D - did a res change yesterday, reservoir wasn't 1/4 as dirty as it normally is. clipped off some really bad looking roots. res soup:
45ml hygrozyme
50ml h202
6 drops superthrive
50% micro nutes
50% grow nutes
600 PPM
ph'd to 5.8-9
someleave still have the claw. growth appears really good. noticed someof the little plants leaves are turning brown/ brown spots.

grow room:
temp: 80 ave
hum: 40 ave
res temp: 68 ave
lights: 400w mh approx. 14.5" from leaf tops, 85w cfl warm
vent: fan

pics in profile

Day 51

Soil grow
B - Plant seems to be stunted, roots feel firm and compactâ?¦(I might need to repot, Iâ??m flowering in a week, was going to transplant before switch anyway) older leaves have turned yellow/ brown spots/ fell off. Growth appears horizontal now instead of vertical, thereâ??s â??little treesâ?� coming from the stems towards the light, complete with a set of new leaves.

C - since transplant, the plants seem to not have liked the change. There has been new growth, but it is slow. There are no new signs of problem leaves. Finally got FF donâ??t bug me and have applied several times, I mist plants lightly if I see any flying bugs. Iâ??m going to start flowering both soil plants on 11/05.

Hydro
D - The system has been hard to control. Hard to control ph, hard to control root rot, hard to control temperature. The plants are now drinking about a gallon a day (which I did NOT know, checked the res after one day of not, 2 GALLONS GONE!!!, plants look like they are suffering now because of the lack of water) Root rot sucks, I get my roots looking semi good, then BAM, right back to crap. I have to constentaly add h202, rinse roots, trim roots, change res 2-3 times a week,, add ice 4-6 times a day. Overall the plants look good. Some plants have random spot patterns, burned tips. Overall the leaves are lush green, the new leaves do look and feel dry, but I think that is because they did not have enough water. The ph is another issue, again, I think it is because of the decayed roots from the rot. I know in fish tanks decaying material raise the phâ?¦.. So I have to keep adding ph downâ?¦.. Res averages around 7.2-7.5 with spikes 8.0! I bring down to as close to 5.8 as I can, 8 hrs later back up 1.0! Plants range from 16â??-10â?�, with a max of 11 levels of leaves on the largest one. Leaves have 9 â??fingersâ?�.

Grow room:
Lights: 400w mh, 18/6, 12â?� from tops
85w (350w equal) warm spectrum 1â?� from tops
85w (350w equal) cool spectrum 1â?� from tops
Temp: average 78
Hum: average 30
Res temp ave: 68
Vent: osc fan
9 plants total

On November 5 all 9 of my plants will be at least 8 weeks old. Most of the plants are in â??goodâ?� shape. I seem to have problems daily, but have been â??making itâ?�â?¦. I guessâ?¦.. Iâ??m starting the flowering stage on 11/05 for all my plants. I also will be starting my next â??real seedsâ?� grow, I plan on doing sog, to harvest once a month (not sure if Iâ??m loggin this one!). If I figured everything out correctly I should be harvesting around Christmas, sweet~!

If anyone has any suggestions/ words of wisdomâ?¦. Id appreciate it, im not sure if I suck growing or if Iâ??m experiencing everything a new grower goes through. Sometimes I feel like if something can go wrong, it does! *sigh*

Pics in profileâ?¦. With captions and discriptions so you know what your looking at now.

Honestly I feel like I'm in the same boat, for every step forward it's two steps back. We have jumped in head first. We will have more dramatic set backs, but if we don't get too discouraged the learning curve will be huge.
Get everything out of the way with the first few grows and gain tremendous knowledge of what to do and what not to do.
At least thats my glass half full philosophy at the moment. :jointsmile:
If nothing else at least we're having fun right???? (sometimes I'm not so sure)
:stoned::stoned::stoned::hippy:

i hear you tiki... ur right though, I've def learned a lot, and have picked up a few things.....:thumbsup:

so the plants are 24" - minus at this point, starting flower on 11/05

Leaving for a week tomorrow, I have a "caretaker" hopefully I wont come home to dead girls.....:wtf:

well if there's anything to update you about on the 5th, I will! :rastasmoke:

Well my girls made it, and they all look pretty good. There were a few minor problems that have developed, but overall they look good and I think will produce nicely.

Soil
All I gotta say is holly god! Little did I know what a little over a week in time can do to plants. I remember these little twiggy things when I left, came home, I swear I have a scene from the jurrasic park ride in the room!!! the plants transformed from something from the jurrasic period, including some random flying things..... those were taken care of quickly.... the care taker only messed up one feeding, so I have a little nute burn on some of the leaves, I think they'll be fine though.

hydro
I guess the proof is in the pudding! If I thought my soil plants were crazy, when I left the plants were close to 2', some are close to 5'!!!!! there are leaves as big as my head, they are no longer supported by stems, but by 4" TRUNKS!!!!! some random leaves fell off, so i cleaned up dead mass and cleaned everything up really good. used a mild biofriendly clean solution in room. i was waaaaay overwhelmed when I got home, and honestly a little scared too, I had no idea........ so i threw em into 12 and 12 with my mh and worked on light proofing the room all day, its total darkness..... the res is drinking about a gallon of water a day! im checking everyday for sexing, its hard to tell i feel like almost all the plants have spikes.... so it still maybe too early, they have only been on the 12/12 for 2 days. after i clean up my memory card of vaca photos ill be adding.... wait until u c, if there is anyone following, ull get a hoot.

IT'S A BOY!!!! hoooooray!

soil
the three soil plants were a little nute burned, still growing and living, but I think theyre all boys... I'm seeing "balls" growing at the intersections of the nodes. I'll probably give them another day or two before I decide whether or not theyre boys, then they will be executed.

hydro
so outta six pots, 4 were dudes, and only two were girls. figures the two largest were dudes, and the one smallest saddest looking plant is a female... murpheys law, as usual. the murder took place this morning at about 5am. was a sad pile of useless mj, like so many before me, I was like "omg, there must be something I can do with them, there HAS to be SOME use for 'em...." well I was wrong just like everyone else, I tried alcohol, ice, and other kinds of craziness to "extract" "non-existent thc".... so if your reading this before your first grow, trust me, you cant use males, chuck 'em! I've made hash plenty before so I know the tech, they're junk, IMO.

thankful for the two girls, they could have all been boys. i'm keeping a close eye on them to check and make sure they dont hermi. theyre dark time is def dark, the door to the room is covered by about 10 curtain/blanket/sheets/ light proof curtains/etc, stappled, nailed, taped, and proped shut (it really got nailed into my head ABSOLUTE darkness)


for now I troop on. I check the water everyday. I've noticed a small leak where my valve is, before next grow im gonna seal with some sort of waterproof sealant. i add about 3/4 a gallon of water with 40-50ml of h202 to my hydro res everyday. every four days I add 50-60% nutes. once a week i add six drops of superthrive and 45ml of hygrozyme to my 6 gallon res. soil plants get water/fed everyother as per foxfarm bottle directions. lights are approximately 14 inches from the tops of the plants, mh, 12/12, temps are between 73-78, res temp 64-68, humidity ranges between 35-65, have a circulation fan, hepa/carbon filter, window fan set to exhaust, ph ranges between 5.8-6.8.

theyre pictures of the plants sex in my album. theyre sleeping right now, Ill try and take pics tomorrow and add them to my album.

You should be able to attach pics to the thread,.... PLEASE please Phuleeeze start doing it that way if you can! ;)


Yep, one girl the rest are boy's,...... but I responded to this in another thread too.

soil
One of the three ended up being a girl. She's only about a foot tall, but at least I'll get something. I'm feeding her big bloom and a molasses solution.

Hydro
Two of the six ended up being girls. One of them is about 30" and has two main "stems", it almost appears as if I topped it, but I didn't.... whatever, glad it's doing what it's doing. The other girl is very small and skinny. She has hairs all over her, I can even see crystals begining to form, I'm sure she will need support by the time she begins to bud.

All the girls are begining to bud. The tops are exploding with white hairs and crystals!!!

On a side note, I began my next grow on 11/15. I'm setting up another room and will have one veg room and one flower room. I plan on having four 6 gallon res's. 2 will be in the veg room and 2 will be in flower. It should allow me to harvest 1-3 plants once a month.

I got my MJ grow bible by Jorge C., I love it. After I'm finished I'm hoping to find a more detailed book on marijuana hydroponic growing specifically, if anyone has any good suggestions, please post 'em for me!

No pictures this time, camera crapped out, hoping to get one on tuesday.:wtf:

plants have been in flower since 11/05/10: 18 days
Here are some pictures taken today of the two hydro and one soil plants:
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nothing new to report plants appear to be doing ok. I noticed the hydro girls look wilted and "old". the roots are ok though, they still have mild discoloration, and I have to add h202 every other day or so. I have noticed some of the leaves are displaying salt toxicity, probably from the h202 so I have cut back. I still maintain the res with frozen ice bottles. I began to feed the soil plant a molasses solution with my grow big (1tea to 1gal).

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