First time grow in progess watch them grow

So i've never grown weed before and i thought i'd try it and give it a shot. i was completely new to the whole growing thing but smoked lots and lots but never got the chance to watch the babies grow.

I have a closet setup about 2' wide by 4' long where right now im vegging 5 plants under a T5 4 bulb 2 foot light 6500k 89 w

Im using fox farms ocean forest mix with humboldt nutrient grow and humboldt nutrient bloom. (might need one more mix for micro nutrients?)

I have the light hung about 2-3 inchs from the plants and have not noticed any problems with how theyve been growing and looking great and nice fat leaves.

I have currently 2 whitewidow cross polinated with sensi star that came from seed with huge fat bushy leaves and look great only the first leaves that grew are starting to dip not to sure why.
I also have a White Widow cutting that my friend gave to me which was growing faster than the rest so i used some twist ties to give them a temporary lst so it wont touch the light.
My other too little guys are from seeds my friend. the darker fatter leaves is a Big Bud from seed and the smaller lighter green is a Northern Lights.

i don't know how everything gonna work but id like to do it with the people that know there stuff the best.:rastasmoke:

more pics WW, big bud, northern lights

sorry for the shitty pics there off my mac thats the best i could do :/

better pictures

Ill Watch See How thy go

Hey,
good luck with all of that man. Its just a process and it will take a little while so have patience. They are lookin great so far, just keep doing what your doing and dont forget to smoke with them when they're old enough :rastasmoke:

the only thing im concerned about right now is for budding. i plan to switch up the bulbs on my t5 from the 6500k veg bulbs too the 2700k bloom bulbs then hang two cfl's down one on each side and hope for the best. could this produce some nice buds or more light?

well depends on the watts of the cfls and the t5's, it is said that 5,000 lumens per square feet is enough.

While jorge cervantes says that 10,000 lumens per square feet is what you want.

I have one plant under 12 26w 2700k CFL bulbs and i still think its not enough.

Note: that this plant is inside of an 18gallon bin

edit: oops just saw that your setup was 2' by 4' i would definitely look into getting more bulbs for flowering as you will not be happy with the results unless you increase the lumens

thanks for the posts back, yea i realize i will probably need more light for bud definitly im not trying to grow too big of plants im trying to keep them under 3 feet if possible. ive been thinking mostly trying to do lst to maximize what i can produce.

looks good, i am in

Or Maybe a scrog but i have no expirence growing what so ever so im not sure which would be harder and which would be eaiser

Looking good, Gare! Study up, make informed choices about how you want to operate, and I bet you'll end up with some killer budz.

thanks for all the posts back. There growing nice not sure sure about the WW it seems really stunted and not growing well. ill post more pics later today.
Another question i have is about nutrients. i have the humboldt organic grow and bloom but also have the forxfarms grow big nutrient. which do you think would work better the humboldt grow and foxfarm grow? ive already been using the humboldt but havent seen anyone post about results from it. has anyone had good results with the foxfarm and recommend to just use that instead?

one more question. i use 24/7 lighting does this make a difference in how fast they grow? should i be using 20/4 18/6? what do you think. i know its a low watt and wont cost much to run. what do you guys think?

I say keep them in 24/7. Florescent bulbs are blinking on and off too fast for our eyes to see, but in reality they are only emitting photons half of the time. You have a killer florescent fixture, but those plants still benefit from all the light they can get without a high intensity source.

edit: I can't help you with the nutes though, as I'm new to using proper fertilizer myself.

Yea hey thanks guys everything's doing well. heres some more pics

does anyone know whats wrong in the 2nd picture with that leaf? its dipped down and has brownish spots all over it and looks about dead? any ideas of whats going on?

heres some more pics of the ladies growing strong

Plants are looking good :thumbsup:

Maybe you spilled some nutrients on that one leaf? As long as the new growth looks healthy it shouldn't be anything to worry about.

As for the nutes, stick with one brand and don't mix them. If you decide to use Fox Farm, you will need 3 different ones, check their website for the feeding schedule. Also the FF nutes tend to be a little strong, you could dilute them to half strength and feed twice per week instead of once at full dose.

Happy growing :jointsmile:

sounds good big topp
so 2 things now. 1 its odviously not bad but i was looking at new growth on the bigger plant of the pictures and its got 9 leaves as opposed to 7? its probably normal and the plants doing fine but what causes this?
2nd i pulled up that pot today and looked underneath and theres roots appearing out of the bottem of my pot. do these short and bushy plants need extra room for there plants to grow? they are all in about 1.5-2 gallon pots cant remember exactly

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Originally Posted by Gare0440

sounds good big topp
so 2 things now. 1 its odviously not bad but i was looking at new growth on the bigger plant of the pictures and its got 9 leaves as opposed to 7? its probably normal and the plants doing fine but what causes this?
2nd i pulled up that pot today and looked underneath and theres roots appearing out of the bottem of my pot. do these short and bushy plants need extra room for there plants to grow? they are all in about 1.5-2 gallon pots cant remember exactly

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Well iv seen plant with 11 before, so 9 isn't a big deal. Its probably a genetic thing in the seed, but nothing to worry about. As far as roots growing out from the bottom, i wouldn't be surprised, because they are growing very fast IMO. If i were you i would keep an eye on them, because your going to need to transplant at some point. While there in veg and you see new growth your ok, but i would re pot before you flower:thumbsup:

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yeah i was so surprised by the root system when i transplanted it at first. I feel like that plant is gonna be a fat bushy beaut and am praying that its a female. i would like to just toss it in a huge 5 gal jug and try and scrog it and see what happens:thumbsup:

When the roots grow out the bottom it's usually a sign that you need to transplant, but from the looks of your last pics I think that's a it's little early. Maybe there was some water on the surface underneath the pots and the roots were stretching for water? Anyways, once they dry out you can just just to see if it's rootbound.

I'd look into some 3 gal pots before putting them into 5 gals. It's not totally necessary but will make for a nice and dense root structure. Scrog sounds like a good idea to me :jointsmile:

so i just picked up this stuff called sensa spray for foliage. ive been spraying my leaves a few times a day with water and figured a good nutrient would help. has any one used this ever? if so how often and when should i use it?

just transplanted the WW clone and the bushy sensi star x WW, thanks for lookin :jointsmile::jointsmile::jointsmile:

They look great man:thumbsup:in a week or so they will be double the size with all the extra room for the roots to play in:hippy:

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cant wait for it. i picked up the bushy guy earlier and there was 2-3 roots commin out each hole lined around the bottem. shoulda snapped a pick of it, looked solid. just transplanted the 2 into 3 gal pots. will that hold me off through bud? or bigger?

cant wait for it. i picked up the bushy guy earlier and there was 2-3 roots commin out each hole lined around the bottem. shoulda snapped a pick of it, looked solid. just transplanted the 2 into 3 gal pots. will that hold me off through bud? or bigger? :rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

lookin good man! i cant wait to see these bud:D

i put 2 new 42 watt 2700k cfl lights in to boost up my lumens and get those branches poppin out, any more suggestions?:bonghit:

so the leaves in that 3rd picture are really droopy. i gave them about a 26oz cup of water when i transplanted into the 3 gal pot. am i underwatering or over watering? the t5 put out no heat so im scared to water well becasue the soil takes time to drive out. some of the new growth is curling around and in as it dips down. everything is looking healthy so i dont think its nutrients. anyone?

just took out some of the fan leaves on the bushy guy hopefully those nodes will poke out

Looking Real good. u should try topping them if u want them to be short and bushy.:thumbsup:

i was thinking of just letting them grow because i was gonna scrog it. does topping work well with a scrog too?

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Originally Posted by Gare0440

i was thinking of just letting them grow because i was gonna scrog it. does topping work well with a scrog too?

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I don't like topping because of the long recovery time. But I learned how to Scrog from this guy: http://boards.cannabis.com/closet-ca...ly-ladies.html and he tops them 3 times while also doing LST. Personally, I think LST is enough to start with, and once they get tall enough you can add the screen.

looks good,dont know if it will flower under cfl. Start trying them down now for lst. You coulds veg these pups in LST and try to come up with a 400w or 600w hps set up while they veg. then put them to flower. thats if your not in a big hurry. dont mix different brands,:thumbsup:

the plants are doing good, i trimmed off some of the leaves to expose the light to the big bushy guy but ir also got underwatered so its recovering. i added 4 2700k 42 watt cfl's with 2 why splitters and 2 lights in each fixure with the 4 6500k veg bulbs in the t5 4 bulb 2' light. my closet is about 19,000 lumens now hoping for some good stuff. here are some more pictures, i dont know if im gonna fallow through with the lst but i topped all my plants 2 days ago. here are some new pics

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The plants have recovered and the new tops have started to rise up. the big bud is starting to get huge fat leaves. the plants are lovin life. ill get some pics up soon

transplanted the last 2 plants northen lights and big bud heres the low qual pics thats all i got

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