New LED Grower

Ill start with my basic info. closet grower, mylar lining, (2) 35W 6500k cfl's and (2) 23W Red/Blue LED spotlights. soil = 60% miracle grow soil, 30% perlite and 10% sand. they are watered with room temp city water. I was running 20/4 lighting cycle. With the closet staying at 70 degrees F. and a small circulation fan. I also have nitrogen spikes in the soil. I only have 2 plants since this was my first grow and wanted to see if the LEDs did anything. I just forced flowering at 8 weeks. one is a foot tall with 1 less tier and the other is 10 inches tall with 1 more tier than the taller one. I have no idea what strain the seeds came from. here are a few pictures
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What other nutrients are you using, BTW? Also, what is the size of the grow space with that amount of light? Have you grown before in this set up (other than lighting change) to compare the yield/quality differences? Will be watching!

first time grow period. its about 3 ft wide 3 ft deep and 4 ft high. no other additives.

Is there anyway to stop vertical growth? my plants grew about 14 inches in 2 months before i started flowering. just 2 weeks into flowering and they've grown another foot. 5 toes and everything... (lol) seriously though at this rate I will out grow my space. anything i can do?

btw I have about 4 ft of vertical grow space

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11 weeks old 3 weeks into flowering. male and female correct? what do I do with the male? get ride of it all together or is it of use to someone?

hey man the first pic is a male and the secent is a femail :) so get the mail our of the room and keep the femail :P


you can just place the mail out side :)

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Originally Posted by Masika

Is there anyway to stop vertical growth? my plants grew about 14 inches in 2 months before i started flowering. just 2 weeks into flowering and they've grown another foot. 5 toes and everything... (lol) seriously though at this rate I will out grow my space. anything i can do?

btw I have about 4 ft of vertical grow space

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Get rid of the nitrogen spikes, save those things for your tomatoes or something. If your buds end up tasting metalic, blame it on them. Find yourself an organic bloom food. There's hundreds of them. Too much nitrogen makes cannabis tall, spindly & lanky & you'll taste it in your smoke, sometimes it will even spark & sizzle almost like a sparkler when you put the fire to it if it has too much nitro. Plants look good, but you need to beef up your stems. Bloom nutes are higher in phosphorus & potassium. That will help grow your buds & fatten your stems. You don't want the bud weight breaking your plants. You have plenty of time to do this, no worries. They're pretty & healthy. ~~~ PEACE! ~~~

any specific ones that work great but are not to costly? if you can find it on amazon that would be great as I do 90% of my shopping there. Also since now im down to 1 female should I clone now or wait until after harvest.

side note- can you make hash with the male leaves?

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Picture update of my first and only female. 12 weeks -4 weeks into flowering . hows she doing. using a 10-52-10 bloom booster once a week and filtered water 3 times in between.
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Looking pretty! So how you liking those LED's. Pretty good performance for the small amount of electrical use, huh? I keep trying to tell people, it doesn't have to cost a lot to do this. I think you got started off right. Unless your growing large full sized plants, you really don't need HPS & MH. Save those big boys for the big plants with a lot of foliage to penetrate. Otherwise, your boosting your heat & electric for nothing.
---- There's a thread on here about drying & curing. Dutch Pimp put a link in his post that will tell you everything you need to know about it. Look, & when you find it, read it well & bookmark it for when you're ready. There's several threads on this, but you will know the one I mean when you find it.
----Its great to see a noob doing good & using common sense. Makes us old farts feel our advise is well delt & not going to waste! :) ~~~ PEACE! ~~~

Found that thread while skimming through my profile. "Harvest time? How do I dry/cure my cannabis the best way? I'm a noob & need help!" Go to post #2 by Dutch Pimp & click on "drying & curing your buds". Like I said, read well, then bookmark.
---- When you're almost there, someone will be glad to tell you how to know when you're ripe for harvest!

So sorry, that thread is by thenewgrow & found in 'Growing Information'. Thought I'd add that to help u better find it. :)

Eb stone Organics -- Ultra Bloom 0-10-10 is a good product

if you want non-organic
MOAB mad farmer products 0-52-32


ive used both in different occasions & for testing. they work great. just follow the direction on the packaging, and youll be good