First Ever Grow, Obviously

[cmasfca]

When I am thinking about doing something illegal, I plan for the worst case scenario. So, when they bring the dogs in to sniff, I will assume they will smell it through the trunk. Hence, I don't carry any more than I am legally allowed to which is 1 oz.

I'm ok with swapping ounces with my buddy

[Shovelhandle]

Pictures! I borrowed my roommate's camera. Sorry for the quality, I haven't gotten used to all the buttons on it yet

How do they look?

Pretty good! just "fiddle" with the buttons some more. LOL

Shovelhandle

[Opie Yutts]

One piece of advice, if you care for that sort of thing. Don't take off so many leaves. The only time you should remove a fan leaf is if it is blocking the light from a bud, or it is in the way of you being able to get your hand to the back of your grow underneath the screen. Plant's grow much better/faster if they have leaves, the more the better.

[LaZ]

Pictures! I borrowed my roommate's camera. Sorry for the quality, I haven't gotten used to all the buttons on it yet :jointsmile:

How do they look?

Was your avatar pic taken with the same camera? Both the pics seem to have that dark yellowish color.

[Opie Yutts]

which gets me to wondering ......my hydro guy sells something called "bear proof camping gear" guaranteed to hide any smell completely....odor proof plastic bags...has to be vaccum sealed to work etc.....that's the ONLY thing I would consider getting by a drug dog with ANY sort of confidence......and I'd STILL worry......

That won't do it. Those dogs have something incredible like 700,000 times more nerve endings in their nose than humans, and each nerve ending is 7 times more powerful than humans' are. Just the fact that you touched a piece of weed, then later in the day touch the plastic bag, is enough to send the dogs into a frenzy.

A friend tried to mail me a coffee can package like you described from Jamaica, and I never got it. Nothing happened to my friend.

[Weedhound]

Opie you know damn well those dogs bagged it, tossed the dope and kept the coffee (and a drip press) for themselves....

[cmasfca]

OK so I don't have a camera available but,

The girls are doing awesome! Ph is 6.1, up from 5.9 about 24 hours ago. The ppms have gone from 1010 down to 970 in the same time period. I am thinking of adding 5 gallons of RO water and then upping the ppms to 1200, but I won't do anything until I hear from you guys

Thanks for the advice opie. The only reason I cut those leaves was because I read somewhere that in a scrog grow they will wilt and die and could potentially harbor mold because they are under the screen and not too much light penetrates the canopy.

There are trichomes starting to form and it smells so good! I am bummed I have to go home tonight for Christmas lol but next time I check on them they should be even bigger. I will try to get a camera so I can show you guys

Merry Christmas!

[MVP]

OK so I don't have a camera available but.....

Dude, I sure hope you get a digicam for Christmas! We want pics!!

MVP :jointsmile:

[Weedhound]

Cm.....I'm glad you asked me that question. I WOULD take them up to 1200 if I were you but then what I'd like to have you start doing .......starting around week 3 of flower is to start backing off VERY SLOWLY on your Cal Mag. You want to keep them on a 50/50 mix through the second week of flower while they do there big burst thing.....probably what you are seeing right now. Then they start slowing down on the height and making buds. This is when we will want to ease back on the CalMag and introduce more of the Pro Bloom. By week five we'd like a 65/35 ratio of probloom/CalMag. .....topping out at 1200 (perhaps more if they continue to eat like such pigs but we'll wait and see) until the eighth week or so and then flush. If they need to go longer they can just go off ph'd r/o water until they are finished.

Capice?

[cmasfca]

Weedhound,

Sounds good! I am going to add 5 gal of RO water today after work then up the ppms to around 1200 with a ratio of 60/40 probloom to calmag. Then next week I will do a full flush and have ppms of 1200 with the ratio of 65/35 probloom to calmag.

These babies are sticky! When I am moving fan leaves out of the way of other buds my hands get so sticky! The aroma is very strong as well and I love coming home from work and smelling them haha

Thanks for all your help Weedhound, you definitely have contributed more towards these girls' health than I have, and that is for sure

I am going to get my girlfriend's camera on sunday night, so hopefully on sunday or monday I'll post pictures of these beauty queens :jointsmile: