My first grow

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Looks good, you got the basics, down.
I see you went to 12/12 already, I would like too see you wait a week or more. No big deal if you did, it will still work. Now what will happen is all them small branches will start growing even with the main top and you will have 4 or more colas instead of one.
If you start a new grow start doing LST when they are 6'' tall or starting first set of 5 finger leaves. Then continue tying anything that grows 3'' vertical so your plant is never more than 6'' tall the entire veg cycle which is untill the bucket is full. This took a 5 1/2 week veg on my last grow, but worth it, for my current grow I am going to try a 6 to 7 week veg with cloans and grow some monsters this way.

Deaner btw I just looked back at some pics looks like you have a lot of space next grow you could start with 8 to 12 plants from seed or around 6 cloans, you can grow 1 plant per every 1.5 sq. ft.

[deaner]

And if I use LST how much yeild should I be shooting for? 6 females grown with lst would= ? I think I will tie up the other 2 tommorow. Should they stay tied or do you undo the tie after a while. I am still on 24 on by the way, wont flower til they are twice as big or when I get some seeds or clones. With a 600wt mh, becoming hps to flower, how many plants could I think about growing at one time?

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

I have a 600w also. A 600w will cover a 4'x4' area perfectly, I start off with 16 at seed in 2 gallon buckets, I LST to keep the plants canopy at 6'' to 8'' until the grow space is full horizontally, then stop LST and let them grow vertical for 1 week or until the canopy is 12'' to 16'' tall then take cuttings from all the plants from the really small branches at the bottom that will never grow into a large bud or cola. Then go to 12/12, after a week you will be able to definitely be able to sex the plants, remove the males, transplant the girls into 5 gallon buckets and give the girls plenty of room to become ladies. You can then toss the cloans from the males.
Then when your first crop is finished flowering your cloans are ready to go in the box. And so on and so on.

Oh yah! you can flower a max of 9 in a 4'x4' space this way.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Well we covered LST now lets see what you are using for nutes. There are 2 ingredients that stay consitant in both my veg and flowering (not germination or seedlings, use only plane water for them) is 3 Tbls of hyrogen peroxide and 1 1/2 Tbls of mollases per gallon of water. The hydrogen peroxide promotes root growth because it has a radical oxygen atom that is easily absorbed by the roots and the mollases provides sugars needed for all around growth. I then add low amounts of nutes spaciffic for the stage of growth. Right now for you I would recommend Fox Farm big bloom in doses reccomended on the bottel for every watering. Then switch to Tiger Bloom just before going to 12/12. You do not have to use FF nutes just make sure you follow the directions for every watering
I feel it is better to keep a constant weak nute program then a high powred shot every other watering. Less chance of burning the roots.
Well that about covers it for now.
Keep posting your progress.

[deaner]

I've fertilized with Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Gro twice now, today, and 2 days ago, its mixed weak. Can I add the peroxide, mollasses to this, or is it fine by itself? Guess I will tie up the third tonight after work. 9 plants sounds perfect, how much per plant could I shoot for? Next round I will start 20 seeds, hopefully end up with 9 strong females.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

I haven't made it to harvest yet but from seed it is looking like I am going to get more than 2 oz from my best female and around 2 oz from 6 others and more than 1 oz. the last 2 runts. So a good estimate is 2 oz. per plant with a 6 week veg. this is very dependant on strain and conditions during grow though. But your conditions are very similar to mine. I don't think you mentioned what strain your growing. Do you know? Looks indica dominant by the leaves to me, this is good for big thick and heavy buds.

And yes go ahead and start the mollases and hydrogen peroixide in your next watering. And yes it works by itself. I have never used the nute your using what are the nutriant numbers for it? ie. 26/12/12.

[SantaClawz]

Lookin very healthy. :greenthumb:

[deaner]

this stuff says: 3-1.5-4 premium organic plant food for vegetative growth formula, and adding the Sweet next feeding, which is basically the same as the mollasis I think. Can I clip leaves if they are blocking the light from hitting the colas? The one is pretty bushy and the leaves are giving alot of shade.

[atsar]

your using a 600 watt HID right?plus cannabis specific nutes?2 oz per plant seems a little low to be shooting for i reckon,i use 400 watts and never veg more than 4 weeks,use orchid feed for veg and african violet feed and cactus feed for flowering and the odd mollasses,no fancy nutes designed for cannabis,no bloom boosters,yet average 4 oz per plant(had 6 from one),you should maybe set your sights just a little higher,i mean i'd be pretty disappointed with 2 oz per plant if i'm honest,and i'm no expert

[atsar]

oh,and if you can try tucking the leaves under the colas they're blocking or pull them out the way rather than cutting them off