First Grow: Jack the Ripper under a Procyon

[anbesol]

I cant wait till your plants are harvested. Im really interested in seeing how your LED's work out in bud harvest.

[GreenDestiny]

It sure looks like you've tried growing before.

I don't know jack about growing in dirt, but yeah I guess a transplant before the 12/12 switch would be good.... maybe give them a few days or so to get over any shock first.

Have you noticed any smell yet?

[Puffzter]

It's looking great man and you seem to have a gentle touch with your plants.
I personally think LED is the future so this is interesting to me fo sure.
Once the prices go down people will start switching to these babies more and more.
Nice job so far and gl in the future.

Puffzter

[DrSpoof]

It sure looks like you've tried growing before.

I don't know jack about growing in dirt, but yeah I guess a transplant before the 12/12 switch would be good.... maybe give them a few days or so to get over any shock first.

Have you noticed any smell yet?

they friggin stink, have for awhile lol. Not to the point where they leak out of the grow tent, but when you first unzip it, its such a beautiful scent. I heard thats common trait of Jack Herer and its offspring, but I dunno.

Thanks, too... I have never tried growing but I spent a solid 2 or 3 months gathering every little bit of knowledge here on cann-com. Not sure if its Fox Farm, the JackTR, or just beginner's luck but these plants have been very kind to me so far.

It's looking great man and you seem to have a gentle touch with your plants.
I personally think LED is the future so this is interesting to me fo sure.
Once the prices go down people will start switching to these babies more and more.
Nice job so far and gl in the future.

Puffzter

Yeah I was always keen on the idea of growing pot; WhiskeyTango's experiences with the Procyon though pushed me over the edge, it seemed like a really fool-proof light. And so far, it is...

Thanks for all the nice comments again, everyone... highly appreciated :rastasmoke:

Cheers
DrSpiggity

[hydrocannabis]

so hows the led light working out for U?


and UR lil ones R looking great.

[DrSpoof]

so i learned a valuable lesson today. being a good pothead does not necessarily make you a good pot grower. (actually, its prolly the opposite lol) somehow, i forgot to water the GD plants all week. two of them are quite shriveled. Not "im dead for good" shriveled, but "uhh i fuckin hate you and its gonna take me some time to recover" shriveled. I hope. Having never grown before, I dunno if plants can bounce back from such neglect (6 days between waterings... granted its normally 3 or 4 under LED + CFL so perhaps not as bad as if I were using HPS/MH...)

So, watered them thoroughly (also sprayed a little to get some water to the leaves), then moisture metered each plant to make sure they didnt need _more_ water... I think thats part of the problem, my grow closet / area is such GD tight that its really hard to moisture meter the plants in the back. I kind of just go by the front few and then water the plants as a group. I know youre supposed to water them individually, but I have to pull them all out to do so (much easier since I put them all in 2 rubbermaid buckets, ps... also keeps the drainage off my growhut floor, which is an added bonus) and therefore my lazy ass doesnt wanna do it that way... I guess flowering will be easier since there will be less plants...

Also switched in my 2700k bulbs for the 5500k's I had in there, because tonight these girls are going on 12/12. They're all at least 10" tall and they're 50 days old, so I think they're ready. Still cant tell much from the preflowers, not sure if JackTR is just a slow preflowerer or its 24/0 or LEDs or just being a noob... I figure at 50 days old even with the setbacks I've had, they should be mature enough.

Oh, and some stats. Got a kill-a-watt the other day.
Procyon = 125 watts
Exhaust fan (4" vortex w/ fan controller about 1/3 strength) = 40 watts
Circulating fan = 24 watts
4 CFLs (veg) = 108 watts (4 x 26w 5500K)
4 CFLs (flower) = 92 watts (4 x 23w 2700k)

Whole operation pulls about 3.2 Amps and just under 300 watts (veg, around 275W on flower).

Cool shit. That means in flowering it'll be 275W half the day, only 64W the other half (LOL). LEDs rule.

DrSpiggity

[hudson88]

Wow looking great doc, i wouldn't worry about them going a couple extra days without water, they'll bounce back

Can't wait to see them buds grow

[DrSpoof]

Girls bounced back just fine... all gained 1-3 inches since Sunday. Right now I'm thinking 2 definite males, 2 definite females, 1 maybe female, and 3 maybe males. I'm gonna have to wait and see a few more days before I can be more positive.

I also think I may have to water every 2 or 3, not 3 or 4 days... the CFLs, while still pretty cool, seem to make the girls get thirsty more often when added to the Procyon.

Here's some pics. First pic is LED + CFL on, other 4 are only CFL. Only have like another 6 inches to raise my lights, so I'm not sure how that'll work... I guess by the time I thin the girls out in the next week we'll see.

DrSpiggs

[GreenDestiny]

Doing great, hopefully they don't get too big for ya!

[SnSstealth]

looking good spiggs!!!
whiskeytango