First Grow, Bubblelicious.

[JohanD420]

Hello All.
First time grower here, I figured I'd keep a journal for future reference and for you all to chime in with help I'm sure I'll need plenty of it.

I just used some jiffy pots to start my plants under a few shop light florescent cool tubes to start off, They germinated on 4/22 and I transplanted them to 6" pots and set them under a 400 Watt Pulsar Mini MH/HPS 5/1. Been watering them every 2 days until water comes out the bottom of the pot. My cabinet measures 5' x 2 'x 3' I have a 50 CFM exhaust fan above the light with one oscillating fan blowing heat toward the exhaust and one agitating the plants.

I have six Nirvana Bubblelicious, and one bagseed. I'm using a soil mix 2 parts Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure .05-.05.-05 1 part Promix ultra organic sea based compost with AVEC, and 1 part Perlite. They are currently about 11" away from the light, these pics where before I watered and put the first nutrients on them today. They received a quarter strength dose of MiracleGro 8-7-6. Temps have been hovering right around 80 degress. I'm working on getting a better fan and I have to come up with a smell solution still. I've got my eye on a Air Tiger, but I may have to go DIY. First question is if I go SoG should I start tying them down now or let them get more height? I plan to transplant in to 8" pots as soon as the roots fill out the ones they are in. Thanks for any help you all can give.

Enjoy the pics

JohanD420 Reviewed by JohanD420 on 05-08-2009. First Grow, Bubblelicious. Hello All. First time grower here, I figured I'd keep a journal for future reference and for you all to chime in with help I'm sure I'll need plenty of it. I just used some jiffy pots to start my plants under a few shop light florescent cool tubes to start off, They germinated on 4/22 and I transplanted them to 6" pots and set them under a 400 Watt Pulsar Mini MH/HPS 5/1. Been watering them every 2 days until water comes out the bottom of the pot. My cabinet measures 5' x 2 'x 3' I have a Rating: 5

[Italiano715]

Just soo long as you start before they branches get to "tough" then you will be ok, but looking at the size of them I would start them now. But that's just me! Starting to look good though! Keep it up!!! :thumbsup:

[JohanD420]

Here's some pictures one month into the grow. I have them all transplanted into 8'' pots and topped, and today I tied them down. I'll post pics of that soon. I've went to a higher N fertilizer, but still giving them pretty low doses though. You can some some damage on some of the leaves, I believe this is from some heat issues I was having. I've put a bigger fan into the box and raised the light about 4''. It was getting in the 80's midday, so hopefully I've taken the right steps. The PH seems fine it's a little on the low side but I figure it will go up as time goes by. If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to critique.

P.S. How do I post the pictures where the thumbnails will expand?

[syde00]

Here's some pictures one month into the grow. I have them all transplanted into 8'' pots and topped, and today I tied them down. I'll post pics of that soon. I've went to a higher N fertilizer, but still giving them pretty low doses though. You can some some damage on some of the leaves, I believe this is from some heat issues I was having. I've put a bigger fan into the box and raised the light about 4''. It was getting in the 80's midday, so hopefully I've taken the right steps. The PH seems fine it's a little on the low side but I figure it will go up as time goes by. If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to critique.

P.S. How do I post the pictures where the thumbnails will expand?

What kind of soil are you using? sorry if i missed that in the orignal post but... if you are using a soil with Peat in it like most potting mixes do, your PH is actually likely to go down, not up. As the peat breaks down it becomes quite acidic, if your not far out of range though, probably nothing to worry about yet though.

As for posting pics on these boards... you need to be a "Registered+" user on the boards in order to have the paper clip icon appear wehn you are making posts... you need to hit 20 posts on the boards to become registered+

[JohanD420]

Ok, thanks for the input sydee00 I'll have to get more involved and get my post count up As for the soil as I said in the original post, I'm using a soil mix 2 parts Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure .05-.05.-05 1 part Promix ultra organic sea based compost with AVEC, and 1 part Perlite. If anyone can tell if the damage looks to be heat or just the soil being to acidic let me know!

[JohanD420]

Update -
4.5 weeks in and the girls are looking much better since I got the heat issue resolved. I plan to start flowering in about 2 weeks. I want to let the roots fill out these pots so I can put them in 12" pots before I start the lights on 12/12. I have tied down 5 of the plants and I topped the other 2. I'm thinking about buying some PVC and chicken wire and try SOG. I want to keep a good even canopy, but one of the things that worry me is after I transplant and start training them through the wholes I'm sure I'll have some males in the mix. Is it a hassle to cut the males out and still keep a even canopy? Here are the pictures.

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[JohanD420]

I transplanted to 12" pots on 6/29 and the plants went to 12/12 on June 2nd, I gave them a healthy dose of Fox Farms Tiger Bloom yesterday and took picks today. I have 4 confirmed girls as I can see the hairs growing out. I have 2 that are very questionable. The bagseed turned out to be a male and I've scraped it. The two I'm unsure about are the healthest, and most robust of the 6, and I just need a second opinion before I take the knife to them. So take a look and tell me what you think. I hope the pics are clear enough for you all to see. Here they are.

[Cannaguy420]

Ah man Bubblelicious is FTW man. Love this stuff. Discovered it at a trance party, and I've spent the rest of my life since then tracking more of it down.

Ordered my own seeds to grow and they turned out pretty good, but I didn't get as big a yield as I'd have liked.

We put a full review of bubblelicious here... check it.

Peace:rastasmoke:

[JohanD420]

Great Review Cannaguy420, this will be my first experience with it, but wow I can't wait to get some of those visuals! :stoned: Just got finished watering the plants, I ended up with 4 girls and they are going through the stretch right now. They are getting so bushy it's hard to fit them in the box. I will post new pics next week. And thanks for stopping by and giving your input.

[JohanD420]

Well, my girls are coming along nicely I think. I hope they are done with the stretch for the most part because I'm running out of space for my light. I've been using 1 tsp of Fox Farms Tiger Bloom per gallon every 3 days. They receive 32oz of water each on this same schedule. Everything seems to be running smoothly up to this point, and the buds are getting bigger every day. Looking back though I wish I would've took the time to pre-plan for a SOG grow as I may run into space problems later. Well can always do better next time.