Train wreck grow!

[jimmy345]

This is my first train wreck grow! so i am open and greatful to all advice!

I'm growing train wreck seeds.

Im using a 90watt LED UFO light.
250 watt HPS light:

Sterilized soil from horticulture shop.
HESI coco fertilizer with a 24, 21, 27 composition.
Temperature is between 73 to 90 depending on what light is on.
I have been using the ufo light for majority of time and using the hps once or twice a week. Ufo is very cost effective and growing results are good so far.

The seed where germinated on wet paper towel on a plate and covered by a bowl and place on a heat mat. once the sprout was about half an inch i place in soil under ufo light.

here are some pics after day 10

http://www.cannabis.com/files/photos...76bae790bL.jpg

http://www.cannabis.com/files/photos...6cd8a86eeL.jpg

http://www.cannabis.com/files/photos...92d7aea8fL.jpg

http://www.cannabis.com/files/photos...5dcdaf12aL.jpg

Here are my photos after 18 days

http://www.cannabis.com/files/photos...3f355f10aL.jpg

http://www.cannabis.com/files/photos...55b4bde6bL.jpg

http://www.cannabis.com/files/photos...7fadc1aa6L.jpg

http://www.cannabis.com/files/photos...8a563aaccL.jpg

Let me know what yous think.

jimmy345 Reviewed by jimmy345 on 06-08-2009. Train wreck grow! This is my first train wreck grow! so i am open and greatful to all advice! I'm growing train wreck seeds. Im using a 90watt LED UFO light. 250 watt HPS light: Sterilized soil from horticulture shop. HESI coco fertilizer with a 24, 21, 27 composition. Temperature is between 73 to 90 depending on what light is on. Rating: 5

[jimmy345]

Sorry i forgot to say i the my lighting times. for the first week i was on a cycle of 16 on and 8 off. since then i have been adding 15 minutes every 2 days i will do this untill i have a 18 - 20 hour cycles.

[bigtopsfinn]

Looks good Jimmy! Love that TW! :stoned::stoned::stoned:

Couple things... maybe you could fill up your container with a little more soil, so that only 1in. of the container brim is showing. Some problems may occur if the soil is too low.

What kind of soil are you using? Sterilized means that it has no bugs? Does it have N-P-K in it already? I don't see any perlite there either, I'd mix in 25% of that with your soil from now on.

Also not really sure about those nutes... maybe look into getting some Fox Farm or Canna nutes for the future.

You would see faster growth if you used the hps more often... what kind of ventilation you have for that? With those temps you could probably just get a cooltube and small fan, and your temp problems would be resolved, and you could run the hps full time.

Good luck and keep us updated :jointsmile:

[jimmy345]

hey bigtops thanks for getting back onto me.

To add soil would i need to raise the plant up or would i be ok to just fill it in?
Yeah sterilized means no bugs or fungus in it. there was a dose of N-P-K enough for a week!

What composition of cana nutes would you recommend?

I would rather use hps bulb i know that she will grow faster but i have a limited grow space so the ufo was a freeby from a friend so chanced my arm with it! i am looking into a cooling system but my grow shop is a good drive away!
Ill post more pics later on in week ill run hps full time to give them a boost

[bigtopsfinn]

hey bigtops thanks for getting back onto me.

To add soil would i need to raise the plant up or would i be ok to just fill it in?

NP :jointsmile: glad to help. Not really sure, depends on how much it has stretched, but you can bury the stem up to the first set of leaves (the cotyledons or something :stoned

What composition of cana nutes would you recommend?

They have feeding charts with a bunch of different products, but you can get away with just the veg, flowering, and pk+ nutes. I used Canna Terra Vega 3-1-4 (for veg) , Canna Terra Flores 2-2-4 (bloom), but my pk+ (0-9-10) was from Plagron, and I had some problems with it... I really should have gotten the Canna pk+ and that would have fixed my problems.

With Fox Farms you can get away with the Grow Big, Tiger Bloom and Big Bloom... at least that has been said->http://boards.cannabis.com/organic-g...arm-nutes.html



But now I'm a little confused (and quite :stoned, but what is up with the sterilized soil? I mean, is it like potting soil, or is it like coco? Because the nutes will be different depending on this. I noticed you had coco nutes, so maybe the guy at the store did this for a reason?? Anyways I'm rambling, maybe someone can enlighten me here

[jimmy345]

Yeah i know the leaves your talking about i will fill it up to there.

To the soil issue again, this whole thing started with a big bag of the train and bought the soil and the guy said it was what i needed and start feed after one week to be honest it was all very :rasta: at the time. its developing nicely there is two of them and there both pretty much the same!

[BigLeagueJew]

looks good. I would love to see some more pics along the way.

[jimmy345]

Hey bigleague, thanks i will put photos up every 3 days or so, im on sick leave from work so have all the time in the world!

Just to say thanks to finn aswell, i didnt get my fan yet but im running hps and have opened a window in my room so fresh air is vented in and i've got my temp to between 22.5c and 23.5 c and humidity at 45% to 55%.

oh i have one question before i go. im looking at investing in a grow tent for my flowering cycle so i can have a room for growing and one for flowering to keep my stash steady, would anyone have any ideas what tent would be best for 4 pants at a go in flower?

Thanks again lads and ill see you in a few days.

[bigtopsfinn]

Check out this before buying a tent: http://boards.cannabis.com/plant-pro...-anything.html

Size really depends on your lights (how much area they can cover) and how big you want to grow the plants, (how big the containers are). I'd say get a 5gal container, and measure it to see how much space 4 of them would take up. Maybe you plan on finishing in 3 or 4 gal containers, but at least this way you have the extra room if you need it. You can mount your oscillating above the canopy so it doesn't take up floor space.

I'll be following along... I'd like to grow around 4-5 plants next time around :jointsmile:

[jimmy345]

Finn a life saver i was just about to go online to buy one when i decided to check if anyone had given their time to help me in my crusade for free smoke, thankfully you did!!

Was going to finish in 4 gallon containers with a 250watt hps on them! I will need to sort out my ventilation system before if i'm moving to a tent ideas for a one with my light cause im reading alot about it and most of the time things arent sticking with me :bong:!

if i get the tent i there will 2 more K-train seeds to be going in.

Once again many thanks for dropping in and I'll let yous know on the progress.