First time grow starts tomorrow!

[JMORGAN]

me rikey

[MonkeyBone]

Looks good dude!:thumbsup:

[TMGrow]

Here's the situation...

Since all of our first batch, except for 5, died... and we just got a new full batch of clones... i was thinking...

Our Platinum Bubba and Old School OG are far ahead of the others. 16-19"
The 3 Skywalker are in the middle at 9-11"
And our babies, are, well, babies!

I think that i may leave them all in grow until the babies are maybe 1' 1/2 or so. At that point, the 2 bad asses may be huge, but we do have a lot of head room. Almost 9' limit! We really don't have the option to do rotations, at this time. So it may be our only option... or not. I'd like to hear what you knowledgeable people might know!

Have a great weekend!:smokin:

[TMGrow]

So, today, our girls were showing a bunch of roots against the inside of the plastic cups! Figured we shouldn't subject them to too much light, so we transplanted all except 5, into the 12L potters from the 1st go-a-round. Luckily, the 5 left over, need a few more days, to establish more roots. We'll get another bag or two of soil and 5 more potters, and toss the rest in soon! It's so nice to see a full room of lovely, healthy ladies! Here's where we're at:

More to come soon!

[bigd101]

i say trim the tops off the big ones and they will bush out while the others catch up or you can also pull the highest tops down to the level of the lower ones wil also make a bush you can hold them down with string ect tied back to the pot or i just use fishing weights and adjust as needed as the plant grows. topping them will produce more main stalks and be better and you have the time to wait as the others catch up. good luck everything looks great. Just wondering what do they charge for a tiny little baby like those.

[TMGrow]

Finally! After getting our new batch over a week ago, we decided to give them some much needed rest! We did lose one girl, to an unknown problem in the last two days... but the rest are on the right track! Also, thanks bigd101! We topped our largest two and it is most definitely helping! I've got some pics below to show. I think, as long as it keeps working, we'll keep topping them every 4-7 days until all of our girls are around the same height... then flower! Our Platinum Bubba has gone from shooting up an inch or two a day, to not doing much of anything at all. The Skywalker I topped has surpassed it in height. Is this normal? Possibly dependent on the strain? No biggy tho. We also purchased Dutch Master's Liquid Light and Penetrator to apply to our foliage. It is an expensive additive, but it does provide results! They are very, very perky now! Especially today, after switching their light cycle! Continuing thanks to those who have helped, and everyone... Have a great day! I'll post again in a few days! ENJOY!!! I AM!!! :thumbsup:
TOPPING THE OLD SCHOOL AND SKYWALKER

Platinum Bubba

Old School OG

Skywalker

THE REST

A few close ups... blurry... sorry

[bigd101]

I think i would pinch the stalk and fold down some of those long ganglely ones that have stretched after a day or two to let them recover from snipping thier heads off. If you pull those down to the same height as the lower growth you should have a nice bush come up. good luck looks like everything is taking off well. if you can lower your lights some, it should make them not stretch so much just be careful for heat if it is comfortable to the back of your hand then it should be ok for the plants.:thumbsup:

[TMGrow]

Thanks again for the tips bigd101! We've been searching all around for different methods to keep our big girls bushy and stout to let the babies catch up. We found a couple different approaches. I think we'll use a combination of both. First, we cut the tops (2-3" down stem) off the old school and tallest skywalker (although, i think the shop may have mislabeled the biggest of our skywalkers... it looks and smells way more like the old school). That has definitely helped fill out the plants tho! We are also snipping the newest growth on all of our girls to promote more outward growth. It's not hurting, so we'll keep doing it. Any input is appreciated! We're just happy to have them all healthy! Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Old School OGPlatinum BubbaSkywalker/Old School OG (to be seen)A baby White WidowExtras

[TMGrow]

Everything is going well! A little too slow for my taste, but going, none-the-less! We've been pruning our bigger one's, to give the babies a chance to catch up. It's been working nicely! We're using the full dosage of the Hesi growth nutes and PH is 5.8. Soil PH is around 7. Humidity is steady around 40-60% and temperature varies between 79-84F. Maybe another week and bloom!


Old School OG

Skywalker

Platinum Bubba

Other nice pictures...

[TMGrow]

Well, it's been a few days now, and a lot has happened! We discovered a spider mite problem starting. We tried many different angles, to snuff it out quick. We bought a mini microscope, from Radio Shack (quality), that works surprisingly well. We rubbed the leaves with 70% isopropyl alcohol. That killed all of the live ones... not sure about eggs. Then we grabbed 2 Hotshot Pest Strips. They (as you can see in photo) are placed in-between plants. Those, I believe, are helping. I read a bit about an all-around insecticide, called Sevin. We bought it, and plan to apply right after putting this blog up. The other steps have dramatically affected the mites, but they are some suborn s.o.b's!

We noticed leaf discoloration and the drying up of some parts of our leaves on the Skywalker's. I tried giving them about 400ml/day, and they seem to like it. So, with luck, that's the only problem there!

We put up two wall mount fans. That has made a huge difference with more constant air temp via better circulation. Wish we had those a while ago!

We ran out of the HESI grow nutes, so we picked up Part A&B of the SensiGrow solutions. We're interested to see how that works out. Not exactly joyous at this point with the HESI system. We'll still use it for bloom (cuz we got it), but maybe Sensi will work. Any one used it before?

All of our babies (with the exception of one White Widow we lost weeks ago, and 3 that are stunted right now) are doing great! The Mester Kush were the ones hit by the spider mites, but they are the healthiest! Odd enough, huh? Nothing has made much sense with our first grow, but we've been schooled... pretty throughly thus far!

Here are some pictures:
Master Kush


One of the White Widow

Skywalker

One Old School OG

Platinum Bubba



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