Doc Oc's first grow log, 3 White Widows from Nirvana

[DaNkBuD420]

How long did you veg for? About how tall were they?

[Ocotillo]

How long did you veg for? About how tall were they?

Vegged for 6 weeks since seed broke soil. They got about 6" or so tall in that time with topping/attempted FIM. That biggest one in the back (with the screen) was a free Nirvana seed that's growing like a weed. the Next (WW clones) will be better and bigger if all goes according to plan. Thanks. Doc Oc.

[Ocotillo]

Well, it's a full 7 weeks flowering to the day so you know what that means.... Picture day! :yippee: (Shout out to my bro Raiz man)

If you've all been following along, we've been laying off the bloom nutes. The color is no longer so dark green and the tips stopped burning so the last watering a few days ago was only half nutes (MG BB). That will probably be the final fertilizing too since tomorrow begins week 8, flush time. Hairs have been turning brown this week, I'm guessing that's normal.

You'll also notice not only have the 6-7 week old clones moved up since last time and got repotted today. the hot "Patio" soil got a throttling down with my mix own mix of 3 parts Kellogg Patio Plus (all natural with guano, worm castings, and chicken shit), to 1 part Pearlie, to 1 part vermiculite. Again, that's 3:1:1. PH in 7.8, PH out 7.4, Soil around 7.1. Once in a while things work out just right. :weedpoke:

I "theorize" the reason we got slight nute burn was because of using full strength patio soil two weeks into flower and still using the unfamiliar BG BB (bloom booster) nutes also. :detective1:

If a pic is worth a thousand words, then I'll save you 3,000 more of mine. Thanks all! :dance: On with the show:

[Dutch Pimp]

looking pretty good!...congrats...enjoy your grow...:thumbsup:

[raizla]

Nice to seeya again Oc! The girls looks great. You've got to be pretty happy with the grow. Do you see any color change in the trichomes yet?

If you had to do things differently, what do you think you would have changed about your grow? Starting with better soil? Changing the nute schedule? Trimming or training differently? Whatever you want to share would probably help anyone reading.

[Ocotillo]

Thanks Dutch Pimp and Riaz. Much appreciated.

Nice to seeya again Oc! The girls looks great. You've got to be pretty happy with the grow. Do you see any color change in the trichomes yet?

If you had to do things differently, what do you think you would have changed about your grow? Starting with better soil? Changing the nute schedule? Trimming or training differently? Whatever you want to share would probably help anyone reading.

Trichomes- I have to get a microscope thingey from Radio Shack.
Soil- I'm going to keep working on adjusting the local Patio Soil custom mix.
Nutes- Yes, I'm going to Foxes Farms with the Rusty Trichome schedule.
Pruning- Next time I'm going with the "Less is more" theory and mostly let them do their thing other than stealing the next clones and an emergency topping maybe.
More Ventilation- Still need more fanage exhaust.... And SOON!
Tap Water- I think we're out of rain so we'll try out the 7.8 Ph tap stuff.
Re-potting sooner- Should help keep up momentum, I guess.
Clear out the crap- I had bag seed plants, free seed plants, experimental clones. They take up space and add to "liabilities" for total number of plants.
Remotely locate Fluro Ballasts- Those ballasts inside the 4 foot T-12 lamps make the room rather warm. I may add some wire extensions and relocate them externally in the upper ballast room. For that matter I may even add one more to make it 4 sets of lamps totaling 8 bulbs.

[Dutch Pimp]

Tap Water- I think we're out of rain so we'll try out the 7.8 Ph tap stuff.

a few drops of lemon juice or pickle juice can lower that PH...works for me..:thumbsup:

[Ocotillo]

a few drops of lemon juice or pickle juice can lower that PH...works for me..:thumbsup:

That sounds good Dutch Pimp, I wish it would give a lemon flavor to the buds! Would it? I have the GH Ph kit and Milwaukee digi pen for adjustments.

The big update is we found a nice local shop and in an effort to support the home team we bought a serious fan there. It's a 6" in-line 440 cfm monster, which was priced accordingly. We did a slight reconfiguration with the filter, it lost some top space in the small 2'x2.5'x8' room. I don't think we'll be growing the plants very tall anyway and if so we can always move things around to adjust for future plans.

One more new thing is we stepped up to the plate with the basic three of Fox Farms nutes. The flowering plants got a "normal dose" of 2 tsp and 1tsp even though it's the middle of week 8. I see the Rusty Trichome does not mention to flush before harvest, is this correct? :what: Shouldn't I flush at least a week with only PH'd water? :what:

Next is a plan (subject to change or constructive criticism please) is for a semi active intake which will be the exhaust out of the veg room and into the top of the flower room via a fan. I say semi because it will also have passive intakes at the bottom of both the veg room and flower room for fresh cooler air going in. Each room size is 80 sf, one is tall, other is long.

[raizla]

Everything I've read shows to flush 2 weeks before harvest. The fox farm nutes are mostly organic, so you'd probably be ok, but I still plan on flushing my grow, and I'm using the FF nutes.

Kickass fan dude. I'd love to get something like that, but I fear it'd make too much noise, and I don't really want my visitors to know I'm growing.

It definitely looks like you're upgrading. :thumbsup: Be sure to post pictures of the updated rooms so we can see what what you're working with.

[Ocotillo]

So we made a few minor improvments to the veg room. We added three 42W/2,600 Lumen CFL's in between the plants to enhance side growth. That would be 150W equivelent= 42W. Since it's warm light @ 2,700 K we removed the two "warm" T-12 tubes with cool 6,500 K bulbs. That and we stuck a scrap of mylar along the back wall just to use it somewhere.

Speaking of warm, now the veg room is in diar need of some exhaust ports into the well vented flower section cieling.

After the Fox Farms grow big these things are really taking off! Just look at those pix since last week. Very impressive.

Everything I've read shows to flush 2 weeks before harvest. The fox farm nutes are mostly organic, so you'd probably be ok, but I still plan on flushing my grow, and I'm using the FF nutes.

Good point on the nutes. OK, I plan to do the last 2 or 3 waterings with no nutes, which at that point should be about the last week. Thanks all.