Bat's 2nd Grow, 1st Log

[batlin]

Hey everyone,
Wanted to log my current grow and figured why not do it on here so everyone can see.. of course this is all theoretical if I were to actually do a grow, all pictures from the internet that I found on google.....

I got a bunch of different strains of seeds from one of the major seed sources

Ice
Northern Lights
Big Bud
Pure Afghan
Bubble Gum

For my first attempt with these I decided to go with Northern lights and Big Bud
I started out with 3 x seeds from each NL and BB
I germinated them and 3xNL and 2xBB actually sprouted.. so not too bad I am guessing..

My plant medium is reg old Miracle Grow seedling mix (.05-.05-.05) NPK (yea I should have gone with something different but thats all I could really get at the time.

I planted a NL and a BB (one each) on 3/8 and the remaining 2xNL and 1x BB on 3/11

for the first week I put them on 24/0 and as of 3/16 I moved them to 18/6

Grow Setup
6x100w (equivalent) CFL
1x 22Gallon Rubbermaid Tub
2x CPU fans for air circulation

Here are my first pics taken 3/18 but for some reason I can't post them right now.. will post when I figure out whats up

batlin Reviewed by batlin on 03-18-2010. Bat's 2nd Grow, 1st Log Hey everyone, Wanted to log my current grow and figured why not do it on here so everyone can see.. of course this is all theoretical if I were to actually do a grow, all pictures from the internet that I found on google..... :D I got a bunch of different strains of seeds from one of the major seed sources Ice Northern Lights Big Bud Pure Afghan Bubble Gum Rating: 5

[batlin]

Hope this works...

Not sure why I can't post pictures here but I can post pictures in other forums here....

[batlin]

Yesterday I decided to repot my babies..
I went from an 10oz Dixie cup to 18oz. At 8oz the plants were already super root bound after only a 13 days. I thew a little bit of Superthrive into the water (1/8th teaspoon / Gallon) and watered them and put them again.

Took some pictures this morning.. about 18 hours after repot and I can already see new growth!

Northern Lights


Big Bud


3 Northern and 2 Big Bud

[batlin]

I am going to split my grow into 2 groups.. A, B and possibly a C (see below) (to account for the two different plant times)
All Seeds Gerninated: 3 / 6
Group A: 3 / 8 / 2010: (day 15)
These girls have been doing pretty good, One is a Northern Lights (Bottom Left) the other is the Big Bud (Top Middle)
Unfortunately you will see later (attached picture) that my Big Bud has 1 little dead spot on hits biggest leaf!! I am a little nervous about this since I have not put any nutrients in my soil yet (was hoping to wait until I saw some signs they needed nutes as well as the soil that I potted with has a very small amount of nuts in it to being with. Can anyone diagnose the issue?

Group B: 3 / 11 / 2010: (day 12)
These girls have been doing amazing as well.. in this group we have 2 northern lights as well as a big bud,

Group C: 3 / 22 / 2010: (day 1)
These are the two in the bottom left corner, They are from two bag seeds that I threw in my germination station (paper towel) that I forgot about! I went to look today and they had grown 5 inches long and had leaves!!!! I really don't know if they will survive but I put them in an 18oz dixie cup, added a little Superthrive and put it under the lights.. so we will seeâ?¦


2 Dots on leaf of my Group A Big Bug, any thoughts on what this is?


Group Picture




Bats

[batlin]

Today I woke up to some more issues with Groups A's Big Bug plant. Now I have another Leaf with two dots, and now another one has a little bit of crisp on the top as well as almost a burn spot on the leaf, see the picture below, does anyone know what this might be?
I also realized I had 100W 2700k CFLs, so I replaced 3 of them with 5000k CFLs that I had lying around. Hope that will help the veg a little bit. I am also going to hit up my local shot to get some fox farms nutes.


Issue with Big Bug Leaf..


Group Picture


Profile of Northern Lights



Bats

[batlin]

Hey everyone,
Took a few moor pictures today, It is day 20 form seed and I think they are looking pretty good, but they are VERY short and bushy.. Not sure if this is good or notâ?¦ thoughts?
I also just germinated some ICE and Bubble Gum, and those went into soil yesterday, so I plan on getting those up here too.. I am trying to have a constant seed -> veg -> flower cycle.. so I figure 3 weeks in-between germinations will be good..
Any suggestions would be wonderful!

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Side View


New Side shoot!


Bats

[bubbels]

maybe a little short but it can be normal i grow in hydro so they grow faster so i cant tell. your leaves seem to need some epson salt but be sure to leave out any outher problems first. i have had some problems myself whith spots and rusty leaves so try 1/2 teaspoon of epson salt per gllon of water. i putit in hot water so its disolves good and wait to the water gets into room temp.epson sat isent table salt so be sure to get te rigth stuff in health shops or farmacies. you can try it on one plant in the beginning and wait 5-6 days for resolt. chec the ec on the salt not to be higher than the dirt little less than i sayd can go along way.but the moast important is to read about the subjekt read read. hopes this helps...

[batlin]

First off, my plants were incredibly root bound after only 5 days in the 18oz cup, must not have moved up high enough pot wise. So on thursday night I decided to move them up to 1 gallon sq. pots and since then they have started to grow a bit more! I know they are really short and squat for their age so I am not quite sure what I am doing wrong here.. I did realize 3 of the 6 CFLs I had were 27K s so I went out and got some 55K CFLs hoping this will help a bit, Now I have 3x65k and 3x55k.
Per Bubbles suggestions (thank you Bubbles!) I added a very small amount (1/16th teaspoon per pint -> 1/2 tsp / gallon) of Epsom to Big Bud #1 I then added some soil acidifier to Northern Lights 1. as well as added a pint of water to each of them.
I also am attaching pictuers of my grow box.. (this one is for verging, I have a taller bigger one for flower.

Group Picture
mar27 top
Top to Bottom, Left to right
BB1 NL2 NL3
BB3 NL1 BagSeed

Grow Box


Inside grow box



N1 Side View

Yellowing Leaf

[batlin]

Wow, plants are doing great, :jointsmile: I haven't had much time to post, but here are some pics from Day 24 and from Day 26, check out how much they have grown!!!!
Top middle one actually started touching the light so I had to add a spacer to my box to rise it upâ?¦

Top View Day 24


Top View Day 26


Side view of Big Bud 1 Day 26

[batlin]

I know it's been a long time since I posted, my day job has kept me super busy..
anyways, since the last time I posted, BOTH of my Big Bud plans turned into males.. so they were promptly executed.
I have put 2 of the 3 Northern lights into flower and am keeping the third NL for pruning and cloning practice (I think it's a girl )
I have been having some issues with the lower leaves, I posted a thread about it a few days back, they are all curling up, yellowing and crunchy.. I flushed all my plants with 2x the size of the pot so I am hoping this does it well..

This is Northern Lights 1, it has been in flower since Apr. 5th

Top of Northern Lights 1