underarm kush week 3 veg (newbie here)

[killfrenzi]

Thanks guys you are really nice and helpful. here are more pics. one shows my room, one has the preflowers and the other is me plant as of today. Attachment 282906Attachment 282907Attachment 282908

I should try that ocean forest stuff.. idk why but I've always decided to try out other things I think because by the sounds of it I know ocean forest is great already. I'm using a different ff soil right now.

YES!!!! Use FFoF It is by far the BEST soil on the market. No need for nutes as long as you transplant regularly. Of course you can use em. Id just wait a week or 2 after transplant before giving nutes. FFoF has enough nutrients in it to keep the plant healthy and strong for its entire life cycle.

As for your room. I love the fact that you basically built a box inside a box... lol. You are definantly going to have height issues. You will need to keep her at that height the rest of its life cycle, unless you have plans on making that box taller. You are going to need it to be at least 5 to 6 feet tall. If topping doesnt sound like the way to go, then you should start now and tie her top down to allow more light to hit the main stem and promote those lowers branches to grow up towards the light. You will need to do something about height. That seems to be the biggest issue.

Just ask, Ill help!

killfrenzi Reviewed by killfrenzi on 02-24-2012. underarm kush week 3 veg (newbie here) Hey growers whats up. First off wanna say im a newbie to growing, and first impressions are its more complex than i anticipated. So my grow setup is, 3x3x4ft wood box built in my closet, 600 watt mh veg, and 600watt hps flower. soil is fox farm ocean forest. Thus far no nutes and been using dasani bottled water from start, i know a bit expensive, but i didn't trust my tap water. 18/6 light schedule, average temp 78, with controlled humidity around 65%. I do not check ph as i assume the bottled Rating: 5

[Minnesnowta]

Kill I've been using FF happy frog lately, has even more organic nute matter but needs more added to it than ocean forest does. With happy frog you should modify to help drainage, and most importantly adjust the ph, it comes with a base ph around 5.0. Other than that its been great so far.

As for the height issues, I've dealt with that kinda problem recently myself, so if you need any ideas let me know and I'll post you some pictures. I waited too long to control my height as well so I had to get creative and its worked great so far... except for one plant, which is now destroyed, but that was a whole different story of carelessness and procrastination, haha.

[chiefwhitecloud]

YES!!!! Use FFoF It is by far the BEST soil on the market. No need for nutes as long as you transplant regularly. Of course you can use em. Id just wait a week or 2 after transplant before giving nutes. FFoF has enough nutrients in it to keep the plant healthy and strong for its entire life cycle.

As for your room. I love the fact that you basically built a box inside a box... lol. You are definantly going to have height issues. You will need to keep her at that height the rest of its life cycle, unless you have plans on making that box taller. You are going to need it to be at least 5 to 6 feet tall. If topping doesnt sound like the way to go, then you should start now and tie her top down to allow more light to hit the main stem and promote those lowers branches to grow up towards the light. You will need to do something about height. That seems to be the biggest issue.

Just ask, Ill help!

i like the tie down idea, think i may try. showing a little more parts today, i really think its a female, but i cant say for sure yet. can you guys tell from that pic or do both male and female parts grow form that same area?

[chiefwhitecloud]

well it was definitely a pH problem, run off was around 5. I tested the water ive been using and it was around 7- 7.5. question is how did it get so low and how do i correct it?

[Minnesnowta]

Well... using tap water might actually help, as long as you prepare it properly. At least leave it sitting out in an opened container for 24-48 hours, shaking it around a little bit whenever you can. Killfrenzi mentioned something about that earlier, you should check the ph of your tap water and consider watering with that a little bit instead. Also Epsom dolomite lime is pretty cheap, I think my garden store has it for around $4 per bag, and a bag will last you quite a while since you don't want to overuse it. The epsom salts contain a neutralizing agent, as well as the calcium and magnesium that you're partially missing out on by using the dasani bottled water. Neutralizing agent will counter act the acidic soil in a timed release way where you'll need to continue to check your soils ph, and mess around with adjustments from there. There is a lot more to be learned about this ph/nute relationship but that's a long and detailed discussion, so I'll refer you to a link in "Basic Growing" that should explain most everything you need to know about it. Its called something like "Understanding ph balance......" and so on, and its pinned to the top of this section of the forum. Check that out, and let me know if you need me to elaborate on anything I mentioned above.

Oh and sorry no, I cannot yet tell if its a male or female. I wouldn't stress over it too much, your plants might be able to sense that and become stressed as well hahaha. It is what it is and only flowering can reveal that for you. When you're ready.. you will see the answers to your questions, young grasshopper.

[chiefwhitecloud]

Well... using tap water might actually help, as long as you prepare it properly. At least leave it sitting out in an opened container for 24-48 hours, shaking it around a little bit whenever you can. Killfrenzi mentioned something about that earlier, you should check the ph of your tap water and consider watering with that a little bit instead. Also Epsom dolomite lime is pretty cheap, I think my garden store has it for around $4 per bag, and a bag will last you quite a while since you don't want to overuse it. The epsom salts contain a neutralizing agent, as well as the calcium and magnesium that you're partially missing out on by using the dasani bottled water. Neutralizing agent will counter act the acidic soil in a timed release way where you'll need to continue to check your soils ph, and mess around with adjustments from there. There is a lot more to be learned about this ph/nute relationship but that's a long and detailed discussion, so I'll refer you to a link in "Basic Growing" that should explain most everything you need to know about it. Its called something like "Understanding ph balance......" and so on, and its pinned to the top of this section of the forum. Check that out, and let me know if you need me to elaborate on anything I mentioned above.

Oh and sorry no, I cannot yet tell if its a male or female. I wouldn't stress over it too much, your plants might be able to sense that and become stressed as well hahaha. It is what it is and only flowering can reveal that for you. When you're ready.. you will see the answers to your questions, young grasshopper.

Well bad news to report, turned out to be a male. i was unsure at first and thought the small club shaped balls would grow pistols from them, or maybe i was in denial. i was pretty clear when it grew more balls and they got bigger and more balls came. I have some strawberry cough seeds on the way, feminized. This last grow was a bag seed from some underarm kush. i shall start a new thread when the seedling breaks ground. maybe a week or two down the line. peace.
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[killfrenzi]

Good luck with your next Thread and Grow... lol. If you do end up with a female. You should takes clones so you wont have to wait for seeds to pop.. Good Luck nex time:thumbsup: