JOURNAL OF A MADMAN

[TheGreenFog]

The previous ones were topped, while these were just cloned off of a nice outshoot.

:rasta:

[ate]

Looking very nice.

[jamstigator]

I have seen far FAR worse first grows than this; all-in-all, I think you're doing very well!

Some questions: what light(s) are you going to flower with? HPS? What size? CFLs? You can flower with CFLs, but you won't get much yield that way. But HPS lights generate a fair amount of heat, and I didn't see a cooltube or any type of air-cooled reflector in there. Just gonna leave the doors open when the lights are on during flowering?

I wanted to do pretty much what you are doing. I have a closet I could use which is about the same size. But I couldn't think of any way to cool it properly without cutting holes in walls or the door or the ceiling for ventilation in/out, and the woman nixed the idea of me hacking on the structure of the house itself, so I had to go with the cabinet concept (which has worked out fine). Actually, I think I like cabinets better, so it's just as well that she nixed my closet plan.

Oh, on your pruning/topping, and taking cuttings for clones: when you make a cut, dab a little of your cloning gel on the exposed cut area, not just on the cutting but on the plant you cut from. I just tried that a couple of days ago when I did some topping and pruning, and it seemed to make a difference. I figured if it encourages roots to grow in cuttings, maybe it encourages new node growth on the 'mother' plant after a cut too, and it looks like that theory was valid. Worst case, it certainly didn't do any harm, but I think it actually helped.

[TheGreenFog]

Hey, Jam. Well, I'm gonna use 400wHPS for flowering. I'm probably going to flower my test clones under CFLs, but I'll get to that in a little. Thanks for the input. Yea, I know it isnt the worst grow, but it certainly leaves a lot to be desired the next time around.

As far as the closet, even I had a little resistance with the idea of hole cutting and punching, etc...but the cannabis will prevail. Mua ha ha ha But this isnt in my home anyway...know what I mean.

So, about the cloning gel. I was wondering about that because as I was cloning, I topped a plant before I took a picture of the whole plant...so after I dipped the top in the gel, I put it back up on the plant so I could take a picture. That got some of the gel on the plant where i had taken the cutting from. I didn't know what it would do, so I wiped it off. It will be interesting to see what it does on your plant. I would assume it just preserves that cut piece a little longer like water or something preserves the bottom of a rose stem. Let me know. I have seen lots of your posts around and look forward to chattin with ya on here. Keep checking back. I'm going to be putting more pics up everyday until I catch up. Then I have a ventilation question. THANKS

:rasta:

TGF

[TheGreenFog]

Pic #1 & #2: PLANT #10

Pic #3 & #4 & #5: PLANT #12

Ok, well, I'm pretty sure this is nute burn... I think I know how to fix that. The new growth is ok, cuz I leech it and back down on the nutes when I see the burn.

But look at the friggin' MOLD on the rockwool! That is one thing that I still have not been able to fix. I have added H2O2 into the res and it helps with the algae in the res but it hasn't done anything to kill the mold on the rockwool.

The only other idea I would have would be to cut little squares out of black plastic and put them over the top of the rockwool to prevent the light from reaching them, thus killing them...? Does that sound right? Any ideas on the stupid mold?? :cursing:




TGF

[Pass That Shit]

GreenFog, I think you're doing very well too. Your plants have looked very healthy. That is key.

I would try to get more light into the branches so the plant doesn't grow upward. Using a fan to blow it away before it hits the plants really helps to lower the light. I'm only directing the light to the top of one of my plants. Most of them are getting light to their sides.

I'm not gonna make holes for the inline fans I bought. There's enough cold air in my room :thumbsup:

[TheGreenFog]

My attempt at topping.

Pic # 1 & #2: PLANT 7 - runt...topped.

Pic # 3 & #4: PLANT 6 - runt...topped.


I topped them, because there were no cloneable branches...and cuz these plants piss me off.

These ones, and then the ones in the last post...#11 and #12, I think. They are the ones I moved to the right side to veg. I wanted to make more room on the left and I picked the "worse" ones. My cohort wanted to just get rid of them...but I cannot...I am like Buddhist when it comes to these plants. I cant seem to bring myself to destroy any. Even when we find our males, I want to plant them outdoors somewhere.

When cloning...I sliced my finger with the razorblade. I feel it was the plant saying, "see...its not so comfortable, is it, fucker!" lol.


TGF

[Pass That Shit]

GreenFog, I think if the surface is moist and the light is hitting it, you'll get green growth. Kind of like your lawn.

[TheGreenFog]

GreenFog, I think you're doing very well too. Your plants have looked very healthy. That is key.

I would try to get more light into the branches so the plant doesn't grow upward. Using a fan to blow it away before it hits the plants really helps to lower the light. I'm only directing the light to the top of one of my plants. Most of them are getting light to their sides.

I'm not gonna make holes for the inline fans I bought. There's enough cold air in my room :thumbsup:

Thanks, PassThat. I am trying to increase the light with the new CFLs we put in there. I am still learning tho, so the plants look stretched, overnuted..etc. But, hey, like you said, they look healthy otherwise, and that is key. I'm getting the hang of it.

As far as lowering the light. What I am using is the flouros. The tubes...are not hot...at all. They can be as close as I want. As for the CFLs, from what I've heard here about them being able to be so close and stuff...it has not been my experience. They have burned several of my leaves and I have to keep them at least 5-6 inches away or so. But they are nice and strong. I mean they are only like 24 watts but they are full spectrum (thats what it said on the packaging...each of the letters was a different color. lol) so they seem to do the trick.

Your inline fans...I would like to talk to you about them because that is what I'm getting for this space. Will hit you up about it later. Gonna post some more now. Lets see how these plants do after the massive pruning...!

As far as the mold. I'm gonna work on it.

Stay tuned!!

TGF

[TheGreenFog]

Here are the clones and tops I took. Wish them luck. I sprayed some seaweed extract on them...

TGF