Yet another first time grow...

[MadHatter79]

Hey, I thought since I had a camera and a plant I might as well be posting. I got three clone from a friend of mine.(for free) She charged me two hugs, one on the way in and one on the way out. (can't beat that deal) The plant is a Jack Herer, a hybrid indica with a short flowering requirement. She likes to flower them right away after cloning, with little veg time. I went with a hortilux metal ace in a 400 watt hps ballast. I'm going to veg it till it's about 2 feet tall and then start flowering. The first picture are the two clones about 4 days after I got them. The next picture is at 3 weeks. My friends have reported getting 2 inches of a growth a day from this strain. The big one rooted in 5 days and the rest in the picture. I am using two waterfarm hydro kits and growing in my closet. I'm using superthrive, foxfarm grow big, and some Elanoirs' vf-11. I'll try to keep up on this as best as possible, but I'm moving soon so the internet might be off for a bit. Anyways, thanks for checking out the thread.

MadHatter79 Reviewed by MadHatter79 on 11-22-2006. Yet another first time grow... Hey, I thought since I had a camera and a plant I might as well be posting. I got three clone from a friend of mine.(for free) She charged me two hugs, one on the way in and one on the way out. (can't beat that deal) The plant is a Jack Herer, a hybrid indica with a short flowering requirement. She likes to flower them right away after cloning, with little veg time. I went with a hortilux metal ace in a 400 watt hps ballast. I'm going to veg it till it's about 2 feet tall and then start Rating: 5

[MadHatter79]

I decided to bend my plant rather than cut or break it. I just took some string, looped the top, bent it down and tid the string to the base of the plant. I read about the auxins theory and it seems to have worked. As soon as the main shoot was below the other branches, they started growing faster, and the main slowed down. I just cut the string before taking the pictures.

[mrberrys]

hey there madhatter... well first off.. you have a very good friend there..
damn i will give her 5hugs and do the washing up if she gives me some clones hehe... anyways things are looking pretty good.. im no expert but i can say your on the right track.... i would recemend bendinG (LST) that way you will get more bud from your babys and the lst will help to save you some height... just so you know.. if you plan on vegging till 2ft.. make sure you have the head room as the plant(s) will double if not triple in height when you flower them.. you sound like you have some knoledge.. but if you have any questions.. need any help dont be affraid to ask.. good luck to you m8

[dutch.lover]

yeah u sound pretty knowledgable for your first time grow! the plants look great, keep it up

[MadHatter79]

Thanks. I made sure I knew everything I needed to before I got into this grow. I just got out of the military after 8 years so I've been itchin' to grow something other than houseplants.
Went to Colorado for Thanksgiving... Pikes Peak area is beautiful. I was gone for 5 days and my plant grew like a weed! I trimmd a lot of the fan leaves off that were underneath the rest. Can anyone tell me where the buds grow on the stem? How much vegitation should I let grow? I am going for 2 feet before flowering, but I'm in no hurry to harvest. I just want big fat buds.

[klup]

do you have enough room for 2 plants that size? if you start flowering at two feet then they should be some big bitches. they do look nice though, good luck.

[MadHatter79]

I forgot to leave the grow time on the last pictures. These pics are all at 4 weeks.

[BONG0]

I wish more new people here would do the basic research for growing like you did. Awsome job :thumbsup:

[MadHatter79]

Thanks for the advice Mrberrys, I know I will probably run out of room, but I have to move them in a week so I decided it was better to move them while veggin' than while they are flowering.

[Magic Haze]

lookin nice for ur first time growin, grats hope u get some nice buds