1st time flower....week 8
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jboard
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pilot: i vegged for 2 months. that was a little too long for me due to my height limitation, but i did lst to bring down the height and it turned out fine. Id say veg for as long as your height limit will let you. When you flower, the plant will double or triple in size (that's what i've read during my first timer process), so plan for that while vegging. Or you can perform LST to the plant and that will obviously help with the height limits...
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geddylee.2112
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Jboard, Awesome grow man! I'm nearing harvest time myself. I have a single 150 Watt HPS and I need some more side lighting. Gonna make some minor adjustments for grow number two. Feel free to stop by and check out my pics! 
Barrelhse
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A good rule of thumb is to veg until you see pre-flowers, usually 6 wks or so. This way the plant is mature enough to respond to the 12/12 with a minimum of stress and dilly- dallying once put in the flower room. This also gives you the chance to see which plants are fem before they go in, saving space and letting you plan your needs accurately. Of course, longer vegging gives bigger yields. If you have a bit of room you may find that each xtra wk of veg will pack on the buds exponentially.
the curing process will make them more dense and a lot more tasty 
read this for help....http://hightimes.com/grow/mimaging/707
read this for help....http://hightimes.com/grow/mimaging/707
fabfishwater
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lookin godd , this was my first refer to sig.... now im on my 4 , good luck in the future ... more light is what id say more light
pilot011972
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Thanks Jboard. How does this set-up and the plants look? They have been in foxfarm for about a week now. Any advice is appreciated. Also, I have them on a 18/6 schedule under T5 lighting and will not use nutes until day 31.
probo24
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Thanks, I use Fox Farms (Ocean Forest) soil, and nutrients--Grow Big, Big Bloom, and Tiger Bloom.
I also use H2O2 as well as Black Strap Molasses. 1T ea./ 6L of water when i add these two.
This is my first grow using fox farms, should I mix them together? How many tablespoons of ea.? to a gallon of water
I'm 19 days in flowering. I've got big bloom and tiger bloom
probo24
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All depends on how far along you are.
Start with BB, GB when you need the N boost, then TB when flowering, along with BB.
BB is mild and can be used throughout the grow.
Start with 1/4 to half the amount they say/gallon. Till you get a feel for it. Then
bump it up as you need to.
Just start with less and adjust up rather than too much to start and burn your plants.
Yes mix them together too. I even use 1/4t. of GB in flowering sometimes (4th or 5th week) dont forget to ph your water after you mix your nutrients.
Pipe Dream
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on your 3rd pic in the first post there is a lot of yellow spots I thought it might be mites. Probablyt wrong but just check it out.Thank you all for the comments. Yeah, it's a bit "airy" but the buds that are there seem to be pretty damn dense, so its just a matter of gettin more light to the sides for next time i think
pipedream: what do you see that reflects spidermites? I'm not sure what to look for with that, but to me (a rookie), everything looks ok for the most part...please enlighten me...
Shallow: Once into LST and before i added side lighting, i was having a hard time with the bigger fan leaves cuz they were blocking so much light. I started by trimming back a few, and then a few turned in to a lot! lol. For the most part i'm happy with the results with out the fan leaves, but now that i have side lighting, i will let the fans grow out next time and see what difference i get.
pilot011972
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Probo24
Dear GOD!! Beautiful plants man!! When you having all of RIU over for a smoke?? lol
pilot011972
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jboard,
Quick question, I cant control my temp since my plants are not enclosed so I went and placed the plants inside a huge plastic box and stuffed a comforter around the plants to keep them warm at night. Besides being a redneck, do you think it will work? There is no top to the box, my T5 is over the box and plants.
probo24
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That should be plenty warm.
A cheap heating blanket can be used too.
On low under the pots, just cover it with a plastic garbage bag.
And remove it before you water.
Or if your able to, flip your lights to on at night, and off during the day (12/12)
My lights go on at 4:20pm And off at 4:20am
The temps stay pretty steady in my place, and at these on/off
times, i can even save on heat/air by not needing
either very often.
A cheap heating blanket can be used too.
On low under the pots, just cover it with a plastic garbage bag.
And remove it before you water.
Or if your able to, flip your lights to on at night, and off during the day (12/12)
My lights go on at 4:20pm And off at 4:20am
The temps stay pretty steady in my place, and at these on/off
times, i can even save on heat/air by not needing
either very often.
pilot011972
Member
Thanks probo24. I am currently on a 18/6 cycle and the lights kick on at 3:00 pm and go off at 9:00 am. I guess beiung new, I am expecting my plant to be 6 ft already and it has only been in soil less than a week..lol How long before I should be at 4-5 inches??