2nd Grow; First Journal

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MatsuMist

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I planted the seeds directly into soil and had it coming above the soil in 3 days (march 8th)

I'm using a 26w florencent tube (from my fishtank) and i just recently add two more CFL 100w.

I have a MG nutients for veg with a NPK ration of 18-18-21 which isn't exactly what i wanted but its what i got.

for Flowering I am using a 400w HPS, no nutes yet, but i looking to get something with a NPK ration of 15-30-15.

I order a Carbon filter off ebay, that just arrived today, my buddy used it for his grow and it worked nicely so the product sold me.
(my first grow i didnt have any masking agent and my shit reeked, i loved it by the GF didnt)

These seeds i am using are said to be Matanuska Mist seeds which is a mix between (Alaskan)MatanuskaThunderFuck and Grey Mist.

I planted 10, 8 of them came up, and two were lagging behind so i canned them. got 6 left and out of the 6 hopefully 3 are female.


Questions, comments, advice, is all welcome, haters not so much.:weed:
 
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Yea drop the lights a little or raise the pots a bit...but other then that it looks like your all dialed in.....
 
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Yeah, i just added the extra lights today because it was sufficient enough, so i droped the plants a little bit, making sure heat wouldn't be a factor.

repotting will soon take place!

thanks for stopping by!
 
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So today i topped two of my six plants, hoping at least one of those is female, and i left the others alone, i may plan to make one a mother.

I'm thinking of starting to use some nutes here in the next 2 weeks or so. that should be about a month in.

They seem to be loving the added light as i can already tell a size difference in a matter of less than 24 hours.

I have a few pictures of my newly topped babies, and a chart from my grow bible 8):peace:
 

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Ok, so it's been awhile since i updated it, and i have been having some problems, even with my two added CFL Lights i still need more and i don't feel like going out and buying more CFL's. I'm not totally going away from CFLS but for now, they're done.

When i get paid next im going to pick up a 400w MH, but for now i hooked up my 400w HPS, to get the ball rolling.

My plants are way under developed for how old they are, and i believe it's a few different causes.

1. Not enough lighting
2. Too small of pots
3. Bad soil (imo)

I've since Transplanted to 2gallon buckets, Hooked up my HPS, and spent some money on some FoxFarm soil, with earthworm castings and bat guano.
This soil was fairly expensive $16.95 for 26 Cubic ft.

I drilled holes in the buckets i got from work for drained and bought some plastic drainers for the water to drain into.

Now im just debating weather or not to use the MG nutiets with a 18-18-21 NPK??

Questions, comment welcome :) i would say puff puff, but all i have is resin :evil:
 

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Today my babies are 27 days old, and growing strong, all the new growth on them are green with no deficiency's so far.

I haven't bought a MH bulb yet, but i have started using that MG Nutient at a low dosage, 2liters of water to 1 tsp.

Does anyone know if the 400w HPS setup from HTGsupply.com can support a MH bulb with the same ballast?
I believe its a s51 type ballast.

I'm still debating, if i'm going to clone or not, i really don't have to much room, and i wouldn't be trying to keep the mother alive for too long.
Hopefully three of my five babies i have left will be females.

I almost see some preflower on a couple of my bigger ones but im not sure if thats what it really is. if so looks like i may already have two females, but im crossing my fingers.

How much should i be expecting a clone to yield?

Here are a few pictures from day 25.
 

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Oh yeah my manager at work let me borrow his illuminate microscope, these things are bad ass, i would recommend everyone buy one.

The zoom is from 60x-100x.

and they can't be that expensive.
 
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Here are some pics from day 33

my tallest plant is about 6in, and my samllest is about 3.5in. With Roughly 4-7 nodes.

Everything is going great, probably another 4-5 weeks in veg.

Watering every 3-4 days. there is also a picture of my cat, kona, he loves the HPS light, he rolls around and sprawls out on his back, like hes laying in the sun.

Hes good around the plants, as he has not tried to eat them or squish them- yet. he likes to be around me when I'm messing with them, but i still keep my eye on him.
 

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i am now heading into week 5 of veg, i started off slow, but i'm on a roll now, these things are growing fast!

Still no problems, i took an attempt at another way of topping, my book is a little confusing, so I search around and found a good link on here that shows very well how to top.

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/13820-fimming-topping-101-a.html

It's been two days since i've topped and i just now have new growth coming, so i'm excited to see what it will bring. My other four plants have grown like 1-2" in the last two days.

I believe i'm seeing preflower on all 5 of my babies and they all look female, so we'll have to wait and see if i am correct.
I'm also starting to get some branchs that will be clone-able soon if i decide to go that root, which i think i am.

If i can find my camera i'll take some new pictures of my preflower and new growth.

Enjoy!
 
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44 days into veg and things still seem to be looking up, which is awesome, I've been leaving them alone and just letting them do their thing.

I'm now 99.9% sure I have 5 females, not bad considering i planted 10, with 8 coming up, and canning 3 of them early on.

I will be attempting to clone, probably in the next two weeks and be sharing with some others. because sharing is caring!

I'm in need of some suggestions for flowering nutrients.
Comments anyone?
:joint::blsmoke:
 

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A few more pics of some preflower sexing and just got a shipment in today of two 6oz jars of Ona purchased for 8.95 each x 2 plus shipping got here in about 3 days, and was the cheapest i could find it online.

I used ebay, but bought it through Discount Advanced Nutrients .::. The best source for Advanced Nutrients ebay store, they sent me some sample nutrients also, but only for one dosage.

My buddy used this ona stuff and it seemed to work well, i will probably drill holes in one of the lids when it starts to smell real good, and place a fan near by to get airflow around them.
 
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Im a newbie so Im not going to try to give you nutes advice, but by the looks of things ur doin great. Keep posting cuz Im interested. I wanna see buds on those bad girls!!!
 
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Hey, thanks for stopping in,
On may 8 will be 60 days i may veg for 67-74 days depending on how far along they are. but im shooting for the 120 day from seed to harvest (not including my drying and curing though)

Buds should be a few weeks away, and i can put my smell deterrents to the test.
 
Alto

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Scribing to watch this...
Did you use the technique illustrated on your wall in the op on these plants?
They look as if they will get to be some big plants.
Way to rescue them from their troublesome start.
 
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Well, i tried to do it at first but they were going so slowly until i hooked up the HPS and transplanted.

Then i kind of got nervous and just wanted to let them grow, so i decided i would top one of them and let the others grow normally. The technique in the book was for topping, but it didnt go into that well of detail, so i found another link on here that seemed to be better for me.
 
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