2 weeks and a couple days into my first grow...

Hey there, just a little update the girls are doing good... Gave them a feeding last week of 1/4 strength nutes and upped it up to 1/2 strength today, and so far they look happy. I'm a little worried I topped too early and made them a bit wonky but eh, there's a learning curve I guess.

The smaller ones are grapefruit romulan and the bigger ones are purple Cadillac.

Any suggestions about training? The romulan look really bunched up to me?

PS. Technically I guess they are 3 weeks old because they spent a week under a T5 rooting into solo cups.

Happy growing!

Good for you. Keep it up.

looking good, hope the rest of the process goes well!

bit large-scale for a first grow IMHO, there's way too much that can go wrong but that's what you've gone with.
They look ok ATM, looks like some of them suffered from heat/humidity issues also its hard to tell anything more with those HID lights on.
Next time you upload pics do it when the lights are off, impossible to see colours/deficiencies.
I topped my plants at 2 weeks old (from seed) and they were all for it, aslong as you have 3 sets of leaves (or even 2) they will be fine.

Read up on taking the skinny lower branches to either clone or toss. LOWER ONLY!. Below where you topped to start. Some are a tangled a bit.

I do a whole different style. I start the seedling in a small piece of rockwool placed directly into the F&D table under a 1kw hps 12/12, set at about 44" from glass to rock. When it's ready I fimm the seedling(s) and put the snip(s) in the bin for safe keeping. If I like it I'll continue with it.

looking good so far dude

hotrodharley said:

Read up on taking the skinny lower branches to either clone or toss. LOWER ONLY!. Below where you topped to start. Some are a tangled a bit.

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I ended up super cropping some of the purps and did LST for the romulan and they look way more even now. Planning on doing a little more pruning once I flip them to flower when I get back from vacation on Sunday

dopeleader said:

bit large-scale for a first grow IMHO, there's way too much that can go wrong but that's what you've gone with.
They look ok ATM, looks like some of them suffered from heat/humidity issues also its hard to tell anything more with those HID lights on.
Next time you upload pics do it when the lights are off, impossible to see colours/deficiencies.
I topped my plants at 2 weeks old (from seed) and they were all for it, aslong as you have 3 sets of leaves (or even 2) they will be fine.

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Well I did 18 because I'm trying to cover cost and have enough to live. I've been working in the industry a while and this grow was a career choice. I'm really just hoping for 2 lb minimum.

And yeah the temps were varying too much when the lights would go off I think that's why the leaves got a little crinkley, put a heater in there now for dark so we'll see if it helps?

Thanks for the advice

2lb per plant?
am I right in assuming these are clones?
I'll give you a tip on a fantastic way to create some size from a clone at this stage.
Find yourself 8-10 main stems on your plant, tie those down to the same height so that your canopy is roughly even and evenly space them around your bags.
That way you have a plant that grows 8-10 if not a few more main colas rather than growing 18 bushy plants with popcorn buds everywhere.

dopeleader said:

2lb per plant?
am I right in assuming these are clones?
I'll give you a tip on a fantastic way to create some size from a clone at this stage.
Find yourself 8-10 main stems on your plant, tie those down to the same height so that your canopy is roughly even and evenly space them around your bags.
That way you have a plant that grows 8-10 if not a few more main colas rather than growing 18 bushy plants with popcorn buds everywhere.

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That's what LST is. And no 2 lbs total

if you cant pull twice that amount id be disappointed
Especially if you have LST 18 plants, that's like 1.5 ounces a plant.
I've seen people pull close to that by using CFLs inside a cupboard using the SOG method.

dopeleader said:

if you cant pull twice that amount id be disappointed
Especially if you have LST 18 plants, that's like 1.5 ounces a plant.
I've seen people pull close to that by using CFLs inside a cupboard using the SOG method.

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Cool, I'm stoked to hear that. I just set the bar low so I'm super excited when it goes well I guess?? Thanks!