Blackstar UFO LED 2 Plant Closet Grow

well they arent that small any more man,those shots are from last month,I actually had 9 seedlings(5 females 4 males),but intentionally culled all but 2, 1 female 3d and one male chemmy jones,for a breeding project,still the girl looks like this now.
My advice to you is to stop your plants getting over watered n retarding growth,to start in a smaller pot like I do,and then once sexed/shoowing signs of flowering then move on to the final pot,also controls the growth spurt they have in flowering,as you can see my plants are stocky little bushes,and then they turn into what you see in the pics in this post,

As for watering,they got watered once a week maybe twice in the small pots, in the final pot she gets fed once a week,sat/sunday,and maybe gets a litre of water in the middle of the week/end if she needs it,

Glassracksandmaybachs said:

Im not to worried about it dankerous. I just raised the lights i thought they might be going a little slow but i just think its because i have them in 5 gal pots. How ofted are you watering?

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Day 15: The babies are lookin good nice and green and healthy. But they were growing sideways almost like they needed support so i gave them a little as you can see in the pics. And comments on weather this was a good idea or a bad idea would be greatly appreciated. On a side note i bought a silver surfer vape today and I have never been a vape guy but i absolutly love this one. Check out the pics. WHen should I start liquid karma?

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You should move your lights a little closer - also do you have a fan on them? Stems look a bit thin and stretchy. I think at day 15 you could be a bit further in development as well may be due to light too far.

Yea i got a fan blowing on them but i thought it caused them to start bending thats why i put in the support sticks. As for the growth I dont know why they seem a little behind. I havent really done anything wrong except maybe a little overwatering?

Fan should be low... just enough to vibrate the stem, not strong enough to blow the leaves too much or it'll put stress on the leaves. Overwatering can do it Different strains and grow techniques also make a difference... they are fine right now but the fan would definitely help strengthen the stem and branches.

Day 16: Got a humidifier and some smaller fans to blow for enhanced stem growth. The temps are are between 75 and 82 and im gettin the humidity up to about 50. Are these viable for vegg? Maybe there a little behind because my soil pH is off? Also wondering when you guys think I can start the liquid karma? Check out the pics!

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gotta admit i love this closet grow, mainly because your clothes are still IN the closet. Those pants are gonna smell awesome!!!

Yea dude thats just the left side of my closet. THe whole right is full of my clothes hahaha

Day 18: Sup guys. The humidifier is working great keeping it up to about 60% while the temps are staying a steady 78. I took some pics to try to show how far away the lights are from the plants. Any comments about that would be appreciated. In terms of health they are nice and green and thick and robust. The small desk fans have greatly helped with making the stalks thicker and stronger. Growth wise they might be slightly behind but keep in mind this is day 18 since they have been placed in soil. They didnt pop till two days later. With regards to watering im not really sure if im doing it right. I might be over watering because i dont have a set watering cycle yet. because of the moisture control soil and because i have them in five gallon pots, its hard to tell when they need water because im not dousing the whole pot. I have just been spraying the base like five squirts each whenever i feel like they are a little dry. Any suggestions? Tomorrow Im going to the grow shop to pick up the Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow for vegg as well as Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Soil for flowering to go along with my micronutriend supplements of Botanicare Liquid Karma for all growth, General Hydroponics Rapid Start Rool stimulator for the whole growth, and Fox Farms ChaChing for flowering. Any comments on nutrient lineup would be appreciated. Links below for the nutes.

Vegg Macro Nute
http://www.botanicare.com/Pure-Blend-Pro-Grow-3-2-4-P43C2.aspx
Flower Macro Nute
http://www.botanicare.com/Pure-Blend-Pro-Soil-1-4-5-P49C2.aspx
Vegg & Flower Micro Supplements
http://www.botanicare.com/Liquid-Karma-01-01-05--P47C3.aspx
http://generalhydroponics.com/site/index.php/products/supplements/rapidstart/
Flower Micro Supplement
http://foxfarmfertilizer.com/products_solgran2.html


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You should be dousing the whole pot and letting the plant stretch out roots into the outer areas. If you don't water the outside, it can't stretch roots there and get big. Water good and wait until she is almost bone dry again to water. She will double or triple in size and have roots all the way to the edges of the pots.

THanks senseimilla. I just got back from the grow shop and made the first two gallons of nutrients. The first gallon just contained 1ml or a 1/4 teaspoon of rapid start which put it at like 40ppm. The second galon contained 1ml of rapid start, 5ml of liquid karma, and 5ml of the botanicare pro grow vegg putting the solution at about 350 ppm. Very low dosage for the first time they are receiving nutrients. I watered each with about a half gallon of the liquid karma and pro grow solution, the first time I watered the entire pot. I am planning on giving nutrients every other water, one with everything then one with just rapid start. Depending on the reaction I might bump the next one up to like 600 ppm. I will post pics later tonight. Any comments on the solution or watering techniques would be greatly appreciated.

You must come from a hydro background or something... don't usually hear about soil people checking their ppms I've never done so ever. pH is all I check and gut/experience on nute levels.

I was just checking to judge the strength so I know how much I can give them

I mean I dont think it can hurt its just another stat that can help with improving the grow

Day 19: I posted an update earlier about the nutrient watering. No I am not from a hydro background as this is my first real grow. As promised the pics are below. comments welcome.

Man Actually in my green house I have leds too, always keep between 78-85 F with the leds turn on, in my case I am using a CO2 bag but with the leds you should keep hotter than if you are using a HPS lamp
and I will recommend keep the LED panel more close to the plants in my case my G13 strain I can keep the tree from just 3 inchs from the led panel with out any problem! just watch out for bleaching the leaves

try learn your strains!!


see ya

Day 20: Whats up guys. Have not watered since saturday afternoon. Planning on watering sometime tomorrow with just the rapid start. They are getting bigger every day in my opinion and i think the roots are starting to stretch. Trying to decide weather to top / supercrop these plants , or just let them grow their course. They are looking really really green as the temps stay around 78 and the humidity at 60%. Should be exciting from here on out. Comments appreciated.

things look sweet! maybe top one let other go naturally maybe little LST down road if it needs?

Sounds like a good plan to me