First grow - Critical Kush + Incredible Bulk

Mgalekgolo said:

This will be my first post on this forum, and my first time using forums since modding Halo: Combat Evolved hence the username. Anyway, I figured I'd make a post of my first grow since I use several forums for research and see if I could get some input.
Here's some general details:

Strain 1: Critical Kush - Acquired as a clone with 8" roots
Watered with tap water + 1 1/2 TSP "Veg+Bloom dirty" since the beginning

Strain 2: Dr Krippling Incredible Bulk - Acquired as a clone with ~2" roots

Background:
This grow started as an impulse buy with a budget of roughly $200 when I bought a $50 2x4x5 grow tent off of the Wish app.

I started out with 2 45W LEDs, but after a little research I realized I wouldn't see any type of real grow with those lights

34 or so days of veg w/ 30 of those with a 600W Metal Halide, switched to 600W HPS in preparation for flower
Started Flowering 8 days ago, bought a larger tent (4x4x7) as a flowering tent

For now I will be using the 2x4 for Veg with 2x 180 true watt LED fixtures "2x BESTVA 1000W from Amazon"
I will be growing 3 autos and will probably be making a grow thread, the strains I have are: Barney's blue cheese, Advanced Blue Diesel, and Extreme Impact

Soil used for both grows is "Happy Frog" soil sold at a local Hydro store
For future grows I will be using extra pearlite on top

Both grown in 5 gallon buckets

During Veg:

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CK + IB December 11

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December 14 CK

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December 21
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December 28

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January 1

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January 3rd
Very shortly after I switched to Flower
I will be growing 3 autos in the veg tent as well as 6 other plants, space permitting




Humidity was kept ~60-70%
Temps ranged from 65 to 79
Watered using knuckle technique
Critical Kush strain had it's main cola supercropped about a week or two into the grow, pruned sparingly throughout the grow
Incredible bulk strain was topped twice, it's a little smaller than the CK which I am guessing is due to the lack of established root structure compared to CK

Note: I started out with 3 clones. Two Incredible bulk + the CK. One of the IB didn't root and I had to scrap it

Flowering so far -
Humidity kept at 45-55% will sometimes raise to 65% with lights off which I'm working on
Temps - Low 60s at night - 77 during the day
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This is largely experimental and I don't expect large yields, I would have vegged for a month longer but I wanted to make space and have 6 plants on the same cycle. Suggestions, criticism and flaming is greatly appreciated

Thank you all for taking the time to read this post. I will be updating with the progress of the plants

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