First Grow - Dr. Atomic - Atmoic Northern Lights

Lookin hella good man. Dr. Atomic only delivers to Canada right? I wouldn't mind trying some of that Northen Lights u got there... when you smoke those fine ladies let me know how they taste... I want to find a killer bomb ass strain to blow my money on so I dont have to keep ordering shit trying them out.. expensive and I'm not HUGE on ordering shit for cultivating unless i knows its trusted. Anyhow, I like the natural look to your plants, its a nice change up.. completely different growth patterns and shapes.. just different.. refreshing you might say. Lookin good bro- keep it up.

oscarmiya said:

Lookin hella good man. Dr. Atomic only delivers to Canada right? I wouldn't mind trying some of that Northen Lights u got there... when you smoke those fine ladies let me know how they taste... I want to find a killer bomb ass strain to blow my money on so I dont have to keep ordering shit trying them out.. expensive and I'm not HUGE on ordering shit for cultivating unless i knows its trusted. Anyhow, I like the natural look to your plants, its a nice change up.. completely different growth patterns and shapes.. just different.. refreshing you might say. Lookin good bro- keep it up.

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Thanks man. The leaves react and change every single day. Most people would probably freak out but I know there is nothing wrong with the water, soil, nutrients, air temperature, etc. I just let them grow on their own accord.

You can get Dr. Atomic off of a lot of seed banks. Seed Boutique is where I ordered mine (located in the UK). I had them in under a week. I ordered POWER PLANT by Dutch Passions for my next grow. I plan on keeping a half oz of everything I grow in a private stash, that way a year from now when I sit down on a rainy day I can say... HEY I WANNA SMOKE SOME NL!

The reason I ordered DRA's Northern Lights was because it has done well in private cannabis cups apparently, and he's a breeder in Vancouver. Since all 10 seeds popped, I am satisfied. Wonder how she'll smoke! Only 7-8 weeks more .

Day 36

Temperature: 82 (average)
Relative Humidity: 35% (average)
Plant Height: 10" - 13"

FLOWERING BEGINS - DAY 1 - FEBRUARY 16TH

Today is a comprehensive picture show. Showing the height, and tops of all plants. Today is the day we switched the girls to flower. I know I said I would wait, but they are incredibly bushy and they are going to expand like crazy.

The girls will be alone for the next two days. We gave them about 500mL each of water. I know I fed them yesterday but they are fast drinkers. We also put some water in the trays underneath so they can seep water up in a last resort effort. Also raised the light 4 inches to allow for growth/expansion that is going to ensue over the next few days in flowering.

Here are the pictures, enjoy!

Shit Yeah! thoses are nice man! I think you will be happy you switched them now. they will be squat plant nearly all bud. I say an oz a plant

mattso101 said:

Shit Yeah! thoses are nice man! I think you will be happy you switched them now. they will be squat plant nearly all bud. I say an oz a plant

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Everything I've read leads me to believe the plants are going to at least double in size. I know there will be plenty of greens on them thats for sure.

I'm going to say 1.5oz+ per plant (conservative guess). Only time will tell .

Day 38

Temperature: 77 (average)
Relative Humidity: 35% (average)

FLOWERING - DAY 2

They girls are looking good. Getting bushier and bushier by the day. No clear signs of sexing but its only been 48 hours. Things will start to speed up in the next few days once they enter flowering full fledged. Will provide more pictures once we start sexing plants.

damn, looking good.

once you see preflowers you should take clones. they will do fine taken the first week in flower. i dont think you want to lose this strain...

great job !!!

Damn, those are nice. I am still diggin the shape they have, seems to be picture perfect. They should start stretching a little more and opening up... mine seem to have slowed down at about Day 14 but up until then was growing anywhere from 1"-2" a day. I would say my biggest has at least doubled in size. Man- I really want to see how much weight you pull from all these.. some damn good shit in the pounds.. man.. bastard. keep it growin bro

Hey man I just found this thread and I've spent the past hour reading it over pretty thoroughly...I think what you're doin is amazing man...I tried growing for a while in my dorm but it just wasn't practical (not enough room, asshole RAs, limited funds)...But thank god I'll have a house next year that I'll be able to grow in...If you don't mind me asking, how much has this whole operation cost you so far? I'm trying to start getting my ideas together so when next year comes around I'll be ready to go! Keep up the good work man and goodluck with the flowering!

Also, I hope you don't mind that I used your idea for a disclaimer just in case!

hey man....looking really nice....excellent work....thanks for the continued updates....really appreciate it all!

Day 40

Temperature: 75 - 77 (average)
Relative Humidity: 50% (average)

FLOWERING DAY 4


Well I have some good news. I'm somewhat nervous when it comes to sexing and how to find males/females because I haven't done it before. Most of the plants have shown pre-flowers. Some are still transferring to the flowering stage. However, from the plants I could definately notice at least 5 girls with white hairs coming out of the preflower. The other ones were still too small, going to give them a few more days as I think they will show soon. Anyways ranting.

The plants were fed a feed of ADVANCED NUTRIENTS BIG BUD as well as a small amount of a bloom dominant G-M-B 3 part series from General Hydroponics Flora Series. I think the amount of BIG BUD I put in brought the PPM to about 275 or 300. I added the 3 parts for another 150 PPM bringing the total to 450ppm. Thats another 100ppm increase from last feeding but they are eating and drinking and noone is doing anything but loving it. I've heard AMAZING things about BIG BUD so I am excited to see it go to work. At about week four of flowering I will be adding OVERDRIVE to the mix.

Enjoy the pictures. Comments/Suggestions are welcomed.

sportsguy1598 said:

Hey man I just found this thread and I've spent the past hour reading it over pretty thoroughly...I think what you're doin is amazing man...I tried growing for a while in my dorm but it just wasn't practical (not enough room, asshole RAs, limited funds)...But thank god I'll have a house next year that I'll be able to grow in...If you don't mind me asking, how much has this whole operation cost you so far? I'm trying to start getting my ideas together so when next year comes around I'll be ready to go! Keep up the good work man and goodluck with the flowering!

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You can get a great setup for like $300 (everything included). I think my ballast/hanger/light setup from HTG Supply for the 600W was $270. I mean, the ballast was broken and my MH burned out so I couldn't use that (had to use my HPS) and now I think the HPS might be a little faulty. They will however replace everything (or have). They are a good quality website. If you had like $500-$600 to spend you could get a large setup going. It's all in the research man. Figure out how big/what you want and just go with it. It's an awesome hobby.

sportsguy1598 said:

Also, I hope you don't mind that I used your idea for a disclaimer just in case!

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Of course I don't mind. It wasn't my idea however, I noticed it in a few other peoples signatures.

zedragon said:

how you doing Title? your plants look fantastic! keep it going and they wont let you down.
happy growing!!!!!!

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Thanks man. Four days into flowering and I'm excited! The girls are good and they are ever expanding to find light. Trying to weed out the males but everything is good! Thanks for posting man.

tahoe58 said:

hey man....looking really nice....excellent work....thanks for the continued updates....really appreciate it all!

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I appreciate it Tahoe. Thanks for the kind words.

First of all, thanks for the speedy response...I think I'm gonna start off small then get larger as I gain more experience...I was wondering what books/sites you used for all your research...I'm looking to invest in a few solid books for beginners to help me along the way...for some reason I find it easier to process the info I read out of books (prolly since I spend at least 15 hours a day on my comp)...also congrats on the 5 fems hopefully the others will follow in their sister's footsteps!

sportsguy1598 said:

First of all, thanks for the speedy response...I think I'm gonna start off small then get larger as I gain more experience...I was wondering what books/sites you used for all your research...I'm looking to invest in a few solid books for beginners to help me along the way...for some reason I find it easier to process the info I read out of books (prolly since I spend at least 15 hours a day on my comp)...also congrats on the 5 fems hopefully the others will follow in their sister's footsteps!

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I woulda responded earlier but I was at school, and then work so I just got home.

You can start as small as you want, I would just suggest not getting CFL's. A 400W HPS is a good setup and cheap!! I'm not sure of too many books man, but there are some like the BIG BOOK OF BUDS or reading High Times. I did all of my research right here on RIU!! I read peoples experiences/suggestions and made my own based on what I gathered. Lots of smart guys (and girls) on here, if you ever have any questions they are all willing to help!

Yeah I've noticed that everyone on here is extremely helpful...The only thing about using RIU is that it's a bit too unorganized for my liking but that is the nature of forums...I'm thinking of trying a SCRoG setup since the yield is high and small spaces are maximized...do you know anything about this method?

sportsguy1598 said:

Yeah I've noticed that everyone on here is extremely helpful...The only thing about using RIU is that it's a bit too unorganized for my liking but that is the nature of forums...I'm thinking of trying a SCRoG setup since the yield is high and small spaces are maximized...do you know anything about this method?

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I know of the method but haven't read into it. I am blessed with enough space so I don't have to worry. I don't have much knowledge on the subject! Sorry man!

Yeah you're lucky to not have to worry about space...I'll be living in a house next year but I don't know how my roommates would feel about me using up an entire room to grow weed in...I'm interested to see how your final product turns out...everything is lookin awesome so far!

Also, do you think it would be a bad idea to use only an HPS (or only a MH) for both veg and flowering or is it necessary that I use the MH for veg and the HPS for flowering?