First Grow, NL NIrvana Feminized 600-2400w

Hey guys this is my 1st time grow and right now I have 9 little ladies, outta 10 seeds.

Lights: 600w X4 (using just one at the moment)
Room size: 11x10 feet
Pot sizes: 7Gal
Strain: Nirvana Northern lights
Nutrients: Fox Farm Trio, Cal and a MAg supplement from local garden center, Dolomite Lime 2 tsp per gal of soil.
Water: Water from a local water mill
Soilless Medium: Sunshine # 4 Aggregate Plus
Exhaust: 440 CFM inline fan with Carbon Filter
Intake: 220 CFM inline fan
Cooling: 10,000 BTU A/C
Avg Temps: 75-79 lights on
Light cycle: 18/6
PH: Aiming for 6.0-6.3
Germination method: PLaced seeds in water until they no longer floated, planted in Rapid Rooter, in Humidity dome, bout 70% humidity, temp 80-85%, heat mat. Removed the Dome periodically when they sprouted and then slowly after like 3 days i removed it altogether.
Growing Techniques used: LST, Supercropping (just a tad)
ANY ADVICE, TIPS, INFORMATION on bettering my grow is definitely appreciated.

I will shortly include some photos to get you guys up to date.
The 1st 5 seeds were planted on Sept. 20, 2014 and began to sprout on the 22nd. As seen on the youngest pictures.

These pictures are up til the 28th of Sept. Using Distilled water, adding rapid start(few drops to gal), water ph'd at about 6.2, until they ran off then let them lighten up considerably.

Sept 28th I also had my sprouts for my next 5, 2 out of the 5 seeds i dipped in clonex just to see what it would do, one of the plants fired up and right now is my biggest of the last batch by far.

the rest of the photos are intermittent up until the 7th of Oct. Around this time i started to see rust spots, yellowing on my 1st set of ladies, I call them 1-5 as of right now lol. I got some advice on here and added some sulfur/ca and mag with other micros, Grow Big and BB and about 1/8 of the dose. I gave them the nutes shortly after transplant into 7 gal Smart pots.

These are pics of them in their new 7 gals pots, on 10/11/2014.

First pic is on the 12th or so, I begin LST on one of the ladies (healthiest).

Some more pics of LST, I begin to do it to all the first 5. THE FEMINIZED FIVE! LOL

MOAAAAR!
1st pics is oct 17th up to the 19th.

Oct 20th and 21st, they greened up and the rusting/yellowing stopped.

Wanted to try something out on my best growing lady, I defoliated the shit outta her! just left 2 fan leaves. The little holes on the top growth seems to be pests (applying neem oil every 3 days 5 times). She looks naked on Oct 23rd (top pics) and seems to be doing alright the next day the 24th (lower pics)

The next set of photos are the rest of my ladies from the 24th to the 25th.

Oct 27th, I watered them again with only Big Bloom (3tsp) and less than 1 m/l superthrive (help them fill in the pot? input?). I removed the anchors so it there wouldn't be too much moisture on the leaves. I took some shots of the growth of underneath some of the plants.

After the top dried some I pinned them back down some, don't wanna lose control of the stem. I also supercropped some branches, ended up breaking one , but i taped it and we'll just have to see. What i learned was to massage is gently for a bit and then at one point you can gently squeeze and here like a little pop. They are all under one 600 watt MH at the moment, I have it about 18 inches from the tops of the plants and a fan blowing over them/under the light. When do you guys think they'd need more light? This is day 36 from seed I think. I'm considering it vegging as of two weeks ago, since i transplanted. That about right? I plan on Vegging for 2 months. How do they look to you guys? Healthy? I only Gave them BB this feeding, the bigger leaves looked pretty dark green so i assume there is still nitrogen in the soil?

they look healthy to me. can you snap a couple group shots of all the plants under the light showing the setup?

cheers

They look very good. Nice work on the training.

One thing on the transplanting I found helpful. I like to try to up-pot a couple times instead of going straight to the big pots. I have done a few side by sides and when I do multiple transplants, I get more vigorous grows and a larger root ball. In soil, this also reduces the amount of nutrients I need to amend my soil with, since they get a new food every time I put them in a new pot with additional soil. I would just transplant and make a basic EWC tea. I have a smaller space, so I went from 1g to 2-3g to 5 g which is usually enough to get through the entire veg with only EWC maybe a top dressings with dolomite lime to help with ph and cal/mag.

I applied neem oil just before lights out, after these pics. 2.5 tsp gal, mixed in some bio soap in the sprayer and soaked them, this is the 3rd neem treatment for the bigger plants, 2nd For the youngins. Included a closeup pic of the top i supercropped to hard it snapped a bit. Looks crazy how its recovering, you can see lil veins reconnecting it. That was about 12 hrs ago that it busted.

hbbum said:

They look very good. Nice work on the training.

One thing on the transplanting I found helpful. I like to try to up-pot a couple times instead of going straight to the big pots. I have done a few side by sides and when I do multiple transplants, I get more vigorous grows and a larger root ball. In soil, this also reduces the amount of nutrients I need to amend my soil with, since they get a new food every time I put them in a new pot with additional soil. I would just transplant and make a basic EWC tea. I have a smaller space, so I went from 1g to 2-3g to 5 g which is usually enough to get through the entire veg with only EWC maybe a top dressings with dolomite lime to help with ph and cal/mag.

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I have the other 4 in 2.5 quart pots at the moment, will move them to either a 5 gal or 7, i intend on. I went straight to 7 gal pots because i was gonna lst thought it was a good idea. More pics of just a few mins ago.

Attached a little photoshoot so you can see the inner node
growth, also my gardens little body guard. Thats how they looked today. Not too sure how i want the LST to end up shaping the plant, Any thoughts on a good design?

Updated pics of 11/3-4/2014, the one branch i snapped supercropping healed up like a beast and the plant which i deleafed early on seems to be the bushiest with the most even canopy. In the first pic you can see where i cut off the fan leaves along the main stem.