First Indoor Grow: Pics- Opinions?

Okay, guys. Been meaning to do this for a while now so here we go. Any opinions, suggestions, etc are most appreciated.

First, the usual info: All plants are in seven gallon Smart Pots in a 50/50 blend of Fox Farms Ocean Forest and Light Warrior under 1000 watt HPS with an enhanced spectrum Hortilux bulb AND Dual, 250 watt 5K Metal Halides. Have been feeding Lucas Formula (micro and bloom) only using RO water. Temps have varied somewhat but usually between 75 and 78 degrees. I keep constant airflow/circulation with good fans. Also, I have been "mainlining" the plants with CO2 generated by 3, 5 gallon fermenting beer carboys.

I originally started with six plants, all different strains, 5 from clones and 1 from a rare bag seed find. As of today I am down to four plants. The seedling (An Alaskan Thunder Fuck) turned out to be male so it instantly saw the trash can. One of the clones, a beautiful Querkle plants, (keep in mind this was a clone), was ALSO male! Long story short, the dispensary I bought the Querkle clone from was screwed over by an assistant grower who purposely cloned males after finding out he was going to be laid off. What an asshole! It broke my heart to have to throw out the Querkle plant. It was simply amazing. Anyway, on with the show!

As of today the four remaining plants have been in 12/12 flowering cycle for six days now. The strains I have left are: a Blue Dream- 38 3/4 inches tall, a Blueberry Kush- 29 1/2 inches tall, an A. Skunk, 30 Inches tall, and the runt of the litter is a Super Lemon Haze at 20 1/2 inches tall.

Enjoy the pics, feel free to ask questions- make remarks, and check back often as I have a few question about additives in flowering stage you can help me with. Oh, and I should probably mention that all plants are healthy, vibrant and green as Hell. The HPS makes a few of the plant shots look yellow-ish

I do have a question about additives that I'm hoping some of you might be able to help me with. Once I went into flowering I began tweaking the Lucas Formula thusly: 1. I started reducing the Micro (basically, less nitrogen), 2., I've increased the Bloom by 1.5 teaspoons per gallon (I feed every third watering, which as dry as it is here in Colorado is every third day), and on the advice of a local grower began adding a teaspoon of table molasses to each gallon of nutrients I use, which I will increase to a tablespoon or two over time. Lucas, whom the formula is named after, doesn't advocate using any other additives of any kind. However, i'm considering adding a very basic (and hopefully inexpensive) additive to increase bud production. Been considering something like Kool-Bloom Dry, which as I understand it is added during the last three or four weeks of flowering. Any suggestions from anyone? As this is my first indoor grow I am NOT going to buy bloom additives that cost $90.00 a quart! The nutes I've purchased thus far have cost me under $20.00 and will last me through at least two grows.

Thanks for any opinions and help!

Marcus AKA The Medical Grower

Bump? Anyone???

how old are they? what strains?

First timer? Some people, including me still don't have that much power. If any nutes use a high 'P' and you should be fine. Try lowering your lights to 9-12". My guess you got 2mo's to go.

Jmonster said:

how old are they? what strains?

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Strains and sizes are listed at the beginning of this post. The B. Dream, Blueberry Kush and S.L. Haze plants are six weeks, three days old and as of this morning began day 10 in 12/12 flowering. The A. Skunk is 5 weeks, 3 days old and is also in day 10 of flowering

grannybonger said:

First timer? Some people, including me still don't have that much power. If any nutes use a high 'P' and you should be fine. Try lowering your lights to 9-12". My guess you got 2mo's to go.

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Cool. I have been keeping the lights about 10 inches above the tops of the plants all along. Even though my lighting is air cooled that's pretty much as close as I can keep them and still keep the plants in "The Goldilocks Zone" as i've come to call it. I'm planning on increasing the Bloom (been using Advanced Nutrients Jungle Juice following the Lucas Formula from the beginning), over the next six weeks and then feeding only water the last 10 days or so of flowering. Thinking about staying with those basic nutes and the molasses for this first grow. I know some gardeners use nutrients that are super high (and super expensive) in the "P" range, but as well as the plants are doing right now I can't justify spending $90.00 a quart for flowering nutes! And yeah, I have a metric fuck-ton of lighting which i'm sure is a huge factor in the plants doing so well this far.