Newbie Starting Off Strong!

I am a registered Colorado Medical Marijuana Patient. My grow is legal. This is my first garden of my own.
I was given 4 clones from a friend who needed me to help him out. Two are "Blue Grape" and two are "Hawaiian Indica". I was not planning to grow and this was a surprise. I bought a sweet 250 watt light set-up, a 180cfm blower, a Growlab 80 and a few small extras. I have a small fan, a thermometer, bansai scissors and some nutrients...

I got it all set up and have the lights cooking 24/7. I have the blower extracting hot air from the top and a small fan circulating air at the bottom. It stays 77 degrees around the top of the plants.

I transplanted them friday night and gave them a small dose of Age Old nutes. They look sweet. Sunday is my regular gardening day so they got alot of attention this afternoon. I added a regualr dose of age old nutes and took a handfull of pics. I am not sure exactly how old my babies are but I would guess 6 weeks. I'm gonna flower them the day after Valentines day. I can't wait to smoke my own nuggs on a nice summer night!
I will post pics and details as I grow and learn! I already have ideas for my next grow. So stick around!

Yah get some pics up. Are you in soil? What type of air intake?

I'm using Fox Farms Ocean Forrest Soil. The Negative pressure from the 180cfm blower creates enuff air intake to keep it cool. I have a small fan moving air around the plants.

I have decided to shift to an 18/6 schedule. This decision is was made for several reasons. 1. The plants need rest. Who doesn't enjoy a nice nap? Sleepy time is when the plants rejuvinate themselves and grow up to be big buds that rule your dome piece! 2. It gives my room and ballast a chance to cool down thus extending the life of my equipment. 3. I need to water less often.

I also got a PHATTY bonus check this week and spent it at the grow shop. I picked up a simple Ph tester, Ph Up and Down, a more reliable timer, and Fox Farms Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom liquid ferts. Today I watered with clean water(no nutes) and ph was at 6.2. The lights kicked off at 2am and will come back on at 8am. I need to be able to water them before work so I had to have a reasonable dawn time. I'm gonna alternate between clean water and Fox Farms nuted water from here out. I'm considering giving them a little booster of ferts once a week until I begin flushing. I will decide that after a few doses of regular fertelized watering and inspecting.
I need to transplant them into bigger pots before I initiate flowering. I feel like I need to let them relax for a few days before I change anything else.
If I am VERY careful, how long will a plant take to recover from being transplanted?
Can I transplant just after dawn on the last day of vegg, dose it with nutes, let it rest under the lights for about 11 hours then switch to 12off/12on without causing too much stress?
I think I'm off to a great start. These babies looked sad when I rescued them. They are starting to get bushy already. The first week and a half went by SO fast! I have a ton of pics to add soon. Please add any advice or ask any questions you have!
Thanks for reading!
-Irie Rasta

I am 2 weeks into flower and I have BEAUTIFUL baby buds popping up everywhere! I am doing something right! About 6 weeks left!

post some pics! im a colorado paitent trying to get into growing, just so unsure about so much!

Holy effin' harvest! I went BASIC. I used a 250 watt light in a GrowLab80. I added a 180cfm blower(which gave me 11 stitches in the process, watch for rough sheet metal edges.) I had one small fan clipped to the post in the corner blowing just under the bottom of the light to dissapat the heat. I also had an oscillating fan on the floor moving air around the bases of the plants. I started in dixie cups, went to small pots and flowered in 3gal pots. I used the fox farms basics, Ocean forrest soil, BigBloom,TigerBloom, and GrowBig nutes and added Open sesame just before I switched my light cycle to 12/12. I continued the recommended FoxFarms feeding thru the entire process. Once every ten days I added a stronger concentration of fox farms nutes along with a 1/2 tbls of organic molasses. I could see the plants respond to the booster nutes. The solids made a huge difference in my plants. My buds were popping up white fuzz way early in the cycle. I kept using open sesame for about twelve days then swithced to beastie blooms for 16 days. The buds were AMAZING for my first try and I was only half way thru! After four weeks I switched from beastiebloomz to ChaChing and continued the regular FoxFarms recommendations for about two weeks. I fed my babies a good dose of nutes with a touch of molasses and didnt feed them or water them for two days. As soon as I noticed the plants starting to droop I gave them all a drink of chilled distilled water, waited 30 minutes for them to drink and repeated the process. I began watering them every morning at sunrise(in the growlab) with distilled cold water ph'd at 6.0. I watched the trichs turn from clear to cloudy to milky to PLEASE CUT ME AND ENJOY ME in just a few days. I cut one small plant and learned the basics of harvesting. I took some samplers to a good friend for advice. He said to carry on! I finished clipping, removed my light and hung everything carefully in the growlab and waited 3 days for my nuggs to dry. After 3 days my stems were snapping just like Jorge taught us to look for. I laid my buds out on a desk and examined everything with a 100x magnifier. I was impressed for my first try. I harvested over a quarter pound from 4 very small plants in a very rushed, experimental, learning on the fly and trusting my friends on Rollitup type environment! I now what I could have done better. I know what I will do better next time. I know what not to try again and how to react to problems more effectively. I have a few fun ideas for next time. I snuck a join of my buds into a circle without anyone knowing who or where the fatty came from and everyone complimented the flavor. I believe it was the FoxFarms soil. That soil smelled sweet and earthy and my nuggs were described the same!
I have a few pics to post but they are in my PC at home. Thanks for helping out! I truly enjoy smoking herb I grew!

P.S. This is all fiction and fantasy created by the matrix and the interweb. Everything you read here is a lie. All images were superimposed using dos paint pro by a 4 year old circus clown. No animals were harmed in the making of this documentary.

Pics!!!111

Edit: Oh, this was my first post.. been reading this forum so much but never made a post before