BonusAgricola
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After three rounds of growing under flourescents myself, my buddy and I decided to pool our resources and get growing. My first two rounds were from old chronic bag seed, and they turned out nicely, though the seeds had a low germination rate. My guess is that they are mostly Indica, probably some form of Kush or another. The second time around I cross pollinated the plants and ended up with a ton of viable seeds. During the 3rd grow I used Advanced Nutrients, which did seem to increase the lateral growth and sweetened/fattened the buds up a little.
This time we started 12 seeds, and planted the strongest nine. Seven were in 8" pots, and two were in 6" pots. We started the seedlings in my old 4x2' homemade box, under two banks of flourescents. We decided to use Advanced Nutrients' organic products, plus the amazing little plant elixir known as SUPERthrive. If there's one product I'd recommend, it is SUPERthrive. Even starting under the flourescents, the plants grew twice as fast as my previous rounds, and the only thing different was the SUPERthrive. After a couple weeks, we took out two weak plants, leaving seven. I will post some pics of them at 12 days old below.
When the plants were about 3 weeks old, the plants were close to a foot tall, and we transplanted them to 5 gal smart pots, and moved them to our new 4x4' Sun Hut with a 400w MH. They really took off thanks to the new light, and it seemed like they just exploded. We topped all the plants, attempting to FIM them all. However, the only one that was successfully FIMMED was a male. Luckily, five out of the seven turned out to be females. Around this time, we got some Sativa clones, which we started in the Sun Hut, a little further away from the intense light.
At 38 days, we switched the Sun Hut to a 12/12 cycle, and moved the clones under the flourescents again. Last time I did a period of 24 hours of darkness to induce flowering a little faster, and I think it worked. It took slightly longer, about 2 weeks, for them to kick into flowering this time. We had to bend the tops of our tallest girl in order to conserve space. Now, we are a little over 3 weeks into flowering, and the girls are budding nicely, and they're really starting to pack on some crystals. We're not sure how much yield to expect yet, as we haven't seen a proper HID grow, but it's looking pretty promising. I will be adding pics and updates fairly regularly, and any comments/suggestions are greatly appreciated.
This time we started 12 seeds, and planted the strongest nine. Seven were in 8" pots, and two were in 6" pots. We started the seedlings in my old 4x2' homemade box, under two banks of flourescents. We decided to use Advanced Nutrients' organic products, plus the amazing little plant elixir known as SUPERthrive. If there's one product I'd recommend, it is SUPERthrive. Even starting under the flourescents, the plants grew twice as fast as my previous rounds, and the only thing different was the SUPERthrive. After a couple weeks, we took out two weak plants, leaving seven. I will post some pics of them at 12 days old below.
When the plants were about 3 weeks old, the plants were close to a foot tall, and we transplanted them to 5 gal smart pots, and moved them to our new 4x4' Sun Hut with a 400w MH. They really took off thanks to the new light, and it seemed like they just exploded. We topped all the plants, attempting to FIM them all. However, the only one that was successfully FIMMED was a male. Luckily, five out of the seven turned out to be females. Around this time, we got some Sativa clones, which we started in the Sun Hut, a little further away from the intense light.
At 38 days, we switched the Sun Hut to a 12/12 cycle, and moved the clones under the flourescents again. Last time I did a period of 24 hours of darkness to induce flowering a little faster, and I think it worked. It took slightly longer, about 2 weeks, for them to kick into flowering this time. We had to bend the tops of our tallest girl in order to conserve space. Now, we are a little over 3 weeks into flowering, and the girls are budding nicely, and they're really starting to pack on some crystals. We're not sure how much yield to expect yet, as we haven't seen a proper HID grow, but it's looking pretty promising. I will be adding pics and updates fairly regularly, and any comments/suggestions are greatly appreciated.