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My first grow

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Re: My first grow

by SavageBelief » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:32 pm

The tubes are very easy to work with. You had suggested additional support butt the walls thick enough to not need it. After I cut the holes for the pots I pushed on the walls HARD and they didn't flex at all. This grow has two different sstages about 2 weeks apart so we've decided to start flowering these to get them finished and start a new batch all at once so they're all relatively the same size. As far as the UFO goes, we're thinking of getting a second to make sure we have enough coverage but that wont be until we start our 3rd cycle (money doesn't grow on trees)

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Re: My first grow

by SisterMaryElephant » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:24 pm

Yeah, at 4 feet they'd be more stable than they would at 8+ feet. As you get more grows under your belt, you'll feel more comfortable with expanding your grow if needed too. Are you planning on keeping a "mother plant" to get clones from or are you planning on always starting from seed?

Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.

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Re: My first grow

by SavageBelief » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:31 pm

At this point we're just starting from seed. Since the seeds we have are junk street weed. Once we get a rhythm down we'll get some better seeds or clones from our local co-op and go ahead with a mother plant from there. These are our "practice plants". :-)

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Re: My first grow

by SavageBelief » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:36 pm

Also, we were planning on capping them at around 3 feet. Should I let them go to 4?

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Re: My first grow

by AfganBerry » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:38 pm

Nice job Savage

glad your up and running. Yeah I was going to say nitrogen deficiency, are you adding any other nutrients besides Sensi Grow A + B? May want to consider atleast the hobbist bundle of advance nutrients, comes with Voodoo Juice, B-52, Big Bud, and Over Drive in the set. The larger jug of Voodoo Juice is around $350.00 at my local shop so the bundle is very worth it imho. They only carry the smaller sizes in the bundles and gives you a nice mix of nuets for grow and bloom stages.

Voodoo Juice you can use all the way through from clone to bloom if you want, however with it costing so much many try to conserve it as much as possible.

Good Luck looking forward to your next update.

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Re: My first grow

by SisterMaryElephant » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:27 pm

With the lower powered LEDs and 6" centers, I'd say the shorter the better.

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Re: My first grow

by SavageBelief » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:24 pm

We're in full bloom stage now. It's late here so I'll post pics tomorrow. The five plants we have left(the two that were yellowiing we finally gave up on) have lots of little buds starting. :-)

Had a bit of a tragedy with one. I was putting a collar on one of the center tubes to compensate for lid sag. When it finally popped out one plant tumbled top first to the floor. It'll be ok I think but the top snapped.

Anyway. These girls seem to love the led. They're all perky and beautiful green