First grow - Sea of Green style

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Here's some updated pics taken this morning (Day 48 from seeds).

Started feeding with Advanced Nutrients Bloom yesterday. Still waiting for Big Bloom & Sweet Leaf to arrive in the mail. Swapped the old rubbermaid trays with new boot trays I got for $1.50 each from Menards.

Today I also labeled and rearranged the pots, putting the smaller plants closer to the light and moving the large ones towards the outside.

This is also the 4th day after switching to 12/12, and in addition to the 3 White Widows from fem seeds, 3 out of the 6 Mandala white satin are already showing sex as female, with still no signs of the other 3 being male. They all seem to be happier and growing faster since transplanting them last week as well.

 

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So there are 3 males in the bunch, just as I originally hoped. I now have 3 female Mandala White Satin and 3 female White Widow. My new HPS bulb also came in so that has been swapped with the MH. Continuing to feed 5 mL Sweet Leaf, Big Bud, and Bloom w/ 1 gallon H2O every other feeding, and misting with CO2 water. I also took 3 clippings of the strongest plants in each strain to clone for my second grow.

 

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Here are the final six, all female: 3 Mandala White Satin and 3 White Widow

The lighting change is from my new HPS bulb switched in for flowering. Here are a couple showing sex as female:

 

[g3tblunt]

your doing great man, i cant wait to see these plants in a month. keep up the good work.

 

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Day 55 (germinated seeds on Halloween)

Some close-ups:

I will start training them next week to maximize bud exposure to the light.

 

[blowin.endo]

lookin goood man....

 

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Day 64
Growing faster every day.

I also rearranged the pots to give the plants max light exposure.
Here are some close-ups of tops and node regions w/ pistils.

 

[4iLLEsT2bTCH0]

they are coming along very nicely... great job!!!

 

[blowin.endo]

lookin yummy man

 

[Robb]

VERY INSPIRED!

THANK YOU and I hope they work out for you!

 

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Day 71
It's been a week since the last photos.

Young buds.

Some close-ups.

 

[RooRman]

Looking really good man! Looks like you should get alot of really nice smoke for all your efforts.

 

[Grim_Reefer4_20]

Nice plants bro... keep postin pictures

 

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Thanks everyone for the comments. I'll continue to post pics at least every Wednesday. Hope the buds continue to keep growing. Currently feeding 1/3 strength Big Bud & Advanced Nutrients Bloom, as well as sweetleaf.

 

[Grim_Reefer4_20]

How much did you pay for all your materials ?

 

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How much did you pay for all your materials ?

That's a great question - I always wondered how much everything was added up, so here it is:
$160 - 400 watt HPS with interchangeable bulbs
8 - roll of mylar
18 - six 3-gallon wastebaskets
12 - two bags organic peat moss
12 - two bags organic manure
12 - vermiculite and perlite
5 - small can white paint
50 - two-pack of air purifiers/ionizers from Menards
10 - bathroom exhaust fan
8 - exhaust tube for dryers
15 - Advanced Nutrients Bloom
15 - Big Bud
15 - SweetLeaf
15 - Fish emulsion (for veg)
6 - metal chain to adjust light fixture height
10 - timer
10 - desktop fan
15 - humidifier
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$396 - not bad for a stealth setup that I can use over and over - just gotta keep buyin soil. Most of this stuff is either the cheapest thing I found online or from Menards. If I don't get this latest try at cloning right, I'll have to buy some more seeds too.

 

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Here are some more pics, 78 days since germinating.
Here are a couple of main colas.

A close-up.

The bud keeps growin. Hoping for more trichomes.

 

[MadameCrash]

Gorgeous! Perfect! Beautiful!

The trichromes will come... some strains don't start producing resin heavily 'till the last 2-3 weeks before harvest. Just keep up the good work and don't harvest them too early!

Peace
MC

 

[highlifeisdalif]

im sitting here, waiting on lights from the delivery man, your plants are so pretty, i can not wait till i get mine up again.

 

[Eyeless]

looks awesome man.... can't wait to see how they turn out