HomeGrownNLD's First Grow - 220W T-Neon - 2014/2015

[Tead]

Plants demand more from the soil and nutrients as they grow. Issues may not appear when the plant is feeding lighter because they have a lower demand.
I've never seen all that info (including ph) on water. Nice! Still to low on the PH side tho.

Here's a thought... you might consider using 3/4 bottle and 1/4 tap. If your tap is at 8 and your bottled is at 6, you might get nearer with a mix like that.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Yes, of course why didn't I think of that. Will be testing that out tomorrow.

 

[Tead]

hehe.... a different point of view can often be a helpful thing. That's why were here after all.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Indeed thanks again. I will be posting a update when I see some changes.

 

[Dan Ultra]

6.5 is ideal for soil. If you are at 6.0 then you are not absorbing any Phosphorus (which gets absorbed at 6.5-7), so it could be the start of a deficiency. Check the chart below. It could also just be that your pH is off and needs to come up some to prevent micronutrient lockout

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Thanks UltraDan.

Also I love making pictures of my plants and I hope you enjoy them too.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Week 04 - Day 05

The ladies are coming along nicely. I have finally bought a PH and EC meter so now my feeding water should have optimal values.

PH: 6.5
EC: 2.4

I'am not much of a writer, so here are some pictures.











Peace &
HomeGrownNLD

 

[Tead]

Looking great!

 

[Dan Ultra]

Looking really good man! You are in soil right? I'm too lazy to look back. lol

 

[Tead]

He's/She's in soil... 11L pots.
Kinda small.
I see your tent size is your challenge.
You might want to go with 2x5Gal pots instead of 3x11L. This would give you enough root room to grow a much thicker and taller plant. I suspect you'd see more harvested product off of 2 larger plants rather than 3 smaller ones.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Yes I'am just using regular soil. For my next round I'll probably will be buying some proper soil. I did add some clay pellets for the aeration. Ill also will be replacing the pots for next round with airpots or smartpots.

And thanks good to hear from experienced growers that they look good.

 

[Tead]

hmmm... replacing pots ehhh?
Ever considered growing hempy style? It's a good bit faster and pretty much just as easy as soil. Now that you have a ppm and ph pen, you're armed fore the adventure.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

He's/She's in soil... 11L pots.
Kinda small.
I see your tent size is your challenge.
You might want to go with 2x5Gal pots instead of 3x11L. This would give you enough root room to grow a much thicker and taller plant. I suspect you'd see more harvested product off of 2 larger plants rather than 3 smaller ones.

It's a He . I started of with 4 11L pots but one of them wouldn't come up so I removed that one. For my next grow I will be using a bigger pot. 2 plants should be enough if I SCRoG them as I really need a even canopy. It seems I have 2 phenotypes as 2 are pretty much the same size wise as the other is about 50% taller.

I have also looked into a Mars II 400w LED, just need to convince my wife that I really need one lol. Or is 400w to much for a 60x60x160 tent?

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Interesting, I'am gonna read into that. I see you do it yourself, will be studying your grow journal.

 

[Tead]

There are lots of hempy growers here... you'll have lots of support from the 420Mag users. You won't need it really.... it's just so simple, but there are plenty of hempy growers around.

 

[Tead]

I'm not so knowledgeable about the LEDs.
However, I can't ever imagine saying "Gee... I sure have too much light going in here!".
Same with tents.... I've never heard the words "Wow, my tent is just way too big!".
Your setup might be a very good scrog setup. I like your ideas.

 

[Dan Ultra]

Yeah, no such thing as too much light. Lol. You could also look into Fluxing. Gets you up close and personal with your girls. I absolutely love it.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

You guys are absolutely right about the lights lol. It will most likely be the old series Mars 300w LED that I will buy, it's a little cheaper as the 2 series. If they satisfy me I will buy a second one.

I also started to do some pruning of the lower buds that didn't receive much light and weren't likely to produce anything more than popcorn.

Some upskirt pictures:






Hope I did alright?

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

It's been a couple of days since the last update. But that doesn't mean that the ladies didn't get any attention. We are currently at day 33 of flowering. The buds are thickening up and the first signs of maturity are spotted. I currently give them PH 6.5 the runoff is about 6.4 and 6.5. However I think I overdid my feeding (EC 2.4) I'am bringing that down to max 1.8 currently I just give her plain 6.5 water.

Without further ado, the ladies.















I have also started using LA's backbuilding technique on some of the top's, will probably do the rest of them spread out over a couple of days as I don't want to upset the ladies to much.

 

[PlanetJ]

Hey there fellow Dutchy I just dropped 3 seeds from GHS, The Doctor Subbed for sure, it's nice to have a sneak peak

pH is a bitch .. are you sure about your tap pH ? I thought it ought to be around 7 in the Netherlands .. 7.9 is awful high ...